I took my Plaid to a road course today for the first time. Its a 2.0 mile track with lots of tight turns and heavy braking zones.
My setup:
20x11 wheels Front and rear
305/35-20 Goodyear F1 SC3 front and rear (no clearance problems at the front)
MPP front Upper Camber arms at max neg Camber
MPP front 400mm rotors
Gloc R8 front pads (havent put my RB rear pads in yet).
Track mode 45/55 and -2 on Stability control.
Results:
Car is very neutral and handles very well. I was 4 seconds slower than I got in a McLaren 720S last week, but the car is easier to drive. It didnt push anywhere with this setup, and did get a bit loose in a large sweeper if I entered too fast. Very happy with the handling.
By second lap I would get a warning that the brakes temps were high, but with these pads, they didnt demonstrate noticeable fade and felt consistent in 15 minute sessions. I would go with a higher GLoc pads in the future, and likely need the Unplugged air ducts.
I limited my sessions to 15 minutes due to the brake warnings, despite them feeling ok. But the heat in the tires were making them feel slower and lap times were not improving so there was no point in doing longer sessions.
The 15 minutes sessions in Track Mode didnt show any high battery or motor temps, just the brake temp warnings. The lap times were consistent until the battery got below 25% and then the power felt reduced but still decent.
The major issue with this car was how much battery life evaporated quickly. Each 15 minutes session would drop the battery down 25-30%. There was a ChadeMo charger 5 minutes away that I went to but it was painlessly slow. The closest Supercharger was 25 minutes away, so going there and back would be almost 1.5 hours total.
In summary, quite pleased with the cars first track day, but without a close Supercharger, it makes it quite annoying.
My setup:
20x11 wheels Front and rear
305/35-20 Goodyear F1 SC3 front and rear (no clearance problems at the front)
MPP front Upper Camber arms at max neg Camber
MPP front 400mm rotors
Gloc R8 front pads (havent put my RB rear pads in yet).
Track mode 45/55 and -2 on Stability control.
Results:
Car is very neutral and handles very well. I was 4 seconds slower than I got in a McLaren 720S last week, but the car is easier to drive. It didnt push anywhere with this setup, and did get a bit loose in a large sweeper if I entered too fast. Very happy with the handling.
By second lap I would get a warning that the brakes temps were high, but with these pads, they didnt demonstrate noticeable fade and felt consistent in 15 minute sessions. I would go with a higher GLoc pads in the future, and likely need the Unplugged air ducts.
I limited my sessions to 15 minutes due to the brake warnings, despite them feeling ok. But the heat in the tires were making them feel slower and lap times were not improving so there was no point in doing longer sessions.
The 15 minutes sessions in Track Mode didnt show any high battery or motor temps, just the brake temp warnings. The lap times were consistent until the battery got below 25% and then the power felt reduced but still decent.
The major issue with this car was how much battery life evaporated quickly. Each 15 minutes session would drop the battery down 25-30%. There was a ChadeMo charger 5 minutes away that I went to but it was painlessly slow. The closest Supercharger was 25 minutes away, so going there and back would be almost 1.5 hours total.
In summary, quite pleased with the cars first track day, but without a close Supercharger, it makes it quite annoying.