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  1. Federal RSR and Toyo R1R are also good for Clubsprint. Fastest Clubsprint RWD last year used RSRs.
  2. and... Vettel "escaped" because he didn't do his fastest sector through the yellow flag section to get in trouble in the first place... and Hamilton didn't get a penalty:
  3. They DID do it the first time. RBR did the undercut for their lead car. Webber only has himself to blame for not being in that position. Ferrari picked their target well after that and shadowed Webber's stops until RBR out-foxed them in the pits. It certainly isn't RBR's fault Mark didn't have a better race. Its them that got him past Alonso!
  4. iPhone with "Harry's Lap Timer" App. Needs a TomTom incar kit or external GPS reciever to be useful. Data exported into .csv format and just knock up a quick graph in Excel.
  5. straight line speed/top speed is not their strongest suit. If they gear 7th up too much they'll suffer even more when not able to use DRS, and being the fastest cars on the grid they probably expect to be out in front of the race...
  6. without wanting to sound rude, looking at the times in your sig: a 13.2 sec qtr mile car should be capable of a fair bit faster than 65 at QR Sprint. Just get more seat time and worry about setup later, unless the car handles like a complete dog.
  7. fixed if DRS had "worked" there would have been no battle. Just an easy pass.
  8. hmmm... graphed speed and lateral G from the 180 on Thursday and Aristo yesterday: (lateral G x50 to get it to show up on the graph, so 50 is 1G. Peak for both cars is 1.2G It wasn't the fastest lap int he 180SX - the iPhone didn't want to stay on the windscreen inthe 180, so I've only got data from the 1st session. This lap was a 60.5. The automatic Aristo looses out in accelleration, but it looks like it was at least a match for the 180 in Eastern Loop and the last turn, if not a touch faster... Caught the 180 a bit under the bridge too. I suspect I lifted on that lap in the 180, or it got a bit sideways and scrubbed the speed off. Aristo felt much easier to drive through Carousell, under the bridge and through the kink. Carousell's double apexer, the Aristo just goes where you want it to, no fuss at all. The 180 is always puts up a fight to get it back into the second apex. In the fast corners under the bridge and the kink, the 180 is pretty nervous on the bumps. Aristo walked over them with no fuss at all. Might be interesting with a bit more boost in the Aristo and maybe without the heavy electric seats! hehe
  9. Massa's beaten Alonso in 2 of the 5 races this year hasn't he? The other 3 races he's been shithouse. He's either on-it or he just doesn't turn up to race. There's no in between with him.
  10. Schumacher had a good one. Qualified less than a tenth off Nico despite a KERS problem, Had another great start - he's consistently the best starter in the field. And beat Nico home. Where did the Ferrari's race pace (well Alonso's) go from last round? Alonso put up a great fight for as long as he could though. i was out of my chair at the first corner! McLaren's race pace and strategy to suit their drivers worked out well. They're earning their constructer's points with a car that's not quite the equal of the Red Bulls. What can you say about Webber? That was a pretty ordinary performance on one of the tracks he usually does well on. Good GP though. Its nice when tracks don't suit DRS.
  11. I've got a big transmission cooler on it. Just the largest Davies Craig one from Supercheap. They're about $130 and take half an hour to install. Temps on the IN hose were just under 70deg and OUT hose was under 50deg after each run. The auto never made any complaints on the track. Engine temps were getting up around 100deg towards the end of the session, which is within normal operating range, and came straight down as soon as you back off. No problem there. Its still got the standard hydraulic engine fan. Standard brakes, pads and fluid were fine apart from the old (and probably a bit thin) rotors warping in the first session. Its pretty common on OEM Toyota rotors from my experience. The JZA80 Supra I had with exactly the same brakes did the same thing. Changed to aftermarket discs and no problem. Whack a trans cooler on the soarer and have some fun. If its in good mechanical order, it should be fine.
  12. hehe, got a bit excited... bolted the wheels from the 180SX on, so it was on the Federal FZ201's. The thing actaully handled very well with similar cornering speeds and the same lateral G as the 180SX. Would be alot easier to drive it that hard with a decent seat though. The way the Aristo rode the bumps I'm thinking about softening the 180SX up a bit... again...
  13. woohoo! DUHRS didn't work and we get a proper GP with some good battles between Webber-Alonso and Hamilton-Vettel
  14. now for some sounds of silence... my daily driver Aristo at Lakeside. WARNING: this footage may distress some viewers. Particularly Evo owners Session 2: chasing 6spd TT Supra and passing Evo 10 Session 3: chasing Porsche and Evo 7-9 (all look the same to me) Stock boost, run turbos in parellel instead of sequential, factory option Bilstein suspension, stock brakes - need new front rotors now. Warped them in the 1st session and you can see the vibration through the car under brakes! Has trans cooler and FMIC. Compliance cat, 3" mid pipe to twin 2.5" and stock rear mufflers. 62.6 best lap. vMax 193.4kph thanks to the HKS SLD
  15. Practice times are meaningless - look at Schumacher last round
  16. love that noise!
  17. hows the 32 coming along?
  18. Got the new Federal FZ201 semi slick. 235/45 & 255/40 R17. Wider rear changed the balance of the car again. I should have learnt by now, but will make some changes before the next Lakeside Open Sprint in a couple of weeks. I just entered the luxo barge Aristo in the Street Sprints on Sunday, just for laughs. It might go OK - its basically a 4 door Supra, but with a slushbox... I think the biggest challenge will be remaining in the nice comfy leather seat.
  19. lakeside today: 59.72 beat my semi-slick PB by just 0.15. Was driving like an old mole out there though. These new tyres have alot more than that in them. 6 months away from a circuit has taken the edge off a bit, and I never really felt comfortable in the car today. Will have to go back again soon to get back up to speed I think.
  20. I'm with you Ben. I remember my KU36's still had the writing visible in the middle of the tread surface after the first track day. And no-one's ever accussed me of being gentle on tyres.
  21. Time flies! I went there in Jan 2008 and it had *just* been resurfaced. I can't believe its been over 3 years and I haven't made it back there. Car's looking good nismoman. Nice time too!
  22. Are you sure? I haven't looked at the PRC rules in a while, but back when I was rallying i don't think there was anything in the rules to stop a GTR from being eligible.
  23. Don't remember last year? 2010 had pretty much double the overtakes of any season in the previous 15 years, and was right up there with the most passing in the past 30 years!!! Not good enough for you? If DRS made for a close fight in China, there'd be plenty of people sucessfully able to defend their position. That didn't happen. But I don't think DRS is supposed to make it a 'fair fight'. We already had plenty of fair fights going on last year. DRS is supposed to make it easier to pass, and that's exactly what its doing. Its for people who think good/exciting racing means there's always people passing each other.
  24. are you leaving it that way or adding a stay/upright to the span of the wing for WTAC with Eastern Creek's relatively high speed corners?
  25. Its not that KU's are as quick as new semis, its more that R888's are as slow as KU's. RE55s will blow KU36's away. R888 won't. That's been my experience anyway. 3 May 09. Lakeside 1:00.79 nearly worn out KU36 on a big fat 1540kg JZA80 Supra. Stock turbos & boost. 186rwkw. Stock suspension apart from Tein Flex. vs 19 April 09. Lakeside 1:00.32 brand new R888 GG on a stripped out Sil80 which would have been at least 400kg lighter. 200rwkw. I replaced the R888's with Federal FZ201 nov last year. The difference is night and day. Haven't run them at Lakeside yet so can't compare times, but these feel very grippy like all the semis I've used before - RE55S, Toyo RA1 and Yoko A032R. Its what I was expecting when I bought the R888s a couple of years ago.
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