Track day for my R

[Bosshog]

Really great vids, nice capturing of the sound!

One question, seems like you are not running the engine all the way out to 8K+ RPM? . . I think you'd do a lot less shifting if you were ringing the engine out as designed.

Recently I had the joy of riding shotgun in an instructors GT350 and he could do the whole course in two gears. The only time he had to shift was on the straight away.

**I mean my comments in the most positive sense.**

I just think many people are used to driving these cars like the older Mustangs that didn't have such high revving capabilities. Even most reviews comment on how much attention needs to be paid to the extra 2K rpm you have at the high end of the rev range!

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[ohtobbad]

Really great vids, nice capturing of the sound!

One question, seems like you are not running the engine all the way out to 8K+ RPM? . . I think you'd do a lot less shifting if you were ringing the engine out as designed.

Recently I had the joy of riding shotgun in an instructors GT350 and he could do the whole course in two gears. The only time he had to shift was on the straight away.

**I mean my comments in the most positive sense.**

I just think many people are used to driving these cars like the older Mustangs that didn't have such high revving capabilities. Even most reviews comment on how much attention needs to be paid to the extra 2K rpm you have at the high end of the rev range!

Its been awhile since on this track 25 years.
But use to race GT2 cars here, its a very different track.
Club track, small rough in spots and to some degree your right.
I did a lot of experimenting in first 2 sessions. also in third
I had passengers, so not as quick. sometime shifting early setting up for
different section, example out of two, I would shift to third, can run easily
up there in 2nd. but screws up between 3 and 4, so faster if you shift early.
same as back straight, shift before bottom of roller coaster gives you faster
end straight speed, and really upsets car to shift after bottom.
still hitting 7000 in 4th. But more experimenting next time.

Always room for improvement

 

[Bosshog]

Looks like you're doing just fine! Thanks for sharing with all of us, keep em' coming!!

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