2011 in Review, and on to 2012

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:23 am

Well it was a very good 2011 Season.

• Learned a lot about the car and myself.
• Met a great bunch of people.
• Even won a few times.
• I took the 2011 SE Championship...not too shabby for the first season in the car.
• The car was in Feb 2012's Grassroot Motorsport. Nice little article about the new FFRC Spec for 2012 and the legacy class of FFR2.
• Got to film with Top Gear UK, and meet the crew and hosts.

If you want to see the Race Reports, more videos, and lots of pictures:
http://www.mh-motorsports.com/race.shtml

So now on to 2012. After much thought and debate we have decided that for 2012 we will be in the new 2012 Factory Five Challenge series and not FFR2 (legacy Factory Five Challenge series).

What the new series will bring for 2012:
• 110+ more wheel horse power
• Revised rear gear ratios
• Larger and better balance brakes
• Revised front suspension
• Updated rear suspension
• Revised front spindle and hub assemblies
• Wider tack
• ~75 lbs weight reduction.

The new FFRC series should see significant reduction in times and will once again be one of the faster classes in the NASA racing series. Testing has shown that the new cars are over 5 seconds a lap faster on many tracks.

Look for build updates and pictures.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:24 am

Here is a preview of the new brakes.

These were just installed on JG's car.

With the 17" rims on:

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:26 am

good luck to you Mr Marty. Sounds like it will definately be fun and interesting to say the least.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:19 am

Marty Howard wrote:

Here is a preview of the new brakes.

What brakes were you running before Marty? I run that same PBR caliper on my Cavalier with 13" Cobra rotors.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:31 am

Before was stock 89-93 Mustang GT's.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:25 pm

Some updates:

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:28 pm

All these came in too:

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:44 pm

Build Update...

New front suspension mounts welded in and a few other items:

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:26 pm

Well,
After putting the front end back together it now has to be taken back apart.

The good news...new Koni Red's with custom valving is going in.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:26 pm

More...

JohnByers · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:33 pm

Looking good Marty!

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:24 am

Thanks. It will be nice to have real brakes. I thought it was just the cars until I drove someone else's. Now I realize how much they were lacking.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:49 pm

Sorry, I am way overdue for an update.

New brakes are on as well as the new Dual Masters and balance setup. Pedals have been moved and adjusted.

Huge new brakes:

New Konis, springs, and purches are all in place:

Next is the new sensor feed data system.

I have updated the slideshow, race resports, and schedules for the season:

http://www.mh-motorsports.com/race.shtml

Go to the 2011 season to see last years reports and videos.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:37 am

Very nice! :twisted:

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:17 pm

Thanks John.

On this topic it looks like the first race will be a slaughter.

The heads and top end engine package just started shipping Friday and only a couple of people have gotten them. At this point I see no way to get one in and installed before the March 24th race. While the package doesn’t seem to make much difference under 4500 RPM, there is a huge difference from there to the 6000 RPM redline to the tune of an extra 120 HP @ 5800 RPM. It will be interesting to see the time differences it makes and where on the track it will be most apparent.

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