DanDurusky wrote:
wow, awesome.
How much stiffer are the Dinan springs from stock?
Not enough (something like 20-25% I think)...at least for VIR R-comp advanced/instructor type driving. They are a great compromise for street use I guess. I'm considering switching to some new design Ground Control coilovers later this year with much higher spring rates. The car rides amazingly nicely with the GC setup -- Brian Marks has the gen 1 version on his M5.
steve remchak wrote:
an autoX with elevation changes and a slolam in a turn. sheist, that actually looked like fun.
The slalom in a turn was very tricky. I've never experienced something like that, of that size/length, (mainly because few autox locations have enough room for a huge radius turn like that I guess) before in almost 32 years of autocrossing. It finally occurred to me in this 4th run that I needed to treat it unlike any other "slalom" I had driven before.
I ended up left foot braking the entry to each left turn -- the direction of the corner which was much more difficult than turning right -- to get some serious weight transfer for the turn-in. Then I did a smooth transition to the throttle around the cone and could hold some steady throttle while turning right before smoothly LF braking once again. That fourth run was the first time I tried that, and if you look at the later part of that slalom turn, I was finally getting the hang of that rhythm...then rain had to come and cancel the rest of my potential runs.
Oh, and yep, it was one of the most fun autocrosses I've ever driven.
Les Davis wrote:
Is that stock exhaust Chuck? It sound schweet.
Yep, stock system. It is actually very quiet in person, outside the car.
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