Another outing at COTA yesterday, this time with Edge Addicts. The weather was cool in the morning and really nice in the afternoon. Temps varied from about 70F to 85ish. When the sun came out after the morning overcast the track grip came up and I think I finally got the tires up to temp in the last session. I didn't really try anything new except to add a degree of rear wing. I also didn't get the new BP30 brake pads from Summit in time to use them so I left the BP28s in the front until the BP30s arrive. I don't think I like the BP28s anyway. They seem kinda vague and with a bit less grip than the "B" I have been using for years.
The fuel issue went away by adding 7.5 gas after each session. My best guess is I am using 7 gals every 30 mins.
The news is after running constant 2:34-35 and feeling like I know there's a lot more I had a go in the last session. Here's the SOLO 2 screen from that session. 5 seconds over that one lap by just giving the car what it wanted, deeper braking after full power runs down the two straights, and a good hard lean on it in the fast corners.
There's a lot more there, I just need to want to do it I guess. I need to get my head around bumping up my fun speed a bit. Gonna have to move up a group though. I had a couple of near misses on the brakes with 50MPH closing speeds at the end of the back straight. In an earlier session, I tried to go for top speed on the straight and saw 160. Letting the car have its head off the corner before the straight makes a lot of difference in terminal speed. That's also a lot of work for the brakes, as well as added wear and tear, and that is the downside to high top speeds.
So here's the SOLO 2 picture.