Fran Hall RCR
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Yesterday was spent at a local race track here in Michigan....Gingerman Raceway http://www.gingermanraceway.com/ with the CGI drivers group. http://www.cgimotorsports.com/
The array of cars was quite diverse.
Carbon panelled Supercharged M3 down to a Mazda Miata , with a smattering of pretty fast Porsches thrown in for good measure.
There was also a pretty , well driven Ford GT ...more on that one later.
First session...gentle run around shake , rattle and roll test....
Whoops...first lap into the pits...sticking throttle...well we know the brakes work well enough now.!!!...quick lube job and good for the day.
Tooled around gently scrubbing tyres and bedding in the brakes.
Session two....paced car session.. picking up speed and slower cars allowing the Nemesis through as it was obviously straining at the leash.
little heat in the tyres and getting upto speed...
The stutter bumps coming into the last turn start to show a little bounce through the suspension...
The Ford GT was playing GRAB A** with the Nemesis...Mark (RCR DRIVER)let him through to see how the GT was running around the track as he obviously felt he needed to be infront...well it was short lived as the Nemesis squirted by on a short straight....session over.
Quick adjustment of compression and rebound damping on the QA1 shocks, fill with fuel, check oil level.
Session three...
trouble free just circulating to get handling and braking feedback from the car....going in deep to the apex on the brakes , sliding the rear under power...all the usual fun stuff.
With the car having a 100 inch wheelbase its extremely progressive to drive...no quick snapping around...
The four piston Wilwoods have way more than enough stopping power...in fact the driver feedback was...."bigger brakes than I have balls...".....
Session four...
Time to up the pace..
The Ford GT took aff about 1/4 track ahead of the Nemesis...so the hare was free...a couple of warm up laps for both cars and the chase was on...two more laps and the Nemesis was within striking distance....our little flyer outdragged the GT down the front straight and into turn one and then set off after the next car ahead...
Obviously by now the car and driver were getting pretty comfortable with one another....which always lead to disaster.....well not always but you get my drift.
Last lap of the session and the Nemesis fails to appear from the distance...
We hear that its off track.... and on fire.... and the driver is doing his best Ricky Bobby impression.... OH CRAP...
In reality the engine had let go and it was oil smoke....so not such a bad deal afterall....just an R and R....
And the best part is that for this whole session we had the incar video and a seperate sound recorder running......as soon as the two are edited together I will youtube them...
So all in all a very successful day.....the chassis and its manners proved to be bang on with my goals for the car....driveable straight from the box with enough performance to lap at speeds to make all but the seasoned pro. feel fulfilled.
We have a coupe of additions to make to the car....dead pedal....easier to reach cut off switch....easy to reach fire system.....winkwink....
Mark (RCR driver) posts on here so he can answer specifics and will be glad to do so....
The array of cars was quite diverse.
Carbon panelled Supercharged M3 down to a Mazda Miata , with a smattering of pretty fast Porsches thrown in for good measure.
There was also a pretty , well driven Ford GT ...more on that one later.
First session...gentle run around shake , rattle and roll test....
Whoops...first lap into the pits...sticking throttle...well we know the brakes work well enough now.!!!...quick lube job and good for the day.
Tooled around gently scrubbing tyres and bedding in the brakes.
Session two....paced car session.. picking up speed and slower cars allowing the Nemesis through as it was obviously straining at the leash.
little heat in the tyres and getting upto speed...
The stutter bumps coming into the last turn start to show a little bounce through the suspension...
The Ford GT was playing GRAB A** with the Nemesis...Mark (RCR DRIVER)let him through to see how the GT was running around the track as he obviously felt he needed to be infront...well it was short lived as the Nemesis squirted by on a short straight....session over.
Quick adjustment of compression and rebound damping on the QA1 shocks, fill with fuel, check oil level.
Session three...
trouble free just circulating to get handling and braking feedback from the car....going in deep to the apex on the brakes , sliding the rear under power...all the usual fun stuff.
With the car having a 100 inch wheelbase its extremely progressive to drive...no quick snapping around...
The four piston Wilwoods have way more than enough stopping power...in fact the driver feedback was...."bigger brakes than I have balls...".....
Session four...
Time to up the pace..
The Ford GT took aff about 1/4 track ahead of the Nemesis...so the hare was free...a couple of warm up laps for both cars and the chase was on...two more laps and the Nemesis was within striking distance....our little flyer outdragged the GT down the front straight and into turn one and then set off after the next car ahead...
Obviously by now the car and driver were getting pretty comfortable with one another....which always lead to disaster.....well not always but you get my drift.
Last lap of the session and the Nemesis fails to appear from the distance...
We hear that its off track.... and on fire.... and the driver is doing his best Ricky Bobby impression.... OH CRAP...
In reality the engine had let go and it was oil smoke....so not such a bad deal afterall....just an R and R....
And the best part is that for this whole session we had the incar video and a seperate sound recorder running......as soon as the two are edited together I will youtube them...
So all in all a very successful day.....the chassis and its manners proved to be bang on with my goals for the car....driveable straight from the box with enough performance to lap at speeds to make all but the seasoned pro. feel fulfilled.
We have a coupe of additions to make to the car....dead pedal....easier to reach cut off switch....easy to reach fire system.....winkwink....
Mark (RCR driver) posts on here so he can answer specifics and will be glad to do so....
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