I rolled out to Arizona this week and met up with my friend Ed to shoot his 997 Turbo. I’ve been dying to shoot a car in the desert at sunset, and since it’s monsoon season the clouds made some awesome background content.
Enjoy!
^Favorite of the day
Liberty Bell Motorsports Park
It’s finally happening. We will have a home for our motorsports needs.
- 3.11 miles in length
- 22 challenging turns
- 40 ft wide, 1255 ft front straight
- 36 ft wide track
- 2503 ft back straight
- 400 ft optional Grand Chicane
- 130 ft of overall elevation change
- Special extreme asphalt mixture
- Runoff and guide rail designed for safety
- Safe Pit-on/Pit-off
- Professional Timing/Scoring VIP center
LIBERTY BELL CIRCUIT
- 1.52 miles in length
- 14 challenging highly technical turns
- 36 ft wide track surface
- 50 ft of overall elevation change
- Special extreme asphalt mixture
- Runoff and guide rail designed for safety
- Safe Pit on/Pit off
- Connection feature
- Professional Timing/Scoring VIP center
INDEPENDENCE CIRCUIT
- 1.51 miles in length
- 10 challenging turns
- 40 ft wide, 1255 ft front straight
- 36 ft wide track surface
- 2503 ft back straight
- 400 ft optional Grand Chicane
- 90 ft of overall elevation change
- Special extreme asphalt mixture
- Runoff and guide rail designed for safety
- Safe Pit on/off and connection feature
- Professional Timing/Scoring VIP center
FREEDOM CIRCUIT
- Central hub design – 22 acres
- Professional Timing/Scoring VIP center
- Fuel station
- Electric throughout
- Waste oil containment
- Tech center including air and electric
- Paved surface with gravel parking
- Vehicle Dynamic Area
- 400’ X 400’ smoothly paved pad
- Flat surface
- Electricity
- Water
GENERAL PADDOCK
This is a great day for eastern Pa, and all enthusiasts. It should be completed sometime in December but most likely wont open until Spring. I expect to see everyone there opening day!
Turbo 101 Courtesy of Garrett
In our quest for the “ultimate” performance out of our chosen vehicles we often become stumped when it comes to turbo nomenclature and choice. Thankfully turbo companies such as Garrett have come up with informative sections that help to shed light into the vast array of turbos at our disposal. For those trying to decipher those alphanumeric combinations that lead to a turbo’s name, this is for you:
“A Guide To Garrett’s “GT” Model Numbers
GTxxyyzz:
* Positions “xx” refers to the frame size of the turbine wheel inducer.
o For example the “GT28″ in “GT2860RS” refers to its turbine wheel frame size family. All GT28 units use a turbine wheel with 53.85mm inducer diameter
o As a rule of thumb, the larger the number, the larger the turbine wheel.
* Positions “yy” designate the compressor wheel exducer (major) diameter in millimeters
o The “60″ in the GT2860RS example above has a 60mm compressor wheel exducer diameter.
o Note: Wheel sizes 100mm and over omit the “1″ (hundreds digit)
o Example: the 02 in a GT4202 refers to its 102mm compressor wheel exducer diameter
* Positions “zz” may be used to designate special features of a particular turbocharger where applicable
o Example: GT2860RS
o “R” = this is a Ball Bearing unit
o “S” = used for units which require some differentiation from units in the same family
Compare a GT2860R to a GT2860RS. While both are ball bearing and externally similar, the GT2860RS is better suited for higher-flow applications than the GT2860R. In this case, the S reflects the higher-flowing nature of the GT2860RS”
And more information can be found here
All information courtesy of Garrett-Honeywell.