2009-05-04 : MLR : Spa-Francorchamps : Boelsphotography.be

[_Nathan_]

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

[DazBlackCSL]

pics look good boys ... and the cars

Got the ring in a few weeks cant wait to get out there

[Curly]

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

[azrael]

Love the photo of T17CSL

Looks like a gret time had by all, gutted I missed it!

[houlbt]

Nice pics...

Whoever has the red wheels owes me royalties... not that I have a red set on anymore.

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

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

My best video'd lap is a 2.56 as well, on worn Cups with a shagged gearbox and a passenger It's the second lap in this vid: http://vimeo.com/2180418

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.

Originally Posted by dontdobends

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

Nice one Curly - and well done Shimmy as well, these are good times (well better than mine )

What tyres are you running Curly? I'm assuming Shimmy was on Cups?

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Steve Gill

I'm assuming Shimmy was on Cups?

yep just Cups and the CSL and some incontinent pants

[Mark CSL]

Originally Posted by shimmy

yep just Cups and the CSL and some incontinent pants

[glendog74]

Originally Posted by houlbt

Whoever has the red wheels owes me royalties... not that I have a red set on anymore.