Mythbuster: continuing project thread of my 1303 '75

[effvee]

Originally Posted by 70Turbobug

Go get 'em Wally!!

Yeah Walter, vigorously shake up your can of whip-ass and apply it to everyone that you comes up against; good luck sir.

[Sandeep]

Originally Posted by effvee

Yeah Walter, vigorously shake up your can of whip-ass and apply it to everyone that you comes up against; good luck sir.

+1

Good luck !

Sandeep

[Wally]

Well, all went well, dry track, did not crash, no mechanical failures and surprised a few fellow racers with the cars' acceleration on the straight bits
I think I improved my time on that track, but need definate time table yet.

Made only a few pics myself, but maybe a few will follow later from others.
Did finally thought about bringing the camera in the car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEM6UJKhMYI



unlike me, the car is a babe magnet
(well, I did had to ask the ladies kindly tbh )




My car is behind her somewhere, really! One of the 'Heidi's' :-))

[NO_H2O]

Originally Posted by Wally

unlike me, the car is a babe magnet
(well, I did had to ask the ladies kindly tbh )

Quick! Someone get the girl on the left a sandwich. Hurry!
Thanks for the video Wally. Always a pleasure watching them.

[TSAF]

I love Heidi.

[dub_crazee]

Heidi FTW!!!!!

[Wally]

There were even more than one of them!



and some boring car pics afterwards





Rest of the pics here:
http://www.automaxx.nl/nl/photos/show/1102/155/?page=1
Some great pics there, but the best one on-track pic I could not capture and post...maybe some of you compu wizzards can?

[Wally]

Linking works:

[Wally]

Linking works:

[70Turbobug]

Sounds like you had a blast and great vid also - it's always awesome hearing that monster roar! So where are the "good pics" of the Heidis?
Oh well I guess I'll have to settle with pics from under your car's apron instead

[Bogara_ZO]

Hi Walter,

Nice pictures as always!

So after a day like that what do you say, KONI or Bilstein is your vote? And maybe I've missed something but are you happy with your coil over front setup?

Cheers

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Bogara_ZO

Hi Walter,

Nice pictures as always!

So after a day like that what do you say, KONI or Bilstein is your vote?

20 years old Bilsteins or new adjustable Koni yellows? Its not about make, but model and adjustable or not. I like the new shocks as they seem to work well, but thats about it. The new alignment job with a little more camber in the rear may also have played part in a good road holding in the rear. I dunno what did what exactly tbh.
I do know I know have a bit more understeer? That's where your second q comes in

And maybe I've missed something but are you happy with your coil over front setup?

Cheers

Yes, very! The height adjustability and shock adjustment are great to have I think.
Its a pity there isn't a bigger front roll bar, as I would like a little less roll. So I'll probably have to get a bit stiffer front springs (again ). Car is still comfortable enough I feel, so I think its a logical option to try first.

Hope that answered your q? As you see, these things are car-specific and probably rather personal too, so there's really no "always-good-set-up" to be had...

[Humble]

It looks good on track we just need to get you a better in car camera Were you going all out or still taking it easy? Looks like you could have taken those corners a bit faster That porsche driver must have been annoyed at best or red-misting at worst, getting passed by a beetle!

For the shocks I vote Koni or QA1 double adjustable rear and a koni double adjustable front. I'm still dialing mine in and I have an autox this weekend to test, but I've been very happy with them so far.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Humble

It looks good on track we just need to get you a better in car camera Were you going all out or still taking it easy? Looks like you could have taken those corners a bit faster That porsche driver must have been annoyed at best or red-misting at worst, getting passed by a beetle!

I agree Humble, camera is having difficulty with the contrast (and I forgot to press the compensate button for that..)
_I_ was going all out for my doing, but was a bit carefull (and not skillfull enough) in the corners and not at max boost (tad over 1 bar) and obviously the car can do much more then I dare or am capable of. The 911RS I overtook so easily did run 2 seconds faster on his fastest round and unlike me, he was pretty consistent. That shows to me the car can run much better lap times, its just the driver that lacks at this point...

[aartjan]

Originally Posted by Wally

Its a pity there isn't a bigger front roll bar, as I would like a little less roll. So I'll probably have to get a bit stiffer front springs (again ). Car is still comfortable enough I feel, so I think its a logical option to try first.

What about moving the inner pivot of the suspension arms upwards?

However, more front rollstiffness will generally tend to more understeer.