[Techno Duck]

Pablo, first off i am very glad you were not injured in the accident. I can only imagine how serious an impact it was.



Regarding the control arms, how much usage did those pin's see? Also were those the 19mm or 17mm pins? The control arms in general really are an iffy area and ive rebuilt a set on my old n/a 944. Lucky i have a set of brand new OEM arms on my 951 courtesy of the previous owner. But buying aftermarket arms (probably Racer's Edge) is high on my list of things to do before i get more involved with the track.

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[RS Barn]

As you all can imagine I am seriously bummed out. Pablos car was an ongoing process and really starting to shine. We had just finished some new mods and car was "Real fast". None of that matters when a serious crash occurs.

Some good things were learned from crash as well. The custom cage really did its job. The 'Petty Bars" from the front of cage to footwells prevented compression and possible leg damage. Pablo is sore but OK.

Racing is serious business and in a blink things can go real bad.

See NJ Motorsports Park Rolex practice-Scott Pruit splits car in two

Pete

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[pmcrespo]

kokeln A-arms about 1 year old. 17mm pins as they were the only ones offered at the time. I did not know 19mm had been made available for the application.



Those two front tires take a beating at tracks, everytime we nail a clipping point, an apex curbing, and so forth, the front suspension is abused. But all in all, the setup has not been over-used. I have done 1/2 of the events I normally do.



The total usage on the setup was as follows:

A DE at Watkins Glen

Open Track testing for 2 days in Pocono North

Comp School one day at Pocono North

2 days of racing at Pocono North (one practice, qualifying, and race each)

3 days of "Time Attack" at Buttonwillow Raceway Park

Saturday's Race at Pocono South (one practice, qualifying, and race)

Sunday Practide



As you can see, not "excessive" usage

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[Eric_K]

[quote name='Jim Child' post='58511' date='Aug 28 2008, 08:07 AM']Eric, what kind of hits had yours taken? I'm also using Charlie Arms, and mine are overdue for an off-the-car inspection.[/quote]



Over the years that corner of the car had glancing blows with a BMW, dirt berm & a concrete wall. The wheel was never damaged or the alignment knocked out. Everything looked okay visually. But that energy went somewhere. I don't think the pin would have broken under "normal" use.

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[333pg333]

Major Bummer Pablo! Sorry to hear of this. Waaayyyyyy better than you being hurt though, but still very frustrating now for you I'm sure.

I bought the A-Arms from Racers Edge and Karl advertises them as being Geometry correcting. I also have the billet hubs as these are meant to be a weak point as well.





Hope you get going soon as possible and can continue your good work.

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[pmcrespo]

[quote name='333pg333' post='58689' date='Aug 30 2008, 06:37 PM']...Waaayyyyyy better than you being hurt though......



.....Hope you get going soon as possible and can continue your good work.[/quote]



Thanks. I am still struggling to come to peace with it and with no clear solution in my head yet as to how to get back to the track...



Please, make sure you thoroughly inspect the pieces we have discussed and replace the pins at least yearly. More often if they get too abused at the track with curbs, lips, etc. I do not want to see anyone else experience this.



Thanks again.

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[pmcrespo]

Hi All,



This past weekend Pete and I spent a few days at NJMP Thunderbolt running his newly acquired M030 streeter and his Firehawk. Great Times, good track, good Saturday night season end party, and just plain fantastick for me to be back on the track with a helmet on shaking them demons after my incident. Felt good and I was definitely back to my normal self after a few laps.



Drove the M030 all weekend. In the dry and the wet. On old street tires and with Pete's partial DE package. What an amazing car... fun, balanced, and predicatble. And FAST! (in class of course). PETE: I can't thank you enough for entrusting me with your precious M030 all weekend.... I am very appreciative even though I know you were just desperate to get me out of your shop and leave you alone.... :-)



But back to the post subject. I ran into Steve Kwiat. Stee raced in GTS3 this year with me as he sorted out his 996 implanted Boxster racer. Great guy, good driver, and racer. He happen to have the video of my 2nd Rookie Race at Pocono North on Sunday, June 1st. See the link below. This was the day that I had a tire going down (right rear) and I had a spin going into 2 (right hander) at the braking zone when the right rear locked up and hooked the car left. Also, this was the day that, against my crew chief and car builder's advice (Pete), I did not put enough fuel in and the 68 was sputtering out of Turn 4 right off camber decreasing radius zone. That is where you see the S2000 pass me on the outside. Stee was also sorting out some suspension and intake gremlins so he had his own off.... Next year we'll get them pesky M3s down...



Enjoy... Of course, I am the white 968 that gridded to his right. I was 2nd fastest in GTS3 qulifying by the slimmest of margins. He took 3rd GTS3 qualifying spot. I did have a rock'n start...



Pocono North NASA Thunder Race Sunday June 1st, 2008 from Stee's GTS3 Boxster In-Car Cam

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[Mark]

Sounds like a great time this weekend Pablo, I will check out your video when I am at home tomorrow.

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[benspeeder]

Hey guys - looking for some feedback on the reliability and maintenance for the 968 race car.



Talking to Pete and some other Porsche shops in the NE about doing the cage. In the process of this some folks have said I'd be buring up a HUGE amount of cash racing this car - not that spending more is going to stop this project.



But I would like to get some info from guys racing these cars and if there's more than the routine maintenance. Does the motor and trans prove to be reliable? Anybody run enough seasons to share what a 10-12 race season budget would be?



There are very few of these cars being regularly raced so info is scarce.



Thanks

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[Torbjorn968]

[quote name='benspeeder' post='64072' date='Dec 10 2008, 08:28 PM']Hey guys - looking for some feedback on the reliability and maintenance for the 968 race car.



But I would like to get some info from guys racing these cars and if there's more than the routine maintenance. Does the motor and trans prove to be reliable? Anybody run enough seasons to share what a 10-12 race season budget would be?



Thanks[/quote]



I run my club sport at track meets at a pace which is not far off from full race pace. It is my company car (that is how I afford it <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> ) which means that book keeping is good (to the horror of my friends when I tell them what their favourite passion costs...). Most of the work on the car is done by workshops. If I remove fixed costs and street related costs (insurance etc) from my own cost spreadsheet I get about 5000 USD/year excluding fuel for 1300 miles on the track. This would not include a budget for crashes and upgrades of the car, just the cost to keep the car on the track. My guess (hope?) is that you can run a race season on 10 000 USD. Just got a race car :-).





//TL

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[benspeeder]

Thanks - that sounds about right. I've done $20K a season and managed to get down to $10K if no crashes or major failures with other IT race cars.



Cheers

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[Charles Geer]

<!--quoteo(post=63077:date=Nov 14 2008, 07:44 AM:name=crespo)-->QUOTE (crespo @ Nov 14 2008, 07:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Hi All,

This past weekend Pete and I spent a few days at NJMP Thunderbolt running his newly acquired M030 streeter and his Firehawk. Great Times, good track, good Saturday night season end party, and just plain fantastick for me to be back on the track with a helmet on shaking them demons after my incident. Felt good and I was definitely back to my normal self after a few laps.

Drove the M030 all weekend. In the dry and the wet. On old street tires and with Pete's partial DE package. What an amazing car... fun, balanced, and predicatble. And FAST! (in class of course). PETE: I can't thank you enough for entrusting me with your precious M030 all weekend.... I am very appreciative even though I know you were just desperate to get me out of your shop and leave you alone.... :-)

But back to the post subject. I ran into Steve Kwiat. Stee raced in GTS3 this year with me as he sorted out his 996 implanted Boxster racer. Great guy, good driver, and racer. He happen to have the video of my 2nd Rookie Race at Pocono North on Sunday, June 1st. See the link below. This was the day that I had a tire going down (right rear) and I had a spin going into 2 (right hander) at the braking zone when the right rear locked up and hooked the car left. Also, this was the day that, against my crew chief and car builder's advice (Pete), I did not put enough fuel in and the 68 was sputtering out of Turn 4 right off camber decreasing radius zone. That is where you see the S2000 pass me on the outside. Stee was also sorting out some suspension and intake gremlins so he had his own off.... Next year we'll get them pesky M3s down...

Enjoy... Of course, I am the white 968 that gridded to his right. I was 2nd fastest in GTS3 qulifying by the slimmest of margins. He took 3rd GTS3 qualifying spot. I did have a rock'n start...

Pocono North NASA Thunder Race Sunday June 1st, 2008 from Stee's GTS3 Boxster In-Car Cam<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Pablo:


Give me a call. I have something you may be interested in.

Charles Geer
cgeer7@aol.com
678-462-1177
Porsche 968 GTS3 2450 lbs

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