Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
08-26-2014, 04:59 AM
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Been listening to the amazing supercars starting up
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...ideo?fbfanpage
08-26-2014, 05:21 AM
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Hey Matt, turns out I kind of met that goal, but only in a similarly theoretical way. The leaderboard rules, but here's some similar bench racing. Finally found a download cable for Tony's AIM and pulled my Saturday runs into RaceStudio 2 (left the files on there for Tony to do his own later) and found the theoretical best for just mine was a 1:25.171. That was after deleting all my 'first laps' and other garbage which had a couple of weird artefacts (gave a 1.13.668 theoretical LOL) then checking that the remaining fastest splits married up OK with the next fastest. Also checked the split before and after each of the fastest ones was a decent time, to make sure I didn't accidentally include any banzai runs into corners at the cost of exit speeds for instance (I did go for a wee wander at T8 once - just drove it wide enough to include some kitty litter). As previously pointed out, I'm not sure that a theoretical best is actually achievable (track positions/suspension loadings may vary too much etc etc) but I'm pretty keen on another date with her sometime soon to try and find out. More realistically, my best rolling lap (ie continuously driven but measured at an optimal start-finish line instead of the real one) was a 1:27.824 spanning my last two laps of the day. Happy to wait for others to get more seat time, but count me in for another drive anytime. She is a ton of fun!
08-26-2014, 05:45 AM
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Interesting car... and seats. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/wrec...-772439593.htm
08-26-2014, 05:50 AM
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Ha ha!
Been listening to the amazing supercars starting up
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...ideo?fbfanpage
Been listening to the amazing supercars starting up
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...ideo?fbfanpage
08-26-2014, 06:19 AM
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Interesting car... and seats. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/wrec...-772439593.htm
08-26-2014, 06:39 AM
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Beaut arvo working on the 911 in the sun today, Put some new brake pads up front, New Brembo HP2000s and moved the OEM Pagids to the rear to replace the more worn Textars. Those brake pad indicators seem a little silly in design, to have to replace them every time they activate, so clipped the worn ones off and wired them together. Will just keep an eye on the pads every few months. The pedal bite is already a lot firmer so cant wait to try on track. Bedding in with a few hard stops I take it this is the best approach?
It all took some time, definitely not going to be in a pit crew anytime soon! had thoughts earlier in the day of getting the Meguiars DA and wax out too after seeing Mr Black, If you guys need a reason to buy a black car there it is! Is that black schwartz metallic (738) like mine? I take it there are 3 versions of the black that year. with differing amounts of metallic.
Next on the list is repair the a set of CV boots with a kit coming from Pelican and install Doug's primary bypass, looking forward to the new rumble with that.
I'll patch throughout the $50 for the next session John, thanks for keeping on top of all the figures with the beast.
It all took some time, definitely not going to be in a pit crew anytime soon! had thoughts earlier in the day of getting the Meguiars DA and wax out too after seeing Mr Black, If you guys need a reason to buy a black car there it is! Is that black schwartz metallic (738) like mine? I take it there are 3 versions of the black that year. with differing amounts of metallic.
Next on the list is repair the a set of CV boots with a kit coming from Pelican and install Doug's primary bypass, looking forward to the new rumble with that.
I'll patch throughout the $50 for the next session John, thanks for keeping on top of all the figures with the beast.
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08-26-2014, 08:06 AM
Looking at the sequence of times above, between which of them would you guess I'd been for a 5 or 6 lap ride with Ray?
Not obvious perhaps, but it was right in the middle, just after lunch. Even in my own car, I find my times improve by a few seconds in the course of a day, but the greatest thing I got out of the ride with Ray was confirmation that I still had room to push harder while remaining a driver rather than an idiot. That's alongside the other observations from that ride, which I shared earlier.
Appreciated those who ran her the weekend prior too. The 25 psi cold tyres all round (well, 24 on the left front) had nice even temperature spreads across the tread when hot, as Tony found, and they drove nicely.
Hopefully the 98 agrees with her too and all our times keep tumbling.
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08-26-2014, 08:08 AM
08-26-2014, 02:55 PM
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08-26-2014, 03:09 PM
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Riding in Ray's certainly helped. Having done less than 50kms total of manual driving in the last 8 years, my first session was nothing flash (some pretty atrocious laps) as I got to grips with combining left foot braking with heel-and-toe downshifts. I don't have the times to hand just now but the basic progression of best laps per session went something like 1.33.3, 131.3, 130.13, 128.880. I actually pulled my very last and - up to that spot fastest - lap short and limped into the pits. She spluttered just before the hairpin from being low on fuel (just over $105 went in straight after) so I switched to maxing economy rather than speed, but of the 8 splits completed up to that point, 4 were my fastest of the day. Even the slowest lap in that last session was faster than the fastest lap in my first one. Looking at the sequence of times above, between which of them would you guess I'd been for a 5 or 6 lap ride with Ray? Not obvious perhaps, but it was right in the middle, just after lunch. Even in my own car, I find my times improve by a few seconds in the course of a day, but the greatest thing I got out of the ride with Ray was confirmation that I still had room to push harder while remaining a driver rather than an idiot. That's alongside the other observations from that ride, which I shared earlier. Appreciated those who ran her the weekend prior too. The 25 psi cold tyres all round (well, 24 on the left front) had nice even temperature spreads across the tread when hot, as Tony found, and they drove nicely. Hopefully the 98 agrees with her too and all our times keep tumbling.
I'll note down the cold tyre pressure. I don't recall us doing any measurement so it may have been the other groups.
Did you get a video sequence of the fastest lap? Because we could only see the main straight and barrel 51 it remains a mystery what the rest of a good lap looks like. It's a long time between drives so it will keep me thinking until 4/10. Come I think of it Doug will have the longest track driving spell of all of us at Taupo. I'll have to shadow him to see how she handles the corners.
08-26-2014, 03:26 PM
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08-26-2014, 03:34 PM
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Just a thought for the comp license holders among us. If you want to enter BB in a 2kcip race then I have no issue with it. We are all putting as much stress on her in sessions and we now know how much to charge for usage. There is a meet on 23/9 that would give one or two of you a chance to get a longer drive. Just enter under RSG team. Rules are on the 2k cup website.
