Advice from track day peeps please

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by Chappers

Looking at the tread, there's very little been taken off the tread edges and no blistering, they're sticky tyres but I couldn't tell you why the rubber pick up seems to be on the middle and nowhere else, perhaps you weren't cornering as hard on the in-lap and those parts didn't get as much contact with the ground?

I take it the car felt ok? 285 all round sounds mad though.

The car is blisteringly fast for what it is, especially with it being DCT and the 18s gear it down a little as well. It is getting a proper plated diff (courtesy of Floren) and the same aero appendages as the GTS and then it will be a proper weapon. It's not my car, but a friends. I have yet to go up against it, but I am getting concerned as it has 15bhp per tonne more than the CSL now with both drivers in the car. It goes past normal E92s like they have the handbrake on LOL.

I'm beginning to think that there is nothing to worry about and it is just the pick up from the track on the cool down lap.

Going to play around with the suspension at the next evening session at Snet on Wed 14th May - I may take the CSL along if there is space to see how much more legs it now has . The power is definitely there, just not sure it is as well balanced as the CSL and it still feels like it lacks the delicacy of our cars, but boy is it brutal and the gear-change speed means the acceleration is just savagely relentless.