Help at Spa/Ring 2010

[glendog74]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

So, if the M3 CSL is in the heavy range, where does the M5, M6 & the M3 Cabriolet fit then ?

Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks & the not quite as heavy British Bulldog?

[Curly]

Originally Posted by shimmy

well my original thought was that as i have a stack of 19 inch Cups i might as well get new lighter stiffer 19 inch rims. But the more i look and looking at some recommendations like Thorney on the 18 inch Rays i reckon i can get the rims about £400 cheaper, 1kg per corner lighter and stiffer on 18 inch rims over 19 inch rims and the Cup tyres (dont forget they will be 265 all round) are adding up to about £100+ cheaper a set. so currently if they are availabel in time i will be going 18 inch - but nothing for ce




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I have seen R888 on road M3s and GT3s and the main difeences seem to be that;

1.R888 are better in the standing wet stuff
2.R888 are only very slightly cheaper now
3. R888 do overheat quicker on road cars
4. Cups are generally slightly better and grippier in dry conditions

Item 3 is important. R888 on a heavy car like the M3/CSL at over 1400kg + driver seem to go off (overheat) after say 3-4 hot laps whereas Cups take a few laps more. Overheating means your grip goes away and the tyres loose lifespan. Now this can be managed but 3-4 laps isnt very many!

R888 seem to work much better on slightly lighter cars, not sure how heavy the Z4M is but race cars tend to be circa 1100Kg max

might just keep the runflats on now

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

So, if the M3 CSL is in the heavy range, where does the M5, M6 & the M3 Cabriolet fit then ?

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believe me it is heavy for track work - too heavy really

the rest are just blubber buckets

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by dontdobends

might just keep the runflats on now

always nice to have the excuse handy!

[Curly]

Got the ten finger glove for that

[alexk]

Anyone else "helping" ?

[DazBlackCSL]

Originally Posted by glendog74

Baggsy a set of Cups Shim!

Dazza may be able to help with the hookers?

[DuncanR]

Originally Posted by alexk

Anyone else "helping" ?

Good shout Alex, getting back to the real meaning of the thread I will also bring the following which anyone on here can borrow :-

1. Video Vbox Lite with 2 cams, easy to set up, bring your own min 4gb SD card if you fancy it.
2. Laptop to download data/video from the above if ppl fill their card up !! Can burn/email info on return to UK.
3. Spare front pads for PF discs when I can sort out the part numbers which im sure will be on here somewhere.

[Yanto]

I'll have some spare (used but lively) standard brakes (F&R) when I eventually get these Pagids fitted !

[DazBlackCSL]

Originally Posted by DuncanR

Good shout Alex, getting back to the real meaning of the thread

So no need for me to bring them