Any word on how the LMP project is progressing.
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LMP Update ?
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Sorry Ron, I thought my name in the upper left was sufficient my bad. Luke my name is Kort so maybe your right about my mother. How do I unsubscribe.
Kort
Kort
LMP is all ready to hit the track at the Katech track attack event...
We made some changes since the last outing...new gear set in the trans, new diff ratio, new front splitter , played with spring rates also a more aggressive brake pad material.
Due to our move and our customer delivery schedule I put the race schedule on hold until we are caught up....as mentioned here http://www.gt40s.com/forum/rcr-forum-rcr40-slc-p4-mkiv/40696-superlite-race-schedule.html
We made some changes since the last outing...new gear set in the trans, new diff ratio, new front splitter , played with spring rates also a more aggressive brake pad material.
Due to our move and our customer delivery schedule I put the race schedule on hold until we are caught up....as mentioned here http://www.gt40s.com/forum/rcr-forum-rcr40-slc-p4-mkiv/40696-superlite-race-schedule.html
I have always thought that F1 race cars had the most restrictive view from a driver's perspective. One sits so unbelievably low that the driver can just barely see anything over the steering wheel. In the LMP1 the driver does sit higher up, but the padded rollbar braces look to be just a 'wee' bit restrictive to a driver's peripheral vision?
LMP1
F1 race car
LMP1
F1 race car
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I have always thought that F1 race cars had the most restrictive view from a driver's perspective. One sits so unbelievably low that the driver can just barely see anything over the steering wheel. In the LMP1 the driver does sit higher up, but the padded rollbar braces look to be just a 'wee' bit restrictive to a driver's peripheral vision?
LMP1
F1 race car
Good question! It does look that way from pictures but it's not restrictive at all. Although I'm a little shorter than average height, I actually sit a lot higher up than any co-driver I've ever driven with (even Boris Said and his hair). Even with the angle I'm sitting at, my eyes are actually below the sight-line of the bars to my left and right allowing me to see freely both directions. Fran is trying to get me to sit lower (to fit more normally) but my NASCAR seating style habits are hard to break. :laugh:
Good timing boss!
Also, with most racing series nowadays, you will be forced to wear a HANS or similar head and neck restraint. These will minimize the amount you can turn your head left to right, so even if the bars were blocking the way, I don't think it would matter much. I know that if I'm ever looking that far left or right, I've done something wrong. Mirrors are in a good position on the LMP and allow for good vision as well.
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