OT: SVRA Mid Ohio this weekend
07-03-2013, 10:35 AM
#32
Rennlist Member
Wow, just wow!!
That's Ron driving,. or did you get a new helmet?
Why the duct tape on the front, no contact right?
Sooo, lucky. Crazy how quick the car was gone on a straight line.
07-03-2013, 10:59 AM
#34
Nordschleife Master
Thread Starter
Not me driving....still practicing double clutching on the street in the mini, and doing it a bit in the track. Its not that hard to do, and sure helps from keeping the gearbox hot. During the 90 minute endure I got in the car after Ron and the trans shifted perfect.....imagine what a GT3 would shift like after 90 minutes LOL
The front sits so low the tire hit the headlight bucket in the grass and cracked it
07-03-2013, 01:41 PM
#37
Nordschleife Master
Thread Starter
Ron explained it to me one day in his shop with a gear box disassembled showing me how it works. If I could explain it I would. Next time you see him at the track ask him, or call him im sure he can explain it
In short it reduces friction on downshifts. Friction equals heat
He told me that during the 996 cup days when the car had a manual transmission most drivers would do it during an endurance race even with a syncromesh box.....I questioned him on it....then he showed me video of Patrick Long doing it during the 24 hours of Daytona
When Giesha was a track car I rode with him around Road Atlanta, it is butter smooth when he does it
In short it reduces friction on downshifts. Friction equals heat
He told me that during the 996 cup days when the car had a manual transmission most drivers would do it during an endurance race even with a syncromesh box.....I questioned him on it....then he showed me video of Patrick Long doing it during the 24 hours of Daytona
When Giesha was a track car I rode with him around Road Atlanta, it is butter smooth when he does it
07-03-2013, 10:13 PM
#39
Ron explained it to me one day in his shop with a gear box disassembled showing me how it works. If I could explain it I would. Next time you see him at the track ask him, or call him im sure he can explain it
In short it reduces friction on downshifts. Friction equals heat
He told me that during the 996 cup days when the car had a manual transmission most drivers would do it during an endurance race even with a syncromesh box.....I questioned him on it....then he showed me video of Patrick Long doing it during the 24 hours of Daytona
When Giesha was a track car I rode with him around Road Atlanta, it is butter smooth when he does it
In short it reduces friction on downshifts. Friction equals heat
He told me that during the 996 cup days when the car had a manual transmission most drivers would do it during an endurance race even with a syncromesh box.....I questioned him on it....then he showed me video of Patrick Long doing it during the 24 hours of Daytona
When Giesha was a track car I rode with him around Road Atlanta, it is butter smooth when he does it
I remember in the old days I used to drive tractors and an old low 70s ford Corcel at the farm and neither one had synchros. The ford had on the higher gears, but 1-2 you had to set the correct time, always missed in the beginning. I was 5-6 years old
