[ninetres]

The Good news:
Been waiting to get a chance to edit a LOT of footage from my last day at Infineon Raceway a few weeks back. AWESOME DAY. My CAR was putting up some serious lap time (IMO) all things considered. With lots of Blaine Fab love on the car, it was kicking ass and taking Porsches names. It seemed to understeer and its response to feedback was sort of inconsistent I felt.....but somehow I was ripping off 1:56s, in my FULL WEIGHT+ street driven car.....with a passenger, and a bit of traffic on most laps. I think the understeer might have been due to the fact that I was pushing the car a lot harder than I was on my previous outing here....and its a pig.


The Ugly:

Hurt the motor coming around the carousel near the end of the day. My best friend/mechanic was driving and the car lost oil pressure (25psi at idle) after coming around it. I noticed throughout the day that if I had the entry just right, and the car was biting real hard.....the pressure would dip for a split second at the end of the run-out.... and then shoot right back up. Guess the ol' LS1 got tired of that shit by the end of the day. It likely spun a/some rod bearings. It was knocking GOOD by the time we limped it back into the pits.


Anywho, here is a couple of teaser clips before we compile the full days edit:

Carousel-->double pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bcqonLzyEg...;feature=relmfu


Camaro > GTR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5CZW2mjUs&feature=plcp

[FASTFATBOY]

I run Carbotech XP12/XP8 setup with C6 brakes on front and Blaine Fab ducts.....I like this setup.

Your car is ROLLIN'!

NT-01's are the next tire for me, will kill one more set of NT-05 first.

[pharmd]

I run Carbotech XP12/XP8 setup with C6 brakes on front and Blaine Fab ducts.....I like this setup.

Your car is ROLLIN'!

NT-01's are the next tire for me, will kill one more set of NT-05 first.

Speaking of Tire chioce...I noticed you were on 275's...How significant a difference in performance would one expect 275 vs 295 vs 315 **IF** you are limited to 200 treadwear MINIMUM? On an NT05 between the 295/35 18 and the 315/35 17 their is around 3/4" width difference. For the purposes of fenderwell clearance, and bumpstop clearance the smaller tire would be desireable...ONLY if the performance difference wasn't a killer...Can anyone who has made a tire size switch using the same tire comment on any laptime improvements?

[ninetres]

I run Carbotech XP12/XP8 setup with C6 brakes on front and Blaine Fab ducts.....I like this setup.

Your car is ROLLIN'!

NT-01's are the next tire for me, will kill one more set of NT-05 first.

Speaking of Tire chioce...I noticed you were on 275's...How significant a difference in performance would one expect 275 vs 295 vs 315 **IF** you are limited to 200 treadwear MINIMUM? On an NT05 between the 295/35 18 and the 315/35 17 their is around 3/4" width difference. For the purposes of fenderwell clearance, and bumpstop clearance the smaller tire would be desireable...ONLY if the performance difference wasn't a killer...Can anyone who has made a tire size switch using the same tire comment on any laptime improvements?

I think I saw you discussing this in another thread. I'm running the 275 because they fit on the stock wheels. 315s will DEFINITELY SHAVE LAP TIME at any treadwear rating. They will go on my car at some point. I don't want to use the the ZR1 boat anchor wheels though. I'm going to run them on some Weld RTs or Bogarts, 17x11s.