arekux

Went to thunderhill, with ZachG, it was a blast, huge learning experience driving in wet, completely different, for example stiff suspension doesn't work well in rain, but rather softer works better. Definitely coming back again, anyways here some pics and videos coming soon. Thank you CityTech.

pics



some ZachG c55




videos

podium:
http://youtu.be/VIW2rb-q83Y

track - trying to upload it.

AMG3.2

Nice! Any more pics of the track day? I've been to Thunderhill before and I got a ride in a 400WHP miata.

What other cars were there? Miatas?

arekux

there lots of 350z, miatas, 911s, civics, datsun 510, nissan 240, bunch other JDM cars, no bimmers, only german cars were 911s and me and ZachG with c55.

EVOII_Racer

very nice man! Love your rims and lights.

arekux

ty, i see you got evo II very nice, i wish we had one here in the states.

kent426

If you have the spare cash for a second set of tires, Conti DW's are as good as it gets for a rain tire that is not an R compound.

Zeppelin

I hope your interior did not get too messed up with the water. I have tracked my crap cars in the rain and sometimes they got quite soaked.

inflectionpt

looks like you guys had a good time. i went to the niners game so had to miss this. I am going to go to the next one tho so hopefully I will see you guys there.

arekux

We had lots of fun even with really wet track, When is the next track event?

inflectionpt

2/10. It's a friday so perhaps fewer cars and even more open track? So how many C32s showed up?

AlabasterC55

Wow that looks like a great time! Nice pics. More please!

arekux

only ZachG on his c55, only two amg mercs.

Kevwood

Looks like you had fun! I'd love to get some time on a wet track.

ZachG

I wish I could get some time on a dry track =P. It's a completely different game in wet vs dry -- I took a different racing line every lap depending on where I felt the grip was from the previous lap, where water was pooling etc. It's a real challenge!

inflectionpt

I am planning on going to the event on 2/10. Any interest in going even if it's a Friday?

Newzchspy

[QUOTE=arekux;5017395]Went to thunderhill, with ZachG, it was a blast, huge learning experience driving in wet, completely different, for example stiff suspension doesn't work well in rain, but rather softer works better. Definitely coming back again, anyways here some pics and videos coming soon. Thank you CityTech.




Its not the stiff suspension that's the issue in the rain, its the alignment (particularly toe settings) and the tires that are vital. Toe can be adjusted to affect over and/or understeer as well and that can make a BIG difference in the rain.

A "Performance Alignment", typically with Max Neg Camber, Max positive caster and aggressive toe (within manufacturers specs) is what you want.

w202mylove

arekux your car looks amazing! I liked the video you really had a blast. Good to see these amg's are so lovely to drive. And your car sounds insane love it!

arekux

thanks for input and advice guys, can't wait for next event I'm going to try to make it on 2/10.

inflectionpt

Cool.. BTW, what kind of camera mount are you using?

arekux

This one, i just mount it to my sunroof.

03MBC32

+1 Great mount.

nladam12

great stuff guys! I have yet to take mine out on a wet track, but it sure looks like fun! I just dont trust these front tires in rain, in the dry they are sometimes unpredictable with the understeer! lol Glad to see you guys are having fun out there!

arekux

I got cheap tires on my car, in dry their good but in wet horrible, i still came out, hopefully next time it won't rain.

arekux

here is video from thunderhill track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfTXHjHI-yQ

MRAMG1

[QUOTE=Newzchspy;5021752]VERY good advice my friend.

Just keep in mind that toe out will ware your tire out in no time at all.

By the way, Castor ONLY helps high speed stability.

But it does make for some great trun capabilities, IMHO