Carrera GT @ Summit Point pics
05-25-2005, 06:12 PM
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Carrera GT @ Summit Point pics
The weekend of 14/15 May I ran a DE with Potomac Region PCA. On Saturday there was a Carrera GT running. He was in another group from me so we never got to share the track. Some of my friends showed up on their bikes to check things out. One took some nice pics with his uber digicam. The C-GT just happened to paddock right near me. 
Never seen one of these in person before. Eerily quiet driving around the paddock and on track, but my buddy who was instructing the driver said the noise inside was incredible. Owner brought it down from NY in a huge trailer. I talked to him for a bit and he was a nice guy. He was a semi-newbie to track driving so he was taking it kinda easy.
http://www.phear7imports.net/gallery/SurpriseatSummit?page=1
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Never seen one of these in person before. Eerily quiet driving around the paddock and on track, but my buddy who was instructing the driver said the noise inside was incredible. Owner brought it down from NY in a huge trailer. I talked to him for a bit and he was a nice guy. He was a semi-newbie to track driving so he was taking it kinda easy.
http://www.phear7imports.net/gallery/SurpriseatSummit?page=1
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05-26-2005, 12:52 AM
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Sweet ride. I agree, the red does look really good on the CGT. I find it interesting that you say it was kinda quiet, the ones I have heard sounded like formula one cars, but with alittle more of a deeper tone. Maybe, since you say he was a semi-newbie to tracking, he might have been keeping the revs low, or maybe still in the break-in period. Would he be tracking it if it was in the break in period, just for fun? What is the suggested break in period for these cars?
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05-26-2005, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by BigLou
Sweet ride. I agree, the red does look really good on the CGT. I find it interesting that you say it was kinda quiet, the ones I have heard sounded like formula one cars, but with alittle more of a deeper tone. Maybe, since you say he was a semi-newbie to tracking, he might have been keeping the revs low, or maybe still in the break-in period. Would he be tracking it if it was in the break in period, just for fun? What is the suggested break in period for these cars?
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05-26-2005, 11:32 AM
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Pulls really well up to 4200 rpm break in limit, and I believe you can go about
121 mph in 6th gear @ 4200 rpm. They do sound great at any speed buy above
8000 rpm is a symphony! So you could track it to some degree during break-in.
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121 mph in 6th gear @ 4200 rpm. They do sound great at any speed buy above
8000 rpm is a symphony! So you could track it to some degree during break-in.
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05-26-2005, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Woodster
Pulls really well up to 4200 rpm break in limit, and I believe you can go about
121 mph in 6th gear @ 4200 rpm. They do sound great at any speed buy above
8000 rpm is a symphony! So you could track it to some degree during break-in.
Marty K.
121 mph in 6th gear @ 4200 rpm. They do sound great at any speed buy above
8000 rpm is a symphony! So you could track it to some degree during break-in.
Marty K.
05-26-2005, 01:48 PM
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The C-GT at Summit was fully broken in. Driver said he passed 1k miles at Pocono last year. Driving around the paddock the car made no noise at all. Could pull up right behind you and wouldn't hear it. On track it made a little bit more. I spent most of his sessions watch from the Start/Finish tower. The tower sticks out right onto the track almost, which is a good ways down the front straight and as close as you'll get anywhere around the track where one is likely winding it out. It wasn't like an F1 car at all from outside (I've been to the Canadian GP, btw).
Amazing to watch him come out of T10 and absolutely walk away from a pair of TT Cabs. Both TT's front wheels were barely on the ground they were accelerating so hard too.
Amazing to watch him come out of T10 and absolutely walk away from a pair of TT Cabs. Both TT's front wheels were barely on the ground they were accelerating so hard too.
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05-26-2005, 03:43 PM
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The C-GT at Summit was fully broken in. Driver said he passed 1k miles at Pocono last year. Driving around the paddock the car made no noise at all. Could pull up right behind you and wouldn't hear it. On track it made a little bit more. I spent most of his sessions watch from the Start/Finish tower. The tower sticks out right onto the track almost, which is a good ways down the front straight and as close as you'll get anywhere around the track where one is likely winding it out. It wasn't like an F1 car at all from outside (I've been to the Canadian GP, btw).
Amazing to watch him come out of T10 and absolutely walk away from a pair of TT Cabs. Both TT's front wheels were barely on the ground they were accelerating so hard too.
Amazing to watch him come out of T10 and absolutely walk away from a pair of TT Cabs. Both TT's front wheels were barely on the ground they were accelerating so hard too.
05-26-2005, 06:29 PM
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Huh? What'd he say?
Your right. To experience the incredible sound of the CGT, you need to hear it while it is under full acceleration. Otherwise, it sounds like any other car.
No offense, but you may need to hold the blow dryer further from your ears, or consider limiting your usage of power tools and margarita blenders. The CGT sounds different than any other car I have, whether at idle or full throttle. At least I can tell the difference very easily with my eyes shut.
Only bothersome sound that I've noticed is the transmission noise in 1st and 2nd gear below 2,500 RPM. I know it's not specific to my car from all the others who have posted here on Rennlist. If you a CGT and haven't heard it, please let me know. It makes a sound like someone threw a bag of wrenches into a rock tumbler, and turned it up to 11.
05-26-2005, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Buck
Could pull up right behind you and wouldn't hear it. On track it made a little bit more. I spent most of his sessions watch from the Start/Finish tower. The tower sticks out right onto the track almost, which is a good ways down the front straight and as close as you'll get anywhere around the track where one is likely winding it out.
Amazing to watch him come out of T10 and absolutely walk away from a pair of TT Cabs. Both TT's front wheels were barely on the ground they were accelerating so hard too.
Amazing to watch him come out of T10 and absolutely walk away from a pair of TT Cabs. Both TT's front wheels were barely on the ground they were accelerating so hard too.
http://videos.eserver.com/cgt1.mpg
http://videos.eserver.com/cgt2.mpg
05-26-2005, 06:59 PM
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I know the CGT sounds loud enough to hear driving behind me while I am in a Stradale...and roars when thru a freeway over-pass. I love the sound and prefer it over F50 /wTubi. I do notice that while driving, you hear much more engine sound vs. exhaust note though.
I haven't noticed the tranny noise in 1st or 2nd under 2500 rpm...could just be that I am on overload still. The idle rattly noise before the clutch engages sounds pretty annoying...was told that it is from the clutch/flywheel. It's quite the chatter, sounds like a racecar gearbox w/straight cut gears.
I haven't noticed the tranny noise in 1st or 2nd under 2500 rpm...could just be that I am on overload still. The idle rattly noise before the clutch engages sounds pretty annoying...was told that it is from the clutch/flywheel. It's quite the chatter, sounds like a racecar gearbox w/straight cut gears.
05-27-2005, 10:20 AM
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5 point seat belts
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Looks like this posting shows a solution to the five point harness problem.
05-27-2005, 05:27 PM
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Hey Nick -
No offense, but you may need to hold the blow dryer further from your ears, or consider limiting your usage of power tools and margarita blenders. The CGT sounds different than any other car I have, whether at idle or full throttle. At least I can tell the difference very easily with my eyes shut.
Only bothersome sound that I've noticed is the transmission noise in 1st and 2nd gear below 2,500 RPM. I know it's not specific to my car from all the others who have posted here on Rennlist. If you a CGT and haven't heard it, please let me know. It makes a sound like someone threw a bag of wrenches into a rock tumbler, and turned it up to 11.
No offense, but you may need to hold the blow dryer further from your ears, or consider limiting your usage of power tools and margarita blenders. The CGT sounds different than any other car I have, whether at idle or full throttle. At least I can tell the difference very easily with my eyes shut.
Only bothersome sound that I've noticed is the transmission noise in 1st and 2nd gear below 2,500 RPM. I know it's not specific to my car from all the others who have posted here on Rennlist. If you a CGT and haven't heard it, please let me know. It makes a sound like someone threw a bag of wrenches into a rock tumbler, and turned it up to 11.
The thing I like about the CGT sound over other sounds including my 430 is what you hear is mostly engine. A wonderfully sound when under acceleration. My 430 rumbles all the time.
