Originally Posted by jungwoo0622

November 20th and 21st I participated on a track day event at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow California. With "D" minus 5, I checked the weather and and 70% chance of rain.......

I was not even thinking about but John From JEB Performance Tunning called me. A Nissan/Infiniti Specialist in Hollywood California. And said "Hey how about your intakes, are you getting the hydroshield for your cold air intakes for this weekend?" And it hit me, I removed the cover on my bumper exposing air filters to the environment. John said "I have couple of them here, so pick them up for $18 each". I drove there immediately. And picked them up. John also recommended since engine might take in water if you pass through a pot hole. Splashing lot of water into the intake systems. Gave me for free 2 1/2" clear box tapes. Just in case rain was severe.

On my drive to Buttonwillow Race way, over passing the mountains rains were severe. And As I was descending I noticed roughness on my engine. Than weather cleared, and roughness went away.

Throughout entire first through third session rain was pouring, and midway through the second session the engine started to threaten to shut down. And Rev would not go passed 3200 RPM. I was not sure if engine was going into self-protect mode, or there is actually something wrong with the engine due to the fact even with Hydroshield, my engine was taking in water. Than it hit me I have 2 1/2" clear box tapes from JOHN. I Taped bumper making as water tight as possible. KEPT my engine running for 30 minutes and everything back to normal.

Now my runs thought the day. With no sign of rain going away. My G was going all over the track. With spins here and there, I normally run on dry 2 min 14.6 seconds. I really wanted to brake my personal record. So I made some additional mods on my car. Other than Injen cold air intakes, HKS Power Exhaust, deleted my cats, updated ecu from 08's to 10's from a local dealership, Volk TE, KW V-3 which I run one click minus full hard.

Additional mods I made for the November 20-21, 2010. Where Eibach sway bars both front and rear, and GTSpec Towers, and Nitto NT05's for rears only Which I think made worse for the raining conditions.

Luckily by 3:00pm sun was making its way through, and to my surprise by the end of the day I broke my personal best by almost a second. 2:13.626, I could not believe.

I think due to the fact that I played out on rain all day, made me better driver. And when sun came through my Sways and GTSpecs came back with a vengeance.

I think with perseverance and little help from honest and hard working people around. You can overcome obstacles. I feel great, and thank you JEB Performance Tunning for everything you have done. Your 2 1/2" clear tapes saved my day.

I now appreciate all areas of motorsports. From Nascar to Indy to F1. Those guys are overcoming obstacles on a daily basis. Which I think is one of most understated, but joy of motorsports.

I will post pictures and videos after editing them. And will be sharing more of the Sunday's event when I broke 10 second barrier for the first time. I posted best time lap of 2 minute and 9.78 seconds. COMING SOON.........





Look under position 3. My name is Jong Lee.