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Lap times between a dry and a wet course?

Originally Posted by cossie1600 Yeah, I was within 8 sec of my dry times at three tracks, yet about 15 sec at my home track. I just couldn't find any

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Old 06-14-2012, 01:01 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Yeah, I was within 8 sec of my dry times at three tracks, yet about 15 sec at my home track. I just couldn't find any consistency and that was the reason I asked the question.

Actually you brought up a good point. Is the Z really that bad of a car in the rain compare to other cars if given the same tires and drivers? I was at Lime Rock last year and for the life of me I can't figure out why a E36 M3 and a 996 GT3 was so much faster off the corner. I don't know if it is me, the tires or just the car. I have looked at the videos and datalogs many times, I really couldn't figure out how they can come off the corner so much quicker (I saw the datalogs and videos, they were killing me off the corner exit). You would think a stock car with soft suspension is good enough, but I suspect the crappy LSD on the 370 has something to do with it.
As a long time Porsche track car driver I can tell you our wet rear grip sucks. I have read journals of racers in 370z race cars in Europe too who experience same thing.

That tendency of the Z to initiate a little mid to late turn oversteer on power doesnt work so well when grip goes away!
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