[Fot] My Video from the Kastner Cup

[Bob Kramer]

I have no issues with the steering wheel so I've never fixed it, but I look
at it every time I sit in the car and think I should. I tend to use the
engine to help braking way too much, and after this experience at Lime
Rock, and watching myself screw up,  I spent my next racing weekend at
Eagles Canyon focusing on not using engine braking, with some success. Old
habits die hard.

I just can't get myself to trust the brakes on this car. The pulsating I
get through the front pads is pretty extreme so I find myself overreacting.
I should just give in and replace the heavy B Series calipers with later
TR6 ones, but the car is so original I have kept it that way.

After the Lime Rock weekend I looked at the brakes and should probably have
replaced the rotors but decided to get one more weekend out of them.  After
the ECR weekend, which is much harder on the brakes than LRP, I went
through the brakes. The Carbotech front pads had eaten through a third set
of rotors and they are still only halfway used up, and the rear shoe
friction materials were all beginning to crack. They must be made of
granite. I've got a set of Porterfields ordered to replace them.

All the best,
Bob

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM <tr4racing at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Cool racing!
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> What would disturb me a lot is the left pointing of the steering wheel.
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> And save your engine on down shifts…..far too high revs bothering the
> engine without any need.
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> Cheers
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> Chris
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> *From:* Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Bob Kramer via Fot
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2025 4:32 AM
> *To:* Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Fot] My Video from the Kastner Cup
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> I've finally got my video uploaded from the Kastner Cup. Never having been
> to Lime Rock previously I foolishly skipped the Test and Tune session and I
> tried to shorten the learning curve. I think I started 24th and ended up
> 15th, so you'll see me passing and being passed!
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> https://youtu.be/Wria1llOAJ8?si=MattiUd2LaHKUse0
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> Bob Kramer
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