djhartm
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- Dave
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I had Randy Pobst drive me in my car yesterday at VIR.
It was a really cool experience but he could not get the car to grip around low speed corners. I have to run very high pressures otherwise the tires roll and chunk\fail. When we came in, fronts were 52/50 L/R.
He said more camber, but I'm at the max with the stock pins removed.
He also said I could try lower pressure then going easy until they came up to temp\pressure increased. But I've gone through so many sets of tires that have failed already and Cup 2's are very expensive.
He also said the car needs to rotate better and suggested adding some positive tow to the rear to make it looser.
I guess wider 18" wheels with more sidewall is an option as well.
Sliding sideways through T10 to the very edge of the curbing was a moment I won't soon forget. I never knew the Type-R could slide so predictably at speed on a road course.
Oh, and he took 10 seconds off my lap times (and I'm a seasoned instructor). Randy can really drive!
It was a really cool experience but he could not get the car to grip around low speed corners. I have to run very high pressures otherwise the tires roll and chunk\fail. When we came in, fronts were 52/50 L/R.
He said more camber, but I'm at the max with the stock pins removed.
He also said I could try lower pressure then going easy until they came up to temp\pressure increased. But I've gone through so many sets of tires that have failed already and Cup 2's are very expensive.
He also said the car needs to rotate better and suggested adding some positive tow to the rear to make it looser.
I guess wider 18" wheels with more sidewall is an option as well.
Sliding sideways through T10 to the very edge of the curbing was a moment I won't soon forget. I never knew the Type-R could slide so predictably at speed on a road course.
Oh, and he took 10 seconds off my lap times (and I'm a seasoned instructor). Randy can really drive!
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