1996 STCC [Closed, except if waiting for approval]

[strop]

I did rush the tuning part a little. As you can see I'm packing a fair bit less down force than most others, and I'm not 100% sure its faster this way. It might be slower on tracks with lots of mid speed corners but top end acceleration is better. Also damn the massive estate wagon has surprisingly low drag.

I also get really twitchy if not using the minimum possible margin to the limits so I ended up tweaking the rear overhang of the frame until to got the weight exactly right it actually makes very little difference (like 0.01s tops).

Finally, I didn't like using such tiny wheels in such huge wheel wells... But the lap times were best with 15" (and unsprung weight reduced too) so there you have it!

[Leonardo9613]

I, too, don't like to have any excess weight, so I used a combination of interior quality and brake size to get the weight to be exactly right.

Also, regarding tuning, I was hampered by role-playing, using the same bore as some other engines, a transverse AWD layout and not using the crown vic body, which has both lower drag and massive arch extensions, which would allow people to fit enormous wheels or use a lot of offset. (Yes, I am already coming up with excuses even before the challenge started)

[DoctorNarfy]

I too, needed ballast to add into the car, but somehow foolishly I thought having an iron block engine would be the best way to do it. It took me until after I submitted it to realize front bias= Probably not what you want.

[Leonardo9613]

Just tried to make a version of the massive wagon and, in 5 minutes, without any proper tuning, it managed to be a whole second faster than the car I sent. Stupid roleplaying and authenticity.

[DoctorNarfy]

I'm one of those people too, I can always find ways I could have improved my car. I've had to delete cars after I sent them because I'll just keep getting frustrated on how much I could have improved. Ah well, as is life I guess.

[UMGaming]

I'm just thinking now that my car will probably be the slowest by 5 ish seconds

[Lordred]

If not for Klinardo tossing me his engine, I would have submitted a way under powered 239hp version using a magic rod engine.

LHE wins anything, be sure you all blame Klinardo!


Note to self, see if Griffin Engineering would be willing to supply an engine in the next event.....

[strop]

I've nowhere to hide, I basically saw luilakkie's entry and said yep, I'm going to try beating that admittedly, I only ever got to 334hp... Wonder what the config for 338-339 was.

[KLinardo]

If not for KLinardo tossing me his engine, I would have submitted a way under powered 239hp version using a magic rod engine.

LHE wins anything, be sure you all blame KLinardo!


Note to self, see if Griffin Engineering would be willing to supply an engine in the next event.....

Hey, you haven't even seen if my engine will produce victory and you're already looking to new suppliers? Off what? A standalone HP rating. C'mon Lorded, at least let me disappoint you on the track first before you go engine hunting.

[koolkei]

Hey, you haven't even seen if my engine will produce victory and you're already looking to new suppliers? Off what? A standalone HP rating. C'mon Lorded, at least let me disappoint you on the track first before you go engine hunting.

yeah lordred. dont be dissapointed now.

give him a chance to let you down deeper once the race finishes??


#toosoon?

[Lordred]

Lawl, im more looking at the intrest of seeing how many builders would share.

[NormanVauxhall]

So I didn't had the time to send the entry... well... I probably didn't had any chanche anyway ^_^

[Vri404]

Sorry for being a bit pedantic, but I would like to see at least the name of my car, the "Bagel" written after my name at least

[Microwave]

Any news?

[Felgen]

Will post the results soon. I'm very busy at the moment. The results are from the standard track + several 3. party tracks.