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Drove #66 through 4 sessions at Texas World Speedway road course this past Sunday. Used 12 gallons of 93 octane in 83 miles including a 10 mile drive from where I filled up.. :smile: Needless to say, the car was hammered for dozens of laps.
Nothing broke, fell off, spilled or otherwise went south in straights from 120+ to braking down at 95+ to right hand turns and tight 40 mph hairpins.
Brakes were a non-problem. I was noticing that the rear brakes were getting extremely hot and seeing a lot of use/abuse which confused me for a while. My front brakes are ducted so they remained perfect. I was experiencing what I thought was a fuel starvation problem coming out of many turns, even with a full tank. This did not make sense either,until during one of the last sessions, scanning the gauges I noticed the traction control light coming on on the dash. Doh! Forgot to turn the traction control off! That explains the stumble coming out of turns and the hot rear brakes! Lesson, when racing, don't forget to turn the traction control off..
The suspension modifications made the car pretty neutral. I was actually quite suprised and pleased how well the car did and behaved, even with stock springs and shocks.
This is a good car. Anyone worying about the car holding up, I don't think it is an issue.
Brian
Nothing broke, fell off, spilled or otherwise went south in straights from 120+ to braking down at 95+ to right hand turns and tight 40 mph hairpins.
Brakes were a non-problem. I was noticing that the rear brakes were getting extremely hot and seeing a lot of use/abuse which confused me for a while. My front brakes are ducted so they remained perfect. I was experiencing what I thought was a fuel starvation problem coming out of many turns, even with a full tank. This did not make sense either,until during one of the last sessions, scanning the gauges I noticed the traction control light coming on on the dash. Doh! Forgot to turn the traction control off! That explains the stumble coming out of turns and the hot rear brakes! Lesson, when racing, don't forget to turn the traction control off..
The suspension modifications made the car pretty neutral. I was actually quite suprised and pleased how well the car did and behaved, even with stock springs and shocks.
This is a good car. Anyone worying about the car holding up, I don't think it is an issue.
Brian