So it went rather well last weekend. It's a completely different car. Night and day. A couple of notes off the top off the top of my head...
1. A LOT of over-steer. Now, when I say "A LOT", it's completely relative. The stock suspension on this car was loose and shitty with no adjustments allowed. So it had that classic muscle car plow in the front that suffered from understeer. I also come from 5 different VW's (GTI, GTI, Golf R, GTI, GLI) where over steer doesn't exist. So yea, for me, it was "A LOT". I adjusted well with the proper counter steer when needed and only had 2 "incidents". Video to follow.
2. These cars are heavy, fat, pigs. But.... TONS of fun. My VW's drove better and a couple of them were faster, but none of them were nearly as fun and dynamic. This car, especially with the suspension set up, really requires the driver to put in proper input. It's unforgiving when not respected. I just got the SF connectors and Torque Arm installed this week, so interested to see what impact that has.
3. These pedals are awful for heel-toe shifting. The throttle pedal is just too far forward in relationship to the brake pedal. It makes it impossible to heel-toe. I really need to figure something out. I'm probably losing a second on track if not more due to not being able to downshift in a more seemless manner.
4. I gained a measly 2 seconds. That's right, after a COMPLETE suspension install, stage 2 cams and a tune (net gain of about 40 HP), I saw a measly 2 second improvement. There is a caveat to that though. Two things stick out to me. 1. I was on a staggered set up same time last year, with a 200 TW tire (Nitto 05R's) that felt quite sticky and were 275/315. This time around I was on 275 square set up, using Conti's extreme contact sport with a 340 TW. Which are incredible tires, but I'm thinking the staggered set up plus the gripper tires helped a bit more. Only time will tell.
Any comments, suggestions, insights are welcome. Specs for the track specific items are listed below.
Cobra brakes
Hawk HT-10 front brakes
EBC blue stuff rear brakes
Cobra R wheels with Conti Extreme Contact Sport (274/45R17)
Toe: 0
Caster: +8
Camber: -3.5
Just a couple oopsies from that weekend posed below.
1. A LOT of over-steer. Now, when I say "A LOT", it's completely relative. The stock suspension on this car was loose and shitty with no adjustments allowed. So it had that classic muscle car plow in the front that suffered from understeer. I also come from 5 different VW's (GTI, GTI, Golf R, GTI, GLI) where over steer doesn't exist. So yea, for me, it was "A LOT". I adjusted well with the proper counter steer when needed and only had 2 "incidents". Video to follow.
2. These cars are heavy, fat, pigs. But.... TONS of fun. My VW's drove better and a couple of them were faster, but none of them were nearly as fun and dynamic. This car, especially with the suspension set up, really requires the driver to put in proper input. It's unforgiving when not respected. I just got the SF connectors and Torque Arm installed this week, so interested to see what impact that has.
3. These pedals are awful for heel-toe shifting. The throttle pedal is just too far forward in relationship to the brake pedal. It makes it impossible to heel-toe. I really need to figure something out. I'm probably losing a second on track if not more due to not being able to downshift in a more seemless manner.
4. I gained a measly 2 seconds. That's right, after a COMPLETE suspension install, stage 2 cams and a tune (net gain of about 40 HP), I saw a measly 2 second improvement. There is a caveat to that though. Two things stick out to me. 1. I was on a staggered set up same time last year, with a 200 TW tire (Nitto 05R's) that felt quite sticky and were 275/315. This time around I was on 275 square set up, using Conti's extreme contact sport with a 340 TW. Which are incredible tires, but I'm thinking the staggered set up plus the gripper tires helped a bit more. Only time will tell.
Any comments, suggestions, insights are welcome. Specs for the track specific items are listed below.
Cobra brakes
Hawk HT-10 front brakes
EBC blue stuff rear brakes
Cobra R wheels with Conti Extreme Contact Sport (274/45R17)
Toe: 0
Caster: +8
Camber: -3.5
Just a couple oopsies from that weekend posed below.
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