Spent monday at shannonville. Got to really test out my new suspension set-up. Even on nearing end of life sumitomo BS street tires I was keeping up with most of the cars in my rungroup. Still can't hang with guys in Z06's that know what they are doing, but I can hang with guys in vipers that don't konw what they are doing! Speeds through turn 1 were 140, a bit higher at times the long straight I usually let off at 170km/hr to try to save my brakes for the rest of the course.

Finally found where the oil smoke I've had for a while is coming from...my catch can! So I guess probably bad rings or bad valve seals but didn't effect power (nice cool day = boosty boosty).

WIth the extra speed I carry through corners I learned I need more brakes, when I was slower last year a good set of pads was sufficient but I took a 3/4 new set of race pads down to metal on metal in 8 sessions!

For posterity I ran my konis full soft in the rear and 1 turn from hard in the front, seemed to have good balance.

Tire pressures were set to 36psi all around in the morning and let a bit out of the fronts as the day got hotter (end of session pressures were around 40/36 front rear).

With my 1.5-2.0 degree front camber and ~0.75 degrees rear my tire wear was very even. Also not really much noticable tire wear other than tearing off any remaining sharp edges on the tire blocks (though I am pretty good about using feedback from the tires to make sure I don't over drive them).

My new radiator ducting made a huge difference. Temp needle never moved once! Compared to last year where most sessions ended with my DSMlink 'you're motor is about to over heat' check engine light.


BOOST...Boo-Yah