My Z4R E85 3.0i video at curborough sprint course
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Beedub said:
I know it always seems a lot slower when you watch the video's back. I need a camera mounted on back really. As its only a sprint course you mainly stay in 2nd at high revs lots. There's lots of adverse camber its quite demanding for such a short track really. No LSD doesn't help either on my standard Z4R. All the mx5's there had LSD, they corner real quick. This was my last run of the day I was getting tired so cut the day short. You start making mistakes braking to late missing the turn in's and almost running off. Its great fun up until a certain point. I see why they all had cheap mx5's easy to repair, cheap parts etc. You need to have a spare car for track really not your daily like mine. A guy did turn up in a Ferrari 458 last time so I suppose if you can afford to crash it why not it is a lot of fun
goldbcfc said:
low .. not slow... think you did just fine...
this is the very track where i held my class lead for quite a while, its really not an easy place to navigate quickly and takes REAL skill.... you basically feel on the limit 100% of the time, its very unnerving.
hahaha my bad terrible reading just clocked low not slow.........lol
was how I bought it I would get coilovers but not sure to keep it yet its fun but there a lot other bmw that are too fancy a e46 m3 or 645i next
Yeah there's moments when your natural driving habit is to go into 3rd gear. Someone sent me a video of their 3.0si on same track and they literally stayed in 2nd all the way around which is what i'll do next time. There's parts were u need 3rd but then another corner comes so your off the acceleration again. The middle cross section towards top hairpin feels like that I kept having to drop back down to 2nd. I was told only the straight is 3rd gear really just feels like you abusing the car leaving it in 2nd.....lol
This was the 3.0si lap
https://youtu.be/T3wLQ5hfb38
was how I bought it I would get coilovers but not sure to keep it yet its fun but there a lot other bmw that are too fancy a e46 m3 or 645i next
Yeah there's moments when your natural driving habit is to go into 3rd gear. Someone sent me a video of their 3.0si on same track and they literally stayed in 2nd all the way around which is what i'll do next time. There's parts were u need 3rd but then another corner comes so your off the acceleration again. The middle cross section towards top hairpin feels like that I kept having to drop back down to 2nd. I was told only the straight is 3rd gear really just feels like you abusing the car leaving it in 2nd.....lol
This was the 3.0si lap
https://youtu.be/T3wLQ5hfb38
Due to gearing I do the whole track in 2nd apart from the start and final straight. It's a good place for beginners as you can go as fast or slow as you like and pretty hard to do any damage unless your really pushing it. I had a small off as I took too much speed through the cross over then tried to take a wider line as you come back up the track only to find there isn't much grip on the outside.
curb is not a place id want to have an off.... their are loads of placed you can damage your car... the mole hill, the cross over leads directly into a tree, those soft barriers you see will rip bumpers off with ease, before that you hit the middle grass section which is basically a ditch, I've seen bent chassis on cars getting the molehill wrong.