Excellence GT3 vs RSR Cup comparo
11-08-2007, 01:16 PM
#31
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2:02 in your car is damn impressive to me. Certainly faster than I could turn. Another metric is how many laps you can turn at 2:02 consistently. I find this to be one of the more humbling traits between the pros and the rest of us.
That said, JVO didn't have much more in him in that car on that day. I think he said something like "To go any quicker, I'll have to wreck the car." (i.e. deletion of slim-ish safety margin Excellence insists on).
While the press car showed up hammered, I got Porsche to bring it back into shape, with four new tires and a fresh alignment to factory (std, I believe) specs. Tires were initially set to factory specs, then managed by FLM, which I would think knows how to handle things. Motor, brakes, and shifter were all in great shape. One benefit to the miles was that the drivetrain was fully broken in, too.
So, until we see someone pip JVO's times in an as-delivered car, I'm going to take them as about as quick as an RS will go around T-hill in its stock configuration.
Would be very interesting to see what JVO would turn in Mooty's car.
Best regards,
pete
11-08-2007, 10:56 PM
#32
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Yep.
2:02 in your car is damn impressive to me. Certainly faster than I could turn. Another metric is how many laps you can turn at 2:02 consistently. I find this to be one of the more humbling traits between the pros and the rest of us.
That said, JVO didn't have much more in him in that car on that day. I think he said something like "To go any quicker, I'll have to wreck the car." (i.e. deletion of slim-ish safety margin Excellence insists on).
While the press car showed up hammered, I got Porsche to bring it back into shape, with four new tires and a fresh alignment to factory (std, I believe) specs. Tires were initially set to factory specs, then managed by FLM, which I would think knows how to handle things. Motor, brakes, and shifter were all in great shape. One benefit to the miles was that the drivetrain was fully broken in, too.
So, until we see someone pip JVO's times in an as-delivered car, I'm going to take them as about as quick as an RS will go around T-hill in its stock configuration.
Would be very interesting to see what JVO would turn in Mooty's car.
Best regards,
pete
2:02 in your car is damn impressive to me. Certainly faster than I could turn. Another metric is how many laps you can turn at 2:02 consistently. I find this to be one of the more humbling traits between the pros and the rest of us.
That said, JVO didn't have much more in him in that car on that day. I think he said something like "To go any quicker, I'll have to wreck the car." (i.e. deletion of slim-ish safety margin Excellence insists on).
While the press car showed up hammered, I got Porsche to bring it back into shape, with four new tires and a fresh alignment to factory (std, I believe) specs. Tires were initially set to factory specs, then managed by FLM, which I would think knows how to handle things. Motor, brakes, and shifter were all in great shape. One benefit to the miles was that the drivetrain was fully broken in, too.
So, until we see someone pip JVO's times in an as-delivered car, I'm going to take them as about as quick as an RS will go around T-hill in its stock configuration.
Would be very interesting to see what JVO would turn in Mooty's car.
Best regards,
pete
i have done 4-5 laps of consecutive 2:03, almost every session i am out as long as i dont get into traffic. 2:04 is fairly easy.
11-09-2007, 01:17 PM
#33
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JVO on in-car camera for his 2:02 at T-hill.
Wasn't leaving much on the table...
www.excellence-mag.com
(see featured films)
I understand our web guy is still working to get the same up for his RSR...
Wasn't leaving much on the table...
www.excellence-mag.com
(see featured films)
I understand our web guy is still working to get the same up for his RSR...
11-10-2007, 12:22 PM
#34
Pete is right -- I saw the press car at Sonnen, and it was hammered -- in fact, it had rock chips on the doors (likely from spins into the kitty litter by prior "testing" by the other mags) and looked abused. The video on the website is awesome -- amazing how smooth JVO drives . . . . I ran into JVO on the way to RRIII and he said again that the gap would shrink with just a few mods to the stock RS. Fun stuff.
Last edited by zellamsee; 11-10-2007 at 12:45 PM.
