Pakistan Express Racing Team

This is a great video from a competitive standpoint, but I’d really like to know what Gardner is doing with the steering wheel.

We just got word that our request has been approved by NASA and we can now add this great performance boosting option to our Honda Civic!

We started our first test day at Mid-Ohio on July 11, 2008 on the upside, with fresh paint, new livery and our very trick intake, which was developed by our brilliant fabricator, Matt “Tinman” Johnston. The weather was perfect, but we were still running on our four-year-old Kumhos, while our new race tires were en route to the track.

Our first session was drama-free and the first thing I noticed was that our shift points in 786 seemed to be different than all the other Hondas I’ve driven at Mid-Ohio. As it turns out, this indicated that we have the stock final drive in the car. Since word on the street is that the shorter factory final drive is worth a second a lap, we’ll be updating it soon.

Between sessions, we installed our new convex rear-view mirror and finished the installation of the inboard mirrors. This set up gives us virtually 180 degrees of view to the rear from the driver’s seat, far better than the original mirrors. I also picked up a blue visor for my helmet so that I could install the new visor strip decal that Performance Drink sent with their secret sauce.

Before lunch, we went out for our second session and it was time to get up to speed. Of course, this session was busier, making it difficult to get a clean lap. With traffic slowing us a touch and what I would consider at moderate pace, the Traqmate showed us a 1:44.5 lap. This is the fastest that I’ve driven at this track in this class of car. Considering the old, used tires we were running on, this gave us an indication that the car is capable of being on pace with the field.

All was looking well, until the out lap of our first afternoon session. Almost immediately, we started experiencing electrical problems. At random intervals for random durations, the engine would cut out. I thought the issue was terminal and pulled safely off the track, just behind the wall at the inside of Turn 6 and waited for the best crew chief in the business, Sam Myers, to come over for a brief discussion. I found that the car would run, so I slowly headed back to the paddock

Based on input from a few sources, we thought the problem may have to do with our new “tune”, as it’s called, specifically relating to the wiring harness required to connect the new ECU. So, we swapped out all the new distributor and ECU for the original one between sessions and hoped that this would be the solution. And it was not to be.

Immediately upon rolling out, the electrical system cut out at random intervals for random durations, but with the old “tune” it was different than before. Nonetheless, I drove a few laps and, according to the Traqmate, I turned a 1:48.x, which was really funny to us.

Despite the problems, we did see one flash of potential earlier in the day, so we knew we were going in the right direction with the development of our trusted 786.

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