On track experiences and video's 991 GT3 only.
12-11-2014, 07:37 PM
#541
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12-11-2014, 07:59 PM
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Bumper melting was addressed by extending heat shield a bit but a reflector in the bumper got slightly deformed last time I ran at Laguna. They are going to update the design to address that too. It's a cheap part, but replacing it after every Laguna track day is obviously not an option.
12-11-2014, 08:22 PM
#544
12-11-2014, 10:58 PM
#545
Great video, Sam. I was there a few weeks ago. Sadly my GT3 got held up at the border so I rented a C7 Vette. The track & facility were awesome (and Chin ran a great event). It poured rain all weekend so having a rental on SuperSports wasn’t such a bad thing to learn the track. Definitely looking forward to going back with my own car though (especially after watching your video).
12-12-2014, 09:36 AM
#546
It's a truly awesome track. Our forecast was for rain but we got lucky. And I just learnt from a more track experienced friend of mine who also drove COTA a few times before that his time in his GT3 was 2:27:10, so the car is fast. I may do Chin in January, are you going?
12-13-2014, 12:59 AM
#547
Three Wheelin'
Bumper melting was addressed by extending heat shield a bit but a reflector in the bumper got slightly deformed last time I ran at Laguna. They are going to update the design to address that too. It's a cheap part, but replacing it after every Laguna track day is obviously not an option.
12-14-2014, 12:57 PM
#550
Yikes! that looked close. I've only been to MSR once, but seems after he passed the Miata, the Z06 should have stayed on the inside line and just slowed enough to make the corner. Looked like he tried to get back to his normal turn in point and probably upset the car with all that motion. Oh, and he should have pointed you by way before!
12-14-2014, 01:11 PM
#551
Yikes! that looked close. I've only been to MSR once, but seems after he passed the Miata, the Z06 should have stayed on the inside line and just slowed enough to make the corner. Looked like he tried to get back to his normal turn in point and probably upset the car with all that motion. Oh, and he should have pointed you by way before!
12-14-2014, 01:23 PM
#552
Nordschleife Master
Chasing the same track modded Z06 with a modified and bored C5R engine, 600+ hp at RW, Hossiers. Glad the grip gods intervened. Video Link: http://vimeo.com/114453404
12-14-2014, 01:23 PM
#553
Three Wheelin'
Tough too draw any conclusion fro the video other than that vette driver had waaaay more car than skill. How has he not taken someone out yet? He was all over the place, and braking sometimes mid corner, or all the way to the apex. Wow. Maybe in TX everyone is too nice to tell him to go back to the beginner group and maybe try a Miata?
12-14-2014, 03:25 PM
#554
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Yikes! that looked close. I've only been to MSR once, but seems after he passed the Miata, the Z06 should have stayed on the inside line and just slowed enough to make the corner. Looked like he tried to get back to his normal turn in point and probably upset the car with all that motion. Oh, and he should have pointed you by way before!
12-14-2014, 03:51 PM
#555
Tough too draw any conclusion fro the video other than that vette driver had waaaay more car than skill. How has he not taken someone out yet? He was all over the place, and braking sometimes mid corner, or all the way to the apex. Wow. Maybe in TX everyone is too nice to tell him to go back to the beginner group and maybe try a Miata?
This. Vette's move to the outside after the pass was a bonehead move. (Quite sure he has never raced.) His driving skills were not that good either. He should have pointed you buy. If someone's still on your a** after a full lap, then he's probably faster -- let him go and try to learn something from him before he drives off.