The Turbo School - Macon, GA @ JJSpec Racing

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The Turbo School - Macon, GA @ JJSpec Racing

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NOVEMBER 7, AND 8TH

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The Turbo School, which you've seen on Honda-tech, etc is coming to Macon for it's only scheduled stop in Georgia. The Turbo School has made stops at and have planned classes at some of the premier shops in the U.S., such as NRG Tech, T1 Race Development, Speedsouth, Central Florida Turbo, Powertrain Control Solutions, & TD Autowerkes. JJSPEC Racing is proud to announce that our location has been chosen to host Georgia's only scheduled stop!

We had a date scheduled for this month but due to family health issues The Turbo School had to reschedule our date....We are now in the process of planning the rescheduled date and are looking at who all would be interested in attending.

The Instructors...

The Turbo School is a once in a lifetime chance to pick the brains of two of the biggest names in the racing industry, Dan Portera and Dave Zientara. The class will be instructed by Dan Portera, aka "Turbo Dano", formerly of Bullseye Power, who has over 15 years of experience in high performance turbo industry, and involved more specifically in the design and manufacture of turbos for the last 12 years. He has worked with some of the fastest turbo race teams in the country and pioneering the way for high horsepower turbo 4, 6, & 8 cylinder applications running on pump/race gas and methanol.

Dave Zientara has been in the professional chassis business for the last 28 years, 9 years Jerry Haas Race cars (building Pro Stock and Pro Mod chassis) and has worked with Warren Johnson, Ron Krisher Kurt Johnson, Tommy Martino, V. Gaines, Ricky Smith, and countless other top notch teams in the industry. He has worked with many top sportsman and comp eliminator RWD cars. He also worked with Jerry Haas and the chassis performance training program for 3 years. He currently is running his own chassis shop in St. Louis. Dave has also built many of the worlds fastest front wheel drive cars. Has experience in the IRL, Scca, Rolex 24hr, Top fuel teams both funny car and dragster. Dave also has a extensive back ground in driving high horse power vehicles.

Quick Overview of the class itself....

Day 1:
Turbo talk in general
Common terms and details on what they mean to you
Compressor wheel design and theory
Turbine wheel design and theory
Journal / ball bearing talk
Complete teardown of a journal bearing turbo
Complete reassemble of a journal bearing turbo
What to look for (good and bad characteristics)
Turbo sizing for your application
Flow and how to optimize it both pre and post turbo/IC
Data logging characteristics and what the info means

Day 2
Chassis basics
How to apply the power to the ground
How to read your tires
How to optimize your power
Future improvements for our class/chassis
What options we have for performance advantages in suspenions
How to tune your suspension
Looking at the car as a whole and treating it like a pro mod car

We are looking at incorporating a track visit in with the class with the instructors as well....so you can put what you learn into play and have two of the biggest names in the industry at your fingertips for help!



Other Info...
What: Turbo School, presented by TheTurboSchool.com and JJSPEC Racing
When: November 7th & 8th
Where:JJSPEC Racing - Macon, Ga.
How Much?:$295 per person + track entry fee

If you are interested in attending please post up...

PLEASE PRE REGISTER FOR THE EVENT - $150 TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT AND THE REST PAYABLE ONE THE DATE OF THE CLASS - NO REFUNDS, RAINCHECKS MAY BE AVAILABLE AT OTHER DATES!

Pre-Registration is now open....to reserve your spot you must paypal $150 to algaines@bellsouth.net and remember to be ready to pay the remainder the FOERST day of class!
- Peter -- '66 Pontiac Le Mans
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