In reply to Carl Heideman :
Remove weight. Spares tools, junk, dirt, including in the radiator fins and trash between A/C and radiator, under the body, fender wells, grease and dirt around the suspension. Between the body and frame.
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In reply to Carl Heideman :
Remove weight. Spares tools, junk, dirt, including in the radiator fins and trash between A/C and radiator, under the body, fender wells, grease and dirt around the suspension. Between the body and frame.
adam525i said:In reply to frenchyd :
and around your waist!
This. People will obsess trying to remove weight from the car while the driver is carrying an extra 20, 50 or 100 pounds.
Last time I was out at a track I frequent a few times a year, I played with shifting less. Mostly due to the shifts happening while there was some lateral load, which wasn't working well as I need new engine mounts. It sounded and felt much slower, but I gained a full second on a fairly solid and consistent time just by shifting less. Playing around with shifting less can lead to real gains, at least on a "normal" manual trans.
spedracer said:Last time I was out at a track I frequent a few times a year, I played with shifting less. Mostly due to the shifts happening while there was some lateral load, which wasn't working well as I need new engine mounts. It sounded and felt much slower, but I gained a full second on a fairly solid and consistent time just by shifting less. Playing around with shifting less can lead to real gains, at least on a "normal" manual trans.
For 3-4 seasons I ran a close ratio gearbox in the Datsun but the only one available is fragile and I repeatedly had issues.
A friend gave me a street gearbox the 2nd - 3rd shift see a 2850 RPM drop, so I started running only 3rd and 4th gear.
Well I went 4 tenths faster than I ever had. It's a combination of 2 fewer upshifts per lap and rolling the hairpin turn.
adam525i said:In reply to frenchyd :
and around your waist!
Right On! I needed a new battery for the FR-S I track and figured I'd buy an Anti-Gravity battery. That is, until I found they cost a ton. I figured that I could lose some weight by eating less, come in at about the same overall car weight and save money.
Now, I'll have to look into the shifting less tactic. Not sure that works on an FR-S with no torque to help, but maybe?
In reply to parker :
Actually people need to add more weight to their cars and karts to accommodate for us fat people lolz. We live in America not Europe.
trigun7469 said:In reply to parker :
Actually people need to add more weight to their cars and karts to accommodate for us fat people lolz. We live in America not Europe.
No...........those of us who are skinny got way to much crap about it as teenagers and are exacting our revenge via car racing.
adam525i said:In reply to frenchyd :
and around your waist!
You are right, I'm guilty as charged. Yet I'll continue taking weight off the race car.
Tom1200 said:trigun7469 said:In reply to parker :
Actually people need to add more weight to their cars and karts to accommodate for us fat people lolz. We live in America not Europe.
No...........those of us who are skinny got way to much crap about it as teenagers and are exacting our revenge via car racing.
Amen! I was a skinny 5'8" kid playing football on the line. Effective. But I took more crap because of my lack of weight.
Two tours in Vietnam and I didn't gain a pound.
In Vintage racing they weigh the car with the driver.
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