damian

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I have a few new movies up on my movies page:

One is my 'fast lap' of RoadAmerica:



and the 'fast lap' on the north track at the Autobahn, in Joliet IL:



http://www.myrx7.com/movies/

ptrhahn

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Whew! Road America looks FAST... even more so than Watkins Glen!

patfat

Damn that looks like a nice track! Pete, we need to get a trailer and head out west!

rceron

Excellent lap time at Road America. Is that with your new R85 turbo?

Carl Byck

Seems like the R85 was a bit laggy compared to your old set-up, or are you just getting smoother?

damian

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yes, road america is silly fast track, ...its friggin HUUUGE....I love it, one of my fav tracks.

damian

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thanks :-)

it was with the new turbo but old engine, and first time with all the winter mods i didi, the writeup is still coming on all that, sorry its takin me so long :-)

damian

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the r85 feels great....its laggier on teh street when at low rpm yeah, but on the track I cant really tell, but i can tell that it pulls like a mother up high.

i dunno what in the video makes you think that, must be my driving, i have really smoothed out a lot and changes my style a bit for faster lap times (and it showed up in my times too!!!)

damian

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ill be there 2 more times this year.... so get it goin and ill see ya there :-)

Fritz Flynn

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Nice vids

Damian,
What lap times does the Red R mustang run?
Thanks,
Fritz

patriick

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How much boost were you running?

Fish

Good to see more videos. Always a joy to watch.

Fish

Turbo 3

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he mentioned 9psi in the other thread (3rd gen section)

damian

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what one, i know like 4 red cobra Rs :-) they all run different times at RA.

damian

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for what video? at ra it was like 12 psi on the old motor, at joliet it was like 9 psi on the new motor.

BDC

Damian, we just finished the tune on my car, 506rwhp/387tq in my slick tired wide body road race FC, should be quite a ride I think you are smoother than the last set of videos I watched. Carl

Fritz Flynn

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The only one I would play with is driven by Fred and Ted

damian

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holy sh_t!! 506 rwhp??? for the love of god hahahah :-)

yeah i definetly goot a lot smoother this year ;-)

damian

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ahh ok, Ted was at joilet this weekend workin out his new AI car, Fred was not there as his car caught fire a few events back, he was ok but the car took some
damage :-(

Up untill that weekend I think Freddy ran a 2:32 in his red R, but I wanna say he did a 2:30 in the same event that I did the 2:31. I felt pretty good either way since Freddy is an exceptional driver, way beyond where I am. And Ted is at another level too, as is my other cobra R buddy Brian, I just taga long and learn from those guys :-)

On a side note, I got a trophy plaque this weekend at the NASA event. It was my first time on the south track and late in the first day I got the fastest time trial time of a 1:39, then beat it with a 1:37, then with some help from my buddy Brian (AI racer) I cleaned up some lines and I beat my old time again on the second day with a 1:35. There was no other cars in my class so that was no big deal, it was the fact that it was fastest time trial overall that made me happy :-) and I think I took another leap in where I feel comfortable in terms of speed with the car.

CrispyRX7

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As always Damian great stuff.
Crispy

damian

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thanks crispy!!
by the way, I ran an entire day and only got tiny bit of build up in the oil catch can, your method really worked for me (2nd vent by old oil return hole) i love it!!! no more oily mess on the side of the car and in the engine bay after one session, I literally could run an entire event without having to empty the catch can now.

CrispyRX7

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Very pleased to hear it worked for you.
Crispy

Carl Byck

What tires are you running? Yea, 500+ at the wheels(Brian Cain Tuned it Yesterday), car is around 2450lbs with 16x12 w/13" slicks in the rear, and 16x11 w/11" slicks up front. I'll probably run~450rwhp on the track, but I can always go to KILL mode with the push of a button I am working on getting some coaching myself. I instruct locally at HPDEs for NASA, but I know I have a tremendous amount to learn. I think brakes will be the main limiting factor for me on the straights, I can probably redline 5th at thunderhill, but then again I would not be able to stop, so it's probably a bad idea Carl

damian

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brakes are good :-) I love my brakes :-)

I run used dunlops that i buy for like 75 a tire, they are non-dot racing tires.

Carl Byck

Slicks? what sizes, and do you mind letting me know who you are buying from? I am running goodyear take offs myself. are the dunlops Radials, or Bias ply?