GT3 at Road Atlanta yesterday
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I took my 05 GT3 out to Road Atlanta yesterday for an afternoon track day put on by Kinetic Speed Shop and had a blast. There were several GT3 Cup cars, a couple 993 street/track cars and a few 911 racecars out there. It was a lot of fun running with those guys and man those Cup cars have some power. THey would kill me on the straights but with Road Atlanta being my home track I knew a couple little tricks to real them in around the corners.
Taking the car out there really reminded me of why I have this car and why I love it. The car has so much grip for a stock street car (Moton Club Sports and Toyo RA-1s only mods) that it is a blast to drive around. The power is unbelievable when you put it on track and it seems you are always in the right spot with the motor. And then there is the brakes. WOW! 160 MPH heading into T10A and I don't have to hit the brakes until about the 150ft marker. Man I love this car.
Taking the car out there really reminded me of why I have this car and why I love it. The car has so much grip for a stock street car (Moton Club Sports and Toyo RA-1s only mods) that it is a blast to drive around. The power is unbelievable when you put it on track and it seems you are always in the right spot with the motor. And then there is the brakes. WOW! 160 MPH heading into T10A and I don't have to hit the brakes until about the 150ft marker. Man I love this car.
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Originally Posted by Seth Thomas
And then there is the brakes. WOW! 160 MPH heading into T10A and I don't have to hit the brakes until about the 150ft marker.
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Out of curiosity, what type of brake fluid are you running?
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Originally Posted by Seth Thomas
I am running the stock Porsche fluid at this time. I haven't had a chance to switch over to anything else..
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Originally Posted by ltc
I would recommend changing over to a higher performance fluid at your first opportunity.
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Originally Posted by Seth Thomas
why do you recommend I change it to a higher performance one?
It's cheap insurance. At the speeds that a GT3 can attain, fluid can/will degrade rather quickly. I would need to bleed my brakes nearly every day when I used Super Blue (which is better than normal DOT4 fluid). Now that I switched to SRF, I only need to bleed it every 12+ days.
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Originally Posted by Seth Thomas
man those Cup cars have some power. THey would kill me on the straights but with Road Atlanta being my home track I knew a couple little tricks to real them in around the corners.
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The difference is the weight - the Cup is 2,550 and the GT3 is what - 3,100?
Makes a big difference doesn't it?
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Originally Posted by 4 Kurves
Actually the power is about the same (360 to 390 depending upon year) for the 996 Cups.
The difference is the weight - the Cup is 2,550 and the GT3 is what - 3,100?
Makes a big difference doesn't it?
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The difference is the weight - the Cup is 2,550 and the GT3 is what - 3,100?
Makes a big difference doesn't it?
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Comparing the Cup and normal GT3 is interesting. When Bruce G and I tried it, his Cup car could not pull away from my GT3 on the straight. His car is lighter but has a mongo big wing which causes drag. In the corners and out of corners he ate me alive, slicks, downforce weight and suspension cannot be discounted.
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Comparing the Cup and normal GT3 is interesting. When Bruce G and I tried it, his Cup car could not pull away from my GT3 on the straight. His car is lighter but has a mongo big wing which causes drag. In the corners and out of corners he ate me alive, slicks, downforce weight and suspension cannot be discounted.
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And of course in the corners it is no contest.
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Kinetic is a great shop. Russell has put together first class operation.
They suppored me at the DE at R/A in June . Cosgrove does my work for me. He's very detailed.
I started to go last also, but work held me up.
160!! Man these cars are fast. I need some track tires. I've hit 155 going into 10a. You must really be carrying some speed through 7.
Hope to see you at the next one. BTW...Were any of the pro's running. They we working on Andy Lally and some others to do some training at these track days??
They suppored me at the DE at R/A in June . Cosgrove does my work for me. He's very detailed.
I started to go last also, but work held me up.
160!! Man these cars are fast. I need some track tires. I've hit 155 going into 10a. You must really be carrying some speed through 7.
Hope to see you at the next one. BTW...Were any of the pro's running. They we working on Andy Lally and some others to do some training at these track days??
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Originally Posted by Rolo
Kinetic is a great shop. Russell has put together first class operation.
They suppored me at the DE at R/A in June . Cosgrove does my work for me. He's very detailed.
I started to go last also, but work held me up.
160!! Man these cars are fast. I need some track tires. I've hit 155 going into 10a. You must really be carrying some speed through 7.
Hope to see you at the next one. BTW...Were any of the pro's running. They we working on Andy Lally and some others to do some training at these track days??
They suppored me at the DE at R/A in June . Cosgrove does my work for me. He's very detailed.
I started to go last also, but work held me up.
160!! Man these cars are fast. I need some track tires. I've hit 155 going into 10a. You must really be carrying some speed through 7.
Hope to see you at the next one. BTW...Were any of the pro's running. They we working on Andy Lally and some others to do some training at these track days??
When I first got the car I was hitting about 155MPH on the back straight with street tires and stock brakes. I would guess the lap times on the car would be somewhere in the 1:35 range.
Nic was there and was helping some of their customers out with setup on their cars. I talked to Nic about me helping them out with some driver training at those days so we will see if that works out or not.