Who has read "The Unfair Advantage" ?
10-20-2016, 10:43 PM
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I read it a couple of years ago. While I can't recall a specific favorite part I did enjoy them talking about tuning cars on the skid pad and also acid dipping the cars to make them lighter. It was a good read.
10-21-2016, 09:24 AM
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Yeah, related to Luigi's comment on the skidpad tuning... I got a helluva laugh about them (Penske org) showing up to the 'pad to tune the IROC 911s, and asking the Porsche engineers for torsion bars to swap in... only to be told "we didn't bring any, those are too hard/painful to swap!"
Still makes me laugh to think about, having changed a number of torsion bars myself (on the 924s)... 'cause yeah, it's a bitch and a half!
Wish I knew where my copy got to...
Still makes me laugh to think about, having changed a number of torsion bars myself (on the 924s)... 'cause yeah, it's a bitch and a half!
Wish I knew where my copy got to...
10-21-2016, 02:35 PM
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great book by a great driver & engineer
I can't imagine any of the top level drivers today taking a year off in the peak of their career to write a book about racing technology
I can't imagine any of the top level drivers today taking a year off in the peak of their career to write a book about racing technology
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