Yorkshireman

OK, so I've been there twice in my bone stock 2010 GT3. Just taking lap times from the counter on the video clip (I know, horribly bad), it seems my times are somewhere around 1:44 ish.

Where should I be? What goal should I set myself?

Thanks.

85Gold

Depends on tires. NASA TTC times are running 1:41's TTS are in the 1:35 range on R6's. A 10 GT3 is a TTS car so it should be in the the 1:35 range. I am assuming you are running the infield course and not Nascar 3 & 4.


Peter

sin911

My best time was 1:40.8 with 2008 C2S with X51 completely modded with RA1 tires.

Erik

1:36-38's sounds about right. I've done low 37's in stock 2007 RS, 2010 should be about a second faster. This was on RA1's

adfsouth

1:39's on shaved RA1's and stock suspension. Learning how to properly apex turn 10 at speed can mean a second or so...

Derik Royal

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhj1pqYtNfg

Not a GT3, but the same idea.
Tires make a huge difference. I was running 1:42s the day before with a worn out set of A6s. I would say times don't matter unless there is contingency swag on the line.
Erik, you would have lots of fun against other similar cars in TTS. You could even get a free tire or two. Peter would most likely end up in TTU, so your ego would have the chance to recover instead of trying to make up the difference with driving ability.
BTW: The temporary walls on the front and back straights take some getting used to.

Erik

Derik, that's booking. You have any interior left in the car now ? Boy is that loud. Rad has also tried to convince me to do NASA for the free tires, but I don't know if time trial is really for me. May try just a little too hard, which at Homestead could be VERY costly. I will be there in 2 weeks w PBOC, will see if I can get a little faster with my KW's, although it will probably be too hot by then.

sin911

I hate those walls! They're the reason I went off in Homestead, frickin Turn 10

I'm not planning to return until the construction is done!

Yorkshireman

So around 1:40 maybe with the OEM rubber? I think that's a goal that I can shoot for. Remember this is showroom stock, ZERO mods.

This is 1:44'ishs. I had the wing on max, so was running with an airbrake. LOL.

Thanks.

http://youtu.be/V7MtyZC8Szo

Hardback

Yorkshireman, good to meet you this weekend. You will get quicker each visit to homestead. Like others have said, get turn 1 and 10 right and you will shave a 1-2 seconds off your lap time. The walls on the front and rear straights don't give you much visibility on entrance. However I think my times weren't affected.

Sin911 more than a few of us have been off at 10. I have a hard time gauging how deep to go before I turn. Getting braver tho...

Chin event is next Carl...

Yorkshireman

Great to meet you too Hardback. Check out the video in my reply above, there are some great shots of you flying in the C4S for a few laps infront of me and graciuosly letting ,me by....

Gus F

In TTS, I did 1:36's and 37's, I think good times for a 997.1 GT3, with motons and some more,...competition weight of 3350#... on R6's, Derik do you run A6's for TT?
in my opinion turn 6 and 8 are critical (long straights after them), 10 is a matter of good timing, balance and guts,...12/13 complex can be tricky, is easy to over slow the car killing speed all the way to the braking zone for turn 2.

Yorkshireman, just give it some more time, practice your braking, homestead requires some more trail braking than other tracks, at least in MHO, specially T3,T4, T6, T8 and T12, please do not Trail Brake T10!!
Practice and you will be in the 1:40's in short time.

NJ-GT

1:40.2 on 285/285 decent A6 (only 44 autoX laps and 7 HC), front 2010 GT3 sway bar. 2007 Cayman S.

Hardback

Nice video. The traffic wasn't in our favor on that session. The 370 lockup was wild. Good times...

mdrums

I'm at Homestead this weekend. I got checked out for advanced solo. Track seems to have less grip than other tracks. Especially t3. I my Racekeeper wouldn't turn on so no data today. I got it reset so will have data tomorrow.

I was chasing tire pressure with these MPSC, finally gave up and settled on 33/35 hot. Front end pushes or whole car slides sideways under power or maintenance throttle. I noticed this some at Sebring too....I might go back to R888 but in 18" 255/35/18 and 315/30/18....stock 235/35/19 size MPSC isn't cutting it.