So stoked to finally feel like I’ve connected everything I’ve been working on the last year between IRL driving and sim driving. Car didn’t make it out unscathed but it’s part of the game I’m just happy I was able to drive and be out on track with loads of great people! 

Day 1 started off great, car was running perfect and I set a RS4 PB of a low 1:56. That gave me a good feeling we’d PB this weekend with all the new additions. Session 2 I heard some clunking during left turn in. Got back to pits, jacked it up to check for anything loose. Of course I find out both front wheel bearings have play. So I removed both spindles drove home and replaced bearings and seals. No more driving rest of day 1. Day 2, fresh bearings and feeling good. I threw on the rt660 setup and went out for session 1, I PB’d by .6 from last year, hitting the sub 1:55 region. Checked bearings again small play, axle nuts tight just slowly dying brand new bearings. Session 2, 3rd lap I hit my goal of making it to the 53’s! Shortly after the lap of 1:53 I started to feel the bearings even under light load while turning. That ended the day before anything serious happened. Terrible luck with 5x100 bearings. Next step is new hubs and knuckle or swap to 5x114 :(

Track ~ The Ridge Motorsports Park

Date~ June 8, 2024

Temp~ 70°-75° slight cloud covering

Time~ 1:53.88


2003 Bugeye WRX 
(rear seats taken out, like 25lbs lol)

Suspension:

FA500 (out of box spring rate)
Stock sway bars
STI pillowball rear lateral links
TIC Klunk killer package (TIC Diff bushings, kartboy outrigger bushings)
Kartboy subframe lockdown bolts
STI control arms 
STI control arms rear bushing 
SuperPro rack bushings

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Drivetrain/Powertrain: 

V7 ej207 (Group N mounts)(Iwire AVCS bulkhead kit) (Motul 300v 5w-40)
Rotated gt3076 (12 psi) (315whp) (elh) (44mm Tial ewg)
ARP 2000 Headstuds
Braided oil feed for turbo and AVCS
Radium Dual catch can setup (Block and Heads)
3 port ebcs 
Perrin front mount intercooler 
Tial 50mm BOV
Cat-less down pipe w/ Tomei cat-back
IAG performance oil control baffle, windage tray, v2 pickup (stock sti pan) 
CSF radiator (stock fans)
Oil cooler (big setrab core)
04 sti trans/diff (Rallispec JDM 5/6 w/ IAG Carbon synchros)(Group N mounts including crossmember bushing)
ACT Heavy duty performance Clutch kit w/ monoloc
OEM STI flywheel 
OEM STI short shifter 
Tune (TRB Tuning gate pressure w/ safeties)

Wheel/Tire/Brake setup: 

Advan RG-4 18x9.5 +40
Falken RT660 255/35/18 
35 psi hot 
OEM 4/2 pot STI Brembos 
CarboTech XP8 F/R
Castrol SRF
Steel braided lines F/R
Plain rotors 
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Alignment:

Camber ~ F: -3.5°
R: -2.6-7°
Toe ~ F: 0.05° out
R: 0
Caster ~ 4.5°

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Aero:

Nothing besides STI wing.