Best photos (of my car) of 2005
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Best photos (of my car) of 2005
One advantage of racing in Quebec: they send a photographer to every race. The result is that we end up with some really professional looking photos at the end of the year. Here are some of the best of my car in the Quebec Touring and GTU series for 2005 (thanks to http://www.autocourse.ca)
1st round at St-Eustache
These photos helped me see that I had a broken gas tank strap!
Round 2, Sanair
These are the wheels I painted Milano red. They now look like crap because of brake dust.
Round 3, St-Felicien
Our first ever evening/night race
Round 4 Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres:
First time racing on a street course for me
The car I borrowed after blowing my engine... thanks Rob
Round 5, Sanair
There's some slight front end damage visible after a small incident (my fault) in practice.
No photos of rounds 6 and 7 since I DNS's after an engine failure in practice. 2005 is over for me race-wise.
Anyone else have some cool 2005 pics?
Modified by Civic44 at 4:48 PM 10/12/2005
1st round at St-Eustache
These photos helped me see that I had a broken gas tank strap!
Round 2, Sanair
These are the wheels I painted Milano red. They now look like crap because of brake dust.
Round 3, St-Felicien
Our first ever evening/night race
Round 4 Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres:
First time racing on a street course for me
The car I borrowed after blowing my engine... thanks Rob
Round 5, Sanair
There's some slight front end damage visible after a small incident (my fault) in practice.
No photos of rounds 6 and 7 since I DNS's after an engine failure in practice. 2005 is over for me race-wise.
Anyone else have some cool 2005 pics?
Modified by Civic44 at 4:48 PM 10/12/2005
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Re: (94accordsedan)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94accordsedan »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice pictures... can we call it the Wenermobile. 
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second that notion
</TD></TR></TABLE>second that notion
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Re: (Keith)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Keith »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice pics! What is TKRaceHeads? It looks like the old logo for TKMotion...
Keith <- Ex-Montrealer...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Very observant of you: TKRace Heads is the new(er) name of TK Motion.
Keith <- Ex-Montrealer...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Very observant of you: TKRace Heads is the new(er) name of TK Motion.
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I dunno but my guess is that your car pushed a lot? It looks like you didnt have enough static front negative camber, but thats just my opinion based on the photos, especially when the front end is loaded.
Basied on my experience with spring rates and sway bars, camber settings seem to be the priority in proper traction control.
Basied on my experience with spring rates and sway bars, camber settings seem to be the priority in proper traction control.
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No, TK is run by Tom... I don't know Larry, but TK are Tom's initials, so I am surprised to find out that someone besides him ever ran the operation...
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Modified by Civic44 at 5:40 PM 10/12/2005
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HapaHaole »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I dunno but my guess is that your car pushed a lot? It looks like you didnt have enough static front negative camber, but thats just my opinion based on the photos, especially when the front end is loaded.
Basied on my experience with spring rates and sway bars, camber settings seem to be the priority in proper traction control.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I don't know if it's because we run on street tires with less grip, but the static front camber of about 2 degrees worked quite well. Although the suspension was not optimised (we never installed anything to make the camber adjustable or a rear sway bar), the handling of our car seemed to be on par with the many of the much faster cars and we mainly lost out on power, sometimes giving up almost 100 whp to other cars in the class. Understeer was never a problem and we were able to do alot with tire pressure adjustments.
Although I believe efforts should be made to optimize a car, our philosophy was to install the parts we could afford to install and adjust what was adjustable: alignment, ride height and tire pressures. Items we did not have: rear sway bar, adjustable shocks, other springs and adjustable camber. We were one of the lowest budget teams in what is rapidly becoming a big-money series, so we tried to do what we could with the time and money we had.
Basied on my experience with spring rates and sway bars, camber settings seem to be the priority in proper traction control.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I don't know if it's because we run on street tires with less grip, but the static front camber of about 2 degrees worked quite well. Although the suspension was not optimised (we never installed anything to make the camber adjustable or a rear sway bar), the handling of our car seemed to be on par with the many of the much faster cars and we mainly lost out on power, sometimes giving up almost 100 whp to other cars in the class. Understeer was never a problem and we were able to do alot with tire pressure adjustments.
Although I believe efforts should be made to optimize a car, our philosophy was to install the parts we could afford to install and adjust what was adjustable: alignment, ride height and tire pressures. Items we did not have: rear sway bar, adjustable shocks, other springs and adjustable camber. We were one of the lowest budget teams in what is rapidly becoming a big-money series, so we tried to do what we could with the time and money we had.
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understood, but front camber adjustability should have been in the budget over anything else. my opinion of course.
I lost lots of time (lap time that is) putting front camber arms at the bottom of my to buy list in the past.
I lost lots of time (lap time that is) putting front camber arms at the bottom of my to buy list in the past.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed_93_hatch »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow you guys have a "spec echo" series up there? along with the "spec DX civic" series?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yes, we have the Echo Cup and the Honda Michelin Challenge series. The Honda series will run the '06 Civic next year (with a sub-class for the 04-05) while the Echo series has not yet determined whether it will run the new Yaris or the '05 Echo for one more year.
Yes, we have the Echo Cup and the Honda Michelin Challenge series. The Honda series will run the '06 Civic next year (with a sub-class for the 04-05) while the Echo series has not yet determined whether it will run the new Yaris or the '05 Echo for one more year.
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Re: Best photos (Civic44)
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Yes, we have the Echo Cup and the Honda Michelin Challenge series. The Honda series will run the '06 Civic next year (with a sub-class for the 04-05). </TD></TR></TABLE>
the civic SI?
BTW when i go to the site and look at the pictures there are a bunch of different banners. Are they the different sactiones you guys race under?
Yes, we have the Echo Cup and the Honda Michelin Challenge series. The Honda series will run the '06 Civic next year (with a sub-class for the 04-05). </TD></TR></TABLE>
the civic SI?
BTW when i go to the site and look at the pictures there are a bunch of different banners. Are they the different sactiones you guys race under?
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Re: Best photos (slammed_93_hatch)
There are different logos for each series under the Federation Auto Quebec umbrella. The promoter is Autocourse.ca. The series are GTO/GTU, GT, Touring and F1600. Echo Cup and Honda Michelin have their own sanctioning bodies. Rumour has it they will race the Si version of the 06 Civic.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by STN_Pat »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Jimmy's comming to canada to check these series out ? 
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lol, i might come to mosport and the other grand am race thats one the oppiste coast (can't remeber the name, but i think its 3 rivers but in spanish).
I really like the idea of the class that Civic44 races in, seems like alot of the old WC cars go there. Plus the idea of racing an echo is just funny.
</TD></TR></TABLE>lol, i might come to mosport and the other grand am race thats one the oppiste coast (can't remeber the name, but i think its 3 rivers but in spanish).
I really like the idea of the class that Civic44 races in, seems like alot of the old WC cars go there. Plus the idea of racing an echo is just funny.
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lol, i might come to mosport and the other grand am race thats one the oppiste coast (can't remeber the name, but i think its 3 rivers but in spanish).
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3 rivers in Spanish? This is Canada you are talking about. It is Trois Riviers...[outragous French accent]it is French astie tabernac caulise astie le le[/outragous French accent]
lol, i might come to mosport and the other grand am race thats one the oppiste coast (can't remeber the name, but i think its 3 rivers but in spanish).
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3 rivers in Spanish? This is Canada you are talking about. It is Trois Riviers...[outragous French accent]it is French astie tabernac caulise astie le le[/outragous French accent]
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