Montag, 18. September 2017

7. The first race

We are organized in a motorsport club, the WAC-Lindenberg and we rented a small track for doing some practice. Perfect for the first time hunting for time on a track.

This is a track normaly for carts, but it is wide enough for cars as well. It is ~1000m long.


You never know, what will happen - so a trailer is a good idea...

At the track:





I have added a camera inside, A friend has taken a movie from outside and last we mounted a GoPro to the fender to get the front tyre in the view.
The movie shows from every perspective one round...
Have fun...

The semi slicks Federal RS595 did a good job. They had a very good grip on the front, the rear tyres were a little bit over powered. Hard acceleration out of the turns brings a lot of oversteer. Wider tyres next time...
In the last stint the tyres picked up a lot of rubber - so much, that the steering wheel rumbles a lot. Do not know why...?



The brakes did a good job. No worry about them. Perfect from first to last round.
The suspension felt good as well. You see in the movie, that the wheel does a little compress - and 3 times the way on rebound. Its OK, cause I have a smoother spring at the rear ( 60Kg/cm) as on the front (80Kg/cm) to give the life axle more movement.

Worked well...but maybe a anti roll bar will be a good upgrade to have an additionally option for setting up the car to the track.
Winter job!

Ah, another one: The engine spilled oil out of the crank ventilation. Have to take care for this...