M3bs1
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- North Augusta SC
They acknowledged in the article that they went a couple of seconds faster on another "undocumented" lap. He definitely lost time by being offline for turn 10 on that one.
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2017 GTi PP at VIR
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Mini7
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTi Sport PP
Yup he was way offline. OK. I didn’t read the article. Just watched the video.
Roadrunner_GTI
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- United States
The Grand Course is an absolute blast. Extremely technical with elevation changes and blind turns. My PB is a 3:05, but that was on brand new NT01s on a frigid day. My goal is low 3s, and possibly high 2s.
MonkeyMD
Autocross Champion
That's Fiata to you.Interesting that the fastest Miata is a Fiat.
tigeo
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA area
I was nervous to push too hard up the esses for that exact reason...getting offline/understeering through turn 9 and not set up for turn 10. That video shows that issue well.
Mini7
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTi Sport PP
There are not a lot of good exit strategies if things go wrong on the uphill esses.
Mini7
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTi Sport PP
I’m surprised at the 8-sec gap between the R and GTi.
I posted this over in the STH thread, but some in here might find it helpful too.
So my experiment with slotting the strut tower to get more negative camber is over, and if you're using standard diameter front springs, it just doesn't work well.
After last event, I started to get a clunking nouse in the right front. The spring was contacting the strut tower and caused the top strut nut to come loose.
The whole time during this experiment, I'd get terrible noises when turning the wheels, like the bushings were binding.
Today. I tightened the strut nuts and backed off on the camber I'd dialed in with the slotting, it's as quiet as stock now, no awful noises.
Went from -2.2 to -1.8, so lost -0.4. I should gain that back with the offset bushings.
So my experiment with slotting the strut tower to get more negative camber is over, and if you're using standard diameter front springs, it just doesn't work well.
After last event, I started to get a clunking nouse in the right front. The spring was contacting the strut tower and caused the top strut nut to come loose.
The whole time during this experiment, I'd get terrible noises when turning the wheels, like the bushings were binding.
Today. I tightened the strut nuts and backed off on the camber I'd dialed in with the slotting, it's as quiet as stock now, no awful noises.
Went from -2.2 to -1.8, so lost -0.4. I should gain that back with the offset bushings.
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Mini7
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTi Sport PP
Thank you for posting.
Will_
Autocross Champion
- Location
- SF Bay Area
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI S DSG
Speaking of binding noises…
I trimmed back my dust shields and flipped pads in my brakes on Saturday. Now when reversing and turning the wheel to the right, I am getting this crazy sound from the passenger front wheel. It sounds like a whale call. I took the wheel off today and didn’t see anything rubbing or any debris, and verified everything was tight. Sprayed everything out with brake clean. No clue what it could be. Any thoughts?
I trimmed back my dust shields and flipped pads in my brakes on Saturday. Now when reversing and turning the wheel to the right, I am getting this crazy sound from the passenger front wheel. It sounds like a whale call. I took the wheel off today and didn’t see anything rubbing or any debris, and verified everything was tight. Sprayed everything out with brake clean. No clue what it could be. Any thoughts?
I was having issues with wheel weights hitting brake deflectors.