My First Track Experience

wstar · 06-18-2012, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

No we didn't work on throttle steering much. In some of the corners he did tell me when I should stop braking and get on the gas and this did give me somewhat of an idea what it's like.

Yeah even before you get to throttle steering, one of the big revelations for me was how much grip you can add by getting back *on* the throttle just when you think you're already pushing the limit of traction and your naive mind is saying, "no no no, slow down if anything".

Learn to get your braking done earlier and get back on that throttle and be at least very gently accelerating through most of the curvy bits. It puts the weight back down over the rear tires and gives you the grip to get through there faster than you could while braking or rolling through at constant speed.

Once you get used to stabilizing your traction with a little bit of throttle like that in the curves, then it's not hard to progressively move up to actual throttle steering to point the nose where it needs to go. Then the next trick is to work on trail-brake steering on the way in, which changes everything again. I'm still at the start of that process...

b1adesofcha0s · 06-18-2012, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

very nice

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by wstar

Yeah even before you get to throttle steering, one of the big revelations for me was how much grip you can add by getting back *on* the throttle just when you think you're already pushing the limit of traction and your naive mind is saying, "no no no, slow down if anything".

Learn to get your braking done earlier and get back on that throttle and be at least very gently accelerating through most of the curvy bits. It puts the weight back down over the rear tires and gives you the grip to get through there faster than you could while braking or rolling through at constant speed.

Once you get used to stabilizing your traction with a little bit of throttle like that in the curves, then it's not hard to progressively move up to actual throttle steering to point the nose where it needs to go. Then the next trick is to work on trail-brake steering on the way in, which changes everything again. I'm still at the start of that process...

Repped for the great advice!

Yes on that last corner I could feel the added grip from getting back on the throttle when I took it more slowly. I've read about all this stuff on the forum, but it's so much different once you actually experience it yourself on the track. I was pretty nervous when I was first about to start, but by the end I was very confident in what I could do. This confidence has even translated to driving on the street. It's not so much that I can drive faster or better on the street, just now I know what it feels like to be somewhat near the limits of my tires. I know that I can keep the car in control if my tires to start sliding a bit.

Got my RE050A's delivered today, but couldn't get to Sam's Club in time to get them installed. I'll try to go earlier tomorrow to get it done. Also picked up a 34 row Z1 oil cooler kit and should be installing that as well this week with Bobo's help

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