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10-12-2009, 10:35 AM | #45 |
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Yeah, that LeMons race looks fun. Just need one single guy to store the "rust-bucket".
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10-12-2009, 12:38 PM | #46 | |
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I was in the process of building my Prelude into an H2 car, but it is now sitting on my sis-in-law's driveway collecting dust.
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10-12-2009, 12:47 PM | #47 |
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2 days Calabogie (BMW Ottawa / Patroon Clubs)
4 days at LCMT (Tremblant) with BMW Quebec Club 1 evening at ICAR (Mirabel) with BMW Quebec Club 1 day Car Control Clinic at PMG Blainville. 8 total, 7 on track really |
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10-14-2009, 11:44 PM | #49 |
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Probably 95% of us run with stock camber...because you cant dial in more negative camber without installing adjustable camber plates. I think I could get another 1.5-2 seconds a lap if I had decent camber.
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10-15-2009, 06:21 AM | #50 |
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Not a clue how many days I'd have to check logbooks, but I've driven
Watkins Glen Lime Rock NHIS Pocono South Pocono East Pocono North Pocono Full Summit Point Main Summit Point Shenandoah NJMP Lightning NJMP Thunder Beaverun Probably at least a handful of races at most of them... |
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10-15-2009, 07:00 AM | #51 |
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I think you can pull the alignment pins to get slightly more. How many days do you get out of your tires?
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10-15-2009, 09:39 AM | #52 |
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Havent really been keeping track..but with the R888s I just had..its probably been about 10 days...maybe 12. I really liked the Pilot Sport Cups better. The damn R888s really seem like a time trial tire..since for me they seemed to go away after about 3-4 hard laps. I got rid of stagger..so I was about to rotate..but if you stay staggered...I think it would be less.
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10-15-2009, 01:41 PM | #53 | |
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Once I was able to dial in -2.5 with camber plates, the car really started to bite into turns. |
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10-15-2009, 01:59 PM | #54 |
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In your other post, you mentioned about the Hoosiers for the autox. Are you planning on running the Hoosiers on the track too? If so, make sure you get to proper compound for each. The A compound is for autox, therefore much softer. The R compound is for track. If you run the A compound on the track, they'll get greasy and slippery rather quickly.
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10-15-2009, 02:42 PM | #55 | |
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10-15-2009, 08:05 PM | #56 | |
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10-15-2009, 08:08 PM | #57 |
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With this setup you will become quite frustrated. Anything other than a square setup (245 or 255 all around) will result in accentuating understeer. You may want to rethink your strategy.
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10-15-2009, 08:25 PM | #58 | |
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Yup, as he says, leave the stagger for the porscha
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10-15-2009, 08:28 PM | #59 |
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And I had 225/265 LOL. That is THE reason I did not come with you to Calabogie, too frustrating for those double/triple apexed never ending turns.
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10-15-2009, 08:38 PM | #60 | |
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For fun a did an ICAR last week on my GY F1 GS-D3's. 235F and 265R. What a slog. I wont be doing that any time soon.
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10-15-2009, 08:56 PM | #61 | |
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So how many of those 13 days the tires looked bald, or should I say, after how many days (of the 13) you wouldn't have been able to run them in the wet?
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10-15-2009, 09:35 PM | #62 |
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Naw, I had almost 3/64's left. Plenty of tread Pretty even wear as well. Just my shoulders were toast. With this understeer pig, it was time for new tires. Picked them up last week for a run at ICAR and 2 more sessions at Calabogie this month. Hoping it doesnt frikk'n snow. I'd hate to have to drive with my Dunlop Sport 3D snows... LOL.
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10-15-2009, 09:39 PM | #63 |
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Considering that I am a track n00b, and I'll be doing everything I can next year to set up the car for neutral handling at medium speed for auto-x, a little understeer is probably a good thing. If I went with a square setup, I would have a lot more high speed oversteer and probably eat some tires from the tire walls. I was planning on staying with the 245/265 staggered R1 setup until I get good enough to move to a 255 squared setup.
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