Hi there
Yesterdays track day was another wet one.
Then today its bright, sunny and bone dry, typical!
Still it does mean I was able to compare the car to before which was also wet though not quite as wet or cold.
In short I was certainly faster, simply by comparing previous corner speeds. I remember last time holding around 80mph through craners in the wet, now 90-95mph was possible and when a dry line did develop for a couple of laps I was pushing around 100mph with relative ease, but was being very easy as the old hairpin was like driving on grease.
I was also overtaking cars once got all the little heat I could in the 595 RSR's, I have to say they are really such a terrible tyre, I mean come on its a track day, I was out for 40 minutes and afterwards they were only luke warm. The 911 in such conditions, well even my drive to work gets more heat into them, on track your hand sticks to them.
That was the problem, the Federals give absolutely zero feedback in the wet and to be frank are not much better in the dry, making it not confident inspiring at all to push to the limits.
Also being out in another E46 M3 which is stock, it sounds so much better inside, due to being able to hear the engine and not just exhaust. So I am now looking for a CSL mid-pipe and backbox, so won't sound quite as good from outside but much better inside.
So the car has got faster even when conditions were slightly worse, but its vague and lacking confidence, I know its not a 911 in terms of feedback but it does seem simply down to the tyres.
So jobs to do before next track day:-
Fit Apex wheels and Michelin cup tyres - 4kg per corner lighter.
Fit eccentric bushes to give more caster
Buy and fit CSL exhaust system
Fit CSL Bootlid, should arrive very soon, fingers crossed!
Fit door cards
Get carpet made up for rear just to neaten things up.
Prey for dry weather.
After this then I might shift the focus onto getting 50/50 weight distribution, easier way to achieve that will be to fit a rear cage no doubt.
