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TRAKCAR 07-08-2014 12:03 AM

Inside so we can see input please.

SamFromTX 07-10-2014 07:06 PM

Track day today
 
Rather boring to watch because there were only two other cars there today (normal for July and August in Texas). On the other hand, great to have the track almost to myself. It was sloppy early on. Got one second slower than my best time in February, when the temp was in the 40s, vs 90s today. In the C4S, I was 2-3 seconds slower in 100 degree weather, compared to 40-50, so I can't really tell if car is faster or same. Plus, today was my fist track day after 4 months without car so it's possible the car is faster (?RWS, PDK software, exhaust mod, who knows).
I located the mic exactly 1 ft away from the exhaust so it helped in the higher RPM range but lost some of the lower speed sound, making it sound like I'm really taking it easy, and I wasn't. Fun car for sure. Going again Saturday so I won't get the mesh installed yet.

kfmcmahon 07-10-2014 07:52 PM

Sam is that stock exhaust, or Shark Werks bypass?
Sound awesome:thumbup:

mwar99 07-10-2014 08:36 PM

That McLaren should not have been going that slow...

rubbaman 07-10-2014 09:39 PM

Sam, I think the sound was great! Mounting it a foot away helped a lot! Great job on the track!

GTEE3 07-10-2014 09:50 PM

Sam,
nice job!
are you paddle shifting or leaving in auto?
GL Saturday!

neanicu 07-10-2014 09:59 PM


Originally Posted by mwar99 (Post 11500165)
That McLaren should not have been going that slow...

What was the Boxster doing on the grass,that's the question...

SamFromTX 07-10-2014 11:14 PM


Originally Posted by kfmcmahon (Post 11500108)
Sam is that stock exhaust, or Shark Werks bypass?
Sound awesome:thumbup:

Thanks. SW bypass.


Originally Posted by mwar99 (Post 11500165)
That McLaren should not have been going that slow...

His first day on track but I agree, could have gone a bit faster.


Originally Posted by rubbaman (Post 11500269)
Sam, I think the sound was great! Mounting it a foot away helped a lot! Great job on the track!

Thanks for the location tip!


Originally Posted by GTEE3 (Post 11500286)
Sam,
nice job!
are you paddle shifting or leaving in auto?
GL Saturday!

In Auto but had to override it at a particular turn where it tended to short shift me if not deep on the throttle in a spot that required a little coasting. Otherwise, auto was right on.


Originally Posted by neanicu (Post 11500306)
What was the Boxster doing on the grass,that's the question...

Three times (one wasn't recorded). Not sure, I think the grass needed some mowing there.

TRAKCAR 07-10-2014 11:19 PM


Originally Posted by SamFromTX (Post 11500027)
Rather boring to watch because there were only two other cars there today (normal for July and August in Texas). On the other hand, great to have the track almost to myself. It was sloppy early on. Got one second slower than my best time in February, when the temp was in the 40s, vs 90s today. In the C4S, I was 2-3 seconds slower in 100 degree weather, compared to 40-50, so I can't really tell if car is faster or same. Plus, today was my fist track day after 4 months without car so it's possible the car is faster (?RWS, PDK software, exhaust mod, who knows).
I located the mic exactly 1 ft away from the exhaust so it helped in the higher RPM range but lost some of the lower speed sound, making it sound like I'm really taking it easy, and I wasn't. Fun car for sure. Going again Saturday so I won't get the mesh installed yet.

Thanks for posting, the car sure seems to square off corners nicely :thumbup: very nice sounds too. look forward to you consumables reporting, etc. Keep 'em coming, nice driving.

SamFromTX 07-10-2014 11:33 PM


Originally Posted by TRAKCAR (Post 11500457)
Thanks for posting, the car sure seems to square off corners nicely :thumbup: very nice sounds too. look forward to you consumables reporting, etc. Keep 'em coming, nice driving.

Thanks, will do. The car is phenomenal and as I get used to it again, should drive even smoother. Already used 200 mL of oil, as expected. I have over 800 miles on the new engine, including a total of 1 hr on track today. Also worthy of mention is engine oil temp. Highest was 236 and temps were in the low 90s today. Not bad at all.

SamFromTX 07-10-2014 11:35 PM


Originally Posted by TRAKCAR (Post 11493113)
Inside so we can see input please.

I'm going to try and remember to do that next time but having no roll bar, the only install place I have is rear window.

paver 07-10-2014 11:39 PM

Sam, it looks like the car has a lot of front grip. Does that seem true to you? Any comparison with your other Porsche's on that? Maybe that's what Trakcar is talking about.


Looks like it's begging to get on a bigger track. Thanks for the video.

SamFromTX 07-10-2014 11:57 PM


Originally Posted by paver (Post 11500503)
Sam, it looks like the car has a lot of front grip. Does that seem true to you? Any comparison with your other Porsche's on that? Maybe that's what Trakcar is talking about.


Looks like it's begging to get on a bigger track. Thanks for the video.

Yes it does. Less understeer than other 991 iterations for sure and on top of that, I added a lot of negative camber (-3.1). Yes, it should shine in a bigger track. The closest big track to me is TWS (http://www.texasworldspeedway.com), which unfortunately will be gone by next summer. I may try a September DE but my schedule doesn't look too good.

Nizer 07-11-2014 08:41 AM

That's some pretty green grass for Cresson. Have you guys had a lot of rain?

SamFromTX 07-11-2014 10:29 AM


Originally Posted by Nizer (Post 11501015)
That's some pretty green grass for Cresson. Have you guys had a lot of rain?

It has been unseasonally "cool" here (usually 100s by now) and relatively speaking, yes more rain.


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