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Originally Posted by SSLance
Heck, I'm just glad Greg raised his camera a half inch so now I don't have to strain my neck to look over his hood!
Nice driving Greg! Know what I noticed most besides your great lines...nary a whimper from the tires when you turn in to a corner. When you wanted to turn in, it just reacts smoothly and confidently. That makes everything else so much nicer when trying to get faster. |
I'm right there with ya Lance -- when I watch those videos I'm trying my damnedest to sit up in my chair and and see over.... LOL
I hope people understand the points I'm trying to make using that video.... that is NOT about me... I own the car -- before and after --- I could have NEVER driven like that before the RSRT suspension re-do! NEVER! My driving has improved since we did this - but not because of anything I've done in particular.... but the CAR and the new suspension has allowed RON to turn into a coach instead of a hand holder. His coaching is every bit as valuable as his suspension knowledge. The two do work together and I get it.. but the one thing (car) has to work - before the other can do his job. I used to just fight that car to the death every session.... and as I've said before - now I don't want the sessions, or the weekend to end. I can't tell you how much of a change that has been.
I used to think it was ME... that I just sucked as a driver - that my buddies Charlie / Chet / Pete were just so much better drivers than I was.... that it was braking too deep - or that I was off line - or that I was going too fast for my ability.... I used to tell myself - WTF - It's just an old Mustang... what do you expect? Little did I know what I could expect!
Now -- when I see people WAY down track.... I know I'm catching them and I'm going to do so EASILY... I don't have to drive over my head (very low skill level)... I just know the car is beyond capable. Can't remember where I was on track - and Sutton radios me that the next car(s) to catch is a "X" whatever... Vette I think.... I don't respond to him immediately... but when I do - I told him "oh hell, I'm past them already". LOL. We both got a chuckle going on that one!
Back to Maier -- which kind of started all of this (and also the very unsportsmanlike bickering).... If I was going to auto cross.... I'd be talking to him. I'd be talking to several people... I have ZERO auto cross experience - and don't intend to change that at all. It's just not something I want to do. But I look at SSLance and the gains and improvements he's seen with his car... and it's not a car I would expect to see at ANY auto cross event! You read his thread and you'll see he has had similar improvements to his set up --- and he's done this in stages -- which is the way I would assume most would do. So you don't have to go out and cut your car up to gain some meaningful handling change.