ended up around 34-35 psi front and 30-31 rear. Idk if its right but it drove well enough with fresh tires and my setup. Some people can fit 12” fronts (I can’t) and they would probably run less.
we have a former national champion (Ryan Otis) driving a ZL1 1LE in the local club. I’m not sure what all he’s done to it (I think its stock) but he’s a PAX monster, taking nearly every local event since he moved here (Nankang tires). He seems to make it work. One local guy is butthurt cause he runs it in CAMC where the PAX is softer than its natural home in SS. He skipped Nats this year for reasons. Watch out for him next year, he’s an alien.
I meant to come watch FS compete (as it was as close as it gets to CAM C) but timing in the 5th heat never worked out. Congrats on the trophy Brian !
) and unless they reshuffle the classes, I don't see that changing next year.What do the Wong's run? Isn't that a ZL1 or 1LE something or other?
I think they ran regular SS at some point, this year C7GS in SSP.
Yeah they're on the purple crack too, so tons of grip.
I can see from the these plots where I got ahead of Sam and yourself on the east course. (not that far ahead, Sam put down a great time and beat my first two attempts, and you landed a solid trophy position). My peak speed (gearing and tires) was only 63mph, but I got y'all in a couple of the high speed transitions late on the course. I carried more speed down to the first pinched tight right-hander, and after the 90 degree left at the far corner of the course I didn't slow down as much through that next offset. Finally I executed in Corner 5's transition before the turnaround with less speed lost.Jacob, awesome job. Your east course run was as close to mistake free as I've seen.
Regarding speeds for the courses, I think the courses this year were just a little slower than the last couple of years. Here's a speed plot from the East course with my fastest run (had me in 3rd place) on Tuesday and Strano's 3rd run. I really botched the turn after the first slalom and you can really see how it killed my time compared with his. Average speed was around 44 mph but you can see there were a lot of digs from 30 to 50mph.
For the west course, there are far fewer hard accelerations and average speed is lower (around 42mph) even with the fast run through the finish. You can see Sam's car hitting the rev limiter right at the lights where mine continues (all hail the +8K rpm redline).
These are FS cars so I'm sure Jacobs speed plot would be higher overall with more power, grip and less weight.
KZ, sorry I didn't find you in grid to say hi.
-Brian
You are the only 'muscle car' on 200tw to pull off a 76 between Street, Street Touring and CAM. Well done aero must be the difference among yous at the top of the classes.
I drove Brian Burdette's car in a mild CAMC trim back to back with my car. Same exact suspension (although his is newer), he has a base GT w/ 3.31s and I have aero, but it was pretty apples to apples all things considered. He was on ~450lb front springs and I was on 650lb springs. Wow it was a difference, it just felt like he had a ton of compliant front grip compared to my car skating around, and the places where stiffer springs might be advantageous just didn't show up on a low grip local site. You had to time things differently because his car would shift weight more on the softer springs.
I've been on a 550lb front and 1440 Hyperco 5.5" drop in coil with adj perch rear. On a local surface that is smooth my car feels like a precision instrument. Last event I did though was on a crap asphalt bumpy lot and had major ride and grip issues. Also, the ride on roads is not like in sync. I know in terms of the flat ride concept these rates are way out of whack front to rear.
I'm sorry, flat ride has(d) its place, but that place does not involve a stopwatch. Forget flat ride & cut your rear spring rate... A ton. If it was not good on rough pavement, it's just a simple lack of compliance. Don't make this tougher than it is.
