Matts 2008 One Lap of America Journal

Discussion in 'General Community' started by slowwrx, Sep 10, 2007.

  1. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    So I'm going to go ahead and fire this off early this year. I'm going to be pre driving all the tracks this year and we have about One million board\local guys going

    Heres the current list of drivers and their cars

    Matt Ball (Ill be starting #9)
    White 06 STI 600whp Widebody Racecar
    Edit....Big Plans....Crazy shit about to go down....

    Jeremy Ball
    03 Subaru Bugeye or 1995 Impreza L coupe(if we have time)

    Mike Manning
    Grey 06 STI 600whp Full interior street car

    Rex Jones
    Black 03 Bugeye Wagon 500hp street car

    Doug Wilkes.....who "says" he is just going for fun in a street car this year
    Edit Doug has imagine this decided to build another One Lap Car for this year....Because he wants to win.

    I hope the guys from Boxer 4 Racing are going again but I havent heard from them lately.

    Its going to be a crazy year, Mike and Rex both want to pre drive every track as well so it looks like we will be doing a lot of traveling. I'm going to try and get the data aq setup with a camera so that I can post vids of all the tracks we visit.

    EDIT here is the Route
    May 3rd: Start Tire Rack
    Road America
    May 4th: Mid America
    May 5th: Texas World Speedway
    Drag Strip: Lone Star Motorsports Park
    May 6th: No Problem
    May 7th: CMP
    Oval : Florence Speedway
    May 8th: VIR
    May 9th: BeaveRun
    Possible: Autocross at BR
    May 10th: Finish Tire Rack
     
    Last edited: Oct 8, 2007
  2. wrxin8or

    wrxin8or Mullitt Staff Member

    bitchin'

    cant wait to follow it this year
     
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  3. Meredith

    Meredith Banned

    I would like to thank Team Matt/Siegel/Batlground and Team TopSpeed for supplying me with many of my STU parts thus far....

    Can't wait to see what everyone does for Onelap next year!
     
  4. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    I hope youre ready to upgrade next year when we get done.

    Matt
     
  5. Meredith

    Meredith Banned

    Street Mod and BSP are money pits..... but I am a wheel and tire whore... buy some CCWs this year and I'll surely buy them used! I want to see an Atlanta Area sweep at 1lap! Edit I had Ian Stewart drive my car this weekend.... he laughed when I told him where I got all my parts!
     
    Last edited: Sep 10, 2007
  6. Doug@DBW Motorsports

    Doug@DBW Motorsports Active Member

    Still up in the air if we are going or not. One thing is for sure though... if we do go it will not be in the brighton.
     
  7. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    Maybe an 06......
     
  8. Doug@DBW Motorsports

    Doug@DBW Motorsports Active Member

    LOL.. we'll see
     
  9. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    Liar
     
  10. Batlground

    Batlground Active Member

    Yay! Who cares :D

    ~Tracy
     
  11. socrates42

    socrates42 Member

    Why not the brighton?
     
  12. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    If I had to guess I would say that it was probally horribly uncomfortable and loud.

    I'm thinking about doing it full on Rally style with headsets and stuff.
     
  13. socrates42

    socrates42 Member

    rally style would be cool!
     
    Last edited: Sep 11, 2007
  14. Doug@DBW Motorsports

    Doug@DBW Motorsports Active Member

    no ac
    no radio
    loud
    hard ride
    no reclining seats
    no heater
    no wipers
    no cruise control
    no windows in the door
    really expensive front aero that could get damaged
    really really expensive coilovers that would have to be rebuilt afterwards

    All in all the car beats the crap out of you, and is very tiresome driving. While its fast, its not something I could live in for a week straight. Spending 5 days in the brighton this year felt like an eternity... were as last year the whole week wasn't that bad.
     
  15. Brian

    Brian Active Member

    sounds like Doug is going soft. shoulda kept that CBR 600 which has most of the same issues to keep you toughened up... ;)

    no ac
    no radio
    loud
    hard ride
    no reclining seats
    no heater
    no wipers
    no cruise control
    no windows or doors
     
  16. blindfold

    blindfold Active Member

    Hey Matt, I have found your widebody kit;

    I think it looks extremely nice and flows with rest of the styling queues of the car. Bad-ass widebody kits doesn't make everything looking out of proportion.

    [​IMG]

    "The APR Performance SS/GT (Special Stage/Grand Touring) aerodynamic widebody kit offers traction gains to Impreza WRX and STI owners. The SS/GT aerodynamic kit increases overall body stance by 3.15 inches (80mm). With this increased distance, Impreza owners can now run 18 inch wheels with wheel diameters ranging from 10 to 11 inches and tire diameters up to 295mm to maximize wheel traction."

    more info
     
    Last edited: Sep 20, 2007
  17. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    Yeah Mike and I will probally both be running an APR Kit.
     
  18. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    Mike is ordering the Full-Race Twinscroll Manifold tommrow. Looks like we will be doing lots of testing on this setup.

    First we are going to test the twinscroll 30R vs the Regular 30R. Then we will probally do the same with the 35R and 37R. Should be lots of Fun

    We have been told to expect a minimum of 35whp gain over the stock manifold so we will see.

    Matt
     
  19. blindfold

    blindfold Active Member

    didn't know twinscroll 35r is avaliable to the public
     
  20. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member


    Its not....its all about who you know.
     
  21. monk

    monk <b>The Kitchen Ninja!!!!</b>

    ain't that the truth...

    so when are we redoing your car graphics? after the body-kit's on?
     
  22. Meredith

    Meredith Banned

    so when are you guys going to buy some CCWs? I need some for next year ;p. Are you getting the APR wing too?
     
  23. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    CCWs will probally come after One Lap. As for the APR Wing we are getting it for sure. They actually have CFD on their wings. They are really a cool company, very nice guys to talk too.
     
  24. BrianGT

    BrianGT Banned

    Are you getting the GTC-300 or GTC-500?
     
  25. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

  26. Meredith

    Meredith Banned

    Wahhhh I so jealous.... Brian buy me a wing too! That wing is hot, the ricer inside me wants it badly. Is onelap going to be in May again this year?
     
  27. Batlground

    Batlground Active Member

    whats One Lap?

    -mike
     
  28. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    C May......and SHUT UP MIKE......ORDER MY DAMN MANIFOLD
     
  29. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    New Plans, I won't be needing the Full-Race Manifold....I'll probally have to make my own for the new setup. Ill post pictures as soon as they are up.

    Matt
     
  30. Doug@DBW Motorsports

    Doug@DBW Motorsports Active Member

    Started working on my OLA08 car today... going to be wicked fast, very light, really quite, and have cruise control. Only down side is no dvd, fixed windows that won't roll down and no heat or a/c again.
     
  31. slowwrx

    slowwrx Supporting Member

    LOL awesome, I'm glad were going to have some competition for first.

    Matt
     

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