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DFish:
Also remember that smooth driving doesn't appear to be fast.

Fish

rex:

--- Quote from: the bruce on June 15, 2012, 09:33:26 pm ---I know, mate.  :wink: Rally drivers need way more steering angle.

Some say they even don't know to deal with GRIP.  :grin:

Tommi Mäkinen is a world class driver. He varies steering position but never get's in hassle.
Surely hard to do it the same way. For track driving I'd still strongly recommend the classic
position.

Don't get me wrong - you have to find your own style - I just think it's much easier that way.

 :wink:

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I agree completely.
The only reason I am trying the "rally driver style" is because practice makes perfect. And the track is the best place to practice.
 


--- Quote from: DFish on June 15, 2012, 10:11:36 pm ---Also remember that smooth driving doesn't appear to be fast.

Fish

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Cheers mate! I know  :happy2:

Hurdy:
Just watched that part of the video several times and at that kind of corner I would trail brake into it and press slightly harder to induce oversteer if needed. There's not much wrong with your driving style at all looking at the rest of the laps. I think in this case it was just too hard a prod on the brakes just a little too late into the corner. More power could have helped you out of it and looking back a few seconds taking the corner in the same gear as the previous one, rather than gearing up could have helped with that power without losing you any time, but it is hard to tell what revs you are at just by the sound. :happy2:

rex:
That's exactly what happened Hurdy. Too hard on the brakes and too late.
3rd gear helps but I was trying to avoid the missfire issues by going into a higher gear sooner (I would change gears at 6000 RPM instead of 6300 RPM before the missfire issues).
Also in this case left foot braking would help but the pedals are not positioned ok. From what I saw, for RHD Golf's the pedals are in the middle (I might be mistaking) but for LHD Golf's the pedals are far to the right. This is making it impossible to use the left foot on the brake and not hit the steering column or have an awkward position.

And since I mentions the missfire issues, I had a oscilloscope test and it appears I have some mechanical issues. Not sure what they are because I could not mount the osscilospcope on the intake of the car.
But, one cilinder looks to be worse than the others at some points (95-100% for 3 cylinders and 75%, at times, for the 4th one). The crank shaft is ok. I will continue with the tests.

Hurdy:
If you have mechanical issues you'd be best sorting them before the next trackday. Altering your driving style/gearing points can make the car handle slightly differently to normal and you end up making mistakes by having the differences.

Fingers crossed that you sort the cylinder 4 issue out. Some guys on SeatCupranet also have problems with cylinder 4 too. The theory floating about at the moment is that it is not getting the full fuel rail pressure to the injector that the others get due to it's position. Not personally fully onboard with it in practice, but there could be something in it I guess.

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