Dennis,
Shush... Santa could be listening and he may not bring us those new 275s I
asked for if he doesn't think your Buttonwillow "off" was due to under-sized
tires, he's very interested in our safety and may bring us a remedial driving
course instead ;^).
Barry - http://www.4d-sport.com/images/firstlap.mpg (40 meg)
Dennis and Sherry Armstrong <miata@pacbell.net> wrote:
I have to say having driven this car myself at Buttonwillow. That I can't
find anything
wrong with the car at the track. I enjoyed lapping the entire field of Lotus
Elise's
after they held me up when I was in the Miata. The RX8 is for real! An
awesome
track car.
Dennis Armstrong
----- Original Message -----
From: "4D Sport"
To: "Kevin Stevens" ; "Glenn Ellingson"
Cc: "Bay Area Net"
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: Help!
> We've run the stock RX-8 (18x8 wheels) on both Buttonwillow (both
> directions) and Thunderhill and I think, even with Dunlop SP Race tires,
> the 235/40x18 contact patch isn't enough. Not a scientific test but I
> actually preferred the 245/40x18 Falken RT-615s on Laguna Seca (after
> wearing off the mold release compound and cleaning my shorts:^). We've
> maxed the front negative camber at -.8 (w/ max caster) and set the rear
> to -1.8. Thing I couldn't figure out was the 4 psi increase in the front
> tires while the back raised 6. I've ordered a rear spoiler...
>
> STU = 275s on 9.5 " wheels, decent shocks and linear springs would make
> the RX-8 a lot more fun but put me in the dog house with the misses ;^)...
>
> Barry - http://www.4d-sport.com/pages/758690/index.htm
>
> PS. Hate those cone calls but at least I know I'm guilty as charged .
>
>
>
> Kevin Stevens wrote:
>
> On Dec 21, 2005, at 17:15, 4D Sport wrote:
>
>> Hey Kevin,
>>
>> Just wondering, how's the Good-Win-Racing (Brian Goodwin) RX-8
>> doing in STU? Giving you any challenge?
>
> He's still working on the car, and we've only run a couple of the
> same events:
>
> http://sdr-scca.com/solo2/results/scat7_fin.htm
>
> (They found a cone on my first run after the run group was over... grrr)
>
> http://sdr-scca.com/solo2/results/scnaxfinal-20050910.pdf
>
> I thought that car would do really well in STU, but haven't really
> talked to him about it.
>
> KeS
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