{"id":1845,"date":"2013-04-01T00:16:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T07:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2013-04-01T00:27:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T07:27:24","slug":"2013-san-diego-national-tour-test-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"2013 San Diego National Tour \/ Test & Tune"},"content":{"rendered":"

An SCCA National Tour <\/a>is a big event, lots of people from all over come out, usually on fresh tires and stuff, bringing their best to see how they stack up against some of the competition they’re likely to see at the National Championships later that year.<\/p>\n

Tours\u00a0are a 2-day events, 3 runs per day.\u00a0 Not a place to get some extra runs in for practice.\u00a0 Generally not the best place to debut a car.<\/p>\n

So of course,\u00a0that’s what I did.\u00a0 They kindly have a sort of test-and-tune the Friday before, but I didn’t make that either, working on the car up until 4pm or so that Friday.<\/p>\n

Thankfully,\u00a0it held together.<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/a><\/p>\n

At least, mostly…will get to that later….<\/p>\n

First things last – results were terrible.\u00a0 Myself and the car were extremely slow…much slower than I thought.\u00a0 Averaged about 5 seconds per day off the pace.<\/p>\n

When I first built the 240sx for STS, ran it once stock, with just some used Falkens (then an ok tire) and was about 4 seconds off the pace.\u00a0 Granted, the 240sx was a rather well-balanced and neutral car from the factory, whereas the Camaro is awful, but in this case, I am an extra second back, and the car already has everything done to it!<\/p>\n

There are a few explanations (excuses, perhaps) that might help make the outlook appear less awful than it otherwise might-<\/p>\n