Buschur Racing 4G, two track records and photos.
I've been threatening a picture thread for some time on this car and Jarrod took some for me this morning. We got this car from Mitsubishi to build for SEMA back in 2006. The car was used for shows and at a few DSM/EVO Shootouts over the years. Then I got the bug to try road racing and decided to take it and see how it did. Surprisingly the car did well and with each change it did better and better. The car is very overlooked by the performance crowd and I'll tell you all, it's a mistake. I am running the V6 model, on our dyno it makes about 226 whp and the same torque. For NASA rules the car has to have a correction factor of 10% added to any Mustang Dyno or be dyno'd on a Dynojet. I chose to use the Dynojet at Mid Ohio a few weeks ago and the car made 247.5 whp and again about the same torque.
I started running the car in NASA HPDE's and moved up through 1-2-3 and 4. Then went on to get my TT license and have been racing in TT for about a year. The car wasn't very competitive racing against slick tired or race type DOT tires. Problem was it was classes in TTE and I was out of points, so a move to good tire would put the car into TTD. Over this last winter I decided to go ahead and try moving up. The first time out this year on a set of Hankook C51's I set the Mid Ohio TTD Club course record with the car running a 1:44.197 lap. The car was running Megan coil overs, a moderate alignment that I did myself and the Hankooks. It also has a muffler-less exhaust I built from the back of the cat to the back of the car and our full intake/cold air on it. For brakes I am using a set of EVO8 front brakes, Hawk pads and in the rear stock brakes with EBC Yellow pads. Pretty simple combination.
About a month ago Robi from Robispec came in and brought me a set of KW struts. He corner balanced the car, aligned it and we headed back to Mid Ohio. This time they were running the Pro Course and I once again set the track record with a 1:40.64 lap.
We just finished another weekend with the car and did very well again. I ran one full session on Saturday, it was EXTREMELY slippery as it had just rained really light. The car was WAY to loose for me, I didn't like it and wasn't comfortable at all, still ran a 1:40.16, taking another .5 off my old best time. The rest of the weekend Robi spent in the car testing new tires etc. On Sunday morning with another new alignment, lower ride height, 100 pounds unbolted from it and a set of actual Hoosier slicks he was able to run a 1:39.22 in the car, placing himself 4th in TTC.
The cars are heavy, this particular car has the A/C removed completely under the hood. The rear bumper beam is gone, most of the interior is now gone, Kirky racing seat and a Schroth Harness. The weight comes in at 3430 pounds with a 200 pound driver and we have to bolt in 100 pounds of weight on top of that to make our minimum weight in TTD. The cars are also fantastic on the road course, it surprises me every time I take it out and it completely screws with the minds of other competitors! I am constantly told it's a "strippers car", well there must be some very fast strippers out there!
I've got Hoosier A6's on order for myself for NASA Nationals in a few weeks. I'm going to give winning a National Road Racing title a shot and should have a good shot at it. Hoosier offers some really nice contingency that I wasn't aware of, had I been I'd have 12 new tires sitting here.....maybe I'll get lucky and win a few at Nationals!
Here are some pictures of the car currently.
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