Fixing alignment

I finally got a chance to go to SJF Performance after installing my Alcantara wrapped OEM steering wheel last month. Despite several attempts I never was able to get the wheel perfectly centered so I wanted an alignment to re-center it. I also wanted to see if something had slipped in the alignment causing the strange oversteering issues at the last event.

Up on the alignment rack - SJF Performance- 6/25/2017

Turns out that the rear toe seems to have slipped and I had a bit of toe out in the driver side rear. The camber hadn't changed much though which is good. I suspect I can thank NYC streets for the slippage. SJF quickly put it back to what I wanted but this time I opted to try a bit of toe out up front to help with turn in. Nothing big, but something similar to what we did with Bumblestook earlier in the week.

Alignment complete - SJF Performance - 6/25/2017

The new alignment numbers are:

Front: 
-3.3 camber
5.5 caster
0.02in total toe out

Rear:
-2.3 camber
0.12in total toe in (1/8")

I then took her for a nice drive through some twisty roads in Northern NJ and she felt amazing again. Hopefully I'll get to take her to an autox soon despite our limited schedule.

Sunrise Mountain Overlook - 6/25/2017

Fun sliding around

I was planning on taking Bumblestook out to today's NNJR SCCA/PCA joint autocross at the Meadowlands but the potentially bad weather forecast made me less inclined to get up at 4:30am just to deal with trailering in the rain so I took Lupa instead. The morning turned out to be great weather and we got to run first heat so all our runs were in the dry.

NNJR SCCA/PCA Joint Autocross - 6/4/2017

For some odd reason, the setup I ran quite well in Warminster was undrivable today. Lupa felt extremely loose and not very confidence inspiring. I lowered rear compression a click and front rebound a click to help soften her up as well as run a 3psi difference from to rear (I usually just run 2psi) and that helped tame her a little but it was still hard to get on the throttle early without the rear kicking out. Her new header is arriving soon so I'll get her alignment checked after we install it since the steering wheel is also a bit crooked after replacing it a few week ago.

NNJR SCCA/PCA Autocross - 6/4/2017

I also got to try the new mount for Solostorm and was happy that it worked well and didn't get in the way of my field of vision. It's basically the same mount I run on Bumblestook but with a suction cup instead of being bolted onto the body. I also figured out what was going on with the shift beeper I installed yesterday. Turns out one of the spade connectors I received wasn't crimped properly. I redid the wiring and voila, nice loud beeps again as we approach redline...such a comforting sound.

Shift Beeper and eBrake cover

To match the rest of the little interior mods I've been doing recently, I also picked up an ebrake cover made with perforated leather with red stitching from redlinegoods.com. I think that completes the "show" mods for the car.

Redlinegoods ebrake cover - 6/3/2017

I also attempted to install the Modifry shift beeper but it doesn't seem to work. I suspect I got one of the wires wrong. I'll troubleshoot it some other time.