Street Touring Hatchback (STH) discussion/setup

[MonkeyMD]

2nd run on the V730 & they fell much better than the heat cycled RE71R. Great grip and good turn in.
Had a top 3 PAX driver co drive my car. I thought I was doing great until he ran 2 seconds faster than me in my own car.
Did learn a lot about the car and my lack of aggressiveness and trust in car's ability to turn at higher speeds.

Edit: I was 39/135 Pax. He was 10th.


My run

His run

 

[xXDavidCXx]

2nd run on the V730 & they fell much better than the heat cycled RE71R. Great grip and good turn in.
Had a top 3 PAX driver co drive my car. I thought I was doing great until he ran 2 seconds faster than me in my own car.
Did learn a lot about the car and my lack of aggressiveness and trust in car's ability to turn at higher speeds.

Edit: I was 39/135 Pax. He was 10th.


My run

His run

Need to turn that aggression up as Joe did.

Winning feels nearly out of control.

Winning does not feel safe.

 

[MonkeyMD]

Need to turn that aggression up as Joe did.

Winning feels nearly out of control.

Winning does not feel safe.

I am starting to realize that.
I feel like I'm more of an endurance driver. Quick, but under control & being sympathetic to tires, engine etc. I.e. not on the edge of out of control

That doesn't work though.

 

[GTIfan99]

2nd run on the V730 & they fell much better than the heat cycled RE71R. Great grip and good turn in.
Had a top 3 PAX driver co drive my car. I thought I was doing great until he ran 2 seconds faster than me in my own car.
Did learn a lot about the car and my lack of aggressiveness and trust in car's ability to turn at higher speeds.

Edit: I was 39/135 Pax. He was 10th.


My run

His run

I swear, having a professional driver as a codriver, that was always top 3 pax, ruined my confidence.

I was actually getting slower trying to catch him.

Much better this season. Yesterday he was 1st pax in a DS prepped R, I was 1.8 sec back in 14th out of 120.

Last few years I was 3 to 4 sec back from top pax almost every event. It was depressing.

When I first started having him co drive, I was .5 to 1 sec behind him. I'm hoping to get back there. If I can do that, I'll be happy. I'll never be an alien.

 

[bfury5]

I swear, having a professional driver as a codriver, that was always top 3 pax, ruined my confidence.

I was actually getting slower trying to catch him.

Much better this season. Yesterday he was 1st pax in a DS prepped R, I was 1.8 sec back in 14th out of 120.

Last few years I was 3 to 4 sec back from top pax almost every event. It was depressing.

When I first started having him co drive, I was .5 to 1 sec behind him. I'm hoping to get back there. If I can do that, I'll be happy. I'll never be an alien.

Co-drivers are the best way to get faster. I love co-driving with really fast people to compare how we build speed / time differently over a course. It's really interesting to see how some people carry speed vs others

 

[GTIfan99]

Co-drivers are the best way to get faster. I love co-driving with really fast people to compare how we build speed / time differently over a course. It's really interesting to see how some people carry speed vs others

I hear you, and it works for many people, but it didn't work for me.

My buddy with the R has really gotten faster having him codriver.

What can I say, I'm untrainable.

 

[bfury5]

I hear you, and it works for many people, but it didn't work for me.

My buddy with the R has really gotten faster having him codriver.

What can I say, I'm untrainable.

Do you run data?

 

[GTIfan99]

Do you run data?

Early on, yes, but not recently, but I can tell you exactly where I'm losing time. The best are good under braking, I'm not.

 

[DerHase]

Early on, yes, but not recently, but I can tell you exactly where I'm losing time. The best are good under braking, I'm not.

Listen to some Ross Bentley podcasts. Driving is mostly mindset. It's mostly about track driving but it all directly translates to autocross too.

https://speedsecrets.com/braking-its-what-separates-the-best-from-the-rest/

 

[mrmatto]

^^^ Loving his podcasts lately. Really enjoyed the one about braking and specifically how to know when to stop braking. Really helped me this weekend. Some really good nuggets and some entertaining stories about working with drivers.

 

[DerHase]

I've been working on revamping my gear ratio/per gear vehicle speed spreadsheet, pre-populated with the common MK7 transmissions (all GTI/R/Golf Wagon etc stuff). Do me a favor and check it out to audit for any errors, etc. I figure +/- 2 maybe 3mph error is realistic and any more needs looked further into. You'll need to save a copy to your own drive to edit and play with I believe.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ouid=110828156993139591434&rtpof=true&sd=true

 

[mrmatto]

This is badass

 

[xXDavidCXx]

I've been working on revamping my gear ratio/per gear vehicle speed spreadsheet, pre-populated with the common MK7 transmissions (all GTI/R/Golf Wagon etc stuff). Do me a favor and check it out to audit for any errors, etc. I figure +/- 2 maybe 3mph error is realistic and any more needs looked further into. You'll need to save a copy to your own drive to edit and play with I believe.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ouid=110828156993139591434&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Could you make it so each vehicle could have it's own tire size?

 

[DerHase]

Could you make it so each vehicle could have it's own tire size?

Done. Also changed the layout slightly since there's a lot going on. Might make all the upper half a mirror (similar to the bottom results rows) this evening.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ouid=110828156993139591434&rtpof=true&sd=true

 

[MonkeyMD]

Can't seem to figure out how to edit anything