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Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
rex:
I've managed to edit the first video so I can continue the story.
We arrived at Nurburgring Wednesday afternoon. After some issues with the hotel (they overbooked for the second year in a row) Stefan (Acidutzul) and I stated changing the street tires with semislicks:
I don't really know why, but when I got to the rear left tire I checked the pressure and it had no pressure. Because I only use these tires for track days I know it could not have been a puncture so I suspected something else... As you may know, the Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels I have have some lacquer issues (here) and I suspected this to be the problem.
Because the lacquer still remained on some parts of the inner rim lip I suspected air was escaping between the lacquer and the rim/tire. I went to the nearest service and had the mechanics remove all the lacquer from the inside of the wheel. That solved the problem so I was ready to go (or so I thought).
Wednesday evening I managed to do 3 laps. These were warmup laps so I did not push too hard. But I pushed hard enough to notice that the car had more oversteer than I was comfortable with.
The car had the suspension set at 10 front and 7 rear (Bilstein B16 PSS 10) so I can say it was setup to understeer more than oversteer...
The next day I decided to push a little bit more. During this time I had a lot of fun following (or being followed) by Stefan. I also had the best times of the trip. Unfortunately, as I said before, in 2013 I managed 6 or 7 laps below 9 minutes and now I only managed a best time of 9.11. I am not sad about the best lap time, I am sad that because of the traffic and the accidents I couldn't learn the track better.
On the limit, the car behaved mostly like you can see in Eschbach (min 7.33). So during this tip I was quite cautious (aka scared) and didn't really push the car to the limit.
After this lap I've done another lap and than I started hearing some very strange noises. More about the noises in the next episode.
So, stay tuned :popcornsoda:
Tfsi_Mike:
Where is your rear (cabin) camera mounted Vlad? Could you get a couple of pics if you get chance? :drinking:
rex:
Sorry Mike, it is off the car now. It is a roll cage mount bought for the Go Pro Hero 2 camera.
Here is an older picture where you can see it:
But, Fuscobal borrowed me a special roll cage mount much better than mine. The angel is much much better. I will show at least one video with Fuscobal's mount.
BTW, Fuscobal, can you please post a link with the UK supplier you bought the mount from?
Tfsi_Mike:
Thanks for the advice, Vlad. I don't have a cage (yet). I don't have front head rests either
rex:
Yup I know... I am waiting for Fuscobal's link because they may have some other mounting options.
His solution for roll cage mounting was really awesome (but at around 100 GBP not quite cheap...).
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