The Cryptolambo had gone to the moon... Time for Cryptolambo 2!!!

like how it makes the camera shake with on the exhaust flame/pops!

V12 is the one engine configuration I want, but haven't owned, and these noises remind me why.

very tasty and impressive gains.
 
Well today was epic.

Full writeup to come but right now im going for a very hot bath as I feel like ive been run over by my own car several times :)

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So this write up as been a few days in the mulling.

I didnt want to give away all of Colins "secrets" but at the same time wanted to give an good rundown of the day. As such its ended up quite abbreviated.

  • Arrived at security gate at 8:30. Met by Colin from CATDT. Paperwork sorted, cameras disabled/covered with provided stickers.
  • Taken to CATDT office (Red circle). Cuppa, hellos, introductions. Run down of what I wanted from the day.
  • Car checked over and off we went to the Mile Straight. (green marked)
  • Here we warmed the car up and got the brakes and tyres upto temp in a controlled way. A quick refresher on threshold breaking and steering wheel grip before doing multiple tests of the ABS system to find out how it intervenes in various configurations of the car settings.
  • Car upto temperature, we went to the high speed bowl (yellow). Here we discussed and tested the aero and compliance of the car at high speeds (150mph+) and low speeds. I wont go into more detail here but lets just say I was absolutely blown away with what was picked up.
  • We headed back to the mile straight after and did some damper, suspension and brake theory and tested methods of maintaining stability in the car and using the cars technical advantages.
  • Lunch
  • Onto the dynamics pad (purple). Tested the cars trail-braking capabilities, and optimizing how much can be slugged into a corner.
  • Still on dynamics pad. Grip limit work. Finding out the limits of the car, how much grip it has, how much it can be pushed, where the limits are, what happens when you go over those limits. How to deal with it over the limit etc. Where the systems will keep you in check and where they simply cant.
  • Concrete circuit (blue). Putting all the theory and testing to work. Progressively increasing the speed of going around the circuit. Pushing the limits more and more each time. I spent a lot of time here, more than normal.
  • Alpine loop (pink) or dealers choice. At this stage I could have gone to the alpine loop but Colin mentioned at some of the high speed sections some low cars can bottom out. Instead I opened to go back to the dynamics pad.
  • Dynamics pad. After the concrete circuit I felt the car had more trail-breaking and grip to give. So went back to find those limits even more. Spun the car out quite a few times.
  • Still on dynamics pad. Abusing AWD/Front diff. While testing we were really blown away by how badly things had to go to get the car out of shape. So looked at how the AWD system could be abused to gain more track speed.
  • End of day discussion. Some more theory.
  • Home time.

Throughout all of it Colin was piling theory and technical information into my head. Taking my feedback and explaining any questions I had. I set the pace of the day and got to spend time working on the parts that would give me the most benefit.

Came away with so much more confidence in the cars capabilities and understanding what it takes to get out of shape. Where the sweet spots on the settings are, and just a much deeper technical knowledge of the car, how its systems work, and how to abuse them to gain speed around tracks.

Well worth the money, which, for rental of the circuit + a dedicated trainer for the entire day, was very reasonable.

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kindai said:
So this write up as been a few days in the mulling.

I didnt want to give away all of Colins "secrets" but at the same time wanted to give an good rundown of the day. As such its ended up quite abbreviated.

  • Arrived at security gate at 8:30. Met by Colin from CATDT. Paperwork sorted, cameras disabled/covered with provided stickers.
  • Taken to CATDT office (Red circle). Cuppa, hellos, introductions. Run down of what I wanted from the day.
  • Car checked over and off we went to the Mile Straight. (green marked)
  • Here we warmed the car up and got the brakes and tyres upto temp in a controlled way. A quick refresher on threshold breaking and steering wheel grip before doing multiple tests of the ABS system to find out how it intervenes in various configurations of the car settings.
  • Car upto temperature, we went to the high speed bowl (yellow). Here we discussed and tested the aero and compliance of the car at high speeds (150mph+) and low speeds. I wont go into more detail here but lets just say I was absolutely blown away with what was picked up.
  • We headed back to the mile straight after and did some damper, suspension and brake theory and tested methods of maintaining stability in the car and using the cars technical advantages.
  • Lunch
  • Onto the dynamics pad (purple). Tested the cars trail-braking capabilities, and optimizing how much can be slugged into a corner.
  • Still on dynamics pad. Grip limit work. Finding out the limits of the car, how much grip it has, how much it can be pushed, where the limits are, what happens when you go over those limits. How to deal with it over the limit etc. Where the systems will keep you in check and where they simply cant.
  • Concrete circuit (blue). Putting all the theory and testing to work. Progressively increasing the speed of going around the circuit. Pushing the limits more and more each time. I spent a lot of time here, more than normal.
  • Alpine loop (pink) or dealers choice. At this stage I could have gone to the alpine loop but Colin mentioned at some of the high speed sections some low cars can bottom out. Instead I opened to go back to the dynamics pad.
  • Dynamics pad. After the concrete circuit I felt the car had more trail-breaking and grip to give. So went back to find those limits even more. Spun the car out quite a few times.
  • Still on dynamics pad. Abusing AWD/Front diff. While testing we were really blown away by how badly things had to go to get the car out of shape. So looked at how the AWD system could be abused to gain more track speed.
  • End of day discussion. Some more theory.
  • Home time.

Throughout all of it Colin was piling theory and technical information into my head. Taking my feedback and explaining any questions I had. I set the pace of the day and got to spend time working on the parts that would give me the most benefit.

Came away with so much more confidence in the cars capabilities and understanding what it takes to get out of shape. Where the sweet spots on the settings are, and just a much deeper technical knowledge of the car, how its systems work, and how to abuse them to gain speed around tracks.

Well worth the money, which, for rental of the circuit + a dedicated trainer for the entire day, was very reasonable.

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Sounds like great value (especially given the value of the car), dare I ask at what cost? :cool: :)
 
£1400 to know where the limits of the car are so you can stay the hell away from them on the road is money well spent..:D
Let alone the Knowledge being shared.

Sounds an absolute must if you want to enjoy the car and not be scared of it
 
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