Open passing (gold/slow advanced) group. It was a sunny day without much cloud cover for most of the morning, so track temps were very hot. I'm now able to stress the engine and its cooling more with these conditions and my current skill level. Oil temps actually went over 250 at least once, but nothing overheated. I'll have to do a very hot (90f+) day at some point to determine if I need to upgrade the cooling. I can also not drive the car like it's an endurance car and diligently do cooldown laps mid-session.
It was my first time running in gold group, so today's focus was being comfortable at pace with traffic who won't always lift and point you by. I also had 4 goals: t1 at 85+ with good throttle application (failed), fix my t3-4 transition (success), take t8 at 96+ (success), and not spin (success-ish lol). Too bad session 4 footage was lost since there was a good bit there where I was sandwiched between a few cars, and we were all going at a similar pace. By far the most fun track day I've had.
Setup notes: fresh front pads from @CounterSpaceGarage, who were kind enough to let me test their carbon weave brake lines. The pedal feel was consistent from start to finish, though I didn't do a full 20 min session due to either tires or myself getting tired. @JoeMcGuiganRacing 's feedback on the setup is that it's pushing too much at high speed. So much weight is being moved around, so I need to stiffen things up to get more control. He is at least happy with the balance. He recommends 2 clicks stiffer all around, but I'll probably just go up 1 click. Lastly, we went out at a little bit over 50% fuel, but the car went into limp mode from fuel starvation very quickly. I'll have to investigate how to fix this other than always being at 75%+ fuel before every session.
Other notes: No session 1 data because gps wasn't working. The gopro overheated in session 3 when I briefly came in to reorient myself after another case of bad driving, so it stayed dead for session 4. I'll downgrade the resolution to 1080p for future videos to hopefully avoid this.
255/35-19 Bridgestone RE-71RS (3rd day)
19x9.5 ET25 Apex VS-5RS
CSG Spec CP pads
CSG carbon weave brake lines
Ohlins R/T w/ Eibach springs (575/900)
Dinan front arm bushings
Megan racing rear control arms
Sparco Pro 2000 QRT
8:55 countersteering at high speed is still not comfortable
17:25 fastest lap of the day (2'03.67)
20:29 t8 at 98! almost triple digits!
22:18 embarrassing myself in front of Joe
34:22 going into the future bad driving pt2
37:10 Joe's 2'02 lap ruined by fuel starvation
0:00 session 1
11:16 session 2
24:49 session 3
35:08 session 5 (Joe driving)
30 июл 2024
