...but you can make is up with some driving skills.

Make sure you watch it in HQ and turn on the annotation. To turn on the annotation, click on the up arrow looking icon on the right side of playback control, then click on the popup icon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXL3NCmJ1H0

 

What tires are you runnning? Nice vid!!!

Jack

 

215/45/17 Dunlop Direzza.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=107

 

nice driving
I hate 3-a and 3-b - my car understeers like crazy there on F1D3's. The dunlops seem better.

 

Nice driving indeed. That 997 turbo flew by nicely

 

Excellent vid! I love watching this stuff; you're commentary is funny, too. You were driving a much cleaner line than the 911S, and you were hitting your spots more consistently. Your Dunlops sound like my Azenis under hard cornering: loud as all hell. It looks like both tires break away gradually and communicate back to the driver well.

Oh, and I hate you for being on such an empty track!

Keep 'em coming

mb

 

nice work. thanks for sharing. what are you using to overlay info on the vid? i'd like to be able to do that. that track is much different from what i run in florida! it looks like a drive through the country at speed. the only advantage of florida is that the season never ends. thanks again.

 

TraqStudio is the sw for doing the overlay. I use Traqmate for datalogging, a Sony HDD camcorder for video. The video + data sync was tricky the first time I used it, but now on the warm up lap I slam on the brake in the front straight and wave at the camera at the same time as cue to sync. Once I get home, I just look for these cue in data and video to sync the two.

 

that is totally cool....

 

Yep way cool video!

Good work on getting a personal lap best!

One Question for you though Pure13: Have you ever tried maintaining your grip at 9 and 3 O'clock? Once I was taught that I've never gone back to lifting unless I'm in a 180 or doing some parking lot tighty turns.

Jeremy

 

Holding onto 9 and 3 was taught to me by AutoX instructor. However track instructors taught me to keep the hands on 9 and 3 but keep hands free and lose so you can manage quick corrections. If you hold at 9/3 beyond 90* rotation you load up/stretch upper body muscles, doens't work well on track.

Jeremy you should make a trip down to PRI, it beats Mission by a mile... literally.

 

Yeah keep me informed for track days next season Pure13!

I've been pretty busy this month dealing with my premie boy and getting prepped for his homecoming. My wife is so sweet saying she'll even let me go out hunting a few times this fall; so next summer should be AOK to learn how to track my MINI!

On steering I have my seat quite forward(short legs and arms) so my shoulders stay planted even with 180 degree steering inputs. Shoulder bolsters would help out too though!

Keep the videos coming if you're tracking your MCS more this summer!

Jeremy

 

Good point - my instructors always tell me to "loosen the death grip!"

mb

 

Good luck with your Baby.

Most of the track events I attend are sponsored by Proformance Racing School. You can check out their schedule here: http://www.proformanceracingschool.com/

Also you can check for events across US and Canada here: http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/calendar

 

That was a fun video - thank you for that!

 

Good work...do you happen to have an LSD as well? I noticed one on of my track days that I would absolutely obliterate my front tires...partly due to no camber plates but also partly because with my driving style I get on the gas fairly early on corner exit...thus I'll get a little spin on the inside tire heating it up and it will eventually start chunking. Hence I have stopped doing track events until I have my Quaife installed as I don't want to buy tons of tires.

 

Loved it!
Yeah, R tires and RMW pak, you'll be smokinem

 

LSD wasn't an option for '03 R53, so its just open diff and DSC. Quaife LSD will be installed in the off season with rest of the RMW goodness. Even without LSD, the only spot I've DSC power cut off is in exit of 3b (the hairpin left hander before the 997t blown by). My chassis is dialed-in so it is really nicely balanced for my purpose with the current power. With more power coming this off season, DSC power cut off will be a bigger issue so LSD will be in.

Here is my setup:
- Cross Coilover(5 front, 12 rear... counted from full hard)
- Megan upper/lower rear control arms.
- H-Sport 25.5mm rear sway... on the softest setting
- 215/45/17 Dunlop Direzza Sport Star Spec... that's a mouth full
- 17x7.5 SSR Type C RS
- Cross balanced to 0.1% or 2.9lbs with my fat *** and full tank of gas.
- Camber -2.75*FR, -2.25*RR

It works for me.

 

Next time try no DSC and work through 3b oldschool!

Was your FTD when you waved the 997t bye? What lap times was that guy pulling?

Jeremy

 

Yeah bro - that video is sweet! Gotta luv the captions during the race. HAHA!

 

That sure is a sweet track and a race. I love the greenery.

 

Ahh...ok, yea I never run with DSC on I actually have the IanC window up module that also does the Auto DSC off and I drive like that nearly all the time

My setup:
TSW Springs, stock shocks
TSW Camber Plates
H-Sport 19mm Rear sway - stiffest setting
215/45/17 Direzza Star Spec's
OEM R99 Wheels ~22lbs each!
Camber 1.3FR 1.5RR

I want to put front camber out to -2 but something in my pax side in the front has got to be bent because when the camber adjustment of the plate is maxed out I'm only getting -1.5 when the plate should allow it to max out ~ -3 or which is true with the driver side.

Again good work, I'm sure after the LSD and RMW goodies you'll really scare those Porsches...once I get to some track events I'll post vids too, sadly I don't have that cool software

 

a friend also taught me to adjust my seat forward in such a way that when my stretch out my arms, the steering wheel should be at my wrists. since you can't adjust the reach of the steering wheel, i've grown quite used to driving like this. being 6'0", my legs don't really cramp up driving with my arms like that

 

my buddy has been working on a small carputer/dvr thingy for recording track days. I'll have to ping him to see where he is on the software coding (he's an old school AOL guy who's semiretired). I know he was planning on four camera inputs (like pedal box, over shoulder, fender, etc)

 

Excellent video! Might have to share this with some friends who insist that a MINI isn't a sports car.