A well driven GT4 at Thill with video
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In a car that makes less than 200hp? Heck yeah.
potter is just from another planet. 11/10 always.
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I'm pretty sure he had the cutouts removed in front and max wing in back. Effectively max aero.
Potter is really talented. I tried keeping up with him in my .2 GT3 when he was driving "7/10ths" and he was gone by lap 3. The cars are supposed to be pretty equal in abilities, unfortunately, when it comes down to driver, the abilities are definitely not equal
Potter is really talented. I tried keeping up with him in my .2 GT3 when he was driving "7/10ths" and he was gone by lap 3. The cars are supposed to be pretty equal in abilities, unfortunately, when it comes down to driver, the abilities are definitely not equal
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We love orthojoe! He is definitely one of the most prolific posters here on RL. His posts are generally very informative and helpful. And he's so darn friendly, humble and nice! If you haven't been following his GT3 track build journal on the 991 GT3 sub-forum you should take a peek. With over 1,200 posts and 100,000 views, it's amazing. We are all lucky to have him among us! And how can you not love a guy with that avatar?!
it's his DD as well
Driver told me Friday that he loves the car, mostly will be a track toy and has already had lots of scraping the lip driving around NorCal. Had 600 miles on it before the two track days his weekend. Had a recaro in the drivers seat as well, he is one of us who got caught out in LWBgate. Given the talk of setup, who/where is SP Motorsports? They seemed to turn him around super quickly on the work that was done.
spyerX posted site above
you need front tie rods too if you go big camber.
we spent several days testing all sorts of things out.
catch dave? if you pass him on straight, he will be ON your bumper the turn after. and be INSIDE your cabin if you dont yield.
i had many sessions friday lead and follow with dave. but spyerX didn't teach me how to empty the 64gb memory chip. i need 64TB. that was fun
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i also had fun with mikymu z06.
in the race i cannot match the power of GTL cars. but the start and first 2 laps, i would tail gate the GTL car (also a good friend of mine) and work him hard ;-)
dave is about 2 seconds too slow this weekend.
he used his brake at turn one too much. usually he doesn't
he also failed to go off track. that's unusual for him hahahaha. so he wasn't pushing it. liklely 8/10 all weekend.
i thnk next time at TH he will clear 1:56.
i hope hoosier never make tires for him. else it's 1;54
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Are you saying when I go to Daytona Speedway in December I should not worry about the aero? I know you are way more knowable than me but that just seems odd. I mainly do Auto X and fully agree aero makes little difference but on Daytona Supper Speedway ? Not that I am looking to break speed records. I just wanted to see if anyone could tell the difference with making aero adjustments on the GT4?
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Most drivers at our (well most here) level cannot feel aero except at the extremes. I think that is the point mooty was making. Hell I can barely feel 1-2 clicks off damper adjustment s but other drivers I know do. They are much better drivers.
I'd venture to say on a roval track that tire pressures especially that right rear and sway bars ae much more important first step over aero.
I'd venture to say on a roval track that tire pressures especially that right rear and sway bars ae much more important first step over aero.
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The driver of the GT4 was cool enough to send me some video from that day. I got his permission to post here
Video of the GT4 chasing me in my GT3
Video of his best lap the following day. 1:58.2!
Video of the GT4 chasing me in my GT3
Video of his best lap the following day. 1:58.2!