Damn! that vid is way better than the pictures!:thumbsup:


Paul

OMG!!! thats so sick! love it!

Judging from the vid, you don't need no more spring or bar. Looks great Steve.

Hey, I think I recognize that car! Who's the brave one laying on his stomach grabbing the video?!!? Great shots!!!

Car looks to rotate pretty well dynamically, the tire scrub noises aren't startling, overall not "too" bad (wish I could have been there, one day late...). But still, the static pictures are pretty revealing, we need to moderate the body roll, and will. I think there's quite a bit more speed in the car without too much work other than easy tuning (shocks, spring rates). More to follow thereafter, too (sta-bars).

Not a bad first try, for a brand new car, with nothing more than an educated guess for the initial setup (first car to be tested with the Lateral D 3-Link and a 21st Century front..). 50 MPH in the 420' slalom seems pretty good, how does that relate to the other cars Primedia has tested so far? And with a dead shock? Outstanding braking numbers too, not too bad for a first outing!

One thing that stands out in the pics, those rear tires are HUGE!!!!! Yeah, so the front to rear balance could be better, but how tough is that!!!?! Screams: I will kick your butt!!!! Bring it.

Thanks, Steve,

Mark

lol.. Yea I'm excited to make the necessary changes. In the high res version of the vid you can see a bit more and can pick up the right front tire trying to lift off the pavement and in about the third turn of that vid you can see it "hop". But with only a few hundred miles on her, post accident, I'm pretty happy. We need to address the push and a lot of that was the body rolling and lifting one of the tires. But like you said, it can be adjusted out.

The fastest car ever tested was the Art Morrison 'Vette (will be in the next issue of PHR). It did 51mph. Now 1mph doesn't sound like much but it's huge.

When can I order some Penske double adjustables? lol.. damn, this hobby is expensive.. :_paranoid

Damn that thing is so badd ass. Steve, are those sticky tires? Whats the tread wear?

They are Toyo R888s.. treadwear of 200. I did a lot of research and they are good for around 12k on the street. They don't heat cycle and they work pretty good in the rain. It's the tire race teams use in the rain and they shave them down for the dry.

Sticky, but not "crazy Hoosier sticky".

Guys,
I was blown away that Penny got through the 420 slalom in the time and speed it did for the first time out. The car was smooth, predictable and felt great. With a little tweaking on the suspension, it will be freaking wicked.
Like Steve said, there was a point were I could feel the right front wheel coming off the ground.
I thought "air time" was a good thing. Guess not in this case...


Nick L.

Opps, duplicate post

Hey, toss a welcome to our official "hot shoe" driver.. and editor of Camaro Performers... He's also the only guy at work smart enough to know how to work the radar gun.

Nick has a lot of experience dodging through the cones. lol... it's an aquired talent.