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Jun 28, 2010 | 10:31 AM

#31

ITRbroham

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Originally Posted by Nippon,Jun 27 2010, 11:22 PM

lol. That car drives as if it ABSOLUTELY no down force. lol. And to make it through most corners, you have to mitigate the angle of the car with almost more throttle than steering angle. Man that was so fun to watch haha.

I was thinking the exactly the same thing. Understeer at corner entry then throttle oversteer to bring the rear around on exit. It did look like a ton of fun, though!

Jun 28, 2010 | 01:26 PM

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stocky

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Originally Posted by ITRbroham,Jun 28 2010, 06:31 PM

I was thinking the exactly the same thing. Understeer at corner entry then throttle oversteer to bring the rear around on exit. It did look like a ton of fun, though!

Actually the car was on normal street tyres, those tyres are made for much heavier cars.

The rears were bald too.

To minimize understeer the frotn pressure was at 1.2 bars (17.4 psi)and the rears at 1.6 bars (23.2 psi) , to have some more fun

Next track day will put some semi-slicks or full slicks go for some grip laps, but that will be less fun I guess

Jul 5, 2010 | 02:58 PM

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medicalstudent

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Jul 6, 2010 | 05:52 AM

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Graphtuner

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when are we tracking together stocky?

why don't you compete in the time attack series in holland?
Next one is in september on the TT track in Holland.
http://www.timeattack.nl/nl/home/show/415

Jul 6, 2010 | 06:19 AM

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stocky

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Originally Posted by Graphtuner,Jul 6 2010, 01:52 PM

when are we tracking together stocky?

why don't you compete in the time attack series in holland?
Next one is in september on the TT track in Holland.
http://www.timeattack.nl/nl/home/show/415

Well the cars are not really setup for time attack

Also Im more info having a fun day with friends that competition racing which is more money and less fun.

Jul 6, 2010 | 11:13 PM

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Graphtuner

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i understand, but if you compete in the lowest category (like me), it's still low budget cars... which makes it's ok for amatures like me...

Last time i finished 12th of the 24 in my class... and I was one of the few on streettires, most are on semi-slicks...