Well, its been a weekend! had a new map to log, and had a track day to attend. lets begin.
new map, basically more of everything? little more boost, little more timing, little more power. Spool is freaking quick though. 20psi by 3200rpm vs last summers 20psi by 3600rpm. i know there are weather factors that can change this but to me, the car feels like it spools REAL quick. feels great.
power curve looks nice too!
for my track day, i had to run the old map, as it was cleared by my tuner for track duty. it was still a ton a fun and made more power then my poor diff can handle, pretty sure i have an open diff now LOL. either way, power was perfect.
Track day was a blast. had a TON of fun. my idea was to just shake down the car, since its gots a ton of new parts on it and just to get back into the swing of things at the track. welp after my first session i basically went into full send mode. Car drove amazingly well.
The car LOVES to rotate by lifting off the throttle, i can basically drift the thing. no this isnt the fastest way through a corner but damn is it fun. lift off oversteer can be useful for low speed corners and transitions that would cause the car to under steer. im still playing with my technique and lines, and also hoping to stop lifting to induce oversteer, and start left foot braking.
set tire pressures to 36psi cold, came into the pits AFTER a cool down lap and a lap of the paddock, hot tire pressures were 47psi upfront!! the heat coming off my brakes was so intense i couldnt hold the tire pressure gauge, i was being burned. its safe to say those brakes put in some damn good work.
lowered pressures down to 32psi cold and sent it. as the night went on ambient temps dropped quick and i wasnt dealing with tire pressures rising as much so thats good! brake fade was non existent, coolant temps were in check, maxing out about 110c PEAK, averaging about 106c for continuous hot laps.
my buddy i was lapping with, srt4, minor bolt ons, tune, probably around 280whp
little footage from the day, me playing with an e92 m3. im impressed, the e92 m3 is a track day weapon, and they make 360whp and 270wtq stock. had a non issue keeping up, and passing. that car needed drive mod but still ill take what i can get LOL.
little fly by footage down the straight, damn brz left the last corner so slowly, i stayed in 3rd and was at like 2000rpm out of that corner. shoulda went down to second .
one of the biggest things im noticing this year: either im leaving corners faster, or the car makes that much more power at the top end. im running out of gear where i use to not. im finding that ill be upcoming a corner and going "oh shit, im literally out of 4th" where last year id still have another 1000rpm to go. kinda strange.
heres a longer video of me lapping. moving pretty quick, then im stuck behind my buddies SIR, slow car, but hes a damn good driver
i was hitting that front straight turn 1 braking zone just as 4th was almost maxing out, maybe 400rpm more of gear. can probably brake later but damn i was on the brakes so hard the car also gets squirmy and its hard to control.
RS4 tires, 255/40/17 for those wondering. not as grippy as my RE71 thats very noticeable but theyre not bad either, once they come up to temp grip is solid.
anyways, thats where we're at for now. my LAST lap of the day, my pressure relief valve took a shit. so that sucked. limped the car home. awaiting parts to replace that then hoping to hit the track again asap!!
