request for reference data
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:29 pm
Good afternoon,
I am going to try a very un-racer like thing here in a moment, lets see how this goes.
I don't race a SRF. I race a very similar car but with more power. I race generally in vintage racing and the car is a WSR. A WSR is a Toyota powered support class for IMSA back in the mid 90s.
The car should be faster than a SRF3 by some of the basic measures. Roughly the same body shape, 150#s heavier, about the same tires (staggered with the rears being 2" wider to balance the poor weight distribution), and with 25% more power and 10% more torque.
The thing is, I am not faster. (that was the un-racer like thing there) And actually by a large gap if the lap record for SRF3 as Sebring is accurately reported on the SCCA website.
One of the beauties of the massive fields in SRF is there is always someone to race with and learn from that is just a little faster than you. With the WSR I am not so lucky. Most of my competition has more power and less mid corner grip; they make their speed differently.
Since our cars are fairly similar I think I could learn a lot from comparing data from a fast SRF with my data. I have reviewed video and I have a pretty good idea of where to look next time out but data would help me a ton!
My track preference is Sebring.
I realize sharing data is another very un-racer like thing to do too.
Thanks in advance,
Miguel
I am going to try a very un-racer like thing here in a moment, lets see how this goes.
I don't race a SRF. I race a very similar car but with more power. I race generally in vintage racing and the car is a WSR. A WSR is a Toyota powered support class for IMSA back in the mid 90s.
The car should be faster than a SRF3 by some of the basic measures. Roughly the same body shape, 150#s heavier, about the same tires (staggered with the rears being 2" wider to balance the poor weight distribution), and with 25% more power and 10% more torque.
The thing is, I am not faster. (that was the un-racer like thing there) And actually by a large gap if the lap record for SRF3 as Sebring is accurately reported on the SCCA website.
One of the beauties of the massive fields in SRF is there is always someone to race with and learn from that is just a little faster than you. With the WSR I am not so lucky. Most of my competition has more power and less mid corner grip; they make their speed differently.
Since our cars are fairly similar I think I could learn a lot from comparing data from a fast SRF with my data. I have reviewed video and I have a pretty good idea of where to look next time out but data would help me a ton!
My track preference is Sebring.
I realize sharing data is another very un-racer like thing to do too.
Thanks in advance,
Miguel