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Paul managed a 53.48 on the sprint with a small amount of casual water in the dipper section.

I managed a 53.9 today, dry track and not that pretty a lap. caught myself out braking too deep into turn 5 whilst watched Aaron Hodges in his crazy Escort park it in the dirt at the hairpin of turn 6 (1:45-1:50)

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thanks Drew, saw you got a 55.04 out there today. did you manage to crack into the 54.xx's? Bill was hitting some PB's also

its been said before, but damn these cars are quick!

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thanks Drew, saw you got a 55.04 out there today. did you manage to crack into the 54.xx's? Bill was hitting some PB's also

its been said before, but damn these cars are quick!

didnt do better than 55. group a and b joined as one and I couldnt get a full lap in without going off line. Then out of fuel.

Yes, damn quick cars! cant wait to get back out there next year

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Thanks for the Vids made my lunch that much more enjoyable :thumbsup:

That overtaking manoeuvre looked like he was overtaking the Porsche at a standstill!!!

I met Paul a few years ago friendly guy, did he give any feedback in regards to how driving your car compares to others he has driven?

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Thanks for the Vids made my lunch that much more enjoyable :blink:

That overtaking manoeuvre looked like he was overtaking the Porsche at a standstill!!!

I met Paul a few years ago friendly guy, did he give any feedback in regards to how driving your car compares to others he has driven?

very friendly and generous with his time.

he was very surprised by the performance of the car. he thought a while back that we might adversely effect the performance of teh car with our mods but he was very impressed. so much so that when he got back in he wanted to devote a few sessions on the other tracks with no traaffic to see what he could get.

his only comment was to get new tyres on the thing! he reckons that with new tyres and suspension tuning on a dry track we would break into the 52's on the sprint with no more mods.

will get along to some stokell days at lakeside and morgan park next year to get some more 'data laps' with him driving. one of the big things I noticed with him driving is that the car is begging to be hustled through the slow corners adn can carry enormous speed through the high speed sweepers. with so much grip you could be extremely brutal with short sharp accelarations and braking in the slower ares of the track without really upsetting the car too much - no coasting! the short jabs on the breaks in the tight corners really does help the car turn in better

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After having casually looked at yours and other guy's lap times in this section, it's interesting to see how they compare to a pro. Well done for being so close too!

I can imagine it would've been very helpful to speak to him and see him put the car through its paces

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Paul had very little time to get familiar with the car and the track conditions were not the best.

I reckon with a little more time in the car and better track conditions he would be close to 52's without new tyres!

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Martin, the brakes have been working really well thanks.

The transmission also is keeping under 125, usually just on 120. when I forget to flick the switch (we have it hooked up to a switch, not triggered) temps can run up to 130-135+.

Paul likes the power at where it is, and reckons not to push for more. Having said that he also said that when it was stock!

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Yes, I have a little bit of nerd work on the workstation at home to do with the circuit tools software to find the tenths (or seconds!)

gotta have something to do whilst the car is out of action for the next few months. beats watching another run of masterchef or whatever with the missus.

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I notice more throttle between corners 3 and 4.

Also, count through the gears as Paul is on the front straight. It looks like he goes down to 2nd gear on the last corner!??

btw Drew, you need a Vbox. should look into it.

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