Finally got into the 8:30s at the Ring!!

As of last night I finally got into the 8:30s at the ring with an 8:37.99. My previous best was an 8:51.xx. The only difference was I didnt have any big spins this time. My only problems was I ran wide in T1 and half spun the car in the Karrosel (a stupid move...I just gave it too much gas coming out). I also lost a couple seconds when I gassed it a little to hard through Ex-Muhle and got REALLY sideways but managed not to spin. Hopefully I can run a totally clean lap tonight and maybe get into the 8:20s. Chris

Schlomo4 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > As of last night I finally got into the 8:30s at the ring with an 8:37.99.My > previous best was an 8:51.xx. The only difference was I didnt have anybig > spins this time. My only problems was I ran wide in T1 and half spun thecar > in the Karrosel (a stupid move...I just gave it too much gas coming out).I > also lost a couple seconds when I gassed it a little to hard throughEx-Muhle > and got REALLY sideways but managed not to spin. Hopefully I can run atotally > clean lap tonight and maybe get into the 8:20s. > > Chris Taking 13 secs off in one run! Well done! Keep it up, and the 'ring will reward you. -- -Ace- **remove BRAIN before replying**

> As of last night I finally got into the 8:30s at the ring with an 8:37.99 I broke into the teens a couple weeks ago in a 11 lap offline race, it doesn't feel any different than the mid-20s really, I think you just start looking a little more ahead and becoming more familiar with the track and car makes you a bit smoother. It's not at all clear to me how I'll progress beyond this tho. I think its like getting below 1:29 at monza. rms [email hidden]

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> > As of last night I finally got into the 8:30s at the ring with an 8:37.99 > > I broke into the teens a couple weeks ago in a 11 lap offline race, it > doesn't feel any different than the mid-20s really, I think you just start > looking a little more ahead and becoming more familiar with the track and > car makes you a bit smoother. It's not at all clear to me how I'll progress > beyond this tho. I think its like getting below 1:29 at monza.

I think all improvements once you're below 8:20 are pretty slow to come. The trick is to only go a *tiny* bit faster at each corner, which you can hardly sense - if you try and go perceptibly quicker it's nearly always too fast and you end up crashing. After all to get below 8 minutes you only have to go 4% faster over the whole lap, which for one corner is only like going 78mph instead of 75mph! - Michael

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> > I broke into the teens a couple weeks ago in a 11 lap offline > > race, it doesn't feel any different than the mid-20s really, I > > think you just start looking a little more ahead and becoming > > more familiar with the track and car makes you a bit smoother. > > It's not at all clear to me how I'll progress beyond this tho. > > I think its like getting below 1:29 at monza. > > I think all improvements once you're below 8:20 are pretty slow > to come. The trick is to only go a *tiny* bit faster at each > corner, which you can hardly sense - if you try and go perceptibly > quicker it's nearly always too fast and you end up crashing. > > After all to get below 8 minutes you only have to go 4% faster > over the whole lap, which for one corner is only like going 78mph > instead of 75mph!

Counter-intuitive as it might seem, you could try stiffening your car setup. I used to run soft springs, 5" ride height and soft ARB's. My best was an 8:12 with a normal lap coming in around 8:20. I tried running max stiffness on the springs, 150 on both ARB's and cutting the ride height to 4". To my surprise, I immediately improved to an 8:06 on my first timed lap and went 8:04 a lap later. -Dirt- 2000 White/Red CBR929RR **Jesus saves sinners and redeems them for valuable cash prizes** Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/