smlporsche

I take the turn in third as well.
I also downshift from 5th to 3rd.
For me it allows me to delay the braking and concentrate more on it. I like the idea of having both hands on the wheel when I'm threshold braking..

Bryan-
I do trail brake and a few times I've had to downshift after turning in depending on traffic, so long as I'm able to get on the gas before apex it's worked out form me.

I'll be the first to admit though that the experience of some of you on here is more than I'll ever have so I won't say this is the best way to do it, just what works for me.

the flyin' scotsman

Never raced RA but I've always been a hard on the brakes and sequentially down shift racer. IMHO your ears tell you the dshift points while your eyes concentrate on the upcoming corner and the feet work the anchors.

Larry Herman

I feel like I can do it pretty consistently. It's just a matter of timing and patience. Basically I make the "big downshift" at the same time that you would make your last one.

Yes I do trailbrake into the turns, and typically no, they are almost always complete before turn-in. The only exceptions that I can think of are Daytona turn 1, where I go from 5th to 3rd for the first turn-in, and then down to second, and Sebring turn 17 where I would slowly go down 1 gear at a time as I decelerated into the apex.

DogInBlack

Good call, Larry, Sebring 17 is the perfect example.

BTW, downshift, clutch out each gear for multi gear changes. It's really a rhythm for me. Shifting finished before turn in 99% of the time.

MUSSBERGER

Si'^^^^

chrisc

With the shorter 924 S gearing I am out of rev's in 4th before black flag. I too brake inside the 100 but take it through 4th with a blip on the way to 3rd at the turn in. Yea I am probably coasting for a brief second but I find it comfortable. Didn't give it a lot of thought until this past weekend when my student tried to duplicate the method.

Chris M.

So you just hold the engine at redline from black flag all the way to the braking zone?

KRA993tt

I go with the 5 - 2 shift no problem (915). I used to lug through 10a/10b in 3rd but looked at data that verified 2nd was the way to go in my car. I'm sure it depends on your gearing. I used to row through the gears but no longer feel the need to.

I'm guessing it has been awhile since you've driven a car with 915. Not exactly a BMW with sequential shift.

chrisc

Poorly written. No, shift to 5th about 3/4 down the back, pre black flag at around 100 or so. Car tops out at about 115 coming down the hill. May not be real accurate as that is based on the 20 year old speedo. One of the fast guy 924/944 racers told me his Traqmate shows him at 117 coming down the hill into 10.

Chris M.

No question 2nd is faster. I would be lugging through the turns and up the hill in 3rd, as well as getting passed during the race.

That makes more sense. Last weekend I spent Saturday nursing 4th all the way (which may be possible in March with 2" taller tires on the rear), then on Sunday started using 5th. 5th is much faster, as evidenced by how hard I had to brake to get slowed down. But if the taller tires work in 4th then I'll stick with it because I had some trouble grinding 2nd when I was going 5-2.

paradisenb

Curious. What speed are you guys running through 10a and out of 10b?

Larry Herman

I don't have my data Randy, but on my video I shifted from 2nd to 3rd right before the bridge, so that was about 80 mph.

Bryan Watts

My wheelspeed sensor was broken a few weekends ago when we were there, but the other cars I was running with were doing right at 90 mph at the bridge IIRC.

Larry Herman

That's pretty quick, what kind of lap times?

Circuit Motorsports

Are you running MoTec or AIM? I can't remember.