BRracing GT3 - Not your standard daily driver!
Dec 12, 2009 | 03:43 PM
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Hmmm...so, if you've read this thread, you know we were slated for testing in November at Thunderhill, and that we didn't get far due to a flat tire in our first sesssion, and no spares.
So, we have been waiting for a chance to get out...and it looks like the weather may cooperate. Right now, as of this moment, it's pouring RAIN, but the weather says it will be clear but cold on Monday...so, we're prepping and preparing for the good weather. IF it rains....we will NOT take the car out on the track...cold is fine, but we're not needing to test that bad if it's raining.
The track day is for Laguna, and we have several of our customers Porsche's set to go to the track on Monday (Dec 14th) to play with us and others, including our new 2010 GT3 w the mods we've talked about.
To make the day a little more interesting....we've decided to forego the Pirelli OEM tires, and add a new set of Hoosiers R6. That should provide a good level of grip for the first full day of playing. We'll change to a different selection later when we make more suspension changes than what the car has had done so far.....and we will have 2 more new sets of new wheels (not OEM....watch this space for an announcement soon about a new set of 18" and 19" center mount wheels, light weight, fully forged, and good looking to boot......and, that can also be used on non-center lock hubbed cars).
Then we can add racing slicks as well to the test suite to play with as we iron out the refinement for the track setup for this car. That will give us three setups....traditional street/occassional track (Pirelli tires); regular track duty (Hoosiers); and full out track setup for speed and time (Michelin or Pirelli slicks).
Since the track day is at Laguna, that also means we have to deal with SOUND limits, so off w all the exhaust enhancments we have recently done (headers, sport cats, mufflers, center section, rear tips...the pic is of the car being worked on in one of our 6 bays at the shop), and back on w the OEM setup (we know we can pass the low sound limits (92dba sound limit for Monday)....we'll have to wait till later in the Winter to get back to Thunderhill when we can play w the full exhaust setup.
So, if you're there, come see us on Monday, if not, we'll post video from the new video setup and data acq system that we've installed to capture the play day.....more to come.
So, we have been waiting for a chance to get out...and it looks like the weather may cooperate. Right now, as of this moment, it's pouring RAIN, but the weather says it will be clear but cold on Monday...so, we're prepping and preparing for the good weather. IF it rains....we will NOT take the car out on the track...cold is fine, but we're not needing to test that bad if it's raining.
The track day is for Laguna, and we have several of our customers Porsche's set to go to the track on Monday (Dec 14th) to play with us and others, including our new 2010 GT3 w the mods we've talked about.
To make the day a little more interesting....we've decided to forego the Pirelli OEM tires, and add a new set of Hoosiers R6. That should provide a good level of grip for the first full day of playing. We'll change to a different selection later when we make more suspension changes than what the car has had done so far.....and we will have 2 more new sets of new wheels (not OEM....watch this space for an announcement soon about a new set of 18" and 19" center mount wheels, light weight, fully forged, and good looking to boot......and, that can also be used on non-center lock hubbed cars).
Then we can add racing slicks as well to the test suite to play with as we iron out the refinement for the track setup for this car. That will give us three setups....traditional street/occassional track (Pirelli tires); regular track duty (Hoosiers); and full out track setup for speed and time (Michelin or Pirelli slicks).
Since the track day is at Laguna, that also means we have to deal with SOUND limits, so off w all the exhaust enhancments we have recently done (headers, sport cats, mufflers, center section, rear tips...the pic is of the car being worked on in one of our 6 bays at the shop), and back on w the OEM setup (we know we can pass the low sound limits (92dba sound limit for Monday)....we'll have to wait till later in the Winter to get back to Thunderhill when we can play w the full exhaust setup.
So, if you're there, come see us on Monday, if not, we'll post video from the new video setup and data acq system that we've installed to capture the play day.....more to come.
