The last two local events before Nationals were this weekend and it was also the first time I got to drive the car with the new 12.5" wide (vs the old 10.7" wide) front tires and the new adjustable and stiffer front sway bar. Saturday started out amazing with the car displaying a turn-in so precise, I thought I was driving a kart, not a car with giant front tires. This seemed to come at the expense of rear grip, however, with the back of the car being pretty lively. I stiffened the front sway bar and this cured the over steer but turn-in wasn't so amazing anymore. I had the quickest raw time but tipped over a cone. Here are some videos from Saturday:
Saturday quickest clean run
Saturday rear facing camera
Saturday rear suspension camera
Sunday started with lots of optimism, I was hoping to get Fastest Time of Day but it didn't happen. I switched back to the softer front bar setting and tried to tame the rear by lowering the roll center one inch. The car felt fine on my first run but when I came into the finish, I hit the brakes too hard, locking up the rears and spinning into a wall of cones. Sunday spin from side camera Sunday full run with spin-in car camera
After that I was nervous about going too fast into the 3 hard braking zones and would land up lifting early, costing tones of time. Sunday quickest run
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