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NJMP Lightning 8/13/16
1:17.7
Tarett suspension parts
Track alignment
Pilot Sport Cup 2s
100 deg F ambient temps and greasy track
The sun was in my eyes and my shoelaces were untied
(I've done 1:15.7 in my former 991S on AD08Rs, so I know the GT4 has a lot more time in it given better conditions.)
1:55.3 at Palmer Motorsports Park. Intermediate level driving- the star of this video is the track. 2.3mi, 14 turns, 190ft of elevation change.
(FYI Tarret suspension components, OEM Dunlops)
First time at track and in the car, turned 1500 miles literally entering the track.
19x8.5 & 19x10 using RE-71R's 245/40/19's Front & 285/35/19's Rear
2.3 deg front camber 1.9 Rear (Eparts toe links required)
Nothing to write home about, but I had a personal best today of 1:35.89 on NJMP's Thunderbolt, about five seconds faster than my PB in a 981 CS. (The 3:15.25 in the prior lap was actually a combination of two laps because I got a phone call on track and it interrupted Harry's LT. I now know to put the phone in Airplane mode and turn on WiFi. Live and learn--it was a good lap.)
First day on track with the GT4 today--all stock, no mods, and Dunlop tires--and odometer passed 2,000 during the first session this morning--perfect timing!
This car rocks on the track--just unbelievably great. (I know it's like saying the sky is blue and Bo Derek is beautiful, but still have to say it.)
1:39.8 - MPH - Motorsports Park Hastings
First time at track and in the car, turned 1500 miles literally entering the track. 19x8.5 & 19x10 using RE-71R's 245/40/19's Front & 285/35/19's Rear
2.3 deg front camber 1.9 Rear (Eparts toe links required)
Hello dsddcd, any video or screen shot you can share with us?
Originally Posted by HelpMeHelpU
Nothing to write home about, but I had a personal best today of 1:35.89 on NJMP's Thunderbolt, about five seconds faster than my PB in a 981 CS. (The 3:15.25 in the prior lap was actually a combination of two laps because I got a phone call on track and it interrupted Harry's LT. I now know to put the phone in Airplane mode and turn on WiFi. Live and learn--it was a good lap.)
First day on track with the GT4 today--all stock, no mods, and Dunlop tires--and odometer passed 2,000 during the first session this morning--perfect timing!
This car rocks on the track--just unbelievably great. (I know it's like saying the sky is blue and Bo Derek is beautiful, but still have to say it.)
Winner, winner, chicken dinner - so far HelpMeHelpU, you are the fastest Barber track time. According to Harry's your average speed reduced on your fast lap so must mean you cleaned up your line and improved your braking. Very nicely done!
Hello dsddcd, any video or screen shot you can share with us?
Winner, winner, chicken dinner - so far HelpMeHelpU, you are the fastest Barber track time. According to Harry's your average speed reduced on your fast lap so must mean you cleaned up your line and improved your braking. Very nicely done!
Hello dsddcd, any video or screen shot you can share with us? Winner, winner, chicken dinner - so far HelpMeHelpU, you are the fastest Barber track time. According to Harry's your average speed reduced on your fast lap so must mean you cleaned up your line and improved your braking. Very nicely done!
Sorry, miscommunication. My times were at NJMP--Thunderbolt, not Barber. Barber was a "collapsed" set of track times, not the expanded one like Thunderbolt. Sorry if the photo was confusing. And I'll be posting slightly faster times for today, but again at NJMP--Thunderbolt.
My apologies, times now posted. Thanks for submitting!
Originally Posted by HelpMeHelpU
Sorry, miscommunication. My times were at NJMP--Thunderbolt, not Barber. Barber was a "collapsed" set of track times, not the expanded one like Thunderbolt. Sorry if the photo was confusing. And I'll be posting slightly faster times for today, but again at NJMP--Thunderbolt.
Corrected! You were clear, my error! No chicken dinner, sorry
Here's an update from two track days last week at NJMP's Thunderbolt, with a new personal best of 1:35.65, a few tenths faster than the day before. It was my second day with the GT4 on the track and that day I had the extra weight of an instructor, unlike the previous day.
Been thinking a lot about how to improve the times and I'll try to post video elsewhere so some experienced eyes can add insight. I'm guessing I am over slowing turn one, still trying to figure out T5, and over slowing, among other things, of course, T6 and T9 (formerly and erroneously stated as T8).
Measuring performance in tenths and hundredths of seconds harkens back to my youth as a competitive ski racer, which is very cool. Can't tell you for how many races the outcome was measured by mere blinks of an eye.
Last edited by HelpMeHelpU; 08-28-2016 at 09:02 AM.
Reason: accuracy
08-11-2016, 03:44 AM
