PTYFK8
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- First Name
- JP
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- Feb 23, 2019
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- 2017 Honda Civic Type R/ 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera S / 2015 BMW M3 f80
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So two weeks ago, i took the FK8 to the track for the second time. This time with a proper setup. My biggest question was "if the R&T article about that using 18" wheels will harm that geometry of the suspension and have a negative impact on the car balance, specially on generating torque steering, which is not present in this car with the stock 20" wheels with the 60 offset. I decided to go with TWS in 9.5 and 40 offset and for tires i wanted to try out the Yokohamas Advan A052 in 255 40 18.
after a few laps and adjsuting the tire pressure properly, im sure that not using something close to 60 offset will cause the car to have torque steer, its not huge, but i found myself at time exiting a corner and having to correct the steering, nevertheless it was manageable, and with the abundant grip provided by the advan's i quickly forgot about it and started lowering my lap times..... until temp gauge reached 3/4 and had to run cooldown laps..... this can brake your timing efforts, (too bad Honda havent said anything about this issue). ill be on the track next month on the 19th and I already installed the HKS oil cooler..... pics bellow, Something to factor in my performance is that i flashed the ECU with hondata base 93 fuel map..... so i ended up with a fast lap of 1.37.056, when compared with the previous track day fast lap that was at 1.46 (mainly becuase wrong tire option, hankook ventus evo2, not a good tire at all for the track).
This is a video when i was giving a hard time to some Porsche's guys....
HKS oil cooler install
after a few laps and adjsuting the tire pressure properly, im sure that not using something close to 60 offset will cause the car to have torque steer, its not huge, but i found myself at time exiting a corner and having to correct the steering, nevertheless it was manageable, and with the abundant grip provided by the advan's i quickly forgot about it and started lowering my lap times..... until temp gauge reached 3/4 and had to run cooldown laps..... this can brake your timing efforts, (too bad Honda havent said anything about this issue). ill be on the track next month on the 19th and I already installed the HKS oil cooler..... pics bellow, Something to factor in my performance is that i flashed the ECU with hondata base 93 fuel map..... so i ended up with a fast lap of 1.37.056, when compared with the previous track day fast lap that was at 1.46 (mainly becuase wrong tire option, hankook ventus evo2, not a good tire at all for the track).
This is a video when i was giving a hard time to some Porsche's guys....
HKS oil cooler install