gcmak
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Went back to Laguna!
Car's got some SPL FLCAs and Caster bearings now. Running -2.5 camber F and -2.1 camber R.
Decided to give the V601s a shot - stock sizes on the factory rims. Drove the tires around for ~300 miles before hitting the track - they're like an inbetween PSS/PS4s for NVH and overall steering feel. Not nearly as good in the wet...but overall they are not a $400 crappier set of tires...very competitive and just a solid summer tire.
Comparing the V601 at the track with the PSS, I don't get as much lateral grip but braking/acceleration was on par with the PSS. I felt the V601 compound held up better to more hot laps and didn't chunk or get as greasy - although grip levels do drop with excessive heat (noticed TPMS showed 174F on the front passenger tire).
I didn't beat my PB of 1:43 with a nearly bone stock car (just pads/fluids), but the track conditions were different and as I asked around, very few people were performing their best that day...most of them also citing lower grip levels. Either way I have much to learn and this car continues to be a handful...and I'll take a 1:45!
Best lap:
Code brown lap:
Compilation of driving at 10.5/10ths:
Condition of the tires:
Car's got some SPL FLCAs and Caster bearings now. Running -2.5 camber F and -2.1 camber R.
Decided to give the V601s a shot - stock sizes on the factory rims. Drove the tires around for ~300 miles before hitting the track - they're like an inbetween PSS/PS4s for NVH and overall steering feel. Not nearly as good in the wet...but overall they are not a $400 crappier set of tires...very competitive and just a solid summer tire.
Comparing the V601 at the track with the PSS, I don't get as much lateral grip but braking/acceleration was on par with the PSS. I felt the V601 compound held up better to more hot laps and didn't chunk or get as greasy - although grip levels do drop with excessive heat (noticed TPMS showed 174F on the front passenger tire).
I didn't beat my PB of 1:43 with a nearly bone stock car (just pads/fluids), but the track conditions were different and as I asked around, very few people were performing their best that day...most of them also citing lower grip levels. Either way I have much to learn and this car continues to be a handful...and I'll take a 1:45!
Best lap:
Code brown lap:
Compilation of driving at 10.5/10ths:
Condition of the tires:
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