Well. Another Good Guys is in the books. Im building a Maverick Fan Base one show at a time. The announcer especially enjoyed the car. He asked for a ride and I decided to do him one better and let him drive it. After giving him the run down on what to expect out of my car, we took off. His remarks afterwards where something like "I knew it looked awesome and could perform, but this car hauls AND it can handle. Its predictable and capable given some fine tuning." The car is a completely different animal with the last round of changes so I had to unlearn how I was driving it before. My slowest time was 66 seconds and found my way to 61 second runs by the end. This was good enough for 4th place in the Street Machine class. Which was within a 1" of being in second place. 1st place was almost 3" faster. Couple pics with the new tires and wheels: This first video is Chad, the announcer, driving. He ran a 65 taking it easy. He really does knows how to drive. He drove the, dialed-in, Ridetech Camaro on the last day and was running 60's. Here's my fastest run. I was surprised it was the fastest given my thoughts while going around it were of how I could have been harder on the gas pedal and I missed several targets along the way. So either I've been trying for the wrong lines or this car is capable of running 58-59 as is. Maybe lower as I get it dialed in. Im thinking its the later. You'll here some scraping noises in the corners. Thats the inside edge of the tire rubbing on the front of the inner wheel housing. Im going to have to clearance that area. Im sure its limiting my suspension travel some. Heres a video I found that someone posted from this spring.
You certainly have one of the nicest Mavericks I've seen, and the suspension looks like it really performs. Going straight is a real rush, but going around corners on the edge is just exciting!
Yes they do. If you register a vehicle for the show, you are allowed to take laps. It was cool being up on the top of the banked turns.
Thanks for the compliments guys. It really is a lot of fun. Hopefully I can keep the car together for a while so I can have some more fun with it.
Heres some photos I found on a really cool site. http://bangshift.com/gallery/fall-texas-lonestar-nationals-goodguys-2012.html From the photos, it looks like Im maintaining a really good contact patch with both front tires but now Im wondering if I need a larger sway bar. I currently have a 7/8 in the front and 3/4 in the rear.
