Racing Circuit Log

 

4th Batu Tiga Speedway Circuit Session

 

17th May 2003 Saturday Afternoon

 

The setup - basically

 

Tires Make = Maxxis Surpasa MA-V1 (made in Taiwan)

Tires Spec = 195 / 50 R15 82v E4 0213211

Max Load = 475 kg

Max Pressure = 44 psi

Tread : 2 Polyester + 2 Steel + 1 Nylon

Sidewall : 2 Polyester

 

Tires' pressure set at 42 psi before entering track. The advice was given by Bill Sherwood, where I accept and thought, since the suspension setup is extremely stiff, therefore the tire must follow suite to off-set it, or else all the "load" will be forced into the soft tires only and renders the hard suspension in-effective. Think about it

 

 

Front suspension = Coilovers 8 kg/mm - Shocks unknown

Camber at -2 degrees, castor unknown, toe unknown

 

Rear suspension = Coil 6.5 kg/mm - Shocks' Compression 185 kgf, rebound 70 kgf

 

 

Bill Sherwood was around again, before I went into the track for practice, he reminds me not to go all out, crazy, don't want to get another accident, I can't afford that. So I listened, further more the setup is completely different there I will go slow and make sure I know how the car behaves.

 

The car would under steer allot, this was expected, but to my surprise it was more fun, the accelerator could be used more during the exit.

 

The biggest surprise was the car would line up itself for the next corner for entry. 50% of the time this was done by the car itself, without much effort from me. All I had to do was made sure when to turn, how much to turn, at what speed, and slam at which point when going out. All following Bill's instructions.

 

I still couldn't understand why??? the car line up itself for the next entry. This is extremely surprising to me. 

 

And no, I didn't crash this time

 

The tire pressures were check and the rose to: -

 

Front 

- Right  44 psi

- Left 44.5 psi

 

Rear 

- Right and Left 45 psi

 

Perhaps next time, I should adjust them in such a way after it is fully warm, they will stabilize at 42 psi each.

 

 

 

 

  1. 1st time Driving in Batu Tiga Speedway Circuit

  2. Sneaking into BTSC

  3. 2nd BTSC Session

  4. 3rd BTSC Session

  5. 4th BTSC Session (most fun)

  6. May BTSC RIP

 

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