Time for an update!
Finished reassembling the doors. Ran the wiring down to the speedo sensor on the transmission. Made a little bracket to hold my Holley screen, whipped up some brackets at work for tow hooks that I was required to have. New battery, ran a new ground cable hoping that would fix my slow crank issue. I'm sure there a few other things I'm forgetting. Here's the photo dump.
Installed rivnuts in both doors for the upper door pull handles and the lower door panels to screw into. Makes for a much cleaner, and easier install.
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Oh and I I had to renew my registration, so I figured I would get some plates to match my car. 🤣
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Now this all leads up to yesterday. I had purchased a ticket to a track day at a local car country club. It included an instructor to help me. We all think we know how to drive, until it's time to REALLY do it and you can get humbled real quick by some guy in a 100hp Miata. I didn't want to be that guy.
The track is 2 miles, with lots of elevation change and sharp, often blind corners. Here's a link for anyone curious.
https://pineviewrun.com/?gclid=CjwK...m8WaDiqJvrgAQAcEHAVxWS---ySQS8KxoCEpwQAvD_BwE
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The day was put on by SCDA. They go around to several different tracks, mainly in the northeast, and there seems to be a big following. They had a deal on the day for a novice so I jumped.
Lots learned, both about me, and the car. First thing was I had never driven it like this with a passenger. The added weight and hard corners did not agree and caused tire rub. Which I have not had since doing my suspension. So I ran home quickly in between sessions and swapped out my front tires and wheels for my old ones. The instructor thought it was from the right front. I was sure it was the right rear. While I was home I added .5" to the front ride height via the adjustable coilovers.
Got back to the track and the noise was still there, it was the right rear after all... 🤦♂️
Decided it wasn't bad enough to worry about and focused on my driving.
Ended up hitting 100mph on the back straight before having to get hard on the brakes for a blind, 90° corner.
I had so much fun! After getting home and doing a couple of quick checks, the rearend is not centered and closer to the right side causing my rub. Pretty sure I can readjust my upper trailing arms and center it up.
When I bought my RideTech front sway bar from the guy in NJ we've stayed in touch and he does these races with this group often. Since he and the entire group had never been to this track before, he decided to come up with his Malibu wagon. We were the hit of the race. Everyone was coming up and asking us about them both. He had MUCH more experience track driving than I, but weighed less and had about 100 more hp which helped me stick kinda close LOL
His wagon has an LS1 and a T56. Everyone was laughing at his tow hitch.
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Did I mention it poured almost the entire day and we still ran HARD?!
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And for those that are really bored, you can watch a poorly filmed 22 minute video of me trying to drive and my right rear tire rubbing! LOL Sorry it's backwards, I evidently wasn't thinking.
