orthojoe

Hey guys,

I finished my last track day for the year yesterday and had a blast. After figuring out that I could run lower tire pressures with my -2.8F/-2.4R camber, I got the car to hook up during the last session of the day and managed to get a personal best lap time of 1:52 at Sonoma Raceway. I cannot attribute the improvement to my recent weight loss of 7 pounds because I had a passenger in the seat.

Here's the lap. You can see I was pleased with the lap at the end.


Here's a helmet cam/first person view that I was playing around with:




I love this car.

pdxjim

Good vid. What kind of data/camera system?

mrd_spy

Great lap.

Do you think stiffer ARB would let you run less camber ?

I see the cayman R has a stiffer rear ARB and imo drives with less understeer.
I own both and think maybe fitted stiffer ARB would help the car and allow me to run less camber which would help wear and increase braking performance.

greymanR

was not a good idea to watch this....miss the manual!

great lap!

orthojoe

Data: Aim Solo DL
Cameras: gopros linked via wifi remote
Overlay: Trackvision software

Good question and thought. I don't know the answer.
I will say that even with the camber I'm running, the car tracks just fine, stable with freeway/street driving, stable under braking, and tire wear looks very even now. So, I don't feel a need to change the ARB since I'm happy with the car 'as is' right now.

LOL, Thanks! I'll probably ditch the footwell cam when I drive a PDK car.

blue44

nice job Joe...

Donn

orthojoe

Thanks!

mikymu

buddy, you make the best track video!

every time after I watch your video I start searching for used Spyder ...

ECS Tuning

Agreed. Nice driving Joe

soltino

Nice...thanks.


tino

orthojoe

Haha, thanks man! I picked up some ideas from your videos.
When are you gonna pull the trigger on another car?

Thanks, guys!

the_vetman

Excellent job, Joe. Fun stuff!

Are you sure you wanna track a 991 GT3 instead? Well, OK, the GT3 will likely be phenomenal... but you'd better keep both!! (and give me a ride in the GT3 if I ever make it out to the Corkscrew...)

the_vetman

Forgot to comment on the ARB (anti-roll bars, I'm assuming).

I have H&R ARB/sway bars on the Spyder and run -2.4 camber front & back. The car turns very well... maybe too well. Now it wants to oversteer if I push it (read: spin ). H&R front bar is same diameter as stock (24 mm) and it's not adjustable - a big problem. H&R Spyder rear bar is much thicker than stock (26 vs. 22 mm) and is only 2-way adjustable.

Long story short, I'd recommend adjustable sway bars (GT3, Tarrett, RSS, etc.). Front bar will require aftermarket drop links (not needed with H&R bar). I have my H&R rear on the soft setting to try and dial out some of the oversteer, but it's not enough. I need an adjustable front sway bar to stiffen up the front end, in turn inducing understeer/reducing oversteer. Keeping an eye out for a used one for a good price!

orthojoe

Thanks, vet! Don't worry, I'm still keeping the spyder and will continue to track it. Would be fun to see you out at Laguna sometime!

mooty

u need stiffer bar: yes.
will arb change camber: well, not so this case. i would run a LOT more camber, a LOT more.
you get some R6, bring car to my warehosue. we tow it up. then you will be hooked on drugs forever.

you do all my video editing.