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Casualty of the track.
I posted some video of the Corvette club DE at the Pocono. The car started to run warm on Saturday. This got to the point were I had a noticeable vibration from the engine. My first thought was I was losing the water pump. Turns out the AC compressor was dying. I had a smaller belt to skip the AC Compressor. I swapped it out the belts and the car ran great all day Sunday.
The question is this would you take out the compressor and associated hard ware off for more weight loss or replace the compressor? I'm going to say I run equal parts track and street with the car now. I have an aggressive alignment that I leave on the car because of the cost of alignments $160 at the dealer. So I'm not switching from street to track alignment.
Because of the GT3 control arm and adjustable camber plates I prefer the dealer for their knowledge rather than Midas or Joe's Alignment shop.
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2003 Black 986. modified for Advanced level HPDE and open track days.
* 3.6L LN block, 06 heads, Carrillo H rods, IDP with 987 intake, Oil mods, LN IMS. * Spec II Clutch, 3.2L S Spec P-P FW. * D2 shocks, GT3 arms & and links, Spacers front and rear * Weight reduced, No carpet, AC deleted, Remote PS pump, PS pump deleted. Recaro Pole position seats, Brey crouse ext. 5 point harness, NHP sport exhaust
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