1962 RAC Tourist Trophy [Sept. 23rd]

That reminds me...need to kill that shifter mod

Carl Larrad wrote:

I just tested the Ferrari and Aston Martin .. I found i was much quicker in the GTO but god that DB4 sounds good ...

I thought same m8,aston is not quick,but sounds sweet

Salut à tous

je participe avec grand plaisir sur la 250 gto verte du Piper Racing n°29 !

A dimanche !

Un revenant

Is the car supposed to be right on the edge of losing grip in the high speed turns? I am having a heck of a time with high speed direction changes causing the back end to snap out. Even with maximum front spring and minimum rear and almost no rear swing arm the car is somewhat loose for me. I have started adjusting tire pressures and that has helped. Also adjust differential settings which also helped. But I am still not what I consider "safe" and frequently lose control.

Any suggestions?

Edit: looking at the big spread on hot laps I suspect I am not alone.

Guillaume Siebert wrote:

Un revenant

Yes

Mike Becnel wrote:

Is the car supposed to be right on the edge of losing grip in the high speed turns? I am having a heck of a time with high speed direction changes causing the back end to snap out. Even with maximum front spring and minimum rear and almost no rear swing arm the car is somewhat loose for me. I have started adjusting tire pressures and that has helped. Also adjust differential settings which also helped. But I am still not what I consider "safe" and frequently lose control.

Any suggestions?

Edit: looking at the big spread on hot laps I suspect I am not alone.

Look at this vidéo, Loosing grip at high speed is normal

Mike Becnel wrote:

Is the car supposed to be right on the edge of losing grip in the high speed turns? I am having a heck of a time with high speed direction changes causing the back end to snap out. Even with maximum front spring and minimum rear and almost no rear swing arm the car is somewhat loose for me. I have started adjusting tire pressures and that has helped. Also adjust differential settings which also helped. But I am still not what I consider "safe" and frequently lose control.

Any suggestions?

Edit: looking at the big spread on hot laps I suspect I am not alone.

try lower front camber

GTO #9

Steve Parker wrote:

try lower front camber

Will do Steve - thx

Edit - that helped a lot Steve, thanks.

Christophe Blin wrote:

Mike Becnel wrote:

Is the car supposed to be right on the edge of losing grip in the high speed turns? I am having a heck of a time with high speed direction changes causing the back end to snap out. Even with maximum front spring and minimum rear and almost no rear swing arm the car is somewhat loose for me. I have started adjusting tire pressures and that has helped. Also adjust differential settings which also helped. But I am still not what I consider "safe" and frequently lose control.

Any suggestions?

Edit: looking at the big spread on hot laps I suspect I am not alone.

Look at this vidéo, Loosing grip at high speed is normal

Yup, that looks like a lot of my laps but that guy has a bad habit of not spinning

Ricardo Magno wrote:

Ok.

Yesterday I was looking at the lap times and crunching the numbers... (hmmmm... 1m36s x 100 laps = 9600s = 160 min = 2h40m!...)

It has been a long time since I entered such a long race... looking forward to start!

Any tips on fuel and tyres?

I think it is a very good opinion
Wouldn't it be better to run 50 laps instead of 100?
Or even 2 races of 50 laps for those who want to last later ?
More than 2 hours will end very late on a Sunday evening...

Again, we do races as they were back in time, or we don't

Maybe we can start the race a little bit earlier, but I'll let Frank decide, it's "his" open.

Martin Audran wrote:

Again, we do races as they were back in time, or we don't

It tends to be boring to have to repeat that day after day.

It seems we will be visiting some relatives on sunday evening, so I probably won't make it to the race. If someone wants my car, please take it as I can't confirm right now that I will be joining the race in time.

Guillaume Siebert wrote:

Martin Audran wrote:

Again, we do races as they were back in time, or we don't

It tends to be boring to have to repeat that day after day.

Pfff ouais...

Pas mal la video, on y retrouve des similitudes ou je me trompe?

Joel Sixou wrote:

Pas mal la video, on y retrouve des similitudes ou je me trompe?

Y a des similitudes, c'est vrai. Le mod HGT rend bien le comportement de ces caisses mal guidées, mal suspendues.
Là, sans arceau, le chassis de la vieille sunbeam doit se tortiller dans tous les sens, ça ne doit pas arranger les choses.

Guillaume Siebert wrote:

Martin Audran wrote:

Again, we do races as they were back in time, or we don't

It tends to be boring to have to repeat that day after day.

HSO gives you a realistic race distance hemmeroid and damnit you better like it!!

I actually did not know we always are running full race distance. That is actually pretty cool! Umm, please never run a Daytona 500. I will break my nose falling asleep and head bouncing the desk. If you run a Coca Cola 600 my lawyer will be in touch.

Mike Becnel wrote:

If you run a Coca Cola 600 my lawyer will be in touch.

I think a Daytona 500 must be very intense and mentaly exhausting

Guillaume Siebert wrote:

Mike Becnel wrote:

If you run a Coca Cola 600 my lawyer will be in touch.

I think a Daytona 500 must be very intense and mentaly exhausting

If it ran 500 miles (200 laps) without caution it would be. But the 500 almost aways has a "big one" meaning a massive multi car crash so everyone gets a 15 to 30 minute break while it is cleaned up. Sometimes Juan Pablo Montoya gives everyone a SUPER long break by spinning and hitting the jet dryer which then bursts into flames (because he hit and destroyed the turbine in the jet dryer). I tell you, that man has talent. Not even I have managed to hit the safety crew (yet).


Everyone remember to bind a key for your ignition on/off per the race start rules!!

The most stressing part of the Daytona 500 or even any oval racing is the traffic. In any track it's difficult to keep concentration over a period of time, but doing so when driving bumper to bumper door to door is simply crazy. Those guys are amazing

Salut.
besoin d'une info pour ce soir, à l'epoque faisait il un ou des arrêts au stand?

bonsoir
je me posait la meme question,arret pit est t il obligatoire,comme je n ai pas calculer la consomation,je pense que oui mais si vous pouver le confirmer .merci
hate d etre a se soir
a bientot ,tres bientot en piste

Pour la Ferrari en tout cas, il semble qu'il va falloir s’arrêter à un moment donné pour l'essence oui Pour les pneus, aucune idée par contre