Re: GP3 - The Rain In Spain...

Place an egg under your throttle.. :-) Or presume having one there. ---A--- Mark Jeangerard wrote:

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> ...falls mainly on Barcelona? Hoy! This is a tough bugger. It pissed > down a bit at Argentina and I though I was Mr. Hokey-Dokey, aiming the > car down the straights and stomping away. Just line her up and let her > rip.... Now it's wet at Barcelona and I'm finding the car harder to > handle. This place is all roundy-rounds. The potential for a mistake > is constant. Gotta slow to the right speed without slowing too much, > and have to avoid the temptation to throttle up at mid corner. Forty > percent of the lap is at the ragged edge. I've backed the ARB's off to > next to nothing and dropped the spring rates. Brake balance is very > rearward. Long diff, fast dampers, Monsoon tires. (the track is > completely glossy) No bumps, no scraping, 18 on the wings. After > thirty minutes of practice I'm in ninth. Anyone got any tips? > -- > Mark Jeangerard > www.soundchaserweb.com > New Mexico, USA

Just keep telling yourself I am Schumacher, I am Schumacher. Maybe not though you may won't to get around the first corner. Regards Mike On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 02:02:15 -0600, "Mark Jeangerard" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>...falls mainly on Barcelona? > >Hoy! This is a tough bugger. It pissed down a bit at Argentina and I though I was Mr. Hokey-Dokey, aiming the car down the straights and stomping away. Just line her up and let her rip.... Now it's wet at Barcelona and I'm finding the car harder to handle. This place is all roundy-rounds. The potential for a mistake is constant. Gotta slow to the right speed without slowing too much, and have to avoid the temptation to throttle up at mid corner. Forty percent of the lap is at the ragged edge. > >I've backed the ARB's off to next to nothing and dropped the spring rates. Brake balance is very rearward. Long diff, fast dampers, Monsoon tires. (the track is completely glossy) No bumps, no scraping, 18 on the wings. After thirty minutes of practice I'm in ninth. > >Anyone got any tips?

...falls mainly on Barcelona? Hoy! This is a tough bugger. It pissed down a bit at Argentina and I though I was Mr. Hokey-Dokey, aiming the car down the straights and stomping away. Just line her up and let her rip.... Now it's wet at Barcelona and I'm finding the car harder to handle. This place is all roundy-rounds. The potential for a mistake is constant. Gotta slow to the right speed without slowing too much, and have to avoid the temptation to throttle up at mid corner. Forty percent of the lap is at the ragged edge. I've backed the ARB's off to next to nothing and dropped the spring rates. Brake balance is very rearward. Long diff, fast dampers, Monsoon tires. (the track is completely glossy) No bumps, no scraping, 18 on the wings. After thirty minutes of practice I'm in ninth. Anyone got any tips? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA

"Mike Blackmore" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just keep telling yourself I am Schumacher, I am Schumacher. Maybe > not though you may won't to get around the first corner. Well in 98 schumacher was not starting races like an asshole. He just started that cutting in front of the Mclaren's last year I believe. I think after he returned from his injury. So you should be OK in the starts if you wanted to play schumacher in 98. You *WILL* be required to intentionally try to take anyone out that tries to pass you though :-) -- [email hidden]

How about softening the rear bump dampers and/or stiffening the front rebound dampers? Or even soften the rear springs. Allowing for more weight transfer, and better rear grip during the transition to throttle-up... Softer springs will compromise drive height, though, letting the rear end move closer to the ground, and giving more downforce too. Could give oversteer when braking hard, though, because the rear can lift too high, and you could lose undercar downforce... Mid to late corner understeer sounds like an ARB thing. Assuming that the you're not on the throttle or brakes, and that the turn-in transitions have settled... 2cents. ---A--- Mark Jeangerard wrote:

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> Hey, there's a guy with some answers. Besides driving style, what would be > some other causes for mid to late corner understeer and snap oversteer at > throttle up? ...or, more accurately, what could one do setup wise to assist > the driver in avoiding said problems? > > -- > Mark Jeangerard > www.soundchaserweb.com > New Mexico, USA > > Asgeir Nesoen <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Place an egg under your throttle.. :-) Or presume having one there. > > > > ---A---

Hey, there's a guy with some answers. Besides driving style, what would be some other causes for mid to late corner understeer and snap oversteer at throttle up? ...or, more accurately, what could one do setup wise to assist the driver in avoiding said problems? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA Asgeir Nesoen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Place an egg under your throttle.. :-) Or presume having one there. > > ---A---