05-05-2009, 12:51 PM | #11 |
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Slow Steve - far too slow. very low 2:56 with traffic and carrying 115kg of ballast (passenger, seat, mounts and harnesses) on utterly knackered second hand slicks. Wrong front bumper and so splitter too if that makes a difference. Theoretical best using 5 sectors was 2:50.5 which shows that
a) there was too much traffic on the timed runs b) I need to learn to not make mistakes every 3rd corner Massive learning curve for us now, only got the car back a week ago so we have to get as much seat time as possible. Think the chav wing is costing speed on Kemel too i think, car was brilliantly planted at Blancimont though, in fact all the longer faster corners the car was feeling awesome, I struggled in the slower bits to be honest, need to have a think about setup. Gears are confusing too with the different final drive, few places are a bit more awkward now like running out of 4th having to pull 5th before Eau Rouge and Phouon - end up with not only an extra upshift but also a downshift. Need to get to a proper test day rather than track days and need to get brand new slicks on 10" wide wheels to get a setup sorted. Shimmy was on the case for sure, good driving from him :D |
05-05-2009, 01:41 PM | #12 |
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pics look good boys ... and the cars
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05-05-2009, 01:49 PM | #13 |
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some great pic there, Nathan your car looks really flat in the corners and the colour scheme suits it, I couldnt seem to get my lap timer working!!! but last night on the ferry I checked a few laps on the video - did a low 2.52 with 2 traffic hold ups in the lap. I will give it check tonight and see if I can see any clear laps, Shimmy was going well for a big lad hopefully put some vid up in the next couple of days if wheelsburg can get his finger out
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05-05-2009, 01:56 PM | #14 |
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Love the photo of T17CSL
Looks like a gret time had by all, gutted I missed it! |
05-05-2009, 07:09 PM | #15 |
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Nice pics...
Whoever has the red wheels owes me royalties... not that I have a red set on anymore.
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What weight do you reckon the car is now Nathan? I ask because my car stripped out was 1374kg without about 1/2 tank of fuel, but in the video it was just below full, so allowing about an extra 0.76k x 30 litres = 22kg, plus driver & pax = 145kg, so total weight of the car in the vid I estimate to be about 1541kg. |
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What tyres are you running Curly? I'm assuming Shimmy was on Cups? |
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