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Robert and I again flogged the Elise today. Some interesting notes.
As posted elsewhere, we just tweaked the alignment. Our new Hoosiers are not in yet, so it was decided to run on the street tires. For the first time in MANY days, we might also have rain.
The first two runs of the day were done by the Elise as a safety steward test of the course (something San Diego always does). The course was very wet with standing pools of water. The A048s have very little tread left.
The car in the wet was a hoot and very controllable. I did a 66 second run that stood for a while as top time of the day.
Robert and I ran in the afternoon in Super Stock against a number of Z-06 Corvettes. One nationally prepped and on 710s, the other a local fast guy on 710s. We again were on the A048s. The course was dry, on asphalt, temps around 75 degrees. Course was about 1.2 miles long and mostly in upper 2nd gear up to rev limiter.
Let me preface the results first. In San Diego, we have sound limits. And a sound meter. Strict rules. If you go above 93dB.... you can make a mechanical change to the car and your run is disqualified. Keep going over 93dB... and you will not be allowed to run anymore.
During the safety run in the wet, we hit 93dB. I thought that might have been high because it seems to happen more when it is wet out. So I was not too concerned.
I took my 4 runs first. On my first run, I was notified I was at 94dB. Holy crap. Now... it just so happens the person claiming I was over is also someone who works full time to make my life miserable
so I don't know how loud the dB reading was really.
But in any case, if we went over 93 again, it was a very bad thing. So from them on... instead of staying on the cams for a distance about a 1000 yards long.... I shifted to 3rd and babied the throttle. This kept the sound down, but also added some time.
On Robert's last run, he opened it back up because they could no longer disqualify the car from suibsequent runs... since we were done.
His last run though was a 92.7dB.
Now the really good thing. The car stuck. I was able to carry a lot of speed in the corners and get the car to even "drift" under control in a large sweeper turn before the finish. I was also able to flick the car through offsets. What it reminded me of... was the car I drove at the West Coast Lotus Meet autocross.
And I think it is mainly the alignment. If we had the Hoosiers, I think we could have been 2 seconds faster. If we did not have the sound violation problem, we could have gained a second back. Maybe even more.
Mark Duerst Z-06 59.765
Steve Schmidt Z-06 60.521
Randy Chase Elise 61.243
Robert Puertas Elise 62.019
So... getting closer. Next we try the alignment with Hoosiers and see what happens and if we need to make changes. Then a swaybar. Then shocks.
And yes sadly.. I think we will have to remove the quicksilver exhaust locally and run stock.
As posted elsewhere, we just tweaked the alignment. Our new Hoosiers are not in yet, so it was decided to run on the street tires. For the first time in MANY days, we might also have rain.
The first two runs of the day were done by the Elise as a safety steward test of the course (something San Diego always does). The course was very wet with standing pools of water. The A048s have very little tread left.
The car in the wet was a hoot and very controllable. I did a 66 second run that stood for a while as top time of the day.
Robert and I ran in the afternoon in Super Stock against a number of Z-06 Corvettes. One nationally prepped and on 710s, the other a local fast guy on 710s. We again were on the A048s. The course was dry, on asphalt, temps around 75 degrees. Course was about 1.2 miles long and mostly in upper 2nd gear up to rev limiter.
Let me preface the results first. In San Diego, we have sound limits. And a sound meter. Strict rules. If you go above 93dB.... you can make a mechanical change to the car and your run is disqualified. Keep going over 93dB... and you will not be allowed to run anymore.
During the safety run in the wet, we hit 93dB. I thought that might have been high because it seems to happen more when it is wet out. So I was not too concerned.
I took my 4 runs first. On my first run, I was notified I was at 94dB. Holy crap. Now... it just so happens the person claiming I was over is also someone who works full time to make my life miserable
But in any case, if we went over 93 again, it was a very bad thing. So from them on... instead of staying on the cams for a distance about a 1000 yards long.... I shifted to 3rd and babied the throttle. This kept the sound down, but also added some time.
On Robert's last run, he opened it back up because they could no longer disqualify the car from suibsequent runs... since we were done.
Now the really good thing. The car stuck. I was able to carry a lot of speed in the corners and get the car to even "drift" under control in a large sweeper turn before the finish. I was also able to flick the car through offsets. What it reminded me of... was the car I drove at the West Coast Lotus Meet autocross.
And I think it is mainly the alignment. If we had the Hoosiers, I think we could have been 2 seconds faster. If we did not have the sound violation problem, we could have gained a second back. Maybe even more.
Mark Duerst Z-06 59.765
Steve Schmidt Z-06 60.521
Randy Chase Elise 61.243
Robert Puertas Elise 62.019
So... getting closer. Next we try the alignment with Hoosiers and see what happens and if we need to make changes. Then a swaybar. Then shocks.
And yes sadly.. I think we will have to remove the quicksilver exhaust locally and run stock.