in car footage rom the australian supersprint championships held here in wa

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 24 Oct 2012, 8:15 pm

#928221

hi guys here is two vids of me racing in the ozy supersprint champs held hare in collie 200kms south east of perth...

had dramas with what class i was in, i usaully run in road reg class then got put in 3C hisoric class then someone protested me being in this due to no passenger seat so i went back in 5A "road rego u2ltr" then when the event was over on sundat later that night some prick posted up on the race forum over here that i should not of been in this class an his son should of got 3rd yadda yadda so the i ended up in class 1B which is under 2ltr but pretty much can run a sports sedan without the slicks which i came 3rd but the trophy had already been given away to the them 3rd on the day....ggggrrrrrrrrr...

anyways enjoy...oh and i was 1.6 secs faster then last year with different engine. i was hoping for more but oh well,soft tyres next and corner weight and gear ratio change.

enjoy,fabo.................

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 24 Oct 2012, 9:21 pm

#928229

My advice: You can play with that car as much as you like i.e corner weights, gear ratio etc etc......but that is not where you will get the improvements. You need to improve your driving, so work hard at that and leave the car alone. Get a good driving instructor to spend time with you in your car, and then practice. A second set of eyes giving you real time advice is well worth it. Learn ALL the limits of your current setup, drive different ways to attack corners etc etc and develop your skills. Just watching your footage I can see lots of places where you can pickup time.

I'm giving this as advice, not as criticism 👍

p.s. Car looks well balanced and sounds good.......thanks for sharing the vids 😎

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 24 Oct 2012, 10:44 pm

#928243

Thanks Craig, I have thought bout the instructor lessons so I might look into it,couldnt make me worse🙂!

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 25 Oct 2012, 2:23 pm

#928285

Do you have any footage of yourself racing at events?

The hardest thing to do is self analysis your own driving, but as Craig said, thats the cheapest way to go faster👍

After the 2011 racing season i sat down and watched myself with all my footage and took notes off how i could improve and each track and corner.

Check out the following 2 vids, the first at Cooperabung in 2011. Look how early i brake entering the hairpin, and how shallow i enter the hairpin.Thus effecting my exit speed, so slow.

Now watch in the second vid again at Cooperabung, in 2012. Best time in 2011, 31.116 secs and 2012 29.920. secs

Cheers Col

PS Your cars tune is on the money, sounds crisp👍👍👍

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 26 Oct 2012, 9:54 am

#928446

hey col, i dont have any video of me at all. i have been told by another fellow racer i de eccelerate with the engine to much but man im on those ankors before the corners.so im not sure how to do this at all.changing down gear or not ,hard on the and keep the revs up???

as for sounding crisp,the carbs are great off the idle circuit but on the idle circuit one of them plays up big time, so im taking the carb to a specialist to have a look for me....

thanks

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 26 Oct 2012, 7:13 pm

#928525

With cards playing up, compressed air is your friend.

Cheers Col

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 1 Dec 2012, 1:06 pm

#933767

Hey cnfabo, looks like you're having a great time with the car mate. Is there a build thread for it somewhere? Love to see how you put it together and the general specs of the car. 👍

"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 3 Dec 2012, 9:34 pm

#934111

pete wood wrote:Hey cnfabo, looks like you're having a great time with the car mate. Is there a build thread for it somewhere? Love to see how you put it together and the general specs of the car. 👍

here is some info but not really a build thread.any questions feel free to ask...

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=95896

4agedub Slammed & Awesome Dubber

93 posts · joined Jun 2012 · 4 Dec 2012, 3:53 pm

#934203

The car sounds good, the only thing I do see is that there is loads of body roll. Are you running good anti roll bars on the front and back?

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 4 Dec 2012, 4:28 pm

#934208

i have made my own up..the link is in the post above..

as for body roll how stiff do you go??

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 4 Dec 2012, 4:31 pm

#934211

4agedub wrote:The car sounds good, the only thing I do see is that there is loads of body roll. Are you running good anti roll bars on the front and back?

Must remember we are not racing on billiard table flat circuits but common public roads. To stiff a car will skip around corners causing understeer or snap oversteer.
Would be nice though😂

Cheers Col