I'm pretty sure I'm the sole survivor. She's alot of maintenence but bad to the bone. I love it when I pop the hood and people go HOLY ****. Happened twice today.
Well, all my cards are on the table for the Optima Challenge. I adjusted the valves hot and set the total timing yesterday. She's running great! I really wish I had 2-3 more events to tweak on the suspension and driver. I feel the car is close time wise to how I had it on the R888's.(Within a second) One major difference being the attention needed behind the wheel. I don't remember ever spinning the car out on the 888's except at El Toro. I spun the car out twice today. It's still a little loose out back but I'm out of time. The front cornering grip and the forward bite are excellent.
The rear side bite is a little off and I feel I can dial it in with some shock and sway bar changes over a few events. That being said, the car felt pretty damn good today and I was out running most of the folks I have in the past. As usual, it feels great in the twisties at 80-90 mph. This car was made to road race. Tons of power and great brakes. After all this time of tweaking this and that, I'm happy to say that my car races the best in street trim. Meaning, it's fastest on street tires where it rides very compliant on the street. It rides better or at least as good as our daily drivers and hauls the mail.
Best run, second fastest time.
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