Top speed at the Glen
#64
Originally posted by Dave
Did anybody check to see if that 914 had snow tires on it? I here snow tires are worth 4 seconds/lap!
Did anybody check to see if that 914 had snow tires on it? I here snow tires are worth 4 seconds/lap!
I would LOVE to see someone show up at a club race with snow tires.
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No, I'm not a club racer. I have enough stress just getting around the track myself........besides.....I'd have visions of insurance deductibles dancing through my head every time I tried to duck under someone in a turn.
#67
Originally posted by Brian P
I would LOVE to see someone show up at a club race with snow tires.
I would LOVE to see someone show up at a club race with snow tires.
James
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Snow tires! My friend and I once shared my car for a high mileage DE at Shannonville. I was to supply the car for the weekend, and he supplied the wheels and tires as I didn't want to go through a whole set of race tires in the one weekend. We decided it would be interesting to use the well worn snow tires from his 928S4. We felt that, at worst, we would get great car control practise.
After about 5 laps, the snow tires melted! What was interesting was that they melted so evenly (front vrs rear) that the car was perfectly balanced....but with zero grip!!! You would turn into a corner and part way through, both ends would let go together and the car would go sideways. This happened to me in a fairly fast corner and the 8' lateral shift was a bit disconcerting. Needless to say the track wheels and tires went on the car shortly thereafter!
Sounds kind of stupid now but I prefer to think of it as a noble and selfless experiment aimed at defining the real world limits of snow tires.
gd
After about 5 laps, the snow tires melted! What was interesting was that they melted so evenly (front vrs rear) that the car was perfectly balanced....but with zero grip!!! You would turn into a corner and part way through, both ends would let go together and the car would go sideways. This happened to me in a fairly fast corner and the 8' lateral shift was a bit disconcerting. Needless to say the track wheels and tires went on the car shortly thereafter!
Sounds kind of stupid now but I prefer to think of it as a noble and selfless experiment aimed at defining the real world limits of snow tires.
gd
#69
Fascinating! My snow tires held up pretty well. Of course, that may have something to do with the 40 degree day. I wasn't the fastest car out there, but I wasn't the slowest either.
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Originally posted by Brian P
Fascinating! My snow tires held up pretty well. Of course, that may have something to do with the 40 degree day. I wasn't the fastest car out there, but I wasn't the slowest either.
Fascinating! My snow tires held up pretty well. Of course, that may have something to do with the 40 degree day. I wasn't the fastest car out there, but I wasn't the slowest either.
#71
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Was that the lap Z spent stuck in the mud??
I gotta wonder if Zoltan was a little extra cautious the remainder of the weekend, he seemed to be going kinda slow...even for him.
I gotta wonder if Zoltan was a little extra cautious the remainder of the weekend, he seemed to be going kinda slow...even for him.
Last edited by Dave; 04-06-2004 at 12:27 AM.
#72
Originally posted by Z-man
130-ish in 5th according to the speedo, in my 944S2.
Now if that bus stop weren't there...
-Z.
130-ish in 5th according to the speedo, in my 944S2.
Now if that bus stop weren't there...
-Z.
#73
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I challenge that your 140 in that 993 is too high, Muffin. Based on tach readings, I believe I was doing about high 120's in my Boxster S (best laptime of 2:15:xx for reference) and maybe into the 140s in my 2000 Cup. I'm usually the one catching/passing people into, through, and out of the esses so I don't think I'm slow there, either.
#75
Originally posted by DrJupeman
I challenge that your 140 in that 993 is too high, Muffin. Based on tach readings, I believe I was doing about high 120's in my Boxster S (best laptime of 2:15:xx for reference) and maybe into the 140s in my 2001 Cup. I'm usually the one catching/passing people into, through, and out of the esses so I don't think I'm slow there, either.
I challenge that your 140 in that 993 is too high, Muffin. Based on tach readings, I believe I was doing about high 120's in my Boxster S (best laptime of 2:15:xx for reference) and maybe into the 140s in my 2001 Cup. I'm usually the one catching/passing people into, through, and out of the esses so I don't think I'm slow there, either.