May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

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Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by nickpoore » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:37 am

Tires
Wheels
Brakes (black ones does not have Track brakes.)
Body Panel Color
Rear Lights (brake/reverse are different order; indicators are different angle)
Bubbles
Battery Cut Off

Does the black one have a catch can.  I can see it on the blue, but not on the black?

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by McFred » Thu May 31, 2007 6:22 pm

Well due to some confusion early on my reverse/fog lamps were not sent with the car when Brammo shipped it.

In fact NO lights of any kind were on the car except a single brake lamp.  So I had to wait another month to get the lighting kit then had to install the lights and switches.

WIth a minimum of fuss we put the lights on where the electrical connectors fell.  You can see the difference in angle between the way the turn indicators are mounted too.

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by John Lloyd » Thu May 31, 2007 3:35 pm

Colour
Bubbles
Battery cut off
Rims
rear lights

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by silver » Thu May 31, 2007 2:08 pm

Bottoz, mine is in the same position as yours, maybe they decided to change there positioning after MCfred's and before ours were built, or maybe it's an undercover way to tell an LSJ from a K20a???

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by Bottoz » Thu May 31, 2007 1:27 pm

The main thing that caught my eye was the Brake/Reverse Light.  ???

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by McFred » Thu May 31, 2007 11:51 am

I can count quite a few but nothing potentially broken/harmful.  :tu:

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by Bruce Fielding » Mon May 28, 2007 8:28 am

[quote="Bottoz"]
How many differences can you spot?
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5

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by Bottoz » Sun May 27, 2007 9:10 pm

Finally uploaded the pics from 2 weekends ago.

Click pics for larger images.

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And this one... after looking at it again I noticed something different. I had to go into the garage and see if something was wrong with my Atom. How many differences can you spot?

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Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by Bottoz » Sat May 19, 2007 4:41 am

Video HERE.

I ran out of film during our Atom cat and mouse laps.  :'( I brought two miniDV tapes, and the first one filled up right as we began to have some fun. This is the video from the second tape.

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by Bottoz » Tue May 15, 2007 10:40 pm

Thanks for posting the Video clips!
I've got a few pics... and over an hour of video I need to review, edit and upload. Yes Randy, it was a pretty open track. We had about 7 cars in our group spaced out on an 1.65 mile 14 turn track. So there was plenty of room to play with. Sandia is quite the technical course.... mess up one braking zone and you'll be up close and personal with someones old tires!

It was AWESOME playing cat and mouse with McFred's Atom. He gave me a point by... I'd lead for a bit. I'd give a point by... I'd follow for a bit. Seeing another Atom on the track (and even in person) brings a huge smile to my face. It was also cool seeing all the little differences between the K20a and the LSJ.

I chased around a C6 Z06 with massive 345 wide R-compound tires. He had more balls than I did approaching the walls at turns 13 and 14, so he carried more speed into those two corners and down the straight. But, by mid course I was back on his bumper. He said he was getting around 1:31's.... I can only assume I was around or slower than a 1:31. But the day wasn't about times. It was about having a BLAST 'round a twisty track with another super cool Atom dude!

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by John Lloyd » Tue May 15, 2007 9:32 pm

Great video.  :tu:

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by 1965Cobra427 » Tue May 15, 2007 9:24 pm

Awesome experience, wish I was there. Looked like a really open track with lots of room and realtively few cars. Great for working on your times. Did you guys do lap timing? If so, how did you compare with the other cars? Thanks for the video - it gave me my fix for today.

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by McFred » Tue May 15, 2007 8:57 pm

It was a lot of fun.  It got kinda hot (for may) but I'm not sure if that was a bad thing or not.  Here's some video from a mountain bike cam; the sound is really bad but it's better than just wind noise I guess:



Also a couple pics stolen from another board:

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http://racingsouthwest.com/forums/index ... opic=43666

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by Bottoz » Mon May 14, 2007 5:26 am

Holy Crap. I just got in... unloaded... showered. 6 hours there, 6 hours back. I filled up one miniDV tape with video... and half on another. I'll try and edit/post some video tomorrow after work. SUPER BIG THANKS to McFred for letting me crash at their house Saturday night!

Re: May 13th Track Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Honda/Ecotec Atoms attending!

by DarthChicken » Mon May 14, 2007 3:15 am

Well... how was it guys?  ;D

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