Few separate things before I head off to Chuckwalla this weekend.
I've wanted an AC/iRacing delta bar really badly but I don't want to pay for a Racelogic lap timer. A recent-ish AIM Solo2DL update lets you output timing (and other data) over CAN, so I added delta output and bought a LilyGo ESP32S3. Mocked up a delta that is similar to how AC works with a +/- 1s delta until the bar is full either direction.
Looks like this
I'm just waiting on a SN65HVD230 CAN transceiver to wire up to the ESP so I can do the CAN half of things.
I noticed I lost some tire pressure on one of my RE71RS wheels before the last event, finally tracked that down to this valve stem. Pretty weird since it shouldn't have been disturbed, but it went away with a turn.
Pulled apart the old K24, I expected to find coked up oil rings but there was really nothing going on. Little bit of bore wall wear, but nothing I could feel, overall a good core.
In effort of having a backup coolant temperature sensor, adding coolant pressure at the same time, and removing something plastic I bought one of the Koyo water necks. Bonus is that the cap matches the valve cover (sheiiiiit). I'm going to put a pressure/temp combo sensor in it for now and just not map the temp unless something happens to the one on the back of the head again. Fit up quality on the Koyo piece was kinda lol, which I think is to be expected.
Anyway, off to Chuckwalla, we're running CW. I'll figure out tomorrow whether I'm running RC1s or RE71RS for the weekend, I've got options.
I've put about 500mi on the track in AC with the ND MX5 Cup, hopefully it translates since my previous 1:58, while still the TT5 record, is probably about 2-2.5s off max effort car no suck driving TT5 pace. 1:57 would make me feel alright, 1:56 would be great, and 1:55 is not happening since I'm not that good of a driver.