laze1 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) Quick update: I raced at Road Atlanta this weekend in the 1st NASA-SE Spec Z class. There where 2 cars, mine and Clark Crawford from Nashville. I started out slow on Friday's test & tune day running 1:50 laps, during Saturdays practice/qualifying/Race I got down to 1:47s, then today, got to 1:44. And 1:44 is the best time I had in the car in PTB configuration, and that occurred in Dec of 2011. Today it was mid-80 Degs...December it it 40 degs. So i am happy there...but know there is some more speed in the car. I played with sway bars, shock setting and tire pressures. The car handled pretty well and the tires are sticky. At the end I still had some push in T1, T7, T12 that slowed me down...and T7 was the worst...I will work on that issue next time out. However The biggest issue was the difference in overall gearing...I used to run a 4.08 gear with 275-40-17s, but now am running the Spec tires (18s) and OEM gears (3.5)... so now I don't use 6th dear at all, and 4th gear is your best friend....this really screwed me up...I had think about great I was in. I am sure I will adapt quickly, but is was problematic for me this weekend. My new Spec Z friend Clark beat me in both races, with him running race laps in the 1:43 range...this is 2nd event in the car, with the first being a HPDE track day to do his basic suspension tuning. He said that the 1:43 was his best time when running in SCCA T2 or T3 configuration, He feels he has some more speed to find as well I will post vids and Pix in a few days.. Anyway...I am pretty happy with the car, and think it will be fun to drive with a little more suspension tuning. __________________ Edited June 18, 2012 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra4B Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Car was faster than expected on track... looked good out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brkntrxn Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I was very impressed with the Spec Zs this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird222 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Just for comparison, what's SM track record? EDIT - googled it and found a 1:42. Moti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laze1 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Yep...and a fastest Spec E30 runs in the 1:44 range... So the drivers are the problem at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laze1 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Thnx! I was very impressed with the Spec Zs this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laze1 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 We are relatively fast thru the Esses..but that was it We both just tried to stay out of the in the straights Car was faster than expected on track... looked good out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laze1 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbrew8991 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Just for comparison, what's SM track record?EDIT - googled it and found a 1:42. Moti better comparison would be to look at the fastest SM & SE30 times from that same event RA gets VERY fast in Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb when most track records are set, and with some heat slows down a good bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laze1 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcazin Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I CANT WAIT TO GET MINE COMPLETED!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laze1 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 I CANT WAIT TO GET MINE COMPLETED!!!!!!! What can I do to help speed the Build? We need 3 cars running to get full payout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.