TRAKCAR

Supposedly unique to the Ring.
I dunno...

mdrums

That doesn't make sense....how does the car know its at the Ring and ok to leak oil but not any other track?....LOL

TRAKCAR

They cleaned it all up and sent me on my way.
The car got washed but the rubber marks were left on..
Well at least one part of the car is clean..

Wind911

Sebring is flat, The Ring has many elevation changes, Big compression spots like Fuchsröhre and Tiergarten might contribute to this? Just guessing.

facelvega

...and Karrusell - fully loaded, banked - whumpa whumpa whumpa whumpa.....take Sebring's rough concrete, bank it like Daytona - what could go wrong?

TRAKCAR

It was a lot of oil...
And I’m one of the slow guys..
Locals aren’t spewing oil ..

mdrums

Doesn't seem correct...any bolts/screws lose causing the seal to leak? Is this a seal from PDK to something or something totally different? As far as I know Porsche doesn't allow PDK seals to be replaced...you have to replace the entire PDK transmission. Lucky its under warranty....will a local Porsche dealer or factory fix this before car is shipped to USA?

DaveGordon

Sounds weird to me. I’ve never heard of this - and it was hardly hot!

signes

Will definitely be there for that, flatout from Stuttgart. If I can make it Sat night I'll let you know.

signes

Lol, something to look forward to. That much oil is a bit scary, at least (all?) goes out the back and not near the rear tires.

hf1

Did they add any oil and how much?

TRAKCAR

No oil added that I know of.
New pads and tires today, maybe rotors.

Just 5 more Ring days and a handful of track days in U.K. in June.

TRAKCAR

Got new Dunlop tires today, new pads and front rotors so that should carry me through two days of TF, today and tomorrow and 3 days of Scuderia Hanseat Monday through Wednesday.

Couple laps from the Granturismo event yesterday and the day before; 7:36 and 7:32 with the part between Gantry and the bridge.Still a lot to learn.
Some traffic, much hesitation. I stopwatched the straight between Gantry and Bridge at 24 seconds, so that puts my sub 8 for a full lap I think. Still a looong way to go.

Hopefully the fresh Dunlops will give me a bit more confidence.

mdrums

Cool stuff....interested what you think about the Dunlop’s after some track days.

hf1

Those are monster times for an amateur driving own car on a track shared with others. The diff btw that and a professional driving a factory prepped car on an empty track should be especially large at Nring — a track with many blind high-speed corners coming onto long straights, requiring commitment and the confidence that a clear track awaits beyond. The risk/reward equation is different between the two scenarios, as well, and starts affecting the laptime diff exponentially more the faster the pace becomes.