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Yah, that was a pretty great weekend. Bring my ACR to the track for what turns out to be a Porsche Club track day, and end up running the same pace (bone stock, on street tires) as the fastest Porsche RSR cup racing cars :D The video footage should be outstanding. [ame]

It is much much closer now. The non-R is still the better pure street car - the tires are better-suited to normal driving speeds and do not tramline the way the Cup tires do; the interior is more comfortable, and quieter when you are not calling upon the motor to sing its glorious song; the...

Good lord, I thought it was just my car. I was kvetching about the R ride quality compared to my non-R. My dealer contacted me in April because I had one of the first R cars delivered and they were concerned that the spacers were still installed. Sure enough! A floor jack and 5 minutes later...

And here's a properly-produced video of a lap from the afternoon session, including telemetry. It wasn't my fastest lap of the day - both tires and track were past their prime by session 4 - but it was clean and looked great on video Enjoy! [ame]

Here's the first of a short series I think you all will enjoy :-D [ame]

Mitigating the frustration was the fact that I brought two mustangs to the track that weekend. The GT350R was just for fun - I was curious what it would do, and I'd promised a bunch of folks I'd get it on the track. I did most of my laps in my Boss 302S, which has GT500 mufflers and diverter...

The suspension stiffness difference is mild; if you look at the spring rates you can see that for a fact. The tires are the large factor; the Cup2s are close to DOT slicks in grip level, and what they give up on the street (cold blooded, hydroplaning, tramlining, noise) they give back at the...

Um. Yeah. Car guy marries car gal, chaos ensues.

The differences between the R and the track pack 350 are incremental. On the street the non R is the car of choice - more feedback from the tires at street apeeds, more ride compliance, better seats, and less interior noise. At the track the situation is reversed: The R has significantly more...

There is a decibel meter between T5 and T6 which reads sound levels.

Sometimes the car chooses the color. The Viper just really appealed to me in Purple...

Purple metallic with an offset red stripe? Guilty as charged.

Yup. One thing I've found is that different cars respond quite differently to throttle during downshifting . The ACR snaps the RPMs upward with a short, hard hit of throttle; the GT350 prefers a longer gentler squeeeeeeze of throttle. Combine that with the exhaust in quiet mode, and...

I was using a GoPro Hero 4 Session. They're great for track vids and are quite light so they are stable.

I suppose every board has a few of these "I'm God's gift to driving" types. I used to try to talk sense into them, but there's an infinite supply of them the internet and I've finite energy. Into the ole kill file he goes.

Because Monterey Neighbors :( A Honda Fit :headbonk:

We met motorcycling, and we both owned yellow sports cars when we met. Coaxing has never entered the equation

Sure thing, here you go. She's the one in the yellow helmet.

Yeah, I would guess a pro is going to get a 1:36 or 1:37 in a non-technology car with the suspension set up for track use and no sound restriction. That's quick!

Minimal. It has visible marks, but not as bad as I've gotten just driving around town. I don't think I could wear it out in a week of driving at Laguna.