{"id":949,"date":"2019-06-15T19:53:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T19:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/?p=949"},"modified":"2019-06-15T19:53:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T19:53:38","slug":"gingerman-tnia-racing-%f0%9f%8f%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"Gingerman TNiA racing \ud83c\udfc1"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 13th, I went to Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, MI to drive the Colt. It did pretty well with the new suspension and repairs\/upgrades. For some reason my phone wasn’t picking up lap times, but I got some video with the dash camera and a GoPro inside. It was a lot of fun!<\/p>\n

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It still needs to go lower, but it’s handling a lot better.<\/p>\n

I installed MR2 strut inserts in the front, dropping it 1.75″ in the front. I put the only shocks I could find in the rear, getting rid of the bouncy feeling. All new pads, rotors, shoes for the brakes, plus some venting for the rotors.<\/p>\n

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I also installed a pair of BMW e36 (?) camber plates in the front. I had to drill holes in the strut tower and oversize the sleeve in the hat for the mr2 struts, but they’re in and functioning.<\/p>\n

The Colt weighs 2,180Lbs<\/p>\n

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The whole rig weighs 14,100Lbs. She’s heavy.<\/p>\n

Here’s the video of a couple sessions.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 13th, I went to Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, MI to drive the Colt. It did pretty well with the new suspension and repairs\/upgrades. For some reason my phone wasn’t picking up lap times, but I got some video with the dash camera and a GoPro inside. It was a lot of fun! … Continue reading Gingerman TNiA racing \ud83c\udfc1<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18,15],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1974-dodge-colt","category-1990-ford-f-350-7-3l-idi","category-going-out","tag-1974-dodge-colt-gt-scca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilostmymind.com\/wordp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}