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I'm considering AM of W, Th, or Fri this week. Anyone else going on a particular day?

   

Bill Hamilton, bill@HamiltonClassics.com, is considering options for his H2R sponsored Champ Car entry in the March 9 & 10 race.
His 2002 Honda Insight, "2020 Hindsight" has an F Class Win in last September's Champ Car race. If you are interested
in racing Champ, corral your team and email Bill.

Is there a plan to have mechanical services on-site for the membership to enjoy?  Loss of this service creates a problem for members who keep their track cars at H2R and are willing to pay for on-site maintenance services such that their track cars will be ready to drive when the owners arrive at the track.

If the plan is for no centralized maintenance at H2R, and the member must bring in his/her own maintenance organization, will the garage facilities at H2R be available for same or will the owner be expected to have his/her track car trailered to and from the shop selected for maintenance?

I just finished exhaust midpipe and header upgrades. I'd like to offer the older parts to club members for free.

I left the midpipe (two sections) at my carport #9 in the front parking lot. Let me know if you want to pick it up.

I have the header manifold at home. Respond to this thread if you're interested.

All,

I have created a mobile sim rig setup for our "Road Trip Racing Team" car club that travels to races around the state (and country). It works really well and it's a huge hit when I bring it out.

I've assembled a new gaming PC that I plan to donate to Harris Hill that has Assetto Corsa set up on it with the Harris Hill track model pre-loaded, along with some car mods I've made.

To go with the PC, I am also going to provide a seat and frame. I have an older wheel and pedal setup that I can donate, but I was wondering if we might be able to crowdsource a decent gaming monitor and a nicer wheel/pedal setup that would be left at H2R permanently. (It'll also need a mouse and keyboard - not expensive, but I figured someone might have some spares).

On my rig, I use a Moza R5 Wheel and Pedal setup, and it is probably the best bang for buck at only $500. I'd love to get one for the H2R rig, but I am currently replacing the engine in my van and racecar, so I am not prepared to donate one at this time.

If anyone has a wheel/pedal setup, a monitor, or is willing to purchase these thing to donate to the sim rig for the track, I would be very grateful!

- Mat

They say the best way to get an answer from the internet is to post the wrong answer and let people correct you, so here's to that strategy-

This is my best lap time in my mustang - after many weeks (OK months but who's counting?) in the mid 1:30's, a few helpful drives with Steve at H2R, some tweaks to the car like brake pad / booster / master / pedals, racing seat, harness, and then finally a new (homebrew!) alignment, my best is a 1:26.75. I feel there's a low 1:20's in the car, as it's a notchback fox body (3k lbs ish) with a 6.0L making good power.

Anyone have any advice on where to pick up some seconds? Video:

Dino, thanks for setting this up!

My name is Mat Beck, I've been a member since Driveway Austin shut down. I have a red 240SX Time Attack car and a blue Subaru BRZ.

See y'all out there!

Given the expense of alignment on a professional rack, as well as the frequency with which it has to be done, I figured I would have a go at designing an alignment rig for my home garage.

Here's what it looks like - an aluminum extrusion frame at front and rear of car, with strings running front to rear.

   

I cut grooves into the extrusion to enforce the distance between strings be as close to identical as possible in the front and the rear. This makes the setup square.

   

The frame is then adjusted to make the string equidistant to the front and rear hubs, left to right, respectively.

   

You can read the toe directly off of this contraption that I designed, which is basically some rulers glued together and a 3D printed part to attach it to the wheel. The 3D printed part locates the cross-wheel beam (larger ruler) to be on the wheel's centerline, and also keeps the face of the cross-wheel beam perpendicular to the wheel face. The cross-wheel beam registers on the rim edge.

   

Here's another look at the 3D printed contraption:

   

To measure Caster, I used turn-plates and added a 3D printed pointer. It's difficult to get the angle reading without it.

   

To measure camber, I found some surprisingly-flat square stock and used these digital levels. At first, I used two in order to ensure the perpendicularity of the stock itself, with respect to gravity, before taking the camber measurement itself. The camber measurement doesnt seem to be very sensitive to the perpendicularity of the stock. The digital levels themselves have poor repeatability, and are kind of the wrong tool for the job, given they probably only need to acutally measure +/- 5 deg of range and have 180 deg of range. The Savage brand level has better resolution (.05 deg) than any of the small square carpentry ones (which all seem to be the same exact range and accuracy). Repeatability is where these suffer, though.

   


Here's the bill of materials:

Frame Extrusion
Savage Level
Turn Plates
String
Small squares used for toe measurement
Cross-wheel beam

3D Printed designs attached as well. Note the wheel attachment is designed to fit my wheels, which are Enkei PF01.

Enjoy!

Attached Files

  Alignment Tools.zip (Size: 571.04 KB / Downloads: 0)

Hi Harris Hill members-

Welcome to the forum! As a Harris Hill Raceway member, I wanted to be able to connect with folks at the track asynchronously - to plan track days, informal events, share information, post photos/videos, and get to know each other! So I made this website. This forum and myself are both not officially affiliated with Harris Hill other than through membership.

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