Track Attack 2016: Alpha 7 GT-R, GT350, Modded Cars and More

Check out our event video from the May Track attack at the FIRM with Dirty Racing Products. Some great drone shots mixed in with the highlights of the event ending with the grudge match drag racing!

Photo by Bradley Easom

Gaming Content, Mustang Problems & Channel Updates

Should we add a weekly gaming video?  What do you think? This would not impact our regular videos. You just would see more from us as we already play racing games. Also Grant goes over some issues with the Mustang and our new Newsletter all to the backdrop of some cool Drone shots.

2005 Supercharged Lotus Elise

One of the fastest cars in the Southeast. This Supercharged Lotus  is fully built for Autocross and track days.

SCCA CLASS - SUPER STREET MODIFIED - SSM

MODS - Updated 7-2-16

Power Mods:

• Toyota 2ZZ-GE Bottom End with Lotus/Yamaha built head
• BoE Rev400 TVS supercharger with air to liquid heat exchanger
• 2bular Full Titanium exhaust system with dual cans
• BoE Stage 2 tune
• Toyota E153 MR2 transmission swap
• ACT HDSS Clutch with custom BWR lightened flywheel
• BoE Fuel Surge Tank with 255 Walbro secondary fuel pump and 750cc Injectors
• ITG Cold Air Intake System
• BoE Deep Extra Capacity Baffled Oil Pan
• BoE Upgraded 78mm supercharger pulley
• BoE Tri chamber High Flow Aluminum Radiator

Handling Mods:

• Ohlins Lotus Cup Double Coilovers
• Quaife Helical LSD
• Sector111 Race Steering Rack (2.2 turns lock)
• BoE 2 piece 12.1in Slotted Race Brake Rotors with RC6 Race pads
• BoE Race Brake kit (Steel braided lines, vented caliper pistons, upgraded seals)
• Sector111 Suspension kit (solid monoball bushings, MRBearings, trackrod ends)
• Sparco 320mm suede steering wheel with QR hub quick release
• BWR Hubs with upgraded wheel bearings and camber plate kit
• Sector111 Adjustable Front Sway Bar
• BWR Race rear Toe Links
• APR GTC-200 Carbon Adjustable Wing
• Reverie Front Splitter
• Difflow 5 element rear diffuser
• Reverie Carbon Fiber Canards

Wheels and Tires

• Bogart Custom 3 piece forged rims - 15 x 10.5 Front and 17 x 10.5 Rear
• Hoosier A7 – 275/35/15 Front and 275/35/17 Rear Autocross Tires
• Hoosier R7 - 275/35/15 Front and 275/35/17 Rear Road Course Tires

Data Logging and Safety

• Exige Probax seats with harness cut outs
• Schroth 3in 4 point driver and passenger harnesses
• Sector111 V force Harness bar
• AiM Sportline MXL2 Digital Dash and logger
• AiM Smartcam2 HD
• H3R Halotron 2.5 lb Fire Extinguisher with Lotus Bracket
• Reverie Carbon Fiber center console
• JimC Weighted Shift knob

Supercharged 2015 Scion FRS

Fast nimble and very much a sleeper. Goes to show you that a small lightweight car can really out perform some of the bigger more powerful cars! Check out the build list below.

SCCA Autocross Class - Street Modified

MODS - 7/1/16

• Edelbrock E-force 15560 supercharger kit with an Eaton TVS 1320 twin screw positive displacement blower.
• Ft86 speedfactory catted Unequal Length header
• Nameless catted, unresonated, overpipe / frontpipe combo Perrin 3" resonated cat back exhaust
• Jackson Racing dual radiator and oil cooler combo
• Radium engineering dual pcv and crankcase catch cans (air oil separators)
• Ft86speedfactory chromoly strut tower braces with red skin finish
• Perrin rear shifter bushing
• Perrin transmission mount bushing.
• DBA t3 4000 front slotted rotors Hawk hp+ pads
• Mtec stainless steel brake lines
• Motul RBF 600 brake fluid
• Motul gear 300 transmission fluid (also used in rear differential)
• 86 Atlanta quick release bumper kit 
• Exedy lightweight chromoly racing single mass flywheel
• Southbend Clutch stage 2 endurance clutch
• Radium Engineering master cylinder brace
• Cusco rear strut tower bar

Cosmetic:

• Valenti chrome tail lights
• Winjet chrome headlights

Wheels/tires:

2 sets of Enkei RPF1 17x9+35 with 245/40/17 Bridgestone RE71r

From the owner

I purchased my 2015 Scion FR-S July 4th, 2014 by accident. I always knew I was going to get a track car and I wanted something light, quick, and reliable. After I finally settled on a 2014 FR-S, we discovered while doing the purchase paperwork that the Vin number associated with the car that I chose was registered as a 2015. It was the first 2015 in the state and one of the very first in the country. This came as a pleasant surprise because I knew they updated the suspension on the 2015 model and improved the handling. Back to back comparison of a 2014 vs 2015 confirmed it.

Regardlees, my mindset was, it's easy to add power, but hard to remove weight. So I decided to buy this car and turbocharge it. I figured, "brand new Subaru engine platform... They WILL turbo it in something, so it will be sturdy enough to turbo it." and I was right (ie 2015 subaru wrx). The first thing I focused on where wheels, tires, brakes, and life support mods. I needed to make sure the car would survive a track day. I bought the brake components, 1 of my 2 catch cans, and a Mishimoto oil cooler (I've since sold it for a different style). That setup worked great for the track but when I got to forced induction my plans took a slight change. I decided to supercharge the car instead of turbo because I too had discovered this thing called autocross. It was originally going to be a passing fancy. Something fun to do that I wouldn't take seriously. But I had a blast and got hooked. Turbo lag, 350 whp, and a 2700 lb RWD sports car do not mix well with autocross, so I opted for the response and more precise control ability of a supercharger. The intercooler it came with prohibited the continued use of my oil cooler, so I got the dual radiator oil cooler from Jackson Racing which uses a water/oil laminova style cooler. This car in its current configuration has run a 1:25 lap time at Roebling with the Porsche Club of America and it matched the lap time of a black group 2016 Porsche 911 GT-3 RS

Gallery & Dyno

Check out this car in our Street Mod competition Series

Shelby GT350 Exhaust Clips: HQ Microphones: Rev/Flyby/Launch

Sound overview of our 2016 Shelby GT350. Hear the car from a few different perspectives with different high quality microphones. This car revs to 8,300 RPM!! It sounds GLORIOUS. 

Photo by Bradley Easom

2008 Honda Civic SI

This 2008 Honda Civic SI is a perfect example of an practical, economical 4 door car that you can also have fun with at the track. 

MODS - Updated 7-1-16

• Skunk2 Cold air intake
• P2R Throttle body spacer with thermal gaskets
• Skunk2 Alpha Race Header
• Skunk2 Megapower R exhaust
• SPC rear camber arms
• Eibach sportline lowering springs
• Eibach front and rear sway bars
• Koni yellow sport struts
• Hybrid Racing EM1 clutch master cylinder
• Centric cryotreated blank rotors
• Hawk streetrace pads
• Hondata FlashPro tuned by Tracy at
• Tuners Inc.
• Sparco Assetto Gara 17x7.5 wheels
• Bridgestone RE71R 225/25 tires
• ASR front camber plates
• Ground Control coilovers
• Eibach race springs 450F/430R

Owners notes:

The Skunk2 race header eliminates the catalytic converter which bumps the car into DSP. However with a weld or bolt on cat it will drop back to STX. I choose to not cut into the exhaust and run in SMF as I take the rear interior out on autocross days and have similar competition in that class.