quote:Originally posted by daniel mason
How are you finding the sprint slicks?
Good, after Snetterton 100 I've got cold tear on the fronts which I suspect are now shagged. It was pretty cold at Combe so they struggled with
temp as well. I need to go through the front end as there is something loose/damaged which makes braking feel a little odd and I need to up the
spring rates front and back by quite a bit.
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posted on 23/10/16 at 10:40 AM
Good to meet you Jeff. Your cars a well guided missile but the flamaage over the finish line was just showing off... ;-)
The start tarmac, in fact first 25m is dreadful at Combe hard and slippy, so on decent tarmac your launch would have been significantly better,
although much better and I think you'd need to swap the nomex for a 'G' suit!
My cars looking very secondhand after a hard season, and the odd attack by the scenery, lots of work over the winter, but a great finish to the year.
Team 'Light Sabre' working hard between runs...
"Racing is life, everything else, before or after, is just waiting"---Steve McQueen
quote:Originally posted by daniel mason
How are you finding the sprint slicks?
Good, after Snetterton 100 I've got cold tear on the fronts which I suspect are now shagged. It was pretty cold at Combe so they struggled with
temp as well. I need to go through the front end as there is something loose/damaged which makes braking feel a little odd and I need to up the
spring rates front and back by quite a bit.
As long as they're soft they're fine. You should see the state of the slicks I did the 128sec double lap at Blyton on, and they still felt
good.
I've found that the A15s don't work brilliantly below about 12deg, they always feel a bit wooden at end of season Curboroughs!
quote:Originally posted by CNHSS1
Good to meet you Jeff. Your cars a well guided missile but the flamaage over the finish line was just showing off... ;-)
The start tarmac, in fact first 25m is dreadful at Combe hard and slippy, so on decent tarmac your launch would have been significantly better,
although much better and I think you'd need to swap the nomex for a 'G' suit!
You should see the flames when it has warmed up
The car is pretty quick these days, 0-120 in 10 secs seems adequate. It was nice to put a face to the name
I had to heat gun mine after last Anglesey round. Fronts were carrying about 5mm of debris and dead rubber. You could really tell the car wasn't
turning in as it should
Yeah, need bigger wheels/tyres. The Phoenix (Fury, what Fury !1!!!!!) is running 13x6 fronts and 13x8 rears currently. The plan is to end up running
13x8 front and 13x10 rears which will allow much larger tyres but it will require widening of the arches.
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posted on 23/10/16 at 07:58 PM
Lol, that's as bad as calling a wife by an ex's name!
Apologies Phoenix
Yeah 13x8 and 10s would help for sure. The one front had odd wear that looked like the carcass 'folding' due to too narrow a rim
Didn't realise it was live axle, assumed it was Sierra based, but what do I know can5 event get the car right!
Very impressed with the delivery, as vice free as 400hp is ever gonna be, a great package
"Racing is life, everything else, before or after, is just waiting"---Steve McQueen
Thanks, people don't believe me when I say it is easy to drive (well it must be for me to be able to do it) and isn't a complete animal.
You've seen it now and can appreciate that it is a complete pussy cat
The front right tyre had a line created by something rubbing against it (which is solved now).
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posted on 23/10/16 at 09:36 PM
Having driven a turbod car with a little less power and wider rubber I appreciate the delivery on your car. In fact I was even more depressed when I
asked about the racelogic and you don't bloody use it! My turbo delivery is pretty savage and that's even after Dave Walkers work on the
map.
Like all these things, small tweaks make a huge difference, busy winter for me, so look forward to finding the missing seconds next season ;-)
"Racing is life, everything else, before or after, is just waiting"---Steve McQueen
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posted on 24/10/16 at 03:06 PM
81s which wasn't unhappy with although with fresher boots and a few other minor geo tweaks there would've been a 78 in it. Was suffering a
front end vibration, could've been pickup or maybe a bearing and snap oversteer out of the chicanes and Quarry most most worryingly at Camp. My
co driver had a huge moment in P2.
What did you end up on in the end? Low 70s I'm guessing?
"Racing is life, everything else, before or after, is just waiting"---Steve McQueen
76.39 but there was lots left on the table, especially into the last corner which we don't normally run. Should have been 73-74sec but there
was something odd going on underbrakes.
