Carpokes

WillyDaP wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:29 pm I crossed the boundary and we are completely out of the "Punitive Porsche Break In Period!" Hammer time and so nice to be able to really exercise the Little Chalk Croc!

PS - a couple of other observations that have been surprising is the fact that she has gotten 26.4 miles per gallon with all my constant shifting up and down, varied speeds, city and highway driving and even idling for periods. Yesterday, on a 200+ mile drive home pedaling at 75mph and above, she returned 31.3! I did not buy the Porsche for economy, yet she seems to just sip fuel? Lastly, because so many friends told me to be checking the oil level constantly as usage is common, I checked religiously, but after 2237 miles the level has not budged off Max!

Yay to getting past detention!

Same as you, the GT4 used no oil during its break in.

Now, you just need to get NASA up to speed with modern platforms. They are going to be seeing a lot more of that as more racers cycle into newer cars.

Alignment day

J-Dub wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:03 am Alignment day

Good and proper alignment = Happy Car.

(A color-matched lift no less! )

Final numbers were
camber: -2.6 Front and -2.4 Rear
Toe per side: -.02 front and 0.14 rear
I asked for 1mm out up front and 2.5mm in at the rear.

J-Dub wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:19 am Final numbers were
camber: -2.6 Front and -2.4 Rear
Toe per side: -.02 front and 0.14 rear
I asked for 1mm out up front and 2.5mm in at the rear.

Outstanding Jeremy.

For reference, my last alignment is as follows:

RF -2.74° Toe -0.02°
LF -2.77° Toe -0.01°
LR -2.75° Toe +0.12°
RR -2.75° Toe +0.12°

We're both together and right in what I think may be the sweet spot for both track and street.

Hoping to get similar numbers, gentleman, when I get my Tarett Camber plates and rear motorsports control arms. Not sure which alignment I should use since I don't know who is faster, Tim or Jeremy.

Today I drove down to Porsche of Omaha to pick up my Apex SM-10s they mounted with a set of Bridgerock RE71-RSs! Nice to have some really sticky rubber for track events and an occasional autocross!

Don't forget to take out the Apex center caps before getting on track Bill - they melt! (Would be fine for AX but probably not for full on-track sessions. )

Excellent @blueline That makes me feel better about the toe settings as I was not completely sure. The shop that I used does lots of P-cars and said this is a really good setting they get lots of positive feedback on.

I have 4 track days scheduled this month, with a couple more I can drop in the day of if I decide. I do believe I have a handful of days left on my current RE-71RS however I think I will order another set to have on-hand just in case.

@WillyDaP I think you are going to like those tires. I can't see from your picture, what size did you get? I am using 255/35 and 285/35 19s

J-Dub wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:14 pm Excellent @blueline That makes me feel better about the toe settings as I was not completely sure. The shop that I used does lots of P-cars and said this is a really good setting they get lots of positive feedback on.

I have 4 track days scheduled this month, with a couple more I can drop in the day of if I decide. I do believe I have a handful of days left on my current RE-71RS however I think I will order another set to have on-hand just in case.

@WillyDaP I think you are going to like those tires. I can't see from your picture, what size did you get? I am using 255/35 and 285/35 19s

The toe setting recommendations came from Andy Pilgrim when he was advising on alignment specs. He is awesome!

Four track days scheduled already for the month! That's great Jeremy! (I have nothing scheduled yet...it still feels like winter here.)

Thanks J-Dub , pretty well acquainted with the RE71RSs when one lives 60 miles from the SCCA Solo Nationals site, ha! One of the last Great Plains Region PCA events I was instructing a good buddy of mine was running a set on his Boxster S. I had driven a couple of Porsches on Falken RT 660s and they are solid on a road course and pretty quick on an autocross, but after seeing my friend's real world wear with the Bridgerocks I went that direction. I knew they would be super fast for 3-4 laps but they held in there for the full 20 minute sessions ( and he is fast ) and that did it for me. I also need to run a 200 TWR tire for both SCCA and NASA Time Trials, and I do know the Yokes ( A052s ) just won't hold up, so the RE71RSs were the trick. With the PDK I need to run 200s to stay in the Class I am in, Hoosiers or even Badyear 3Rs would bump me up. I have the same size as you are running and looking forward to getting all the stuff done so I can hit the road course possibly in late March or early April. I am not scheduled till mid May, but hoping all the cards fall and I get things done early. Nice to see the alignment specs you guys got as it will give me an idea!

Thanks Tim for reminding me about the Apex Center caps as I popped them in for the picture and the funny thing is I have never actually installed them in any of the previous 6 sets of wheels I have gotten from them. I have seen melted caps and your reminder will get me to pop them back out. I never put any caps in before since many racing series won't allow them. Metal or plastic, if they pop out under heavy G loads, bouncing down the track and hitting a competitor it could do severe damage.