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01-26-2018, 09:10 AM

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MJG911

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yeah, you just have to warm the tires up. I've done track days on slicks while the temps have been in the 20s and 30s. Once you do a few slower easy laps, they warm up and have grip.

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01-27-2018, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Minesh

Also figured when temps are borderline in the city the mountains would be colder hence more risky.

It was 46 degrees when we stopped at the first gap at 11:00 am (you could smell the brakes pads). When we went down the mountain at ~3:00 pm, it was 61 degrees. No problem with temps. The best thing is that the two-wheel vehicles were not in the way.

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Originally Posted by NoGaBiker

Biggest concern today is sand on the road at the apexes, but I think it's been long enough since the snow that they won't be bad. At any rate, this won't be a 9/10s drive.

It was 9/10ths

I enjoyed watching the cars work in the off-camber turns (and vice-versa). The 981 GT4's are real nice handling cars. They have great grip.

I have just noticed on my 991.1 that sport-mode opens a value in the oil cooler. The car would have oil temps at ~198 degrees after 10-15 minutes at 6,500 Rpm. I'd switch it off when going thru a town. and it would drop back up to ~212. I'd just had never noticed this before.

We should do this again in February so as to avoid the traffic. I'm in.

I forgot to make any pictures so I stole this from drive95:

The guy in the truck behind the cars was taking pictures and gave me a thumps up. The fist two are 2016 981 GT4's and then two 2014 Carrera 911's (both 1991.1).