First race with the new car
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I did try to leave it in 5th. It is harder for me to be consistent, and I'm not any faster. Say what you want that brake for stopping and engine for going, the shift into 4th help stabilize the car and enable me to be consistent taking the corner. Thus minimizing mistake. Although increasing the risk of miss shift. LOL.
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One of the BMW that passed me was the sister car of the E36 M3 I drove at 25 hrs of Thill. That car is much faster with a lot more power. The M3s I get to play with all are GTS3 class with pretty much unlimited aero, and 11:1 weight to power ratio. It sound close as my car is 11.8:1 weight to power ratio. However, people been playing the game nowadays with that formula. All the front runner M3, including the one I drove at 25 hr enduro are running S54 engine and producing 340 whp and more uncorked. However, they detune it to make 250 whp or to get 11:1 ratio. The M3 I drove in particular have a flat power band. Once it hits 250 whp, the throttle by wire slowly close to maintain 250 whp all the way through. It start making 250 whp in about 3500 rpm. So the area under the curve is very significant, and this proved to be the winning formula so far.
Green Goblin is fast. Maybe a little slower than my car. This is due to my car was properly built. However, the green goblin has more aero. Green goblin is really close to performance with my car at the moment.
Thanks for all the kind words.
Green Goblin is fast. Maybe a little slower than my car. This is due to my car was properly built. However, the green goblin has more aero. Green goblin is really close to performance with my car at the moment.
Thanks for all the kind words.
Very interesting comparison versus the green goblin considering it's putting down over 400whp compared to you mostly stock NA motor S2K. Less power, less aero, and your car is still equal or faster... Impressive setup.
One question about the wheels (i know i've asked before), I know you're partnered with Rota, so changing them is not an option, but have you ever considered custom widening them by re-barreling? The +42 offset on the Grid should give you a lot of inside clearance to fit another 0.5-1" of wheel width - this might be more applicable to the green goblin (i'm not sure what the wheel width limit is for H1 class ruling).
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This is from Andrew's car (the black and yellow BMW M3). He has a cool setup with mirror aimed to see the rear view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZPQ1Rov08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZPQ1Rov08
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