lap times at lowes

Last night I ran my first post patch laps at Lowes. I ran 50 laps on Fast then 50 laps on Expert. Blap on Fast was 30.133 and on Expert Blap was 29.699. Both seem fairly comfortable except I am bottoming out into 1 and out of 2 with Expert. I am going to use Expert as a starting point and will adjust ride height to work on the bottoming out. Are those times in range for those setups? What should I work on to get the times down? Also what tire temps are you seeing with these setups? thanks bpostma

"Brian Postma" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Last night I ran my first post patch laps at Lowes. I ran 50 laps on > Fast then 50 laps on Expert. Blap on Fast was 30.133 and on Expert > Blap was 29.699. Both seem fairly comfortable except I am bottoming > out into 1 and out of 2 with Expert. I am going to use Expert as a > starting point and will adjust ride height to work on the bottoming > out. > > Are those times in range for those setups? > What should I work on to get the times down? > Also what tire temps are you seeing with these setups? > > thanks > > bpostma >

Please allow me to add an additional question with yours. What is the proper way to adjust excessive bottoming? Raising ride height, or increasing spring rates?

"gordo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:33hgb.256$[email hidden]...

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> > "Brian Postma" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Last night I ran my first post patch laps at Lowes. I ran 50 laps on > > Fast then 50 laps on Expert. Blap on Fast was 30.133 and on Expert > > Blap was 29.699. Both seem fairly comfortable except I am bottoming > > out into 1 and out of 2 with Expert. I am going to use Expert as a > > starting point and will adjust ride height to work on the bottoming > > out. > > > > Are those times in range for those setups? > > What should I work on to get the times down? > > Also what tire temps are you seeing with these setups? > > > > thanks > > > > bpostma > > > Please allow me to add an additional question with yours. > What is the proper way to adjust excessive bottoming? > Raising ride height, or increasing spring rates? >

Actually, at Lowe's, to reduce bottoming out you have to enter the corners about a half lane higher up the race track. Otherwise you want have a less competitive aero-stance to the car. Bottoming out and the subsequent spins are always a danger at that track with the *right* setup. I hvean't run there much in 2003, but that's the way its been until now in the Papy series'.

All of the above, plus adjusting the sway bar thickness. -Larry "gordo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:33hgb.256$[email hidden]...

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> > "Brian Postma" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Last night I ran my first post patch laps at Lowes. I ran 50 laps on > > Fast then 50 laps on Expert. Blap on Fast was 30.133 and on Expert > > Blap was 29.699. Both seem fairly comfortable except I am bottoming > > out into 1 and out of 2 with Expert. I am going to use Expert as a > > starting point and will adjust ride height to work on the bottoming > > out. > > > > Are those times in range for those setups? > > What should I work on to get the times down? > > Also what tire temps are you seeing with these setups? > > > > thanks > > > > bpostma > > > Please allow me to add an additional question with yours. > What is the proper way to adjust excessive bottoming? > Raising ride height, or increasing spring rates? > >

try the project wildfire foruns.There u can compare the times for expert setups... http://www.onlineracin.com/pwf/ go to forum/setups/expert setups times. U need to register on there but its not big deal lol.. "Larry" <[email hidden]> escreveu na mensagem news:Xhhgb.58325$a16.6352@lakeread01...

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> All of the above, plus adjusting the sway bar thickness. > > -Larry > > "gordo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:33hgb.256$[email hidden]... > > > > "Brian Postma" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Last night I ran my first post patch laps at Lowes. I ran 50 laps on > > > Fast then 50 laps on Expert. Blap on Fast was 30.133 and on Expert > > > Blap was 29.699. Both seem fairly comfortable except I am bottoming > > > out into 1 and out of 2 with Expert. I am going to use Expert as a > > > starting point and will adjust ride height to work on the bottoming > > > out. > > > > > > Are those times in range for those setups? > > > What should I work on to get the times down? > > > Also what tire temps are you seeing with these setups? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > bpostma > > > > > Please allow me to add an additional question with yours. > > What is the proper way to adjust excessive bottoming? > > Raising ride height, or increasing spring rates? > > > > > >