It has been a long, cold winter and my baby's been off the road since February, getting suited up for a 9 race series starting May 4th. Here's the series we are running: http://www.300cforums.com/forums/road-course/103705-calabogie-gt-challenge.html
She's back home now. Not much left to do - mount summer tires (1 set for track; 1 set for daily driving); set up alignment front and rear for some serious negative camber on the track; then do some custom tuning on the ECM and probably install a Tranzformer TCM tuner to set up shifting at the track.
At the end of last season, we managed a 2nd place finish in our class and needed to address 2 important issues:
1. Suspension adjustments for more negative camber
Late last summer we put on adjustable front upper control arms
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And immediately we started to run at the front of the pack as to lap times.
So . . . we needed a solution for the back wheels, as well. I was in South Florida in January, so I dropped into SpeedLogix in West Palm Beach to see Lisa and Mikey.
It just so happened, they had a brand new, custom engineered set of neat adjustable rear control arms -
Speedlogix Adjustable Billet Rear Control Arms 05-13 Challenger, Charger, 300, Magnum
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Here's the rear cradle down with the new arms (black) installed
Hopefully, we'll get even more grip in the corners!
While we had the cradle down, we installed 2 new halfshafts, just as a precaution, as one has been leaking since an "incident" at California Motor Speedway back in 08. The shafts came from Speedlogix as well at a very good price.
2. Engine cooling! The 6.1 running at 4500 to 6200 rpm was overheating. This meant short-shifting and giving up way too much hp and torque to our competitors.
The answer, after much research, pointed to custom fitting a large Fluidyne cooler to a sandwich plate installed at the oil filter take off.
Here's the big new cooler, just after I painted her flat black (for stealth reasons
)
Here she is installed above the bumper. We put in a new heavy duty rad, while we where at it:
Some of you may know that I have been running Eibach Multi Pro R2 coilovers and have been quite happy with them - until late last summer. The Pedder's sway bar ripped off the RF strut bracket. I ran the last 2 races with no front swaybar!
We contacted Eibach last fall. They asked us to send back the 2 front struts. They then sent us back 2 new struts with a heavy, redesigned lower bracket for the end link attachment. All under warranty.
Now that is service! Here is a pic of the new strut bracket:
This week we will put on our track rims; install 2 new tires and get everything aligned to race specs
Finally, a big thanks to Ian Madden, owner of Metric Auto Services in Ottawa - and a damn fast racer, himself!
2006 300C SRT8 Brilliant Black (Black Beauty II)
Factory Options: All except Kicker
Current Mileage: 95,000 miles
Modifications Installed:
PERFORMANCE
Stock 6.1 Hemi and Stock Transmission
Corsa Exhaust
AirHammer Cold Air Intake
Relocate of AIT Sensor
Quaife Limited Slip Differential
New Half-Shafts from Speedlogix 2013
Diablo Trinity ECM Tuner
GSM Phenolic Intake Spacer
APM Ram Air Hood - increased cold air induction & hot air extraction
Custom Power Steering Cooler
Custom Large Fluidyne Oil Cooler from Speedlogix 2013
New Heavy Duty Radiator 2013
Wide Angle Racing Rear View Mirror
Oversized PS Pump Pulley from from JoelVan to reduce pump rpm's; larger serpentine belt (July 2013)
CMR Tune from Johan (August 2013)
HANDLING
Eibach Multi-Pro Coil-Over R2 Shocks and Springs
StopTech Brake Pads
DBA vented and slotted Rotors
Braided Brake Lines
Upgraded Brake Fluid
Pedders Bushings Upgrade
Pedders Bump Steer Kit
Pedders Upgraded Sway bars
Michelin Pilot Super Sport 275/30/20 High performance tires (for Track)
Light open ASA 20x10 Wheels (for Track)
Adjustable Front Upper Control Arms (2012 )
Adjustable Rear Upper Control Arms from Speedlogix 2013
Front and Rear Shock Tower Braces from Speedlogix (2012)
New Wheel Bearings all around 2013
Front Splitter -modified from a Challenger (Aug 2013)
Racing Seat (August 2014)
APPEARANCE
Billet Technology custom pedals and dead pedal
Debadged BT SRT Grille Oval and Trunk Wing
Black Window trim and B pillars
Custom LED Taillights
Custom TommyZ Deep Dish Grille with black powdercoated mesh
Upgraded lighting
Blacked out side markers
Piano Gloss Black Interior panels and trim
American Racing "old school" Torque Thrust M Anthracite Wheels (for daily driving)
Links to BBII:
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/road-course/103705-calabogie-gt-challenge.html
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/ro...rums/road-course/100870-i-won-1st-place-final-race-2nd-place-entire-series.html
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/300-eye-candy/86986-black-beauty-ii-gets-make-over.html
She's back home now. Not much left to do - mount summer tires (1 set for track; 1 set for daily driving); set up alignment front and rear for some serious negative camber on the track; then do some custom tuning on the ECM and probably install a Tranzformer TCM tuner to set up shifting at the track.
At the end of last season, we managed a 2nd place finish in our class and needed to address 2 important issues:
1. Suspension adjustments for more negative camber
Late last summer we put on adjustable front upper control arms
And immediately we started to run at the front of the pack as to lap times.
So . . . we needed a solution for the back wheels, as well. I was in South Florida in January, so I dropped into SpeedLogix in West Palm Beach to see Lisa and Mikey.
It just so happened, they had a brand new, custom engineered set of neat adjustable rear control arms -
Speedlogix Adjustable Billet Rear Control Arms 05-13 Challenger, Charger, 300, Magnum
Here's the rear cradle down with the new arms (black) installed
Hopefully, we'll get even more grip in the corners!
While we had the cradle down, we installed 2 new halfshafts, just as a precaution, as one has been leaking since an "incident" at California Motor Speedway back in 08. The shafts came from Speedlogix as well at a very good price.
2. Engine cooling! The 6.1 running at 4500 to 6200 rpm was overheating. This meant short-shifting and giving up way too much hp and torque to our competitors.
The answer, after much research, pointed to custom fitting a large Fluidyne cooler to a sandwich plate installed at the oil filter take off.
Here's the big new cooler, just after I painted her flat black (for stealth reasons
)Here she is installed above the bumper. We put in a new heavy duty rad, while we where at it:
Some of you may know that I have been running Eibach Multi Pro R2 coilovers and have been quite happy with them - until late last summer. The Pedder's sway bar ripped off the RF strut bracket. I ran the last 2 races with no front swaybar!
We contacted Eibach last fall. They asked us to send back the 2 front struts. They then sent us back 2 new struts with a heavy, redesigned lower bracket for the end link attachment. All under warranty.
Now that is service! Here is a pic of the new strut bracket:
This week we will put on our track rims; install 2 new tires and get everything aligned to race specs
Finally, a big thanks to Ian Madden, owner of Metric Auto Services in Ottawa - and a damn fast racer, himself!
2006 300C SRT8 Brilliant Black (Black Beauty II)
Factory Options: All except Kicker
Current Mileage: 95,000 miles
Modifications Installed:
PERFORMANCE
Stock 6.1 Hemi and Stock Transmission
Corsa Exhaust
AirHammer Cold Air Intake
Relocate of AIT Sensor
Quaife Limited Slip Differential
New Half-Shafts from Speedlogix 2013
Diablo Trinity ECM Tuner
GSM Phenolic Intake Spacer
APM Ram Air Hood - increased cold air induction & hot air extraction
Custom Power Steering Cooler
Custom Large Fluidyne Oil Cooler from Speedlogix 2013
New Heavy Duty Radiator 2013
Wide Angle Racing Rear View Mirror
Oversized PS Pump Pulley from from JoelVan to reduce pump rpm's; larger serpentine belt (July 2013)
CMR Tune from Johan (August 2013)
HANDLING
Eibach Multi-Pro Coil-Over R2 Shocks and Springs
StopTech Brake Pads
DBA vented and slotted Rotors
Braided Brake Lines
Upgraded Brake Fluid
Pedders Bushings Upgrade
Pedders Bump Steer Kit
Pedders Upgraded Sway bars
Michelin Pilot Super Sport 275/30/20 High performance tires (for Track)
Light open ASA 20x10 Wheels (for Track)
Adjustable Front Upper Control Arms (2012 )
Adjustable Rear Upper Control Arms from Speedlogix 2013
Front and Rear Shock Tower Braces from Speedlogix (2012)
New Wheel Bearings all around 2013
Front Splitter -modified from a Challenger (Aug 2013)
Racing Seat (August 2014)
APPEARANCE
Billet Technology custom pedals and dead pedal
Debadged BT SRT Grille Oval and Trunk Wing
Black Window trim and B pillars
Custom LED Taillights
Custom TommyZ Deep Dish Grille with black powdercoated mesh
Upgraded lighting
Blacked out side markers
Piano Gloss Black Interior panels and trim
American Racing "old school" Torque Thrust M Anthracite Wheels (for daily driving)
Links to BBII:
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/road-course/103705-calabogie-gt-challenge.html
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/ro...rums/road-course/100870-i-won-1st-place-final-race-2nd-place-entire-series.html
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/300-eye-candy/86986-black-beauty-ii-gets-make-over.html
