North Weald - tyre pressures
Discussion
Hi All,
Attending one of the £39.00 action days this Friday, first time on 'track' with my Z3.
Not planning to break any records on the high speed bend or anything but more a day to explore my cars handling in safe environment.
My car is a Z3 2.8 with 18inch Falken 452's (225front and 255 rear). It is lower and firmer than standard too and corners very flat on road but I think on track I will get a bit more lean. It is set up to understeer at the limit so I expect allot of feathering of the fronts if I over do it, especially on the concrete surface.
Car limits suggest running the pressure up to the maximum on the tyre side wall to protect the sidewalls.
Just wondering what are others thoughts and experiences - seems like good advice but what if it rains, does the advice still hold true?
Attending one of the £39.00 action days this Friday, first time on 'track' with my Z3.
Not planning to break any records on the high speed bend or anything but more a day to explore my cars handling in safe environment.
My car is a Z3 2.8 with 18inch Falken 452's (225front and 255 rear). It is lower and firmer than standard too and corners very flat on road but I think on track I will get a bit more lean. It is set up to understeer at the limit so I expect allot of feathering of the fronts if I over do it, especially on the concrete surface.
Car limits suggest running the pressure up to the maximum on the tyre side wall to protect the sidewalls.
Just wondering what are others thoughts and experiences - seems like good advice but what if it rains, does the advice still hold true?
spyderman8 said:
billyboysm3 said:
You will love the high speed bend with the 1 finger technique.
Did you also try the "stamp on the brakes mid-corner" technique?!That's the one thing I think back to when I'm pondering on how easy motorsport looks on the tv.
They're making the car dance like that (not the mid-corner brake stamping so much!) bend after bend after bend.
spyderman8 said:
wormburner said:
That's the one thing I think back to when I'm pondering on how easy motorsport looks on the tv.
They're making the car dance like that (not the mid-corner brake stamping so much!) bend after bend after bend.
I have to admit I've yet to try that during a race!They're making the car dance like that (not the mid-corner brake stamping so much!) bend after bend after bend.
That I would be a better racing driver if I was able to just give the car some general idea of where the track went (perhaps write it a letter), and let it sort it everything out itself. It seems proper drivers are able to do this to a much better degree than I, and the more actively I drive a corner, the worse I make the result.
Decided to stick on the original 16 inch wheels with part worn tyres.
Glad I did because it made the back end even more mobile and had allot of fun without worrying about ruining expensive tyres.
Had plenty of fun but not so sure I'd be back there again. The high speed bend an one if the handling circuits are very bumpy and just make it harder on the car. Would like to find a place that isn't so so bumpy and hard on the car at speed.
Not bad for the price though.
Oh and I picked up an Allen key in my rear tyre, one of those Ikea ones that made a hole too big for tyre weld and meant putting the space saver. But that had a rusty valve that let the air out! Had to get the valve fixed in Harlow before heading back to Kent at 50mph. Lucky it was sunny and Friday traffic was slow anyway. Got 40+ mpg too!
11 mpg on the track..
Glad I did because it made the back end even more mobile and had allot of fun without worrying about ruining expensive tyres.
Had plenty of fun but not so sure I'd be back there again. The high speed bend an one if the handling circuits are very bumpy and just make it harder on the car. Would like to find a place that isn't so so bumpy and hard on the car at speed.
Not bad for the price though.
Oh and I picked up an Allen key in my rear tyre, one of those Ikea ones that made a hole too big for tyre weld and meant putting the space saver. But that had a rusty valve that let the air out! Had to get the valve fixed in Harlow before heading back to Kent at 50mph. Lucky it was sunny and Friday traffic was slow anyway. Got 40+ mpg too!
11 mpg on the track..
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