First run with my new car - the SVTF. 1st week of owning the car. 1st event. I talked my brother into a friendly game of who would be faster on a new car. The car is very well prepped for DSP. My race rims are bare at the moment. They will be mounted with a nice fresh set of V710s come spring.
So we ran this event on my Goodyear Eagle GT All Season tires. Ill explain the neat part about that soon.
Car performed amazingly. Its nimble and loves a good flogging. After the first run I got a really good idea on what the car could do. In the video you will see those changes in my attack. And well, I figured out the traction/stability was interfering with me too - so the last few vids of my brother and I have that system turned off...big difference :)
The gearing on this car and lack of noise, yes, it is too quiet, took a run to get used to. In both our first runs, we upshifted too soon and could have used more of the RPM band. This car makes peak HP very late, and it like the upper RPM range.
On my second run, I pretty much ran 1st the whole track with some sections in 2nd. Much better, used all my RPM band.
By the end, it was as if I had been racing the SVTF for a long time. Very comfortable in it.
Results - my PB: 46.01. My brother: 47.46. 1st and 2nd for DSP
. Other competition was a 89 GTI on A6s but not having a good day - 50s range runs.
FTD for the day was 41.x, set by a nationally prepped ESP Mustang on 4-315 Hoosier A6s. I was 5.x seconds off FTD with my 170hp, FWD, and ALL SEASON tires!!! That am I most happy about. Take off 1 to 1.5 if I was running a good set of extreme summer tires, and maybe another 1-2 for r-comps and I think I would be right there in the hunt for FTD!
Great day, very happy to finally get to play with my new car.
