BrianA

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  • in reply to: TENTATIVE 2015 Autocross/CCC Schedule #7179
    BrianA
    Participant

    Rats. Was really looking forward to a spring “Test and Tune” event this year. Not looking good, I assume.

    • This reply was modified 9 years, 11 months ago by BrianA.
    in reply to: Results? #6325
    BrianA
    Participant

    Thank you for doing all this post session work to get results out. It is obvious that is is not a trivial task. Very much appreciated by all of us.

    in reply to: Photos and video Round 2 #6293
    BrianA
    Participant

    Here is my 6th Ferrari run:

    I am extremely happy. To be honest I have had a terrible time understanding the handling dynamics of the car since I bought it. It has a tendency for severe understeer, which I mostly blamed on myself not knowing how to drive a mid-engine car.

    This time I put 5 psi more pressure in the rear than the front (R: 42 psi, F: 37 psi) (RE-11As), which completely eliminated the understeer, in fact, probably gave it slightly too much oversteer. It was awesome; much more “BMW-like” but with this wonderful sense of rotation around a center of gravity further back of the car. It was pretty cool.

    Now that I’ve got that going, I’ll probably back off the pressure differential over time as I get better at driving the car. (I have given up at being good at autocross.)

    • This reply was modified 10 years, 7 months ago by BrianA. Reason: more better spelification
    in reply to: 2013 AX7 Final results #2357
    BrianA
    Participant

    Wow! Results already!!! Awesome.

    Thank you for such a great session. It was super fun.

    (Wait a minute … The results claim I am slug slow. Something must be wrong.)

    in reply to: October 12, 2013 – AX #7 Course Design #2346
    BrianA
    Participant

    [quote=”jeffroberts” post=2017]…I am shopping for an FM transmitter so people can listen in their cars …[/quote]… Gawd, not the Magnum P.I. theme song again…

    in reply to: October 12, 2013 – AX #7 Course Design #2341
    BrianA
    Participant

    Bwahahah! Bringing the Ferrari to AX#7 with new tires! As we all know, autocross is just like golf; it is 90% equipment and just 10% skill. Instead of finishing at the bottom of the standings like I always do, this time, I will clean everyones clocks! Bwahahah! I can hardly wait.

    in reply to: Photos and Video from 4-20 #1665
    BrianA
    Participant

    [quote=”HalM3″ post=1335]Here is the original split video of Praneil and me with grip and speed data…That’s a lot of information to process for me. I think the video alone is adequate.[/quote]To me, the comparative video is harder to digest but the “speedometers” are very interesting. Worth further study. Thank you for posting.

    in reply to: Photos and Video from 4-20 #1639
    BrianA
    Participant

    Here are videos of Jen and I trying to figure out how to drive a Ferrari:

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cO8fNpG-6U&feature=player_embedded[/video]

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-BdDLB06tU&feature=player_embedded[/video]

    “New Car” is my 2013 excuse for being slow.

    in reply to: April 20, 2013 – AX #1 Course Design #1612
    BrianA
    Participant

    Looks like fun. Nice to be back.

    This will be the only autocross Jen runs this year: she headed off to summer school … with the
    A-Class 1991 318i.

    Bringing my new old car: a 1983 Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole. Hope to kills some cones. Running in x-class will be a relief considering how %$#@& slow I am.

    in reply to: AX #6 Provisional Results #1101
    BrianA
    Participant

    You know, when I finally broke down and bought the plus-sized rims and put monster-size rubber on the car (205/50R15), the Kumho XSs were only $88 / each. The new Bridgestone RE-11s are a massive $122 EACH!!! Each!!!

    What do I get???!!! Still more “slow”.

    in reply to: AX #6 Provisional Results #1097
    BrianA
    Participant

    Thanks always to the organizers. Jen and I had great fun.

    It was nice to (finally) get back and see the gang again.

    Some things never change … we are as slow as we’ve always been.

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