Tire Size Comparisons

From left to right:
275/35-18 on 18x9.5" Volks
245/40-18 on 18x9.5" Forgeline
245/40-17 on 17x9" 5Zigen
245/45-17 on 17x8" Enkei

Below:
Left: the 275's vs 245 street tires
Right: Last years 245-17 vs this years 245-18 on 1/2" wider rims.

Video - NASA Gateway Event

Here's the video from last weekends event.

April 17-18 - NASA @ Gateway

The first NASA Midwest region event was held last weekend
at the Gateway Int'l Raceway 'Roval' roadcourse.

  Saturday I won TTB and set the new track record with 1:08.75. Unfortunately there was some oil spilt on the track and we all had to take different lines through T2 to avoid the oil slick they put down so I feel there's more time to gain here.

  Sunday I jumped up 2 classes to TTS for a few different reasons. In the 4th session I was using leftover A6's from last year and actually spun a near 180 between T5-T6 which is pretty hairy to say the least.  I quickly decided to ditch the old A6's and go back to my setup from Saturday. So I put my TTB R6's back on climbed to within .012 seconds of the TTS leader - another Evo.  We both had to go out for the last session to try and squeeze out some more time and in the end I squeezed out a victory by .7 seconds.

  Along with a pair of 1sts (TTB & TTS) and another track record, I debuted the new Forgeline ZX3R's, new Exedy Twin HD clutch, and new PowerSlot rotors.  Everything (save for the old A6 tires) worked out great.

  There's some tweaking that needs to be done to the suspension and alignment before the next event; but that's nothing new!

  Big thanks to AMS Performance for the powerful & safe tune & the new clutch install, AMSOIL for keeping the car cool and lubricated and Forgeline for help with the new wheels!

Forgeline ZX3R's

Installed pic from the track.  

Nuff said...

New Forgeline Rims have arrived!

Just arrived last night!  Here's the first look at them - Forgeline ZX3R's in custom US Burnt Bronze.  I worked directly with David @ Forgeline to figure out the style, size, offset, spacing and even pick out a custom color!  Hopefully have them mounted Friday before I leave for the track.