Track forum general chit chat.

[dparm]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

Trailer was sold. I was too slow. At least I know what to keep an eye out for.

Join the Facebook group called "race trailers for sale". Lots of good shit on there.

[dparm]

Originally Posted by Ximian

One of the best features of the new car.

Just as an FYI, this is typically an inferred value based upon the pressure. It is the interior air temp, not the actual rubber compound temp you'd measure with a probe. My car has it integrated into the Cosworth PDR and I barely even look at those data channels.

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by dparm

I don't entirely agree. A tough skill to master is learning to drive to the available grip and there isn't much focus put on it. People are way too quick to just throw a stickier tire on the car before they are ready to extract everything it can offer over its useful life. My coach insisted I not put Hoosiers on until we had gotten me comfortable keeping the car right at the limit across the entire lap across an entire session, using all of the available grip.

This is why guys like Pobst go out in a bone stock car on PS4S and set a lap faster than we can do on an RE71.

I didn't mention the timeframe one should take to graduate to stickier tires, so I'm not sure what you don't agree with.

Do some people move to stickier tires, and more powerful cars, and do aero before they should? Sure. That is not the discussion. We can talk about that as much as you'd like, it's a good topic and one of the main reasons people are slow as hell comparatively to the car's capabilities.
The discussion is that someone who has done things correctly still is fucked because dot slick manufacturers have fallen asleep so long that tires that can easily be driven to/from the track now have the same speed potential.

[kayha12]

The SC3R have proven to be a mega fast "100tw" tire. The 6th gen Camaro folks are putting down some extremely impressive times (compared to same class cars on hoosiers) would love to see if anyone e9x m3's are running these

My latest experience with Hoosier A7, it's a night a day difference going from scrubs... "scrubs" to stickers. 2020 season I told myself I want to compete on as many scrubs as possible to try and win a full set of stickers. Ended up winning 2 tires, bought 2 more, to start 2021. Scrubs are often labeled as the usual "8-10hc".... but let me tell you, some lasted me half a weekend, all the way to 2 weekends. Coming from RRs, they were still very grippy

Now that I've experienced brand new Hoosiers, it's like going from RRs to A7 scrubs! I really didn't think it would be that much faster!!

VIR Full in TT3 Trim (no other changes made)
RR: 2:06.7
A7 Scrubs: 2:04.6
A7 Stickers: 2:02.x

Summit Point Main
RR: 1:20.8
A7 Scrubs: 1:19.5
A7 Stickers: 1:18.7

And totally room for improvement on the sticker configuration.. I was really blown away with how much MORE grip there was! While yes, scrubs are fast, and cheap... If the budget allows, just go stickers if you really want to extract the fastest laps (competition... not hpde)

[Bartledoo]

I wish they had sc3r in 295/30. I'd definitely try. Would be cool to get a comparison to A052 and scrub DH single lap speed.

[tsk94]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

I wish they had sc3r in 295/30. I'd definitely try. Would be cool to get a comparison to A052 and scrub DH single lap speed.

They have a 285/30 now, not a bad option maybe.

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by tsk94

They have a 285/30 now, not a bad option maybe.

295/30 is already too short for my gearing at the Ridge though. I guess I need dct swap, quick change final drive, ooooor supercharger...

[tsk94]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

295/30 is already too short for my gearing at the Ridge though. I guess I need dct swap, quick change final drive, ooooor supercharger...

Right, good point. I remember watching some of your onboards where you're sitting on limiter for a while already, so a 285/30 definitely wouldn't be the right choice.

Go supercharger. DCT swap will be too much of a headache for a small performance gain and honestly won't end up costing much less..

[Ximian]

Originally Posted by dparm

Just as an FYI, this is typically an inferred value based upon the pressure. It is the interior air temp, not the actual rubber compound temp you'd measure with a probe. My car has it integrated into the Cosworth PDR and I barely even look at those data channels.

But it's still much better than what the E92 has, which is green bars that tell me next to nothing.

It'll be interesting to compare the temperature and pressure to when I start feeling the car sliding around. I think it'll be a while before there is a good track setup for the G80 so I'll be doing some street tire experimenting in the rare occasion I take this one to the track.

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by tsk94

Right, good point. I remember watching some of your onboards where you're sitting on limiter for a while already, so a 285/30 definitely wouldn't be the right choice.

Go supercharger. DCT swap will be too much of a headache for a small performance gain and honestly won't end up costing much less..

Yea, I love my RTD shifter too much now anyways, and the experience of dealing with a manual trans is too good. Much more "driving" to do.

Supercharger it is...

[StripclubDJ]

Probably not my place to be posting Or pointing fingers
But being a car I built it's sad to see

Spl thrust arm let go at T1 of laguna, and sent the car to the wall.
But that's what's being said , thankfully everyone is ok, car is replaceable .

This isn't the first time I've dealt with nagging issues from spl arms, from tie rods backing out all the way on track to things just coming lose, even after replacing TI hardware

I guess just always remember to go over every arm before each event just to make sure. Shit happens.
Gonna miss this car

[Redd]

Oh shit! Glad you're safe!

[roastbeef]

Damn dude. That's for sure the failure point? Glad you're ok.

[Shmelgy]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

Yea I'm hoping he'll let me test fit it. I'm not sure what the work around is with the wheel arches... maybe just crawl out the window?

When I (occasionally) use an enclosed trailer, I take my driver's door off. I'm assuming you still have electronics going through your door, which would make that impossible. If you've already lightened it up, then it's pretty easy to make the doors removable.

[kayha12]

Wow, sorry to see that and thanks for posting. Glad you're okay man!

[_X]

Sorry to hear about the car.

Any recommendation for arms that have been consistently good quality with no issues?

[dparm]

Damn that sucks. I would talk to the SPL guys, they're pretty sharp and really helpful.

[Ximian]

Originally Posted by StripclubDJ

Spl thrust arm let go at T1 of laguna, and sent the car to the wall.
But that's what's being said , thankfully everyone is ok, car is replaceable .
...
Gonna miss this car

F

Was there track insurance to cover fixing or replacing it?

[Kelse92]

Damn, that sucks.
Sorry man

[fsmtnbiker]

^^ exactly why my car is still on stock arms. Bummer to see the failure and resulting damage.

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by fsmtnbiker

^^ exactly why my car is still on stock arms. Bummer to see the failure and resulting damage.

All of a sudden I am happy to have stock arms

That is ridiculous... could have killed the driver!

[DRLane]

Sorry to see StripclubDJ glad to hear you're safe. I hope you're able to salvage a lot from the car.

Very interested to hear SPLs response.