Donny pics

[Yanto_csl]

Cmon boys - stuck in the Alps for a week and getting withdrawal symptoms already - post em up:thumbs:

[AlexGTT]

Sorry mate, we were to busy lapping to take pics. Good weather and new set-up's for me and Rob to try out.

Bounce may have a few snaps on his camera.

[shimmy]

Times?

[shane@mbtech]

Times?

+1

How did the day go guys?

Itching to get out on track, booked on oulton for 15th April but car still not sorted so might miss that too:banghead:

[Bounce]

it was a great day. Even i was to busy to take a lot of pics. Ive got a few on my camera. Ill load them on tomorrow and post em up.:thumbs:

[AlexGTT]

On clear laps I was doing mostly 1 min 25 with the odd 24 thrown in. Only timed the occasional lap. Don't know if that's any good on the slightly adjusted track but I felt I could have gone quicker but cups were quite a handful on the rear for some reason.

Might have been a consequence of running rears all round. The front end was so nailed it might be I'm not quite used to that and made the rear feel loose. I should have played a bit more with the Intrax settings but got a bit lazy.

[shimmy]

On clear laps I was doing mostly 1 min 25 with the odd 24 thrown in. Only timed the occasional lap. Don't know if that's any good on the slightly adjusted track but I felt I could have gone quicker but cups were quite a handful on the rear for some reason.

Might have been a consequence of running rears all round. The front end was so nailed it might be I'm not quite used to that and made the rear feel loose. I should have played a bit more with the Intrax settings but got a bit lazy.

That's pretty good Alex, Donny is very dependant on conditions and it is easy to get 1-1.5 s difference on what seems like the same day.

I think the new national is about 0.5 s quicker due to the quicker bend at Goddards so I guess a really good time on Cups would be around 1m22s but I'm guessing if someone was really on it 1m 20s is possible. I know Curly has done 1m 19s on slicks in his old CSL.

Instruction there is really helpful as so many of the corners are late apex

[glendog74]

On clear laps I was doing mostly 1 min 25 with the odd 24 thrown in. Only timed the occasional lap. Don't know if that's any good on the slightly adjusted track but I felt I could have gone quicker but cups were quite a handful on the rear for some reason.

Might have been a consequence of running rears all round. The front end was so nailed it might be I'm not quite used to that and made the rear feel loose. I should have played a bit more with the Intrax settings but got a bit lazy.

Ditto.

I was much the same as Alex, didn't time any laps but i was hanging onto his coat tails for a fair few! :smokin:

I also struggled with rear grip from my new track wheels. I think it was a combination of the increased front end grip and the track conditions as well as my rear Cups being a little past their best. I had a fair few sideways twitchy moments throughout the day and consequently never had full confidence in the car like i do on my usual 19's setup. :smt102

Interestingly, i swapped onto my road 19's fitted with PS2s for a last session before the end and i immediately felt happy with them and was probably not that far off my pace with Cups!

It was nice to meet a few more members too:

Clayton, Baldydaz & Conleth :thumbs:

[glendog74]

Only pics i took:

[shane@mbtech]

Rob that rear cup size is really made for pork, with engine sat over them,
Csl is no where near as rear heavy as say a gt3

You probably need to get more heat in them and run not so much rear camber to get them working IMO

[shimmy]

I agree about rear heat, but should be ok at Donny, just need to drove it harder earlier and be heavy on the brakes to build up heat asap.

If you get twitchy rear end the tendency is to ease up but this just makes it worse as it lessens heat

[shane@mbtech]

I agree about rear heat, but should be ok at Donny, just need to drove it harder earlier and be heavy on the brakes to build up heat asap.

If you get twitchy rear end the tendency is to ease up but this just makes it worse as it lessens heat

But as you know Shim, camber plays a massive part to how temps and grip pans out.

Its a big old back tyre he is running. And probably on the same camber as his narrower tyres.
Only way to find out is to try.

[AlexGTT]

I agree about rear heat, but should be ok at Donny, just need to drove it harder earlier and be heavy on the brakes to build up heat asap.

If you get twitchy rear end the tendency is to ease up but this just makes it worse as it lessens heat

This is pretty much what I was feeling Shim. Was taking me 4-5 laps to feel confident in the rear end, which is longer than normal. Even then I wasn't nailing the throttle on exit as I normally would. I was being too gentle. With the front so nailed I was adjusting my driving style, relying on the corner entry speed and being way too progressive/gentle until the rears got enough heat. Should have attacked from the off.

I feel pretty sure I could find a couple of seconds. I found it strange to adapt to braking for the last chicane as well. Couldn't quite nail the brakes the way I should because your now braking over the slight hump, and that was slightly unsettling.

[glendog74]

This is pretty much what I was feeling Shim. Was taking me 4-5 laps to feel confident in the rear end, which is longer than normal. Even then I wasn't nailing the throttle on exit as I normally would. I was being too gentle. With the front so nailed I was adjusting my driving style, relying on the corner entry speed and being way too progressive/gentle until the rears got enough heat. Should have attacked from the off.

I feel pretty sure I could find a couple of seconds. I found it strange to adapt to braking for the last chicane as well. Couldn't quite nail the brakes the way I should because your now braking over the slight hump, and that was slightly unsettling.

Ditto again...!

I found i had to concentrate on the braking zone before the last chicane too and almost out braked myself a few times as it comes up on you that little bit quicker than it used too on the old layout.

[baldydaz]

twas a good day. weather was good, conditions were good, not too many red flags. some mobile shicanes in the form of a couple of aston martin lagondas but on the whole good times.

nice to meet you guys too.

i really enjoyed my car, everything i've done seemed to work good:thumbs:
can't wait for the next one