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Side project: Seat cooling passenger side

The SXT Plus model has heating and cooling in the front seats. As I learned with the driver seat, the replacement seats I purchased were from a base model and didn't have these features. I have been thinking about doing this upgrade - but what prompted me ...

My first thought is - front sprints had to have settled also over all that time so you might want to change those out also. I also wonder how well aftermarket springs meet the factory specifications for loading/spring rate.

CCiS 2025 Season Race 7 Sebring Race Report

Back to the BMW M2 which I still don't like. At least this time they used their updated setup which was much more manageable.

Qualified 20 of 26. I felt pretty good about my pace but it just wasn't enough. I didn't make many mistakes though. In the ...

Thinking about coming up for this one.

Another small upgrade is getting a spare key for the car.

I ordered a cheap one on eBay. When I went to install it I learned the sequence to program the remote requires me to put the physical key in the door and turn it counter clockwise five times. The instructions are actually in the owner manual ...

If you want to save money on tools, consider making a list of things you may want/need, then start shopping used. I think that in this country there is an oversupply of hand tools. It's going to be an adventure securing what you want but you can probably get 3x the tools or more for the money. For ...

The rear spring bump stops were broken. Since Kurt will surely overload it I decided to go after this small project.

Taking off the rear wheels uncovered some sketchy looking parts of the chassis. I took the inner fenders off to get a better look, but it was pretty bad on both sides.
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Couple minor updates:

1) The RF had a slow leak . I finally got tired of it and looked at it. I found a tiny bead leak that had something sticking out. With a little help from the tire machine I moved the bead down and found a piece of rag in there. I had used that rag to keep the machine from ...

XSLR Season 9 Race 12 Indy Race Report

Qualified P8 of 15, ended P8. Race went caution free. I really struggled the last 10 laps of the first stint as the tires were quite hot and I had not practiced those conditions enough. The guy behind me pitted one lap earlier and that undercut got him ahead ...

Updates:

1) Fixing rear toe alignment took a couple tries. I was maxed out on the LR adjustment and still not in spec. Eventually I decided to do a four wheel alignment. That was tricky at first since the front tracking width is more narrow that the rear. Once I knew the difference I was able to ...

CCiS 2025 Season Race 6 Mosport Race Report

Qualified P22 of 33

Lost about 11 seconds on lap 1 after getting punted on exit of Moss Corner and that cost me a few spots. In the practice race I tried to pit as the field came to green but there were no lap 1 incidents, and I was not at all sure I ...

Mileage: 79798

“service stability control” fix

I really thought this was going to be something with a wheel sensor, but instead the scan tool gave me a C0042-62 – which is the ECU sensing pressure in the brake system from the ABS but not getting a signal from the brake switch.
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XSLR Season 9 Race 11 Daytona Race Report

For this race the plan was to focus on getting some good points. I spent some time practicing racing against AI to get better in traffic. I also specifically practiced pit entrance, as I was having a lot of trouble getting the car slowed up without losing ...

XSLR Season 9 Round 11 Daytona - Sunday 8:10 PM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUgG0yXfdoU

wxo wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 1:36 pm I couldn't find one with the shift pattern on it.

I was more thinking find/make something with the shift pattern and replace that red part with it. You have it engraved on a piece of stainless steel perhaps.