Shaving Seconds Off My Lap Time: A Journey with the Evo

As I stood outside the track on Sunday morning, bright and early, all stoked to run some fast lap times, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. This was my first time competing in the Time Attack class with my Evo, and I was determined to get as close to the podium as possible. The rain was pouring down, but I knew that it would only add to the challenge and make the experience even more thrilling.

My plan for the day was to make some adjustments to the suspension, raise the car slightly, and then head out onto the track. I had been struggling with the high tires, which were rubbing everything and causing me to lose precious seconds on the lap time. With any luck, a quick alignment would do the trick, and I would be able to shave off some precious seconds from my previous times. As I made my way into the tech building, I couldn't help but feel a sense of relief that we were going to be using it for our alignment. The ground was so unlevel that it was making us constantly struggle with adjusting the car's settings.

I took the Evo over to the tech building and began making some changes, trying to get everything just right. I knew that the rain would make things even more challenging, but I was determined to push through and come out on top. As I worked, I couldn't help but think about how far we had come with this car. It was originally intended for date nights, but now it was going to be competing in a Time Attack class. The rules were clear: if the car wasn't "in the spirit of the street" podcast, it would get disqualified and our driver would have to take someone on an ice cream date. I chuckled to myself as I thought about the irony - who knew that my Evo would one day be competing in a racing event?

As I finished up my adjustments and headed back out onto the track, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. The rain was still coming down, but it seemed to be clearing up, and I could see the sun starting to peek through the clouds. My first lap out was the fastest by far, putting me in fourth overall for the Street Mod class. But as the session wore on, my laps got better and better, until I found myself in the running for a podium spot.

The car felt amazing, responding to every subtle input from me with precision and ease. The rain seemed to have actually improved things, giving me more traction and grip on the track. As I made my way around the circuit, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. This was what it meant to be in the Time Attack class - pushing yourself to the limit, testing your skills and your car's capabilities.

The session ended all too soon, with me still in the running for a top-three spot in my class. As I looked around at the other competitors, I couldn't help but feel a sense of camaraderie. Everyone was there to have fun, to push themselves to be better, and to enjoy the thrill of competition. And as I pulled over to take a break and catch my breath, I knew that this had been one of the best time attack events I had ever experienced.

The track's lack of dryness was not an issue however since i shaved some seconds off my lap mainly just jumping the curb stone since i'm like kind of being not even touching them making some more suspension adjustments raising the car a bit these tires that i'm running are so high they're just rubbing everything so hopefully in the morning do a quick alignment go back out shave some more seconds off i want to get on the pull with this thing if i can get in top three for the class it'll be pretty cool for my first ever like time to tank event with the evo got here bright and early on sunday all stoked to run some fast lap times when it's cold out i know the little tricks now and of course it is raining uh hopefully it's gonna clear up i think we're supposed to have some dry period for about four hours but we gotta line the car we got here early to align the car after all the changes luckily i think they're gonna let us use the tech building because this ground is so unlevel it's just gonna make us be constantly just tripping over ourselves in terms of adjusting stuff so i'm gonna take this thing over the tech building and then make some changes hell yeah buddy big crx guy not the biggest fan of driving in the rain but i'm still gonna go try to have a good time slide around a little bit whatever

Drifting in the Rain: A Fun and Unpredictable Experience

Not being the biggest fan of driving in the rain, I was a little apprehensive about trying out some drifting tricks on Sunday. But, as it turned out, the rain actually made everything more exciting and unpredictable. The track's surface became slippery and unforgiving, making every turn a challenge to navigate. But that also meant that the Evo's tires had a harder time getting traction, which in turn required me to use my drift skills to find the right balance.

As I made my way around the circuit, I found myself lost in the rhythm of driving on slippery asphalt. The rain pounded down on me, making every bump and pothole a challenge to navigate. But with every slide and spin, I felt more alive, more connected to the car and to the track. It was exhilarating, but also nerve-wracking, as I knew that one wrong move could send me spinning out of control.

Despite the challenges, I was determined to push through and find some fun on the track. And so, with a newfound sense of confidence, I set off into the rain-soaked streets, searching for any opportunity to get my drift game going. The Evo responded eagerly to every input from me, sliding and spinning with precision and ease. It was like we were one unit, working together in perfect harmony.

As the session wore on, I found myself getting more and more comfortable behind the wheel. The rain seemed to be clearing up, revealing glimpses of sunshine through the clouds. And with it came a newfound sense of hope that I might actually make it onto the podium. But for now, at least, I was just happy to be out there, enjoying the thrill of driving in the rain.

The session ended all too soon, but not before I had managed to shave off some precious seconds from my previous times. As I pulled over to take a break and catch my breath, I couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. It had been a fun and unpredictable day on the track, and I was grateful for the opportunity to experience it all with my trusty Evo by my side.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlegendary we're here in colorado and i brought my evo baby we're going straight to tech we're here for an early morning session gonna be the first official event taking this thing out for time attack so i'm super psyched got the bikes and then we're doing some drifting with rtr too so we're gonna be having all the fun on the track today first session gonna take it easy i've actually got the marshman on the laptop and he's gonna be making some adjustments during the first session altitude is a little bit different but this is actually one of my few cars it's on closed loop so he just wants to make sure that the trims are good the car's gonna be pulling fuel adding fuel to make sure everything's dialed the idea is he can make some adjustments that way it's right on target and the car doesn't need to be pulling or adding fuel so um so so this is why you shake down a car the uh the hand areas with the bumps now that i have to take the fender liner off because i'm running the spec tire here which is a little bit taller than i'm used to caught my harness rubbed through some wires but worst of all it wore through my hood cable and opened my hood while i was on track luckily it didn't blow open but that could have been real bad um pretty much cooked this front tire it was like grinding into something so i'm gonna need to make some major changes probably raise the car a bunch in the front a little bit in the rear so i'm probably gonna set up the next session just get her dialed adam from the future here guys i want to give a massive thank you to type s for not only making this trip possible all the awesome stuff we do with the demo cars you guys know the underglow kits we put them on plenty of cars in videos they make awesome interior and exterior lights best thing the super user friendly app you can select which leds you want to change the color of change them on the fly make them do different colors and patterns endless possibilities you can find their lighting kits at autozone and you will find installation to be a breeze we got some amazing footage driving these cars at night which i'll show you right here they look so sick and i want to give a massive thank you to them for making all the stuff that we do possible look who rolled out of bed and came over here just rolled out oh i like that you like that one one i want you to restore and enjoy this actually i want you to restore and i want to do the enjoyment how is uh how is this all right so i want you to take a guess what happened my first session now without looking you have to give me a hint you know something you could see there's a corner of the car being worked on right now think evil knowledge i don't know use context clues i'm just trying to think it looks brake related but i wore through the whole chassis harness hood popped open pour through the hood oh really through the hood prop yeah or hood pull yeah i've never done that so i wouldn't have known yeah so it's like that's like 240 knowledge not even equal i know so we had to pull the fender liners out because of the uh the bigger tires we got to run for the class and uh yeah didn't like it the bumps here are gnarly how is it i mean it was ridiculous i'm assuming people go slow in their first session but it was you don't do that no but yeah dude marshman was on the laptop he said everything looked great i had a little bit of boost for me he said it was so good that he had more boos wait from before like you turned it down a little bit and then you turned it back up but dang that thing's sick how's what's it doing for time do you know how to look at that yeah show me you did a one-on-one made some last minute alignment changes the car's a little stagger now i kind of just raised the right side since that's where it's rubbing so bad the toe's good add a little bit more camber which i think will help here front was actually towed in a little bit which isn't on my case what's cool though is uh first session out i'm the fourth fastest car in the class it makes me feel good my line definitely wasn't the greatest but uh i feel good and it's cool getting experience inside a good life why didn't clyde bring her evo dude uh it wasn't it couldn't run in the class she wanted to run in her turbo is too big she wanted to run a street glass you should have lied that's what everyone else does oh is it really yeah just say like it's stock no one here knows there's also a few other things that needed needs a transmission oh these god expensive so so what's up alignment was better i'm still fighting the rubbing issues though i rub right through my harness again and terrifying i keep dropping the hood cable and when it drops it opens the hood oh my god really i don't know where to put it that's hot as too yeah dude uh i'm excited to see the times i've like pushed a little better like i feel like my line's a little bit better but that bump is just annihilating everything where yeah my brand new transmission grinds i love that that's soft i know you think there's a warranty yeah call chef yeah i will hopefully they're gonna be like you're too much power dude double the fun straight at a time attack look who showed up straight up gonna go drift some mustangs i can't wait i'm pumped straight from bronco jumping stuff i'm running through rocks though drifting my bros let's do it these deeds are all ready to rip we got the free amigos here ready to run some doors um uh uh fix scarda came up with a pretty genius fix up in there now if i do end up rubbing it's got a twisted t-can in there so we'll rub on the aluminum instead of the hood wow that was the last time attack session of the day car started getting a little squirrely under braking so i want to figure out and kind of use some brain power and the changes that i've been making because most of them have just been to avoid rubbing and tire wear but whatever i did i think it messed up a little bit i feel like i'm overdriving the car so i get to dial back a little bit i know tomorrow the track temps are going to be cooler and i got a fresh set of tires that i could put on so that should help i think right now i'm like fourth or fifth in class and if i can shave one second off i'll be in second so uh not too far off but i think i just got to kind of dial the car in and down myself in a little bit too just get just selfies i'm really recording i'm really nervous and excited for my first ride in a v8 mustang well how many liters is this one chelsea he's got the same power band as an rv basically hell yeah his his car's got some jam down but it doesn't have oiling issues it doesn't well unless the oil exits the engine i've got the fine spec ford engine in there there you go here do i have to hold this oh it's still recording hmm a fellow time attacker by the name of adam gave me some advice to shave some seconds off my lap mainly just jumping the curb stone since i'm like kind of being not even touching them making some more suspension adjustments raising the car a bit these tires that i'm running are so high they're just rubbing everything so hopefully in the morning do a quick alignment go back out shave some more seconds off i want to get on the pull with this thing if i can get in top three for the class it'll be pretty cool for my first ever like time to tank event with the evo got here bright and early on sunday all stoked to run some fast lap times when it's cold out i know the little tricks now and of course it is raining uh hopefully it's gonna clear up i think we're supposed to have some dry period for about four hours but we gotta line the car we got here early to align the car after all the changes luckily i think they're gonna let us use the tech building because this ground is so unlevel it's just gonna make us be constantly just tripping over ourselves in terms of adjusting stuff so i'm gonna take this thing over the tech building and then make some changes hell yeah buddy big crx guy not the biggest fan of driving in the rain but i'm still gonna go try to have a good time slide around a little bit whatever so that was a lot more fun than i thought i uh i wasn't really pushing it that hard but i guess i was moving fast enough where i was the third fastest car out there uh in the wet i was actually the fastest all-wheel drive car out there was only like a second off from the fastest lap so pretty cool the thing rips in the rain the uh the alignment changes we made even though it's raining the car felt super neutral super uh just responsive and on the streets and everything like just really the bank corner was kind of scared me but the braking zone ton of time to make up but i'm just like kind of pussyfooting it because the car is a little unstable under braking the last thing i want to do is just like loop the thing coming in fast on a breaking zone um so oh so track's not even full dry yet and i just went out and i shaved time off my best dry lap and i was the fastest of the session uh by a decent junk by almost a second the car feels amazing i feel like i'm finally learning the track and how to approach the bums i'm having a blast stoked to go over some dry laps and it just started sprinkling hopefully stays dry enough to put down some good times um so uh technically my last session uh since we're not gonna be here tomorrow i'm pretty happy with it a little bit of time left i feel like coming up on the bank if i downshifted at a third but i was kind of leaving in third too like just to get rid of the complexity of the shift but i feel pretty good we'll see if i improve my times the track was pretty dry felt gripped up so staying in it on that bank's terrifying i think we're doing probably like 220 k's whatever that comes out to a mile an hour what's interesting is my first lap out was the fastest by far put me in fourth overall right now for uh street mod but what's interesting is the tires must just fall off because i feel like my laps got better later on but you can see i was about like almost a full second off pace said isn't it funny that you're doing this whole thing with this car and this is the car that we take on dates it's the whole purpose of the street mod class they have a rule you know where they dq you if like they don't think your car is like in the spirit of the street podcast and they make you go take someone on an ice cream date like so like what does that mean in the spirit of no so like if your car is like way too race car to where it's like not really a street car anymore even if it abides by the rules if you can't go take it to ice cream like pleasurably you get like a penalty wow so they literally make you good ice cream yeah we can definitely go get ice cream in this i gotta charge the ac but it still got it yeah all right well that was fun now time for more drifting uh hello i'm gonna try to talk super loud so i don't get a copyright i got taken back sunday played in the background super super good event for me i love doing the time attack stuff i had a lot of fun the scene here all the people that do time tag super kind super nice have a blast had a ton of fun rain drifting door to door always a good time at good life hope you guys enjoyed the video going back home got some cool stuff planned i'll see you soon when you said\n"