Caterham lap record Oulton Park video
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Video of a new lap record on street legal tyres around Oulton Park
1:44.843
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...
First time the car has run on Meteor Motorsport Suspension.
1:44.843
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...
First time the car has run on Meteor Motorsport Suspension.
Edited by cwin on Wednesday 30th September 13:05
Riccardino said:
Indeed
Do not question the ability of the driver but the car is definitively faster than the others?
Which Caterham is that?
The top three cars are in class H which run similar power, the same driver holds the lap record in the R300 British championships the weekend before in a hire car.Do not question the ability of the driver but the car is definitively faster than the others?
Which Caterham is that?
Mag sevens is a mixed grid, I wasn't comparing cars I was showing a new lap record in a Caterham on road tyres, the car is a road legal 1997 superlight with a n/a 2.4 Duratec built by Paul Gardner Race engines, running on Kumho V70 K61 tyres.
Edited by cwin on Tuesday 29th September 11:15
cwin said:
Video of a new lap record on street legal tyres around Oulton Park
1:44.843
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...
Wow... Talk about turning up at a knife fight with a machine gun! :-)1:44.843
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...
Yes great video. Danny was using a new valving set up I worked on the week before for his Nitrons. I just worked hard on the fronts to get some digressive characteristics into the damper.
He was running significantly softer springs than most of the other cars. No testing just set up off my Damper Dyno and I think Craig made 1 click adjustment at both ends on the day.
Very please even if I say so myself. When a very good driver who has been setting the pace all year rings and tells you he has never driven a car like it in terms of handling you can not help but feel chuffed.
Apparently even comments from others watching could not believe how the car turned.
There is another video that perhaps Craig can link to showing head on toward Knickerbrook where you can see that Danny's car does not dive any where near as much as the others on 100lb heavier springs!
He was running significantly softer springs than most of the other cars. No testing just set up off my Damper Dyno and I think Craig made 1 click adjustment at both ends on the day.
Very please even if I say so myself. When a very good driver who has been setting the pace all year rings and tells you he has never driven a car like it in terms of handling you can not help but feel chuffed.
Apparently even comments from others watching could not believe how the car turned.
There is another video that perhaps Craig can link to showing head on toward Knickerbrook where you can see that Danny's car does not dive any where near as much as the others on 100lb heavier springs!
SimonRogers said:
There is another video that perhaps Craig can link to showing head on toward Knickerbrook where you can see that Danny's car does not dive any where near as much as the others on 100lb heavier springs!
This one?https://youtu.be/VhDsrO01NDc
SimonRogers said:
Yes great video. Danny was using a new valving set up I worked on the week before for his Nitrons. I just worked hard on the fronts to get some digressive characteristics into the damper.
He was running significantly softer springs than most of the other cars. No testing just set up off my Damper Dyno and I think Craig made 1 click adjustment at both ends on the day.
Very please even if I say so myself. When a very good driver who has been setting the pace all year rings and tells you he has never driven a car like it in terms of handling you can not help but feel chuffed.
Apparently even comments from others watching could not believe how the car turned.
There is another video that perhaps Craig can link to showing head on toward Knickerbrook where you can see that Danny's car does not dive any where near as much as the others on 100lb heavier springs!
Danny said the car handled awesome and changed direction better than it ever did before, and with no testing just shows how good it was to run that time, anything in the 1:44 around Oulton is fast even if your on slicks,,He was running significantly softer springs than most of the other cars. No testing just set up off my Damper Dyno and I think Craig made 1 click adjustment at both ends on the day.
Very please even if I say so myself. When a very good driver who has been setting the pace all year rings and tells you he has never driven a car like it in terms of handling you can not help but feel chuffed.
Apparently even comments from others watching could not believe how the car turned.
There is another video that perhaps Craig can link to showing head on toward Knickerbrook where you can see that Danny's car does not dive any where near as much as the others on 100lb heavier springs!
Thanks Simon.
Here is the other video,
http://youtu.be/VhDsrO01NDc
subirg said:
Ignoring the Balistic engine, that is mighty good under brakes and into corners! What's the spring damper set up and where can I get it?! Would the handling results be similar running ZZRs?
Yes, definitely the ZZRs have more grip earlier on than the Kumhos they just go off a bit sooner, The Mag seven races are 40 mins and most people prefer Kumho for that reason.Simon Rogers trades as Meteor Motorsport and seems to have supplied the uprated suspension.
Yes you can get the same set up from me. Its our least costly upgrade and a first step on the ladder. Nitrons which we can select the best valving for your use and car.
Danny had something special in the front compression that I worked on to mimic as close as possible to my Penske set up. I was happy that I could get a reasonable solution but its only about half way from our regular Nitron set up to the Penske - I could not make it work and flow the oil through the piston. Dyno testing every version along the way. I would say it it is nothing at all like standard Nitron set up - Not even in the same game!
Call me or message me with your email and I can send over an information guide.
Danny had something special in the front compression that I worked on to mimic as close as possible to my Penske set up. I was happy that I could get a reasonable solution but its only about half way from our regular Nitron set up to the Penske - I could not make it work and flow the oil through the piston. Dyno testing every version along the way. I would say it it is nothing at all like standard Nitron set up - Not even in the same game!
Call me or message me with your email and I can send over an information guide.
With my Penskes & only road driving so far I can relate to & see the difference in the video. I'm no expert, but if you look very carefully, its very subtle, on the first vid with the drivers view you can see how all the cars for a mili second look uncomfortable as they react to the initial body roll into and roll out of a corner, and either lift off earlier into the corner or are delayed in power on out of the corner because of it.
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