Basal Skull

Some pics of my car in it's natural habitat!

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well at the risk of making myself look like a hazard on the track...
view from chasing car

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in car vid
..."whoa"...

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problem with still moist track, rear wheel drive and 550 tq to rear wheels...

rinlv1

What a save!!!
That wall was mighty close.

TB993tt

Great pics/vids, thanks for sharing.

I found 590ftlb at the flywheel undrivable in RWD mode on our cambered roads but maybe a flat track makes a difference or are you constantly losing traction/on the limit ?

carguy19

I would have **** my pants if that happened to me. Close to 150k getting put into a shredder if you weren't able to avoid that wall

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TB

I have to be careful with how I apply the gas with regular high performance street tires. If i run it up the rpm from say 2K up to red line with the pedal to the floor, it will loose traction in 2nd, 3rd and at times in 4th. It is not as bad if shifting at high rpm going through the gears so that the rpms don't drop too much. With r comp, it's not too bad, but again I have to apply the gas smoothly/deliberately or it'll break loose in 3rd. In 4th, with r comps, I'll get front wheel lift, esp if any steering input is required. My car makes up most time vs other cars on the track when I can floor it in 4th.

19
I think I've used up my luck for this year and will take it easy in those corners. Hard to resist at times as I know I can make up time over other cars when accelerating.

P-daddy

Wow, nice save! Are you still AWD or has it been converted to RWD?

OverBoosted28

Apparently ya got the feel of those new brakes. Don't sell yer self short! It just may be your experience, ability have led you to places that most won't go. Don't think you could've taken a better line, once adhesion was gone. :-)
Oh yeah, where are the gold wheels????

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^^ rear wheel drive

Boosted
You are being kind. Oh yeah, the brakes are great! Haven't had a real hot day to check rotor temps yet. I can threshold brake and such no problem, just a little less pedal travel vs the big reds. I think a little less pedal pressure too. ABS seems to work fine. Changed all the fluids since that track day and am planning on bleeding the brakes this evening.
It's the partially dry conditions that have gotten me recently, track's drying out with all the driving but certain places still a little (or a lot) moist. And over enthusiasm... seems my friends in the newer cars with the electronic stuff are able to get away with it, not me
The gold wheels have nitto nt01's mounted on them, long story... and I have michelin super sports on the black wheels on the car. Much better/safer in wet vs nt01's as I drive 3.5 hours to the track. I won't drive on the street in the wet on nt01's unless brand spanking new (even then it's kind of iffy)!

doublecabmel

Uh yeah! I almost $hit my pants watching it. Don't know what I would do if I was driving my car and that happened. MAd props driving your car and using it for what it was meant to do.

pstoppani

I almost kissed the wall in the same spot; not much grip that morning! Glad we both missed that wall!!

Basal Skull

^++1
Nice meeting your dad! Hope to see you guys again in June.

July1

That was close!
Well done