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      02-29-2020, 08:58 PM   #23
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I think with a square setup the car might oversteer excessively. I am really loving my new setup done by Carbahn with 285 fronts, 295 rears and proper toe out/toe in adjustments, the car feels neutral, agile and stable.
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Yesterday at Mt. Hamilton.
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It’s a great view up there. Just narrow and cobble stone roads

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Great pics. What color is your car? Its really nice
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The road quality could have been better, but I love the technicality of the course when there is no traffic. With traffic it is a boring road.

Thankfully no one (literally) was around on my trip up there last Sunday morning so it was a blast. Did some launches with launch control on the other side of the mountain (Mines Rd), but the surface was uneven and my Track Addict app wasn't able to record the times correctly.

Met up with some of my motorbike friends later to have a breakfast at "The Junction", here is a funny vid on the topic:



P.S. The color is "Frozen Blue".
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NICE! Seems like a big (wide, maybe?) car for that road up to the observatory, but happy to hear you had a clear drive up. And love the vid of you blowing off the cycle on the back side. Also enjoying your Laguna track feedback. Nice times for a street car on street tires!!!

Still getting used to my M8C, and happily following your adventures as you track and modify yours. Will look forward to hearing how things shake out in the future when/if you change springs. I find the ride quality RE springs to be taught enough on most roads, actually wanting at times more suppleness for the harsh bumps, and feeling like the car could be more planted on those abrupt sharp bits that maybe even softer springs would handle better.
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You can do low mid 1:20s in a 200hp Radical SR3 at Laguna. May be worth looking into a race car if you keep this up. Way cheaper and faster per mile.
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Frozen Bluestone Metallic I believe. This is the perfect spec!
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