Any tips for Watkins Glen?
05-23-2013, 08:58 PM
#76
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05-24-2013, 09:33 AM
#77
Three Wheelin'
Andrew
Next job for the first time at WGI and in a rented car. Next time, try taking turn in for T6 from one or two widths away from track right. Lots of camber there and it's a faster line. Also coming out of the bus stop, you don't have to go out so far, and try to back in by the access road and hug the curbing until the apex. You really did a nice job on the entry to the bus stop!
Next job for the first time at WGI and in a rented car. Next time, try taking turn in for T6 from one or two widths away from track right. Lots of camber there and it's a faster line. Also coming out of the bus stop, you don't have to go out so far, and try to back in by the access road and hug the curbing until the apex. You really did a nice job on the entry to the bus stop!
05-24-2013, 11:13 AM
#78
Rennlist Member
on my car I could not control rear end rotation when I tried to 'hug' it like that, I had to move about 4-5 ft away from curb and it seemed to be much faster there this way. was it an incorrect approach?
I assumed it was due to absence of rear wing so I simply do not have same level of downforce in rear compared to prepped cars so I continued to drive it this way. I was told properly executed line out of bus stop should allow to go flat out all the way to the apex of sweeper and until you have to brake before downhill left turn there, no way I could do that staying hugging to the right. any pointers about that?
I also noticed people really split almost 50/50 in the way how they do that line.
I assumed it was due to absence of rear wing so I simply do not have same level of downforce in rear compared to prepped cars so I continued to drive it this way. I was told properly executed line out of bus stop should allow to go flat out all the way to the apex of sweeper and until you have to brake before downhill left turn there, no way I could do that staying hugging to the right. any pointers about that?
I also noticed people really split almost 50/50 in the way how they do that line.
I could bring da Si and whip up on some Spec E30. 
05-24-2013, 05:10 PM
#80
Three Wheelin'
[quoteI assumed it was due to absence of rear wing so I simply do not have same level of downforce in rear compared to prepped cars so I continued to drive it this way. I was told properly executed line out of bus stop should allow to go flat out all the way to the apex of sweeper and until you have to brake before downhill left turn there, no way I could do that staying hugging to the right. any pointers about that?
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I'm full throttle out of the bus stop, breath the throttle to let the car settle before turning in, get in by the access road, and hug the curbing until the apex. Definitely not full throttle until the apex. This is the shortest line around the outer loop IMHO. Your oversteer might be about the setup, as there is 10 degrees of camber to hold you in, which is the steepest at WGI.
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I'm full throttle out of the bus stop, breath the throttle to let the car settle before turning in, get in by the access road, and hug the curbing until the apex. Definitely not full throttle until the apex. This is the shortest line around the outer loop IMHO. Your oversteer might be about the setup, as there is 10 degrees of camber to hold you in, which is the steepest at WGI.
05-24-2013, 05:23 PM
#81
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05-24-2013, 07:54 PM
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