V1 MX184's Roadster Bodied Track Goblin #311 Log

[Fozda]

Nah, they didn't look over much when I told them I wouldn't be going that fast. I added a window net just in case they required it but never did ask if it was necessary and I wore arm restraints which they were pleased to see. The only other rule I saw was that you have to have at least a drag radial on the back, no normal street tires on the drive axle.

 

[MX184]

Nah, they didn't look over much when I told them I wouldn't be going that fast. I added a window net just in case they required it but never did ask if it was necessary and I wore arm restraints which they were pleased to see. The only other rule I saw was that you have to have at least a drag radial on the back, no normal street tires on the drive axle.

Yea I've been keeping an eye out for some small slicks, I did read that in the rules. Sounds like all the things Sebring made me have has me covered for sick week. Thanks for the reply.

 

[MX184]

Little something I've been working on in the background for sick week to keep the car stable while on the big end of the race track. A 60" swan mount rear wing that should be a few inches above the top of the cage to get it in clean-ish air. Should have the test piece back from Smoothie Fabrication Monday.

 

[MX184]

Wasn't gonna post it until I got the carbon endplates made and powder coated everything else but.....it's so shiny lol

 

[MX184]

Autocross this Saturday in Orlando then on to sick week!

 

[Rauq]

 

[MX184]

900+ miles and 5 race tracks later. The little Goblin successfully completed Sick Week! I was NOT ready for all of the media attention that we received! I think we had at least 5 different interviews with various media outlets. The car is so well known now I don't know if I want to put the body on it.

 

[ah.b.normal]

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900+ miles and 5 race tracks later. The little Goblin successfully completed Sick Week! I was NOT ready for all of the media attention that we received! I think we had at least 5 different interviews with various media outlets. The car is so well known now I don't know if I want to put the body on it.

Typical, now you're famous for "the Goblin look" you're not so ready to ditch it, eh?
MAAAN! Whatever's payin' the bills! U do U! Fame can be fickle, Contentment cannot be bought, you gotta get it where it is! And if a body makes you happy, Go for it. Because nobody's delivering happiness.

 

[MX184]

Random photos from Sick Week....

 

[SmsDetroit]

What was your best time?

 

[MX184]

What was your best time?

During sick week the best I could manage was a 14.31 @ 89 with the tires they required me to run. Which happened on day 4 in South Georgia. I went back to Bradenton the other day on my street tires and went 14.02 @ 92 with nothing else changed but the smaller tires.

 

[comegetjoe]

...with the tires they required me to run.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

I was curious about that also - 28 inch tall bias ply tires or???

 

[MX184]

I was curious about that also - 28 inch tall bias ply tires or???

I started off with 28x10.5 but they were slipping on my rims causing the car to go hard left on the TNT day. So we switched to a 235/60 drag radial the morning of the first day. WAY too tall of a tire for my gearing and power level.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

So the 28 inch tire was mandatory for the drags?

 

[jirwin]

No, just purpose built drag tires. Read the rules here: https://www.sickthemagazine.com/rules

 

[MX184]

Part 1 of this round of upgrades.....

Managed to snag one of the Justin Reed Racing brake kits.

Boost loading....

Making oversized carbon endplates for the rear wing. Just because. Current one shown for reference.

Hope to have everything done by November to go run some mountain roads in North Carolina. And to do South East Street N Yeet.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Those end plates are sprint car sized! The wheel/tire it is sitting on is pretty tell tale where your idea is coming from - looks like an asphalt setup.

 

[Rttoys]

I would think the 4 lug is basically the same as my 5 lug. If so, you are going to need longer studs for the rear with JR’s setup. I used Moser Engineering 8255 i got through summit.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/MSR-8255

 

[MX184]

I attempted another Drag and Drive this fall, this one called Southeast Street-N-Yeet. This event started and ended at Shadyside Dragway in Shelby North Carolina with stops at tracks in Orangeburg SC, Columbia SC, and Moorseville NC. My goblin now has boost thanks to a turbo off a Subaru but unfortunately I did not have full control off said boost since the internal gate on the turbo was not keeping up. Knowing that I decided to run to the 330 all week and that worked out fine. Even with lifting at essentially half track I was running personal bests in the 8.30's (1/8th mile). That was until I got my arm twisted into making a full pass at Moorseville which caused it to max out my boost gauge at 16psi and I think ran out of injector (I put green 42lb units on the car). It hurt the #4 piston, how much I do not know yet, but she ran a 7.95 @ 87 but dnf'd the event. Now to build it back better and stronger with forged rods and pistons as well as bigger injectors and a proper wastegate. We believe if I can come up with a way to launch on boost that I should be able to run 7.50's with ease but no one makes a trans brake for the 4t45 that I know of. Anyways here's a few photos from what was a VERY soggy week, I covered 300 of the 400 miles completed in the rain.