Maybe reach out to Speed Academy? This is their home track and Dave and Pete are pretty knowledgeable of the track. Might be a good video to see lap times dropping as your skill increases. I was able to go 3 seconds faster with just more seat time at my local track.
From what i saw on the footage, i have the feeling that you are coasting alot before breaking and also late on the throttle, thats easy 1 second per lap there
*you finally let the beast out of its cage!* i agree, your car is enough to get you the overall win, you just need more experience/comfort driving it...and better tires probably.
When is he finally going to throw out that pneumatic system? I think it is never going to work sufficiently, and it does not make sense at all to me. 1) throw a different compressor in there, 120V AC with a hugeass inverter is ridiculous on a racecar. Use a belt driven one (from the engine) or at least find a 12V one. You don't need massive amounds of pressure or flow, maybe you can use one from a air-suspension system. 2) If you want to shift pneumatically, don't actuate the shiftknob, actuate the levers directly on the transmission, that would make much more sense.
No point of making it work while the gearbox is still stock gear with synchro that require clutch on every gear shift... What he really needs is proper sequential dog-box from hgt or similar manufacturer so shifting is much faster without the need of clutch be it in manual sequential lever shift mode or paddle shift mode... *Its because even if he able to make the actuator to shift fast, there is still delay he need to account for like: 1-clutch in and out time 2-synchro engagement time If he needs to cheap out on non sequential transmission... Atleast get a built internal gears with dog engagement type.. Or straight to full sequential like from hgt which is not that pricey... Then he can juat use mechanical lever to shift sequentially.. or full auto paddle shift using servo motor to operate the sequential shifter drum
Thank you for the LONG awaited video! This car is what I subscribed for, and purchased a T-shirt, too! I have not worn the shirt yet, I want to keep it nice. So glad to hear & see you are ok!
Would love to see the car with its panels all on. Been waiting quite a while for an update about that. Must be said that I also like the other projects, but asl (build) got me hooked to your channel. Keep up the great work. Love from Holland
What ever race team you start or get pulled into I will support. I don’t care who or what type!!!! Keep being freaking awesome man!!!! I have followed this car since you started RU-viding it and I’m always blown away at your talent.
I think you're going to set a trend for these time attack guys to have spaceframed specials. The way you were reeling them back in under braking is got to have made them take notice! Nicely done!
It must be the hard tires, as at low speeds the car just looks really sluggish, heavy, agricultural in comparison to the high speed stuff. Awesome project. A lot of time to win with gear shifts for sure.
You are an absolute legend! It's great to see you back at it again with the car that made me subscribe to this channel. Looking forward to the finished product and the F1 Build!
Thank You XF Motorsport, for sharing the details that you have. I am in the process of building my own project car, and this info has been a massive help to me. Also, you race car is a seriously Cool Project, so Best Wishes to you, for your future racing. Regards JB
@22:25 I must say that it matters not what your time was. Wrap your mind around my thinking. 1) You built a car. 2) You drove the car.3) You critique your own driving and admit every mistake you made! All that my friend DEMANDS respect!!! I don't care if you come in last. You are a true winner in my book and my book doesn't have to many entres. Very well done. Oh and to let you know I am a serious critic. So to read my words makes you a super grand prize winner.
Congratulations on the build. I was following it and then lost track for a while. It is awesome to see it essentially complete. That machine is a beast! What do you think about your steering ratio? For a tight, twist track like that one I think I'd prefer a quicker ratio.
Don't forget, the thermal cameras looking at the tires are only showing 'surface' temperature of the tire. The tire's carcass temperature is what really matters, which you need a probe-type pyrometer to test for (cost about $200-300). That is why the tire temp appears to cool right after braking: it is only the surface temp that has cooled, not the actual carcass. Additional note: you need to be running tire warmers with those P-Zero slicks. The wheel (rim) is robbing heat from the tire carcass until the rim gets hot, resulting in longer times for the carcass to warm up to operating temp. Keep rocking on, love the channel.
Not sure if it's really in the budget or not, but I think this car would really benefit from a sequential. That way, you could simplify the pneumatics on the shifter because it would only need to go forward and backward. Killer build, keep up the good work!
I believe S1 sequential makes a sequential shifter kit for the CD009 transmission and I think it would greatly benefit you since you can simplify your electronics and pneumatics a lot! All you'd need is 2 strain gauges on the shifter to tell when you're upshifting and downshifting and you can configure the clutch and rev matching for downshifting! I'm no expert but I hope that helps!
Nice! Only 1sec off of 3rd place and couple of second from the top! You get the first second straight off with new tyres and the other second with seat time 👍👍
Great build, as you said there's certainly some driver mods to be made which will increase the speed but that's a much longer, and ultimately more satisfying, process than upgrading the car
Something that will help you is driving a much later apex. You have a power advantage, so keep your foot over the brake until exiting the corner. If you avoid touching the throttle mid corner, the front end will stop washing out. The car looks amazing!! And soo fast!
Really nice to see you, your shop and this project coming together from watching you in your old place release videos every so often. Thought, its a little bit of a "meme" but possibility of implementing rolling antilag for help with turbo spool out slow corners?
Nice project man! If i was you, i'd focus on making myself faster than building a faster car for now. I'm a fan of your channel and i want to see better content arriving with each notification. ;)
Can I ask how the threats for the vertical screws in the rear wing are hold in place? I work on a somewhat similar project and this way of mounting the wings has always interested me.
Do you have enough droop in the rear suspension? It seems to get upset very easily and I'm wondering if you don't have enough droop and the wheels are not able to cycle through enough travel. Travel sensors and datalogs would be a big help on this car.
Congratulations on a great build and racing results. To those Euro-car pros, he fact that a rookie driver, racing your untested, self-build car and keeping up with them.....must really hurt their feelings. Keep up the great work!
You are going to do a homemade F1 car? Holy.. nice! I had this ultra-downforce (non-F1 rules) selfmade car idea in my head for weeks now and it's not going away. I wish I had the time and resources right now to work on it
Put radial tires on the trailer and you won't have to worry about blowouts as much. Those flimsy bias ply tires suck. What kind of rack is in the car? What ratio is it? The smoke from the driver side bank, is that from the PCV or catch can?
This project is freaking awesome. I'm wondering if you could go over how you set the car up and if/what changes you make throughout a race weekend. Designing the car is cool, but with so many adjustments and variables interconnected I'm interested how you approach it. If you're struggling so much with low tire temps there are definitely things you can change to get them higher (more compression, toe, etc.) I'd be really interested to see how you weigh those tradeoffs
Great series, and I love that you cut the audio when the announcer started talking about masks. I always go to racing events to hear about ongoing medial information personally... /sarcasm off. Great race! Car is running amazing!
I'm glad to see you and the car on the track, but there's a lot of wise advice coming from some followers in here. As a Pro-Driver for BMW I can tell you that the biggest gains right now are in your driving technique (I can elaborate via PM). As a season setup driver, your second biggest gains is the on throttle push mid corner, the car goes into a push too easy, needs more mechanical grip on the front axle.
Good on you mate you've got a blisteringly fast car, just need to drive it to the limit, if i had any advice it would be keep your rpm higher in the corner but keep it smooth otherwise it will become very unstable, this will help you learn got corner exit throttle control ✌ Best of luck, go hard
It's like a modernized version of Max Balchowsky's Old Yaller - a homebuilt road-racing "special" with rough-looking bodywork and an unlikely engine. You use a Mercedes/AMG lump because that's an engine you're an expert upon; Max used a Buick "nailhead" because it was a good performer if you knew some tricks, and was dead-reliable. He also really played up a hayseed image: He'd drive Old Yaller to the track, change the tires, race it, change them back, and drive home, and his pit crew was his wife, Ina. But he had a bit more going on than it might initially have seemed - with training in mechanical engineering, he knew how to make a car handle.
If you struggle to get heat into the tyres with 11psi, i would try a smaller tyre to build heat and confidence quicker. Would be cool to see the thermals of the back tyres :) do you have any idea of the temps other than redder is hotter?
