Paul_J
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My video's are online.
Long story short, for the weekend racer session - I had left my coilovers set to super soft (how I use it daily) and had strange tyre pressures... The end result was a fairly uncontrollable car.
In the 2nd video, I've increased the coilover damping and pumped my tyres up - the difference in predictability / grip is high.
Videos
1st Video - 12:30 session - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhH7iVg9CbI
(Stupid handling)
2nd video - 3:30pm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA5TZkm3pEs
(handling fixed, good scrap with caterham).
[Edited on 12-09-2010 by Paul_J]
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Butler
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Car shouldnt really be uncontrollable on a road setting! I heard you lost your spin virginity though Paul. Bet you were an angry man!
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Butler
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My brother lied then!
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Paul_J
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I didn't spin mate. Watch the vids.
The problem is, it was setup ultra soft - so the suspension was loading up, breaking traction... then being too slack to really slide / catch and bouncing / tankslapping. Most of the movements you see on the steering is the car jumping about.
Watch the 2nd vid with it hard and it's no longer a problem as the car's handling tight again.
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Butler
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Oh nearly! Well saved.
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Butler
My brother lied then!
I think he just got the wrong end of the stick and mis interoperated what was said.
heh... not exactly 'well saved' - pretty sloppy... it just went unexpectedly. Tyres were toasted.
Watch the 2nd vid the difference is quite noticable.
Looking on some of those vids I see a few 1 min 24 / 1 min 25 sec laps with a bit of traffic 
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Steve
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good vids mine will be up shortly
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Rob B
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Car looked great in the second session Paul 
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chris_uk
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you seem to be moving around a hell of alot there, have you thought about getting a harness or even one of them CG Locks?
good videos tho, shame about the annoying windnoise lol
one day ill be there with you 
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Graham88
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I've got loads of interference on my camera too  Looks 'exciting' on the first session Paul
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Graham88
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Gutted, my keyring cam recorded for 20 mins of sitting in the pit lane because they took so long to send us out, I thought they were meant to record an hour?
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Steve
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depends on the memory card size and how charged it is i think
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Kurt
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Mine did two videos, I started it off when we moved then turned it off in the queue and restarted it when the first line moved, got about 10 mins, ends with me going "oh fuck" when I bounced and missed gears into quarry 
I'll get it uploaded later, I did terrible all over the place, 3rd ever session though so not too bad in hindsight
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Graham88
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I have a 4gb and it recorded 1.76gb I must have not had it charged properly. Never mind
My main videos have got interference too, all crackly, quite annoying but the videos quite good fun to watch with it being attached to my lid
[Edited on 12-09-2010 by Graham88]
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richc
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Ians puma makes me want another.
So fast in and out of bends!
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
you seem to be moving around a hell of alot there, have you thought about getting a harness or even one of them CG Locks?
good videos tho, shame about the annoying windnoise lol
one day ill be there with you
Yeah, the bumpy / soft suspension was throwing me all over the place in my seat. I just wish I had the setup from the 2nd session, in the 1st!
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Steve
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dead
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Chris F
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haha sorry about me getting in your way! That saxo overtaking on the 'left' through me out in your path!
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gavin18787
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Looks alot better in the second video Still a tad twitchy? Or is that just the bumpyness of the curcuit?
Sounds nice though and looks very quick on the straight. Standard engine?
Reminds me how much I miss honda gearboxes too. So quick and short compared to the saxo which is like stirring a pot 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris F
haha sorry about me getting in your way! That saxo overtaking on the 'left' through me out in your path!
No probs mate. I didn't want to overtake you in the bend or try going around the outside, was just unfortunate you were stuck in the inside of the bend as it blocked the line.
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris F
haha sorry about me getting in your way! That saxo overtaking on the 'left' through me out in your path!
No offence fella, but i was in the saxo, we pulled about 30 car lengths on you within two corners. You should be aware if a car gains that quickly you should let them past. You were sat on the right of the track on 3 straights after 3 corners so where else is he ment to overtake ?
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Paul_J
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Rob, I only noticed that saxo had semi slicks after the session. Did it have anything else? I noticed a 4 branch manifold, filter and exhaust... Was going well, I caught it once, then had to wait for Chris, then caught the saxo again and slid off the track  I wanted to go past
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Steve
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was gonna go past that toledo on the left but i thought better of it and backked off lol
me doing that enabled wager to get past 
[Edited on 12-09-2010 by Steve]
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
Reminds me how much I miss honda gearboxes too. So quick and short compared to the saxo which is like stirring a pot
I feel like that in the VR compared to the 350
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
I feel like that in the VR compared to the 350
Rubbish isnt it
Rob I saw your mate take an astra mk3 on the left in his R26 out of the last chicaine whilst graham88 went around the right. I thought that was going to end in tears
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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