2nd session, with race data. I get past the field of cars including the new M4 like it was standing still, and manage four laps of 1:44.
West, is your car too lose?
You are braking quite early. 1:44 is fantastic no doubt. You can cut down even more time by working on those brake zones. I’m not sure if it’s a driver thing or a setup thing. I suspect that your car is already a little too loose as is, and prevents you from hitting the brakes as late and as hard as you should be. I bet if we had a G force reading, we’d see this. You’re getting most of your braking done in a straight line, and you are on the gas before the apex. Very HPDE, not the fastest way around a corner type style. Maybe that’s your style–nothing wrong with it–just know that you can shave even more time! Would be crazy to get down to 1:41. I bet the car has it in her.
For most corners, your speed is anywhere from 3 to 6mph slower than when your car is pointed to the apex. Suggests you either braked too hard, or too early. I suspect your car may be a little hairy on entry, and the whole idea of putting on even more rubber up front may not help things. Have you tried disconnecting the rear bar?
What tire pressures are you running? Something looks very off in your videos @_@
There is some crazy gators and curbing and elevation at Laguna. Sounds loud but it is normal. I agree the car has 1:40 in it. I think I can inch under 1:42 if I tweak a few things (and run with a faster group).
The car still dives a bit. No worse than a 911 turbo of the same weight.
Pobst only did it half a second fatser in an RS5.
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Looks like I ran a lot of 1:45, with a best of 1:44.38. I’m starting to analyze my stuff in Racelogic Circuit Tools 2. I know where I lost 1.5 seconds.
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Laguna Seca
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The car looks great. Did the body mods help with the performance and over all time or with control. You can see the rear cut out section in the one picture.
What a great view
When it is a clear day, that top of the corkscrew photo of the rear of the car goes straight to the ocean.
Regarding functionality, I hit 123.12 MPH per GPS on the front straight so I’d say I’ve lowered drag.
You can see the fender liner cut away here:
Waiting for the people who say the dragstrip is harder on your car than the road course…
One day I will ride the Phillip Island Circuit. It looks like you’re going straight into the ocean…you reminded me of that
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WOW at high speeds that would be a little scary.
Inde Motorsports Ranch in Tucson is the same way. Something like 24 turns, and most of them are pretty tight/slow corners.
Me driving my RS4 about a year ago there - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCLTtjrBBk
I still LOL when people say the 1/4 mile is harder on cars then the road course. That sucks and I dont think insurence will cover that
The car looked really solid and fast
Those fast runs at Laguna cost me 2 bent wheels. I hit a curb in T8 and T10 in my quest to use every inch of the track. Good thing they are only $500 each and not $1500 each. No wheel would have survived.
Today I went to a hot mess of a “for profit open track time company which shall not be named”. There’s no culture of safety at these events and people with no experience register for very advanced driving groups because they own a potentially fast car. It makes me feel good that I can pass all of them but it’s risky AF.
Here’s some 1:57 laps, with a couple of Audi R8 V10’s I know holding me up (1:56 would be the adjusted lap time). One of them is a supercharged 700 HP deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVJliLCQFc
Here’s 2 corvettes and 4 mustangs that apparently aren’t very fast, and one of them crashes at the end. I had enough of that shit and went home afterwards.
Are you replacing them or just dealing with them? Does it vibrate? can a shop bang them straight?
there’s no such thing on earth as a supercharged Audi R8 that makes 700 hp. Those companies that sold those kits were lying morons.
I didn’t even know it was bent until I got new tires. Most of the damage was to the inside bevel. One was really bad and we tossed it out, though it was repairable. I kept the less bent one as a full size spare and mounted a new tire on it. Sometimes I have to end a track weekend a little early because one of the front tires cords. With the wing, the rears are getting much more of a workout (they come up to temp and pressure).