Peter
Did Katie run with the traction control and VSC on then? If so that would make
perfect sense.
-Derek Butts
who has plenty of people spinning his cars without Katie's help.
Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} wrote:
> Ok, fine I'll come to bat for Katie here. She took three (!) fun runs in my
> car after round 13, and didn't even come close to spinning. Which is quite
> a bit better (or worse?) than what I was able to do with Eric's S2000 at Sac
> round 9!:)
>
> BTW, do either of you have ideas on how I should approach tire pressures on
> my new Kumhos? On my first event on them Sunday, I started around 37 front
> and just bled them down to about 34-35 where the amount of rollover looked
> just right. Rears settled to 33, still not even close to rolling over.
> This is what used to work for me on street tires, same technique here or
> would I gain from running higher than what is necessary to prevent the
> sidewalls from rolling over? I'm most worried about optimizing front end
> grip, as the rear seems to have too much now. I realize pressures are a
> black art and all this will change on Marina concrete. Here's my setup:
>
> F 225/45/17 on 17x7.5" rims
> R 245/45/17 on 17x8.5" rims (Kumho doesn't make a 40, didn't get 255/40 for
> fear of massive understeer)
>
> Peter Thana
> (not any faster, just running out of excuses)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kelly, Katie [SMTP:kkelly@spss.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 4:17 PM
> > To: 'Andy McKee'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: '00 Slush Series Schedule
> >
> > Andy "the Dynamo" McKee writes...
> >
> > > Not that I am one to comment about spinning in other people's
> > > cars, as I seem
> > > to have problems with immovable objects. But I was just
> > > wondering if there
> > > have been any incidences of Katie NOT spinning a co-drive.
> >
> > I didn't spin my mom's Lotus at the Divisional.
> >
> > I didn't spin James Creasy's Cobra.
> >
> > I didn't spin Suzie the 2zie (Cat's MR-2 Spyder).
> >
> > I didn't spin Arie's Golf.
> >
> > I didn't spin Josh's CM car.
> >
> > I didn't spin Sharon Levy's Audi... wait a minute.
> >
> > Time to change the subject.
> >
> > At least I didn't crash into anything.
> >
> > Later, bye.
> >
> > Katie
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