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01-14-2015, 07:08 PM
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Wow, just for the looks it's worth the price differential with a Radical and such.
What are your thoughts on two things:
1. Crash safety. How would it compare to a street GT3 with a rollbar? Or to a Cup car?
2. With engine and gearbox solid-mounted, and engine being 4 cylinder only, there can be quite a bit of NVH. Does it get to the point where it contributes to driver fatigue too much? For example, how many hours on a typical track day would you be able to drive it without feeling too tired to focus? I've seen some cars where it's like riding a jackhammer, and 3 hours within a typical 8-hour track day would be asking for trouble. I hope it's not like that.
What are your thoughts on two things:
1. Crash safety. How would it compare to a street GT3 with a rollbar? Or to a Cup car?
2. With engine and gearbox solid-mounted, and engine being 4 cylinder only, there can be quite a bit of NVH. Does it get to the point where it contributes to driver fatigue too much? For example, how many hours on a typical track day would you be able to drive it without feeling too tired to focus? I've seen some cars where it's like riding a jackhammer, and 3 hours within a typical 8-hour track day would be asking for trouble. I hope it's not like that.
01-14-2015, 08:11 PM
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Nanannannana nanana nannnaana!
In my head I hear "I'm Nico!" LOL!
Thank you sir, yes a longggg time coming, yowsers.
Wow, just for the looks it's worth the price differential with a Radical and such.
What are your thoughts on two things:
1. Crash safety. How would it compare to a street GT3 with a rollbar? Or to a Cup car?
2. With engine and gearbox solid-mounted, and engine being 4 cylinder only, there can be quite a bit of NVH. Does it get to the point where it contributes to driver fatigue too much? For example, how many hours on a typical track day would you be able to drive it without feeling too tired to focus? I've seen some cars where it's like riding a jackhammer, and 3 hours within a typical 8-hour track day would be asking for trouble. I hope it's not like that.
What are your thoughts on two things:
1. Crash safety. How would it compare to a street GT3 with a rollbar? Or to a Cup car?
2. With engine and gearbox solid-mounted, and engine being 4 cylinder only, there can be quite a bit of NVH. Does it get to the point where it contributes to driver fatigue too much? For example, how many hours on a typical track day would you be able to drive it without feeling too tired to focus? I've seen some cars where it's like riding a jackhammer, and 3 hours within a typical 8-hour track day would be asking for trouble. I hope it's not like that.
You are sitting within a very serious FIA approved drawn steel tube cage with crash structures all around you and the light weight will help you to bounce off hard things
The car was designed for the steering and pedal box to be fitted to the driver so the driver is always in the optimum safest position within the cockpit. How safe are Formula 3 cars? That is what this is, a street legal F3 car.2. As this is a mechanical grip car and not an aero car, you are not forced to use high spring rates. Ergo, it rides...plushly. Aero cars necessarily ride like buckboard wagons so they can perform at 10/10th's. It's important to understand why cars are suspended like they are.
You call it NVH, I call it the visceral feedback that is the reason I bought the car. It's no harsher than a GT3 with suspension mods. With that said - it is an involving driving experience that will be physically and mentally taxing if you choose to drive it to its limits. If you cruise around at sub-light speed it's no big deal.
Last edited by savyboy; 01-14-2015 at 08:40 PM.
01-14-2015, 08:56 PM
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2. With engine and gearbox solid-mounted, and engine being 4 cylinder only, there can be quite a bit of NVH. Does it get to the point where it contributes to driver fatigue too much? For example, how many hours on a typical track day would you be able to drive it without feeling too tired to focus? I've seen some cars where it's like riding a jackhammer, and 3 hours within a typical 8-hour track day would be asking for trouble. I hope it's not like that.
01-15-2015, 12:16 AM
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I'm not worried about suspension but rather about the engine and transmission vibration. Being thrown around on bumps is challenging physically, but fitness helps a great deal against that. But there is no effective way to train for monotonous mechanical vibration turning brain into mush. There is a lot of research on this regarding pilots, motorcyclists and construction workers. Endurance may not be a popular topic among track drivers, given all the bravado. But on many longer track days I see just 3-4 cars left lapping after 5th or 6th session, so people do get tired.
I'm not saying this is the case with this car, and I very much hope it's not. It's just that solidly mounted engine and transmission inches from your spine are more likely to be fatiguing if not designed with driver endurance in mind.
Anyway, I guess I'll just need to try it. Anyway, it's not a huge deal.
03-05-2015, 05:31 AM
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