About this event
Tidewater Sports Car Club is hosting a Track Tech Inspection Day on Saturday September 29th from 9am to 4pm to help YOU make sure your car is safe and ready for our Fall HPDE and Gripfest 15 Weekend being held October 27th and 28th! Note: This tech inspection form is only required for the HPDE, but we recommend Gripfest attendees at least print it out and go over it all themselves since you will still be reaching triple digit speeds in many cases.
We are returning to see our friends at the American DIY Garage in Virginia Beach by renting a lift for the day to do some tech inspections for our HPDE/Gripfest attendees! The cost is $15(non-refundable) if you pre-register for one of the designated time slots, or $20 in person if you show up and wait for an opening(we cannot make any guarantees on wait times or availability and strongly recommend pre-registering).
We will also be hosting a Corner Weighting (and alignment) Class starting at 11am! If you are interested in corner balancing your car but are not exactly sure how to do it, stop by and let us help you out by doing a demonstration! If you have a vehicle that meets the needed criteria, we may even do the demonstration with YOUR vehicle if you like! More details in the registration form!
We will have a lift and our tech inspectors on hand to look over your car and fill out the required Track Event Tech Inspection Form several weeks ahead of time so that *IF* anything is found that needs taken care of, and there are no surprises on the morning of the event. The American DIY Garage may just be able to help you get things sorted out if something is caught!
Event requirements
We are conservatively estimating we will do approximately two inspections per hour. There are fourteen pre-designated time slots for people to pre-register at a discounted rate of $15 for the inspection. This will be non-refundable to ensure attendance.
We WILL accept walk-ups for tech inspections, but those who pre-registered will be given priority when their designated time approaches. Walk-ups will be done on a first-come first serve basis at a cost of $20, and we will make any effort to work you in as quickly as possible. Those with pre-designated times must be present 15 min prior to your scheduled time to check in with the ADIYG, turn over your keys, etc.
This is the in-depth pre-event tech inspection that TSCC requires for all HPDEs. The tech inspection form is required to be filled out by someone qualified/experienced enough to perform the inspection. We perform a more brief on-site tech inspection the day of our events, if your car does not pass you WILL NOT be permitted to run, filled out tech form or not. YOU are ultimately the one responsible for ensuring your vehicle is safe. For reference, the TSCC HPDE Supplemental Rules can be viewed/printed here.
- Adjustable height coilovers at all 4 corners
- All adjusters are free, not seized in place (please verify ahead of time!).. Be sure to bring your spanner wrenches as well!
- Adjustment collars are relatively easily accessible... does not require removing a wheel for reasonable access, this would considerably slow down the class.
- Camber already set where you want it. After corner balancing, we will be rechecking camber and setting toe, but it needs to be basically in place before so that corner weighting occurs with the alignment already 95% there.
- If you have sway bar(s), you must have adjustable end-links to avoid having pre-load on the bar once the corner heights are set. Not an absolute must for teaching purposes, but your corner weighting will be wasted as soon as you bolt up your sway bars and introduce preload on the bar throwing the weights off.
