I discovered a computer running elsewhere on my network running bittorrent, upload speed is pretty slim on most DSL connections. My fault.

On the car tuning issues, is someone having tire issues willing to share setup back and forth with me? Nurburgring I was faster at the end than the beginning and had negligible tire wear, I think I may be setting up too well for tire preservation and not well enough for grip.

I may just not be able to drive close enough to the edge of grip also.

My setup wasn't too bad for Nurburgring, unfortunately I changed it a vary little for Laguna and the car became almost undrivable at first until I wore the tires some. (????)



My setup for Laguna Seca:

283 Hp, 745 Kg
Downforce - 15 40
LSD 30-50-30

Ride Height 0 1 (This was just a mistake on my part, supposed to be 0 0)
Spring Rate 8.5 7.5
Damp Ext 5 4
Damp Comp 7 5
swaybars 3 2

Camber 2.0 2.5
Toe -0.05 -0.02

So the differences were -15 ride height front and back along with a little more downforce and a little less power for nurburgring, where I was catching everyone at the end and definitely could have passed two guys if I had another couple corners and hadn't tried that stupid 3 wide pass that caused the last corner wreck.

Paul I can attest that at the 2nd race you were not on my starting list nor were you in view at the start of the race........I saw you at the hairpin @ turn 1

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

Paul, in fact both times you got hit it was me. At the ring I was following someone else (can't remember who), seen smoke in front of him, and then you kinda appeared out of nowheres and took out my front corner, and I went into the wall. Just a case of not being able to see.

At Laguna I came through the corkscrew and you were around backwards, I took the inside of the next turn to go around you, and you came down onto my front, I didn't think you'd be able to get up to speed so soon as you were pretty much stopped when I went to the inside. I run the bumper cam as is gives me the biggest rearview mirror, and didn't see you until you turned down.

That's how everything played out on my screen anyway, with the variance in internet speeds, it could have played out much different on your screen. I didn't save the replay, I probably should have.

I just bought a new router with DD-WRT installed in it.
I'm going to install DD-WRT on my old WRT54G and use it as an accesspoint/bridge downstairs so that my PS3 and PC are "wired".

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I dunno what that means but it sure sounds impressive!

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

FWIW I run the default setup with ballast added to the front to get down to the pp limit. I think it ends up somewhere in the range of 311hp, 780ishkg with a weight distribution at 45/55. Only change I make is to the trnsmission. Car is balanced with a tendancy to throttle oversteer but is very controllable.

Paul I was near you in both races when you had your incident. At the ring you had gone wide on exit at 8?, the one onto the back straight, and were coming back over the rumble strip as I was tracking out. I think we had some side to side contact but I think you were still straight when I was gone.

At Laguna you were parked in the middle of turn 9 when I came down side by side with Jason. There was no where to go and I think we collected a number of cars haha

I have to get the car to be very stable under throttle, as there is very little "easing in" with a controller! I have a lot of work into my setup and have adjusted pretty much everything. But it is stable enough now that I can hammer it out of a turn on Sports Softs and have very little oversteer.

So it was you I was following at the Ring, I couldn't remember. I didn't see Paul until he bounced off you into my path, I hit him before I was able to react, kinda killed my race too!

Just finished updating my home network.
So basically what I have now is two routers. One upstairs and one downstairs. The PS3 is now plugged into the router downstairs. So the theory is the routers are "bridged" together so the PS3 thinks it's "wired" and the two routers should have stronger signal between them.

The true test will be Sunday night.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I am running on 259hp and 720kg...and I think softer setup than most.....how soft?..... well, that is between me and vincent!

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

Sorry I couldn't make it on Thursday, but I will be on Sunday (Dec. 11) night. Thursday was a lot of fun racing again with you guys.

I'm going to be missing tonight, my daughters are in a Christmas play that starts at 7:30. I'll be back for Thursday!!

Lotus Cup Championship Results

[table][mrow color=black] Rank [mcol] Name [mcol] PSN ID [mcol] Points [mcol] . [mcol] Day 1 [mcol] Day 2 [mcol] Day 3 [mcol] Day 4 [mcol] Day 5
[row] 1 [col] Varga A [col] vincentq4 [col] 269 [col color=#888888] . [col] 85 [col] 92 [col] 92 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 2 [col] Scott M [col] Mr_4G63T [col] 203 [col color=#888888] . [col] 32 [col] 79 [col] 92 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 3 [col] Jason S [col] MerlinRPM [col] 193 [col color=#888888] . [col] 71 [col] 64 [col] 58 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 4 [col] Steve P [col] stevedp [col] 189 [col color=#888888] . [col] 64 [col] 77 [col] 48 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 5 [col] Trevor G [col] nd4speed1 [col] 176 [col color=#888888] . [col] 62 [col] 44 [col] 70 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 6 [col] Paul M [col] turbined [col] 84 [col color=#888888] . [col] 70 [col] 14 [col] 0 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 7 [col] Kevin D [col] svtunderpressure [col] 80 [col color=#888888] . [col] 48 [col] 32 [col] 0 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 8 [col] Alek M [col] AMomcilo [col] 69 [col color=#888888] . [col] 29 [col] 0 [col] 40 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 9 [col] Craig M [col] Viich [col] 63 [col color=#888888] . [col] 31 [col] 32 [col] 0 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 10 [col] Jason B [col] Rascusfinkus [col] 57 [col color=#888888] . [col] 13 [col] 44 [col] 0 [col] 0 [col] 0
[/table]

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

...sorry guys...had to miss last nights race...little bit of a mishap...

I hate when it happens...and it takes hours to recover from...damn it all.

hope the racing was close.

We missed you Kevy!

And Jason too!

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

It took me a few minutes to find where these threads went!! I never scroll this far down, as I don't belong to any of the groups, it's pretty pointless haha.

I put my back out again, so I'll be off work for a while again, so I should have some more practice time on the car, as long as the pills are working!!

Looking forward to seeing what happens when we get going on Autumn Ring Mini, lol. I got into the mid 39's average on the sports softs, but on such a narrow tiny track, I think its going to be the person that can avoid all the inevitable mishaps that will walk away with the checkers tonight!!

Reminder we start at 9pm tonight!

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Lotus Cup Championship Results

[table][mrow color=black] Rank [mcol] Name [mcol] PSN ID [mcol] Points [mcol] . [mcol] Day 1 [mcol] Day 2 [mcol] Day 3 [mcol] Day 4 [mcol] Day 5
[row] 1 [col] Varga A [col] vincentq4 [col] 361 [col color=#888888] . [col] 85 [col] 92 [col] 92 [col] 92 [col] 0
[row] 2 [col] Jason S [col] MerlinRPM [col] 278 [col color=#888888] . [col] 71 [col] 64 [col] 58 [col] 85 [col] 0
[row] 3 [col] Scott M [col] Mr_4G63T [col] 258 [col color=#888888] . [col] 32 [col] 79 [col] 92 [col] 55 [col] 0
[row] 4 [col] Steve P [col] stevedp [col] 189 [col color=#888888] . [col] 64 [col] 77 [col] 48 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 5 [col] Trevor G [col] nd4speed1 [col] 176 [col color=#888888] . [col] 62 [col] 44 [col] 70 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 6 [col] Alek M [col] AMomcilo [col] 135 [col color=#888888] . [col] 29 [col] 0 [col] 40 [col] 66 [col] 0
[row] 7 [col] Kevin D [col] svtunderpressure [col] 126 [col color=#888888] . [col] 48 [col] 32 [col] 0 [col] 46 [col] 0
[row] 8 [col] Jason B [col] Rascusfinkus [col] 106 [col color=#888888] . [col] 13 [col] 44 [col] 0 [col] 49 [col] 0
[row] 9 [col] Craig M [col] Viich [col] 93 [col color=#888888] . [col] 31 [col] 32 [col] 0 [col] 30 [col] 0
[row] 10 [col] Paul M [col] turbined [col] 84 [col color=#888888] . [col] 70 [col] 14 [col] 0 [col] 0 [col] 0
[row] 11 [col] Scott H [col] S_AND_S [col] 41 [col color=#888888] . [col] 0 [col] 0 [col] 0 [col] 41 [col] 0
[/table]

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

How do you upload images?

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2003 Buell Firebolt XB9R 1:19.6 around AMP Shubenacadie.
2009 Yamaha R1 1:21.7 around AMP Shubenacadie.

If you're using Photobucket, click/copy the [img] tag when in the album and paste it in your post.


EDIT:

Alek, go here:
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums/x434/Aco123456789/

And copy/paste the [IMG] text below each photo you want to share on ARMS.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

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2003 Buell Firebolt XB9R 1:19.6 around AMP Shubenacadie.
2009 Yamaha R1 1:21.7 around AMP Shubenacadie.

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2003 Buell Firebolt XB9R 1:19.6 around AMP Shubenacadie.
2009 Yamaha R1 1:21.7 around AMP Shubenacadie.

Thanks Jason, I took these pictures during the last race and I thought I share.

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2003 Buell Firebolt XB9R 1:19.6 around AMP Shubenacadie.
2009 Yamaha R1 1:21.7 around AMP Shubenacadie.

Damn that black car is good looking Nice shots!

Awesome! Thanks for posting those.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

Great photos.... even if the only ones of me are sideways in a ball of smoke.... hehe

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

It's 3:30 and I'm online practicing in my lounge if anyone wants to join me.

Probably going to be here for the next 1/2hr to 45mins.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I'll be there shortly just "developing" some pictures !!


Seeeeeeee.....


<a target='_blank' title='ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting' href='http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/deepforestracewayv.jpg/'><img src='http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8158/deepforestracewayv.jpg' border='0'/></a>

PRETTY.....


Just did 5 laps on each in my lounge on Sports Softs.
DFR - 1:19.0 ... transmission was 250kph
London - 54.2 with 220kph

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental