Weighed the car recently and came out to 1520kg/ 3350#. keep in mind, it had most of a camping trip in here, but only added maybe 50#.
Headers:
(There are install pictures... somewhere)
Tire goodness:
They're a little... wide. They ended up on the oz wheels cause I like the gold fast wheels... they look good and I wanna keep them as my summers.
I would also like to sell these oz wheels at some point for another set of 8" wide wheels.
They wouldn't have what a normal person would call space. But they did really well on the track.
So, Area 27; this is a fast track with lots of elevation changes (100m or something), 4km long, 16 corners, and plenty of linking segments together. I was worried that the tezza wouldn't be fast enough to enjoy the track to it's fullest. I had heard that slower cars wouldn't be as fun on here.
That was not the case; the tezza felt right at home.
What a rewarding track. It's a rhythmic, you can really get into a groove and meld all the corners together. Coming down the Oliver Corkscrew (turn 7, about 1:25 in on the linked video), it's a stable blind left over crest into a steep decent into a banked corner. Track Attack's telemetry was saying something like 1.5G. When you get the line right, its feels incredible.
I had Harry from Track Junkies as my instructor. Absolutely lucked out. He showed me how to play with momentum cars and how little one actually needs to brake with mahoosive, grippy AF tires.
Now, the Tezza. What a gem. I had a bit of understeer when the tire got hot, but dropped the psi, and back to going where I wanted, when I wanted. Absolutely no way I can break the rears with that farfetched thing called torque, and the fronts stuck like superglue.
The headers really helped more than I thought... in Alberta, the butt dyno says 3500 and up feels a little spicier, though I reckon it's shiny part placebo. Also, such an easy install. Though I forgot to order exhaust wrap.. and no one had it on the weekend.
In the lap day video, the windows are down, and I haven't touched the audio. Those headers are stupidly quiet. I love it.
But them and the low altitude, it felt great. According to the buttdyno.
Aaaaand video
Thanks TrackJesus/RB93 for the ride-along and pointers!
I am so happy I had the opportunity to come here.
On the list for next time
- BRAKES! the fronts are shot.
- Transmission tightening. It's feeling a little sloppy, I missed 3rd-2nd shift twice in a corner.
- Brake ducting
- Aluminum rad before the plastic end cap goes
- Brake pads
- Polyeurothane bushings would be nice, eventually
OH! I WENT OVER 250k km.... And missed the 250,000 picture.
