Greg Cochran built, Sam Collier, suspension tune by Randy Pobst and Kaplhenke Racing; Ben Kaplan, this wonderful kooky engineer that builds race parts for old Volvo's.
Absolutely LOVE the Volvo, love the after action narration, love you taking us along for the race! Been a fan for years but never knew you had a youtube channel, I know what I'm gonna be watching for the next few days!
My only complaint, too short! Ha! What a great story and footage. Thank you for documenting the whole even with video and your live naration and thoughts! Love the "eyeball like" camera with the focus on the side mirrors. Looked like a lot of work editing, but great job and greatly appreciate the effort to share it with us.
Randy i believe you are the car god. Nothing better than watching and listening to you an a track. Are that cool on a motorcycle? Congrats on winning in plaid car that you can't even hear the revs. Plz keep on car god
No one expects the Volvo. As much as I hate you guys had that much trouble, it definitely made for a good narrative. I've done a couple of LeMons and Champ (back when it was Chump) events and that was still some of the most fun I've had on four wheels. The breaking stuff part is not so fun, but arguably makes for better stories.
thank you. I'm in the decision process for a 200 tread wear tire - this is beyond helpful. Thank you! Maybe I can return the favor on the knock-back issue. GM cars (Corvette, GTO, Camaro - the GTO era cars), all can overheat their throwout bearing and suddenly you have no clutch. A couple pumps later, it's back - but I've had this same issue from all of the manufacturers (OEM and aftermarket). Most times the solution is get the hose away from heat or shield it from heat...
I'm glad it was more than 5 minutes, as I truly enjoy listening to you talk about cars and racing. Please keep the videos coming. One day, I hope to be able to watch you race in person.
Oh yeah, it's a FLYIN' Moose. :-). Been some good work done on it by Fiox Motorsports by Road Atlanta, and Sam Collier, old Volvo guru, and me, on suspension tuning, and others
I continue to love the Content Randy! Makes me feel like I am there with you! Would you ever be willing to let a fan come and hang for a race, it I promise to keep my mouth shut and hands in my pockets?????
Sure, come any time! That'd be fun. True, I might be realllll busy, but not always. Next is Lucky Dog Carolina Motorsports Park near Columbia, South Carolina, Aug.21-22, 2021. We'll have the Flyin' Moose there.
Do you have a way of monitoring fuel pressure as you're driving? What could be happening is your fuel pump is heating up under load and you're losing pressure. I especially see this in 80's era cars with in tank pumps that relied on the fuel to cool the pump. As the gasoline heats up under racing (I'm assuming you're using a return style fuel system) the pumps performance starts to decrease. This is representative of what you're seeing, pump gets hot, you pit, you tinker with something, splash in a little extra "cool" fuel go out it is better for a bit, then the problem returns as the pump heats up again. I could go on about specific heat of e10 vs MBTE enriched gasoline, pump heat curves and whatnot but in short if you're running an OE style pump for the car, see if you can find an aftermarket replacement that they claim will work with ethanol. (This isn't an anti-ethanol or ethanol breaking down items thing it has to do with the specific heat capacity of ethanol vs other gasoline blends at temperature).
i love this, thank yo so much for sharing. road course style grass roots racing doesnt get near enough exposure. for someone of your stature to share this with the public is very special to me. american motorsport is such an important part of americas history that needs more love. videos like this is helping motorsports!!!
Welcome to the pain of running your own cheap endurance racing team! It's a ton of work before the race and during the race, but it's worth it every time! Hope to share the track with your team soon. Great footage!
Hi Randy -- I met you at Sonoma a few weeks ago -- someone was asking me "Why does a guy like Randy Pobst do these amateur races" -- Cuz he loves racing of any kind? now I can just point him at this video :-)
ive done MANY hours in racing sims running road atlanta..id love to do it for real someday..that snow basically SHUT down Texas for 4 days, was pretty scary
Greetings from the Tifosi dell'Alce! (Fans of the Moose) Each time out brings you one step closer. Do you have a live stream planned for the near future? Where you reveal your merch?
Hi, Gregorius, thanks for saying hi! Members only live stream very soon, promise. It's such a good time. Thx for bein an early adopting member 👍. The merch is almost done. It's made in Texas and got held up by the big winter storm they had to endure. A better Moose is part fo the plan, no longer prancing, he's now really Flying. More shirt choices, and real live women's shirts.
RE71 wears like crazy. I found them way too squishy (like the old hoosier bias ply)... They don't punish the novice due to the huge plateau at the edge of grip, but not rewarding to drive on for me. We ran them last year and fully burned up a new set (which is ok, but they wear 2x as much as anything else). Won't run them again. Bring that Volvo to Houston - would like to see how we stack up with our LS400 Lexus
I am afriad I don't have much of one. I rarely plan my own races very far ahead of time, tho it is a good idea, of course. I expect to be driving several WRL races with a top team, as many Lucky Dog events as possible, including racing my own Flyin' Moose at the East Coast races, Charlotte and Carolina Mtr Park. Also, various ChampCar and AEr events when we can. I like PittRace because I have beloved family there. Be sure to follow on IG for clues. Thank you.
Basic rule of racing. If the nose of another racer appears in your peripheral vision, that car has earned the right to tracing room. Leave a lane, a carwidth and six inches, to the edge of the racing surface.
Sounds good. My miata buddies give me crap for leaving PS on my racecar. I'll tell them what you said about miatas and about PS, it'll be a double whammy 😆
I dont know why people fill their cars up with gauges they don't use .. as far am I'm concerned a tach, water temp and oil pressure are the only gauges I look at. some people even put big idiot lights on their dashes and have no gauge.. if they could race can am cars with it, its good enough for the rest of us
I know the downs. Had a decent track day, 19 ZO6 M7, then had the worst Autocross ever. When one is old, and you wait around in the S. Texas Sun for 6 hours before you run, and since you walked the track 6 hours before, the senility must have set in. Oh well can only improve.
Living legend. 👍
Love the way this video was edited.. a massive fan from Australia.. one of my idols So Thank you Randy
God I miss the fun of racing your own car. I may get the Clio Gordini back on the track.
Also used Yokos ADVAN A052 at NCM (Champ) in March, cord showing on left front at end of first day.
that looks so fun
Knew a B230 was a good motor but didnt know a 740 was capable of this, awesome stuff!
Greg Cochran built, Sam Collier, suspension tune by Randy Pobst and Kaplhenke Racing; Ben Kaplan, this wonderful kooky engineer that builds race parts for old Volvo's.
Randy, you may be one of the coolest individuals ever to have been created on this planet. Thanks.
Great vid! Love seeing the trials and tribulations of having your own race car 👍
Thanks T! It's an adventure.
Absolutely LOVE the Volvo, love the after action narration, love you taking us along for the race!
Been a fan for years but never knew you had a youtube channel, I know what I'm gonna be watching for the next few days!
Terrific! Even budget racing is costly, but far less than the big cars, and so much automotive fun for us normal folks.
That is so fun riding along! What a rush! I noticed the rookies too. They were in your way! Ha
All part of the adventure, G, I really enjoy working my way through traffic. Gotta keep calculating ahead.
loved the 5 minute story time with Randy great job!
Good to see you passing all those miatas randy.
Good fun on the race track!
My only complaint, too short! Ha! What a great story and footage. Thank you for documenting the whole even with video and your live naration and thoughts!
Love the "eyeball like" camera with the focus on the side mirrors.
Looked like a lot of work editing, but great job and greatly appreciate the effort to share it with us.
Thanks for watching, Lee! Video guy John Osborn, Jr. @MYLIFEINATV does a terrific job making a show that's fun and informative.
Could watch Randy drive all day. In car footage is epic - 60fps next please!
Randy i believe you are the car god. Nothing better than watching and listening to you an a track. Are that cool on a motorcycle? Congrats on winning in plaid car that you can't even hear the revs. Plz keep on car god
No one expects the Volvo. As much as I hate you guys had that much trouble, it definitely made for a good narrative. I've done a couple of LeMons and Champ (back when it was Chump) events and that was still some of the most fun I've had on four wheels. The breaking stuff part is not so fun, but arguably makes for better stories.
True!
I like having something unusual
Another superb video! So fun to see the Moose flying again looks both fun and fast. Getting close to being very sorted Randy! Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪
Freaking epic. Loving the content :)
Thanks Hecht
Keep living the dream. Have fun.
Thanks so much, Timothy. This form of endurance racing is great fun, good for the car-person soul.
thank you. I'm in the decision process for a 200 tread wear tire - this is beyond helpful. Thank you! Maybe I can return the favor on the knock-back issue. GM cars (Corvette, GTO, Camaro - the GTO era cars), all can overheat their throwout bearing and suddenly you have no clutch. A couple pumps later, it's back - but I've had this same issue from all of the manufacturers (OEM and aftermarket). Most times the solution is get the hose away from heat or shield it from heat...
Hellooo, Aaron, thanks much for the advice, it's obviously driving me crazy. We will take a good, hard look at it. I wonder if it could be heat, too.
I'm glad it was more than 5 minutes, as I truly enjoy listening to you talk about cars and racing. Please keep the videos coming. One day, I hope to be able to watch you race in person.
Thanks so much
That must be a one of a kind moose, never seen one can run that fast
Oh yeah, it's a FLYIN' Moose. :-). Been some good work done on it by Fiox Motorsports by Road Atlanta, and Sam Collier, old Volvo guru, and me, on suspension tuning, and others
Great vIdeo Randy. Be well!
Thx!
im coming from Cleetus !!! U have a lot of racing knowledge to share with us i cannot wait to see you in the Freedom 500
It’s so cool watching you wrangle that car around the track
I continue to love the Content Randy! Makes me feel like I am there with you! Would you ever be willing to let a fan come and hang for a race, it I promise to keep my mouth shut and hands in my pockets?????
Sure, come any time! That'd be fun. True, I might be realllll busy, but not always. Next is Lucky Dog Carolina Motorsports Park near Columbia, South Carolina, Aug.21-22, 2021. We'll have the Flyin' Moose there.
Thanks for the great videos. Much appreciated 😁
Do you have a way of monitoring fuel pressure as you're driving? What could be happening is your fuel pump is heating up under load and you're losing pressure. I especially see this in 80's era cars with in tank pumps that relied on the fuel to cool the pump. As the gasoline heats up under racing (I'm assuming you're using a return style fuel system) the pumps performance starts to decrease. This is representative of what you're seeing, pump gets hot, you pit, you tinker with something, splash in a little extra "cool" fuel go out it is better for a bit, then the problem returns as the pump heats up again. I could go on about specific heat of e10 vs MBTE enriched gasoline, pump heat curves and whatnot but in short if you're running an OE style pump for the car, see if you can find an aftermarket replacement that they claim will work with ethanol. (This isn't an anti-ethanol or ethanol breaking down items thing it has to do with the specific heat capacity of ethanol vs other gasoline blends at temperature).
i love this, thank yo so much for sharing. road course style grass roots racing doesnt get near enough exposure. for someone of your stature to share this with the public is very special to me. american motorsport is such an important part of americas history that needs more love. videos like this is helping motorsports!!!
Welcome to the pain of running your own cheap endurance racing team! It's a ton of work before the race and during the race, but it's worth it every time! Hope to share the track with your team soon. Great footage!
Watching you drive through that traffic, I see confidence. You can't be scared.
Gotta read what the other drivers might do. I've gotten pretty good at that, most times, over the years, and really enjoy it!
Hi Randy -- I met you at Sonoma a few weeks ago -- someone was asking me "Why does a guy like Randy Pobst do these amateur races" -- Cuz he loves racing of any kind? now I can just point him at this video :-)
Yes yes!
Man, this was a crazy day! We have to link again some day...
Hope so! More good stuff.
ive done MANY hours in racing sims running road atlanta..id love to do it for real someday..that snow basically SHUT down Texas for 4 days, was pretty scary
My wife says I need to stop watching you. She sees me googling manual transmission swaps for our '96 850R.
"That was a little more than five minutes." - LOL. A new motto for your channel? ;)
How am I just now finding out about Randy's own TH-cam channel?
Thank u for that
Greetings from the Tifosi dell'Alce! (Fans of the Moose) Each time out brings you one step closer. Do you have a live stream planned for the near future? Where you reveal your merch?
Hi, Gregorius, thanks for saying hi! Members only live stream very soon, promise. It's such a good time. Thx for bein an early adopting member 👍. The merch is almost done. It's made in Texas and got held up by the big winter storm they had to endure. A better Moose is part fo the plan, no longer prancing, he's now really Flying. More shirt choices, and real live women's shirts.
Master Jedi!
Thank you Eddy!
Having a good time. Love the traffic game.
Awesome content! Have been a big Pobst fan since meeting him at an ARRC race years ago! Have you guys thought about a faster steering rack? 🙄
That's a tough mod. Pretty happy with it as is for now, thanks for the kind words!
I have found that kumho v720 are amazing
RE71 wears like crazy. I found them way too squishy (like the old hoosier bias ply)... They don't punish the novice due to the huge plateau at the edge of grip, but not rewarding to drive on for me. We ran them last year and fully burned up a new set (which is ok, but they wear 2x as much as anything else). Won't run them again. Bring that Volvo to Houston - would like to see how we stack up with our LS400 Lexus
Next time you see Sam tell him the guy who wrecked his WRX at Little Talladega nearly 20 years ago says ‘hi!’ He’ll know who you’re talking about.
Was the fuel problem the filter or sock on the pump? Maybe a venting problem on the tank?
Do you always double declutch downshift?
No, but sometimes, yes
If the trans is asking for it, I do a lot.
@@randypobstofficial Thanks for the reply! It really smoothed out weight transfer in the moose, atleast by looks.
Any plans for Mid-Ohio this summer?
Hi Jed, mayyybe ? Mid O is great
Yay
you guys need to start using some loctite or wires. :)
How can we see your race schedule?
I am afriad I don't have much of one. I rarely plan my own races very far ahead of time, tho it is a good idea, of course. I expect to be driving several WRL races with a top team, as many Lucky Dog events as possible, including racing my own Flyin' Moose at the East Coast races, Charlotte and Carolina Mtr Park. Also, various ChampCar and AEr events when we can. I like PittRace because I have beloved family there. Be sure to follow on IG for clues. Thank you.
Lol "don't hit things you can see"
Basic rule of racing. If the nose of another racer appears in your peripheral vision, that car has earned the right to tracing room. Leave a lane, a carwidth and six inches, to the edge of the racing surface.
@@randypobstofficial noted!
Seemed like 5 minutes to me... 8^)
Very kind of you
Could you be part of a LDRL team also? say.... The Ridge?
Yeah, maybe? I plan to be there withLucky Dog, for sure. DM me on IG please? Thank you
LOL miatas and e36's are like cheating hahaha. It's true 🤣 Randy do you run power steering on the moose?
So easy, haaa. Yes.
Sounds good. My miata buddies give me crap for leaving PS on my racecar. I'll tell them what you said about miatas and about PS, it'll be a double whammy 😆
Randy, what transmission are using? TremecT5?
or Volvo M46 or M47?
Im doing the champcar race at daytona . I whould like to have you run with us. Im in an 81 ta 496 bbc
Something no VOLVO mechanic ever said,.... "I need two 1/2" wrenches"....
I dont know why people fill their cars up with gauges they don't use .. as far am I'm concerned a tach, water temp and oil pressure are the only gauges I look at. some people even put big idiot lights on their dashes and have no gauge.. if they could race can am cars with it, its good enough for the rest of us
Miatas are cheating? Them fighting words around here...
@@ShellShockedFarms Uh, oh, outnumbered!
I know the downs. Had a decent track day, 19 ZO6 M7, then had the worst Autocross ever. When one is old, and you wait around in the S. Texas Sun for 6 hours before you run, and since you walked the track 6 hours before, the senility must have set in. Oh well can only improve.
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