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hiya glen!!!!
darren didn't have an 'advantage' in the carousel! .......
he freaking CRUSHED me in the carousel!!! he'd pull multi mega carlengths on me there; it was horrifying to see from my point of view!!! LOL!
my car is handling great; i've got it dialed in really well. what is happening to me in the carousel is compounded by several things:
1. i'm way way heavier than all the other cars (i have to ballast up to 2660 min at the end of the race to stay in PTE, and that's with RA-1s on the car (sunday's race i came off the scales at 2682 lbs). if i ran hoosiers, i'd have to be 2735 lbs). most of the other PTE'ers are 200+ lbs lighter, and all are running on hoosiers or z214 hankooks (hoosier clones). i'm the only Toyo man!
2. darren's fresh hoosier A6s work alot better than my RA-1s (and we are both on the same width - 225s).
3. i have a stock tranny with a stock diff; no lsd or fd. i'm pretty sure that darren has a good fd and a clutch type racing lsd.
i am pretty (very?) brave in the high speed turns; T9, T10, T3, T4. i can make time up in those. there is a bit of sliding and slipping in those turns (both in wet and dry) to keep that pace. one good thing about the RA-1s is that they will stand alot of drifting around without falling apart, wearing out, or burning down! ha ha!
todd
ReidSpeed
PS darren and i are going to have an epic rematch at VIR full!!! right buddy?
darren didn't have an 'advantage' in the carousel! .......
he freaking CRUSHED me in the carousel!!! he'd pull multi mega carlengths on me there; it was horrifying to see from my point of view!!! LOL!
my car is handling great; i've got it dialed in really well. what is happening to me in the carousel is compounded by several things:
1. i'm way way heavier than all the other cars (i have to ballast up to 2660 min at the end of the race to stay in PTE, and that's with RA-1s on the car (sunday's race i came off the scales at 2682 lbs). if i ran hoosiers, i'd have to be 2735 lbs). most of the other PTE'ers are 200+ lbs lighter, and all are running on hoosiers or z214 hankooks (hoosier clones). i'm the only Toyo man!
2. darren's fresh hoosier A6s work alot better than my RA-1s (and we are both on the same width - 225s).
3. i have a stock tranny with a stock diff; no lsd or fd. i'm pretty sure that darren has a good fd and a clutch type racing lsd.
i am pretty (very?) brave in the high speed turns; T9, T10, T3, T4. i can make time up in those. there is a bit of sliding and slipping in those turns (both in wet and dry) to keep that pace. one good thing about the RA-1s is that they will stand alot of drifting around without falling apart, wearing out, or burning down! ha ha!
todd
ReidSpeed
PS darren and i are going to have an epic rematch at VIR full!!! right buddy?
Todd Reid
#11 Ford Probe GT
2011 Race Track Combat Champion
2009 NASA MA PTE Champion
2007 NASA MA PTE Champion
Need driver coaching? Need a hired driver? contact me at: http://www.reidspeedinc.com
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, or Racer....
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#11 Ford Probe GT
2011 Race Track Combat Champion
2009 NASA MA PTE Champion
2007 NASA MA PTE Champion
Need driver coaching? Need a hired driver? contact me at: http://www.reidspeedinc.com
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, or Racer....
Wa