Participated in two great events over the last month: Gridlife Track Battle in March and Vintage Auto Racing Assn (VARA) Hill Climb in April.
These were my first events since installing the MPP Sports and the difference from the lowering springs is, obviously, night and day. I'm still trying to understand the impacts of the different adjustment settings and tried a few different things. So far I enjoy them the same way as my drinks, the stiffer the better.
Thanks to
@MountainPass for the awesome products and services! It has taken me 3 years of tracking a Tesla to finally get onto coliovers. I remember watching an early MPP video of Sahsa testing and tuning in California and thinking, "These guys are crazy, tearing cars apart in a parking lot in the rain." Little did I know that years later I'd have a load of their parts on my car.
Gridlife was a two-day event. I entered Street Class which allows no aero, so I had to take off my front splitter. It also restricts AWD tire width to 255. I was unable to source A052s in that size before the event, so I ended up getting a set of 220TW Goodyear Eagle Supercar 3s in 255/40/19. While not at Yoko levels of performance, it is a solid, predictable tire.
Day 1 was Streets of Willow CCW. I'd never run SoW in either direction before, so I can't compare, but I sure did like CCW. It takes me longer than many to get used to a new track, so I'm looking forward to getting back out there, but I was happy to get into the 1:24s for a mid-pack place in Street Class (8th of 16).
Day 2 was Big Willow. I've driven this track a few times before with the Alfa club and with NASA. While I didn't get a PB at the event, I was able to take the last podium spot finishing 3rd out of 10 in Street Class.
The VARA event was also at Willow Springs, but at the Horse Thief Mile track that is primarily used for drift events. This was my 3rd Hill Climb event with VARA at that track. The first two were run CCW, but this one was CW, which is more well suited for the Tesla as the start line is on a straight vs. a curve. There were 38 drivers with a wide variety of new and vintage cars including a nice bright yellow Ferrari 355, a Lotus, a BMW 2002 a number of porches, miatas and mustangs. Ended up with the fastest time of the day, beating the nearest time by over 3 seconds. So much fun. They are running two more events this year out there - If you're in the area, come on out. It would be great to have a strong EV contingent.
www.vararacing.com