Video from nats

I posted some video from the Solo Nats...

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/project-cars/1976-legrand-mk-18/podium-project-legrand/

so, how do you think it drove?

Or what do you intend to tune in or out?

Or do we need to wait for the magazine to come out...

Looking at your hands, and listening to the engine, it seems as if you are understeering some. Is that close?

I think it drove pretty well, but it's pretty nervous at speed. By nervous, I mean that it's constantly on the knife edge of adhesion one way or another--it's set up to oversteer in slow corners understeer at higher corners--but even mid corner it goes back and forth.

Future plans:

a) more aero tweaking

b)Shock tuning/adjustment to help grip over expansion joints
c) increase droop travel in rear suspension
d) new control arms that yield a better motion ratio
e) more weight loss. more seat time.

Have data acquisition?

Would be interesting if you had acceleration and gyro info so that you can see where the car is over and understeering.

I was going to suggest putting some suspension location stuff on there, but probably the makes it really noisy.

Looks really fun! The course seems really big, looks like a lot of opportunity to miss gates. Did it take much to learn the course?

5 course walks per side--and then three runs per side. I could have walked more--but, well, actually, I couldn't have--my ankle has been pretty borked lately.

That is a tiny steering wheel.

Did you shift during the runs? I heard some changes but didn't see your hands move.

Nice job by the way, I couldn't think fast enough for that.

Dan

paddle shift?

Great video and driving. Thats some crazy stuff. After watching that I feel even less capable of driving at the higher levels.

914Driver wrote: Did you shift during the runs? I heard some changes but didn't see your hands move. Nice job by the way, I couldn't think fast enough for that. Dan

first run... 28 sec mark, you can see his right hand leave the steering wheel and hear the engine change rpm...

Yep, just one shift from first to second near the start on both courses. Second is geared to 74mph--but I've been hearing that it might make more sense to gear second shorter and use third more. Dunno...

Per