Larry Cable

someone is a lucky b******!!!

maritime blue is goregous

Carrera GT

... he says through gritted teeth ... : )

"Bonk me" blue looks good and the ride height with those BBS is "right."

I think it could do without those silver/red stickers.

Always a good think to see an RS on track instead of being flipped by dealers.

Larry Cable

can you hear them grinding from that far away?

997gt3north

Peter,

That first video is awesome.
Watched the entire thing.
That is a great day at the track.

Paul

jp175

Guys great pair of weekends! However, It is the third and last time I do unshaven RA1s.....very squirmy and too little front end grip. Scott? Staying with shaved RA1s. Damn Izzone wouldn't share with me his tire shaver vendor. I'm just too busy to research all this crap.

Carrera GT

Are you running tpms? You're probably overheating the rears. But assuming you kept the temps and pressures down, at least to taste:Any tire vendor can offer shaving. Tirecrack can shave and heat cycle, but I prefer to cycle myself, only, if you're arove-n-drove, that's tricky.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....del=Proxes+RA1

Izzone

I forgot

Check email tonight

TRAKCAR

We definitely overheat them. Fastest lap is always lap 1-5 going out on 22/24 psi after opening lap 26/28 after another lap. Grip goes away after 5/6 laps. Typical psi after session is 10/12 psi higher then cold psi.

Juan pushes the car hard and slides the car more then most, that plus unshaven tires overheats them. But even when shaved or worn down thread we all slow down after a few laps, even on coldest days, but hot days make it much worse.


I will start checking temps. I have in the past and hot they were 190/200 - 210/220 roughly.

Veloce Raptor

Si.

Lots of places will sell you shaved RA1's. Tread Depot, Frisby, the guys in Pennsylvania from whom I have bought, etc.

TRAKCAR

Not our sizes..

senna

I love your car Juan, always have!!! Ok, so I watched the video a few times. How can you both explain how Juan was not able to pull away from Reter's 3.8 that much? I mean, 4.0 lights carbon body parts, more power, etc... Still, it was not like he was leaving Reter behind miles away, or yet. He was not able to catch John on his 3.8 either. I am confused.

Izzone

John on Hoosier, whole different grip level

Peter / juan / nick / me on toyo

With the case of juan / Peter . Juan was leaving the corners slower so He could not make up for a slower exit speed with extra hp

TRAKCAR

Yup and Juan RA1's were not shaved.

Fresh Hoosiers each weekend make up for about all of the 4.0's on RA1's power advantage.
On fresh slicks a .1 would even be faster.

jenk12m

Plus doesn't john have headers

Izzone

John has 996 cup exhaust, header back

and a tune