Sebring Time Trials 03/31 and 04/01 with NASA Florida
04-02-2012, 05:09 PM
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i was a second off pace last weekend. Did a bunch of 2:21, temp in the mid 80's
In the summer I will be 2:24ish in heat
I will email you the data from last weekend
In the summer I will be 2:24ish in heat
I will email you the data from last weekend
04-02-2012, 05:14 PM
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Eric's 3.2 BoxsterS is nowhere near stock...he does drive it extremely well though.
04-02-2012, 09:56 PM
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I thought Fiats were faster just left in full Automatic Sebring Race setting?
You actually have to pull the lever, how clumbsy and pedestrian.
Wait till July / August / Sept, your robot will say G A M E O V E R.
I say forget June, Aug and Sept and follow us to Canada in July.
I've gone to my hotel room by 1PM with the A/C on 60F when I almost passed out from heat stroke.
You actually have to pull the lever, how clumbsy and pedestrian.
Wait till July / August / Sept, your robot will say G A M E O V E R.
I say forget June, Aug and Sept and follow us to Canada in July.
I've gone to my hotel room by 1PM with the A/C on 60F when I almost passed out from heat stroke.
Peter
04-03-2012, 10:50 AM
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I haven't looked at the data yet, and I just switched to AiM Solo DL and SmartyCam. This thing is vastly superior to Traqmate. It is just so easy to setup, that it feels like cheating. Videos come with data already merged, the camera turns on and off automatically based on car movement. Best Data Logger/Video system, LolaMan (Peter) has been so helpful with the setup. The remote mic eliminates wind sound.
2:13 in cool weather (Winterfest weather), very doable.
Most improvement this weekend came from the brakes, consistency everywhere, so I was closer to my marks.
04-03-2012, 10:58 AM
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Rad- FYI our test equipment indicated 90+ degrees.
The GT2 didn't lose any power under ECU2 but surprisingly did under ECU1 due to heat. I don't have an explanation for that.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires don't really lose anything to the Cups at 95%, but it takes a lot of setup optimization for the Cups for those last few percentage points. These tires really are a fantastic daily driven/weekend DE tire. I think a vast majority of cars that were at Sebring last weekend were on slicks or R compounds and to be honest I don't have the slightly clue why judging by their cornering speed, they are just putting heat cycles on them and not really using the tires to anywhere close to the limits.
The GT2 didn't lose any power under ECU2 but surprisingly did under ECU1 due to heat. I don't have an explanation for that.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires don't really lose anything to the Cups at 95%, but it takes a lot of setup optimization for the Cups for those last few percentage points. These tires really are a fantastic daily driven/weekend DE tire. I think a vast majority of cars that were at Sebring last weekend were on slicks or R compounds and to be honest I don't have the slightly clue why judging by their cornering speed, they are just putting heat cycles on them and not really using the tires to anywhere close to the limits.
04-03-2012, 11:03 AM
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I think a vast majority of cars that were at Sebring last weekend were on slicks or R compounds and to be honest I don't have the slightly clue why judging by their cornering speed, they are just putting heat cycles on them and not really using the tires to anywhere close to the limits.
That is most DE guys in Flroida
running Hoosiers no where near the grip limit. Big waste of money
04-03-2012, 11:19 AM
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I just took a quick look, and my top speeds before T17 this weekend were in the 149-151 mph range. Back in Winterfest (a little over 2 months ago) my speeds were in the 155-157 mph range. No idea how much power I lost this past weekend, but 6mph at those high speeds is a good loss, and the car is 60 lbs lighter than at Winterfest.
I ran my street tires Saturday (2 years old RE11 245/285), except the last session on Saturday that I put Pirelli DH slicks (the hardest of 4 compounds available) to set my time for the TTU class, on Sunday I ran 3 more sessions. I'm testing these tires, as I was told they are cheaper to run than A6 (which is what I run for fast times in the Fiat).
The Bridgestone gained 16 psi from cold pressure to hot pressure, I haven't seen these tires gain that much pressure.
There was a nice group of cars on Hoosier R6 and slicks just burning through heat cycles, I timed a F458 Challenge in the 2:30s range, a car that is currently faster than the latest GT3 Cup, and the 2012 GT3 Cup is lapping in 2:07s (driven by Pros).
I ran my street tires Saturday (2 years old RE11 245/285), except the last session on Saturday that I put Pirelli DH slicks (the hardest of 4 compounds available) to set my time for the TTU class, on Sunday I ran 3 more sessions. I'm testing these tires, as I was told they are cheaper to run than A6 (which is what I run for fast times in the Fiat).
The Bridgestone gained 16 psi from cold pressure to hot pressure, I haven't seen these tires gain that much pressure.
There was a nice group of cars on Hoosier R6 and slicks just burning through heat cycles, I timed a F458 Challenge in the 2:30s range, a car that is currently faster than the latest GT3 Cup, and the 2012 GT3 Cup is lapping in 2:07s (driven by Pros).
04-03-2012, 11:58 AM
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04-03-2012, 12:02 PM
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Rad- FYI our test equipment indicated 90+ degrees.
The GT2 didn't lose any power under ECU2 but surprisingly did under ECU1 due to heat. I don't have an explanation for that.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires don't really lose anything to the Cups at 95%, but it takes a lot of setup optimization for the Cups for those last few percentage points. These tires really are a fantastic daily driven/weekend DE tire. I think a vast majority of cars that were at Sebring last weekend were on slicks or R compounds and to be honest I don't have the slightly clue why judging by their cornering speed, they are just putting heat cycles on them and not really using the tires to anywhere close to the limits.
The GT2 didn't lose any power under ECU2 but surprisingly did under ECU1 due to heat. I don't have an explanation for that.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires don't really lose anything to the Cups at 95%, but it takes a lot of setup optimization for the Cups for those last few percentage points. These tires really are a fantastic daily driven/weekend DE tire. I think a vast majority of cars that were at Sebring last weekend were on slicks or R compounds and to be honest I don't have the slightly clue why judging by their cornering speed, they are just putting heat cycles on them and not really using the tires to anywhere close to the limits.
Am I wrong? What am I missing?
04-03-2012, 12:11 PM
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Nick,
Check out this link. Great pictures of your GT2, especially the one with you leading 2 Scuderias, a 458 Challenge and a Stradale in HPDE4.
http://www.hendricksportsphoto.com/C...5639&k=ZzxgnGH
Check out this link. Great pictures of your GT2, especially the one with you leading 2 Scuderias, a 458 Challenge and a Stradale in HPDE4.
http://www.hendricksportsphoto.com/C...5639&k=ZzxgnGH
04-03-2012, 12:30 PM
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Rad- FYI our test equipment indicated 90+ degrees.
The GT2 didn't lose any power under ECU2 but surprisingly did under ECU1 due to heat. I don't have an explanation for that.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires don't really lose anything to the Cups at 95%, but it takes a lot of setup optimization for the Cups for those last few percentage points. These tires really are a fantastic daily driven/weekend DE tire. I think a vast majority of cars that were at Sebring last weekend were on slicks or R compounds and to be honest I don't have the slightly clue why judging by their cornering speed, they are just putting heat cycles on them and not really using the tires to anywhere close to the limits.
The GT2 didn't lose any power under ECU2 but surprisingly did under ECU1 due to heat. I don't have an explanation for that.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires don't really lose anything to the Cups at 95%, but it takes a lot of setup optimization for the Cups for those last few percentage points. These tires really are a fantastic daily driven/weekend DE tire. I think a vast majority of cars that were at Sebring last weekend were on slicks or R compounds and to be honest I don't have the slightly clue why judging by their cornering speed, they are just putting heat cycles on them and not really using the tires to anywhere close to the limits.
I think I have a video of Andrew Davis driving my car and us stuck behind two miatas that are stuck behind a Viper (on slicks). Was pretty funny.
04-03-2012, 12:31 PM
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Thanks Rad! Those cars weren't the fastest... In the third session we led the group out, then proceeded to lose the entire group only to lap them by the 17 minute mark. Kinda sad. Perhaps they needed even faster tires?