sameerrao
02-25-2007, 09:05 PM
Took my 348 to the track day event organized by Driver Source and Houston FCA. About 17 cars attended. After a brief 45 minute chalk talk, we were let loose in our cars on the racetrack. The MSR track is quite technical but not intimidating - a good recipe to have fun without the consequences.
It was an excellent day with temps in the 60s - good for keeping the engines and tires cool. :) From a picture standpoint it was all grey skies - a bit gloomy. :(
I accomplished two firsts - first experience driving on a race track of any kind and first F-car drive on a track. The MSR Houston is what one would call a medium speed technical track. It has a Carousel (180 degree corner like the Parabolica in Monza), two double apex corners, two straights and a couple of neat chicanes and a blind corner that apexes over the rise over a hill. I think the top speed would be 130-145 mph in a Stradale with no corner dropping below 40 mph. In the 348 I was doing about 110mph before I backed off
Owing to my total lack of experience with track and limited experience with the car, I took it quite easy taking time to build up speed. Even then it was easy to drive the 348. It made me look like a better driver than I truly am.
I spent most of the time learning the line, continuously improving with each session. My weakness is in shifting gears smoothly. So to avoid traumatizing the gearbox with klutzy moves I was using just two gears - 3rd and 4th throughout. I was running with a very well driven 308 who was using gears 2-5. With the relaxed torque of the 348 motor and better lines I could keep up with him pretty easily.
My lap times were at 2'08'' range in the morning and then dropped to 2'05'' towards the end - all timed with a wristwatch. I believe I left a few seconds on the table as I was braking quite a bit early before all corners and was rarely ever squealing the tires in the corners. This pace seemed quite comfortable and easy to achieve every lap. The faster drivers - Jeff in the Stradale and Piers in the GT3 seemed to be about 10 secs quicker than me. Fortunately, they divided us into two packs - experienced and amateur to make it safer for all. :)
My favorite parts:
- Fantastic steering feel - I really could sense what the front wheels were doing and the weighting was perfect. If you have driven a go kart, you will feel the same with the 348. 8)
- Tackling the double apex corners - what a thrill! With the steering feel, it seemed easy to nail the apexes
- Strong brakes - didn't face any fade issues at all
- Long throttle pedal made it real easy to smoothly meter the throttle on the exit. It made me feel like a professional driver even though I was a rank amateur.
- The car seemed unfazed by the race track work - water/oil temps was in normal range even though I was shifting at close to 7k rpms
- The El Cheapo tires installed on my car by the previous owner - Fuzion ZRi - seemed to hold up very well with the pace I was doing. I wonder how much better it would be with PS2 or PZeros?
Overall, I had a blast.
On with the pictures ...
The drive to the track
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Paddock shots
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Pit lane
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Track shots
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Overheads
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Panning
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Driving the 348 is so easy - you can do it in your sleep ;)
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And No Arman - I didn't take any videos. Hope the pictures of the Red M3 compensates. It was really going well - it had some nice track oriented rubber on.
Some of the pics were taken by friend. It was her first time shooting with an SLR - I think she did a swell job. I had coached her on what settings to use to make sure we got some keepers. :)
It was an excellent day with temps in the 60s - good for keeping the engines and tires cool. :) From a picture standpoint it was all grey skies - a bit gloomy. :(
I accomplished two firsts - first experience driving on a race track of any kind and first F-car drive on a track. The MSR Houston is what one would call a medium speed technical track. It has a Carousel (180 degree corner like the Parabolica in Monza), two double apex corners, two straights and a couple of neat chicanes and a blind corner that apexes over the rise over a hill. I think the top speed would be 130-145 mph in a Stradale with no corner dropping below 40 mph. In the 348 I was doing about 110mph before I backed off
Owing to my total lack of experience with track and limited experience with the car, I took it quite easy taking time to build up speed. Even then it was easy to drive the 348. It made me look like a better driver than I truly am.
I spent most of the time learning the line, continuously improving with each session. My weakness is in shifting gears smoothly. So to avoid traumatizing the gearbox with klutzy moves I was using just two gears - 3rd and 4th throughout. I was running with a very well driven 308 who was using gears 2-5. With the relaxed torque of the 348 motor and better lines I could keep up with him pretty easily.
My lap times were at 2'08'' range in the morning and then dropped to 2'05'' towards the end - all timed with a wristwatch. I believe I left a few seconds on the table as I was braking quite a bit early before all corners and was rarely ever squealing the tires in the corners. This pace seemed quite comfortable and easy to achieve every lap. The faster drivers - Jeff in the Stradale and Piers in the GT3 seemed to be about 10 secs quicker than me. Fortunately, they divided us into two packs - experienced and amateur to make it safer for all. :)
My favorite parts:
- Fantastic steering feel - I really could sense what the front wheels were doing and the weighting was perfect. If you have driven a go kart, you will feel the same with the 348. 8)
- Tackling the double apex corners - what a thrill! With the steering feel, it seemed easy to nail the apexes
- Strong brakes - didn't face any fade issues at all
- Long throttle pedal made it real easy to smoothly meter the throttle on the exit. It made me feel like a professional driver even though I was a rank amateur.
- The car seemed unfazed by the race track work - water/oil temps was in normal range even though I was shifting at close to 7k rpms
- The El Cheapo tires installed on my car by the previous owner - Fuzion ZRi - seemed to hold up very well with the pace I was doing. I wonder how much better it would be with PS2 or PZeros?
Overall, I had a blast.
On with the pictures ...
The drive to the track
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Paddock shots
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Pit lane
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Track shots
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Overheads
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Panning
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Driving the 348 is so easy - you can do it in your sleep ;)
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And No Arman - I didn't take any videos. Hope the pictures of the Red M3 compensates. It was really going well - it had some nice track oriented rubber on.
Some of the pics were taken by friend. It was her first time shooting with an SLR - I think she did a swell job. I had coached her on what settings to use to make sure we got some keepers. :)