2014 GT3 Lap Times - CA Tracks
02-13-2015, 06:56 PM
#46
Racer
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I hear this a lot about big willow (assuming you're talking about big willow) "don't like it" "boring" etc. I have a damn fear of that track. It's mentally frightening, to get a fast lap out of that track you have to put it way out there. I find the track deceptively technical and challenging, despite its perception of simplicity. So to your point, wringing every last second and tenth out of that track is tough. The thing I hate is that when it bites it bites HARD. Big difference of spinning off track at riverside at button willow vs turn-8-9 or turn 2-3 at big willow. I like streets a lot. Fun track, just a little short. I think my favorites though down south are button willow and chuckwalla.
02-13-2015, 07:05 PM
#47
Three Wheelin'
Buttonwillow is my favorite SoCal track by a wide margin. When I make a mistake, I still have fun the rest of the lap. At Streets, the lap feels short enough that making a mistake seems to ruin it all.
Going off at Streets is not safe in most locations either. Too many ditches.
Going off at Streets is not safe in most locations either. Too many ditches.
02-13-2015, 08:20 PM
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Sure, Alex, put the pressure on me!
The manual says under 4500 rpm for 2000 miles.
Word from my friend at Porsche Motorsport is keep the engine under 7K for the first 4-500 miles then step up revs gradually until 800 miles by which time the car as whole should be broken in.
FWIW, I've kept mine under 5K RPM for the first 750, under 7k from 750-1000, and am beginning to extend from there. Compromise.
TEHO.
The manual says under 4500 rpm for 2000 miles.
Word from my friend at Porsche Motorsport is keep the engine under 7K for the first 4-500 miles then step up revs gradually until 800 miles by which time the car as whole should be broken in.
FWIW, I've kept mine under 5K RPM for the first 750, under 7k from 750-1000, and am beginning to extend from there. Compromise.
TEHO.
02-14-2015, 02:35 AM
#49
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BRP continues to get faster and faster, especially this time of year with cooler weather and a lot of rubber having been laid down on the track. We are seeing incredibly fast times now, and it is hard to gauge what are benchmark times. A 1:55 might be the 2:00 before the repave.
I think a stock 991GT3 with a competent driver will be sub 153's and recently, a stock McLaren MP4 with a pro driver did a 150. So, a sub 150 with a pro driver is possible in the GT3.
02-14-2015, 02:35 PM
#50
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Lar,
BRP continues to get faster and faster, especially this time of year with cooler weather and a lot of rubber having been laid down on the track. We are seeing incredibly fast times now, and it is hard to gauge what are benchmark times. A 1:55 might be the 2:00 before the repave.
I think a stock 991GT3 with a competent driver will be sub 153's and recently, a stock McLaren MP4 with a pro driver did a 150. So, a sub 150 with a pro driver is possible in the GT3.
