Where?

 

he does it once for sure let me find the time mark

 

There is one fairly obvious DC somewhere around 1:30.

 

I, for one, want to thank you for the repost, otherwise I wouldve never seen it. What a drive!

 

i'm assuming that's handling with the Potenza S-02s or some other tire with super grip? while watching the video i was also calculating how my car (all season Potenza RE960AS Pole Position) would respond to some of the inputs, and with a lot of the things he does my rear would've been out of control. great video, though. it was surprising how calm and collected he was the entire time!

 

Always a fun video to watch.

Notice that he keeps the engine in VTEC the entire time.

What gears do you think it's running, only a 2,000 rpm drop at times.

 

love the video.. and the translation in the beginning "hey what are you doing, get out of the way please" lol

 

i have the Best Motoring that this clip is cut from. Gansan is probably one of the best racing drivers to ever come out of japan.

amazing driving, but i guess 30+ years of racing will do that for ya. great repost. i'd love to let him drive MY car around that track and just take it all in from the passenger seat, god knows i'll never posses that kinda skill on the track.

 

Wow nice seeing it getting tossed around at the very end. How long is that track?? Seemed like 9mins or so....

 

LOL, this thread sure has risen from the ashes.

Since the OEM S02's were developed specifically for the S2000 you'd think they'd be testing on S02's, but if so they are running a harder compound (meaning less grip) than the production tires. At least that's my best guess, based on the sounds the tires are making in the video. Really grippy tires don't "squeel" at all, and the production S02's don't squeel, but the tires on the car in the video are squeeling, so I have to believe that he's actually driving on tires that have less grip than our OEM tires.

If your back end comes out when cornering the way he does it's most likely due to one of three things. Either you got on the throttle too soon, or you got on the throttle too hard, or some road irregularity caused a loss of grip. As long as the inputs are smooth and slow enough the AP1's don't have any tendency to wag the tail at all (unless you're banging over bumps or slick pavement). Most of the time tail wagging is the cars way of telling you that you'e done something wrong.

Learning to keep the tail tucked in (and to bring it out in a controlled manner) to me quite a while, several autocrosses and an Evolution school, but I still believe that if I can learn to do it anyone else can do the same. Anyone who is having trouble keeping the back end under their car WILL benefit from an Evolution school. I promise.