I finally have a GoPro setup that I'm happy with - figured that I might as well start a thread with my best runs.
This weekend was super fun. Misery Bay SCCA had a weekend at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, PA. Saturday was a test and tune and Sunday was the race. I had just finished installing a lot of suspension components on the car and wanted to take advantage of the test and tune to relearn the car. The course layout wasn't my favorite, but fun and fast for sure.
Saturday:
I found that my tires (275 Falken RT660s on 17x9 wheels) being at 34 psi front and 32 psi rear was best for my setup. I tried running lower pressure, but my tire chalk showed it wearing on the sidewall. My shocks (Koni Yellows) don't have "click" settings, so I go off of half turns and call them clicks. I started the day with all of them set to 2 clicks, which is a middle setting, and softened the front to 0.5 after a couple of runs that I was experiencing a lot of understeer. That 0.5/2 ratio seemed to give me pretty neutral handling. I ran my best time with this setup with a 41.4 sec run.
I wish that I would have played with the shocks a little more. Towards the end of the day, I had the idea to stiffen up the shocks to 2.5/4 clicks. My times did not improve with this setup, but I had just come off a long break from working the track and helping a friend dial in his car. I think that the car felt a lot more planted on the long high-speed turns.
Sunday:
Sunday was...interesting. The weather was all over the place but ended up being super rainy. I wish that I had my street wheels with all-season tires with me. The race tires surprised me with how good they were in the rain considering what they are, but it was still difficult to understand their limits without crossing that threshold.
My best setup was to leave the tires at street pressure (35/34 psi) and soften the shocks back to 0.5/2 clicks. After focusing on finding the right line and not overdriving, I was able to get a decent time of 45.6 sec.
I also got a few good photos of me spinning out lol
Overall it was a great weekend and a great start to the race season. I'm excited to get a lot more seat time and fine-tune this car!
Any tips or advice is appreciated!
This weekend was super fun. Misery Bay SCCA had a weekend at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, PA. Saturday was a test and tune and Sunday was the race. I had just finished installing a lot of suspension components on the car and wanted to take advantage of the test and tune to relearn the car. The course layout wasn't my favorite, but fun and fast for sure.
Saturday:
I found that my tires (275 Falken RT660s on 17x9 wheels) being at 34 psi front and 32 psi rear was best for my setup. I tried running lower pressure, but my tire chalk showed it wearing on the sidewall. My shocks (Koni Yellows) don't have "click" settings, so I go off of half turns and call them clicks. I started the day with all of them set to 2 clicks, which is a middle setting, and softened the front to 0.5 after a couple of runs that I was experiencing a lot of understeer. That 0.5/2 ratio seemed to give me pretty neutral handling. I ran my best time with this setup with a 41.4 sec run.
I wish that I would have played with the shocks a little more. Towards the end of the day, I had the idea to stiffen up the shocks to 2.5/4 clicks. My times did not improve with this setup, but I had just come off a long break from working the track and helping a friend dial in his car. I think that the car felt a lot more planted on the long high-speed turns.
Sunday:
Sunday was...interesting. The weather was all over the place but ended up being super rainy. I wish that I had my street wheels with all-season tires with me. The race tires surprised me with how good they were in the rain considering what they are, but it was still difficult to understand their limits without crossing that threshold.
My best setup was to leave the tires at street pressure (35/34 psi) and soften the shocks back to 0.5/2 clicks. After focusing on finding the right line and not overdriving, I was able to get a decent time of 45.6 sec.
I also got a few good photos of me spinning out lol
Overall it was a great weekend and a great start to the race season. I'm excited to get a lot more seat time and fine-tune this car!
Any tips or advice is appreciated!