Test’n'tune summary
A busy test’n'tune at Grissom Aeroplex yesterday. Got the car set up nicely for next weekend’s trackday with the rear sway bar set to soft, rear shocks to full stiff and front shocks 1/2 turn from full stiff. The car is very neutral and the new sway bars definitely helps significantly with transitions. I could attack the slaloms at a higher speed as the steering responsiveness was much better. The de-powered steering felt great and provided a good amount of feedback, and was definitely a benefit to have early on in the day when the course was wet.
Started out the morning with a couple of runs (which I realized after reviewing video footage thatI was DNFing as I was going around a gate instead of between it, losing some time in the process). After getting about 17 runs in for the day I switched over to Tom’s car to take a swing at the course in his NB running the Hoosier A6s. Definitely much more grip than street tires, however the increased tire width and smaller rear bar meant the car needed to be wrestled into the slaloms. After that we switched out the Hoosiers for a set of old (2 years old!) Kuhmo V710s to test them out. Surprisingly high grip in the tires that felt as hard as hockey pucks! Finished the day off with 3 more back-to-back runs in my car. After getting in 20 runs in my car + 3 runs in Tom’s car I was pretty damn tired, so decided to call it a day.
This test’n'tune cost $50, bringing the entry cost total for the season to $90.
