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Originally Posted by ThunderMoose
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Do you know this guy?
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He was in my run group.
There were two Corvettes there NASA Time Trail prepped. Very low to the ground. All prepped up and and looking mean.
One had Front 295 A7, the other had 315 A7 on the front.
I have in my video one of them passing me before a turn, and the mount of grip he had taking the corner was nothing but spectacular. I was SO jealous.
Because of social distance guidelines, we were not getting into the usual conversations. I only exchanged few words from a far.
According to the driver, one did 1:31, the other was a bit slower at 1:34.
There was the McLaren guy I was chasing last year, but this time he came with Audi R8 V10. He was doing 1:37, looked like stock. The R8 was taking of on the straight similar to the McLaren. No comparison to the M3.
There was also an S2000 race prepped with A052 tires. He did 1:37.7 which is a record foe the S2K crowd. He was also amazing in the turns, but unlike the Corvettes, did not have the power on the straight.
There were three GT3s on slicks also in my group. None was stock but with various degree of race prepped. One was really modified but he was not that fast. I could not keep up with any of the GT3s, but they were not that much faster than I was on the R7.
It was fablous group. No trains, quick point bys.
Just as perfect two days as one can hope for.
For the first time going 1:40/1:41 for two days (13 x 20min session) my front are not on the cords. This can be either due to the -3.5 camber, or indication of how hard the FFI500 compound is.
While not on the cords, I am going to replace the front with 2015 PSCup2 265/35/19. I am going to keep the rear the same.
I think this will give me a good comparison.
So far there is no data that shows that old cheap 2015 and 2018 FFI500 is any slower or last less than a full price $300+ tires.
But will see as the season progress