I met my dream car today...

"Enginerrrrrrrrr" (Enginerrrrrrrrr) 06/10/2016 at 22:49 • Filed to: Viper ACR, EarthRoamer, Pikes Peak

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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/10/2016 at 22:53

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You work at EarthRoamer?

f86sabre > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/10/2016 at 22:55

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Appreciate the good days.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/10/2016 at 22:55

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So far ;)

Definitely a pretty good gig getting to work on these beasts.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/10/2016 at 22:57

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That’s awesome. I love the stuff there. I also like the Viper. Are the stickers on the side the tracks that they set records on?

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/10/2016 at 23:05

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Yep! The stickers are all the tracks the production car currently has records on. I’m pretty sure all of those stickers are American tracks. I remember when it beat the Porsche 918 by 2(!!!!!!) seconds at Laguna Seca... amazing.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/10/2016 at 23:06

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Haha. That’s the only one I could recognize.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/10/2016 at 23:08

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Haha the only other one I know is Willow Springs from racing games.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/10/2016 at 23:11

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Other than that I don't know enough about racing.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/10/2016 at 23:26

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Oxygen tank for the driver when racing pikes peak?

Enginerrrrrrrrr > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 06/11/2016 at 00:07

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That’s what our guess was too. If you aren’t used to it I’m sure driving hard above tree-line could lead to issues.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/11/2016 at 00:08

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I try to keep up with racing, but it’s not easy to follow in the U.S.A...

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/11/2016 at 00:11

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I don’t like the commercials or the announcers some usually have.

MarquetteLa > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/11/2016 at 01:01

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I drive past the EarthRoamer shop every day on my commute to work.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/11/2016 at 01:04

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oh maybe its for the engine haha

Enginerrrrrrrrr > MarquetteLa 06/11/2016 at 09:45

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We do tours if you ever wanted to stop in!

Enginerrrrrrrrr > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 06/11/2016 at 09:47

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Haha its gonna need it. The head guy was talking about he didn’t need a stinking turbo because all the power it has. I wanted to inform him of the massive power losses at that altitude...

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Enginerrrrrrrrr 06/11/2016 at 21:48

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there is a reason turbo cars do better or electric haha

Consulier > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 07/11/2016 at 09:08

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Yes, many of the locals use them as well. Even more important for those of us coming from Sea Level altitudes.

Consulier > Enginerrrrrrrrr 07/11/2016 at 09:10

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We actually didn’t need any more power. More radiator and cooling would have been helpful, however.

Set the qualifying record and then started overheating with 4 minutes left in the run. Dropped a cylinder with 2 1/2 minutes left and finished 2nd to the NSX. Lost by 11 ish seconds. Dropped 25+ seconds with the issues.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Consulier 07/11/2016 at 09:15

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Oh wow that’s terrible news. I didn’t think anything that dramatic happened with you already beating the other ACR in your class.

Any reason why the radiator wasn’t doing its job? Just sounds odd that it couldn’t handle such a short (relatively) race.

Consulier > Enginerrrrrrrrr 07/27/2016 at 20:24

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Radiator was doing its job, simply not enough air density to maximize efficiency. In the TA2 class you can’t change the cooling system, has to be OEM. All of the SRT systems are tested at Pikes Peak, but not under full throttle conditions. It just exposed a limitation of the stock equipment, that’s all.

Turns out the NSX was overheating as well, but they ran after us. So, they could conserve the car knowing the time they had to beat.

We learned, we’ll be back.

FYI... that shop down at the end of your building runs all the press fleet cars for FCA. They allowed us to store the car there, that’s how we ended up by Earth Roamer.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Consulier 07/27/2016 at 20:39

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Well it sounds like you guys got some good information. I may have to come cheer you guys on next year then. I have a buddy who works on the NSX program and he was there to cheer it on.

Will SRT still be supporting you guys? I’m already heartbroken they stopped the Dodge - GTSR program and that the Viper is dying next year...

And yeah we figured you guys were here with the press fleet company. Any odd cars that show up around work, we can usually get the scoop from the guys at Redline.

Consulier > Enginerrrrrrrrr 07/29/2016 at 12:13

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Yes, SRT will continue involvement as far as we k ow at this point. We start on next year’s plans in a couple weeks. Lot’s of stuff to sort out.