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Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
rex:
I have the old one.
the bruce:
--- Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on October 05, 2011, 12:02:49 pm ---
Great thread Rex :congrats:
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--- Quote from: rex on October 05, 2011, 03:58:35 pm ---the bruce First of all thank you for all your comments so far. I hope you won't stop. You are always asking the right questions.
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You know this ist one the threads I like most on this forum.
You fill it with heart & soul like no other. Go on, Rex !! :happy2:
--- Quote from: rex on October 05, 2011, 03:58:35 pm ---I am selling the wheels (already sold them) because:
1. I need spacers to fit behind the nqsbbk.
2. Because I use spacers the wheel + spacer combination is around ~10.8 kg. I want to buy some lighter wheels.
I want to go for 7,5 x 17 ET 45 instead of 8 x 17 ET 50 because:
1. the new rims should be lighter because of the 0.5 inch less material (which is furthest from the wheel hub, so where it counts).
2. I have 8x17 ET 50 (BBS rims) with which I have no issues with brake clearance but I have rubbing on the Nordscheife. So, wider fenders are a must. Since I will buy some wider fenders I want to increase the front track and I also want the car to look better( it looks better with the lower offset rims)
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I understand almost all of these arguments, Rex. :wink:
But I still would prefer an 8.0" wide rim which offers the ability to fit
235 tyres.
:evilgrin:
I still run just the 7.5" Denver (Monza) with 225/45 Federal although
I see them as a compromise. So I will swap to my 8x18 BBS when the
Feds are blown.
I'm sure 17" and 18" perform similar. I guess a 18" might be better on
a heavier car while 17" might have slightly advantages on lighter cars
like Rex' GT 1.4 TSI.
rex:
Thanks :ashamed:
You are right, for you the 235 tires make sense. For me not so much...
Oh... and I forgot to tell you guys... Guess what I did last weekend :smiley:!
Some hints: Hungary, F1, and this:
rex:
And because I improved my best time on Hungaroring, here is the video with the fastest lap:
And some thoughts:
- The lap is 2.23.35, about 0.25 seconds faster than the previous best
- Although this is not a perfect lap is it the best lap of the day. The laps where there was no traffic were only a handful.
- Comparing this lap to my previous best ones you can see that I am much more aggressive. I am riding the kerbs and this is visible in better time. Roberto Merhi, the F3 driver I was telling you some pages ago (BTW we is now F3 champion :notworthy:), told me that riding the kerbs is crucial for obtaining a better time. We was obviously right. But, riding the kerbs is not all about gaining.... I found out that the more I ride the kerbs mid corner the more the car understeers mid corner. There is a explanation for that, by riding the kerbs (which are higher than the track) the car gets more weight on the outside and the wheels loose grip because they have more weight than they can handle. So there is a balance that we must all find.
- At 1.45 in the above video is the biggest mistake of the lap. Here I miss the apex by about 1.5 meters and the result is an understeer. But, because I knew of the generous run of area I stayed on the gas and lost very little time.
Comments are welcomed.
fuscobal:
Very nice lines indeed. I noticed the small mistake you were talking about at 1.45 but it wasn't so severe. You had an early turn in followed by a larger exit wich was unavoidable. Great lap Rex ! How much meat do the Kumhos still have ? (can you approximate the number of kms done ?)
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