Hey all

 

Well after almost a year and a half of being in and out of the garage I finally got it out on track for a shakedown. Brands today :dance:

 

Its running 410fwhp and 400ftlb torque according to the dyno. I'm guessing about 360 at the rear wheels.

 

Was very tentative on the first couple of laps and took it very steady but slowly got used to the track and started to put my foot down. I have a long way to go before I get to understand where the break points are but i was really impressed.

 

Grip was huge I dont think I got it out of shape at anytime except when I was a bit clunky with the steering. Going through surtees and into mclaren the car really did feel very planted and loading up around and into Clarke still did not unsettle it. I will push harder next time but I felt pretty comfortable today. On the straights it was very quick indeed coming past the paddock.

 

The gears were ok but could be tighter (can I get the linkages changed do you think? to cure this).

 

Temperature climbed to a steady 2/3rds on the gauge and happily came back to middle when I came back in.

 

The suspension I think is a bit too soft at the back but seemed fine at the front. I will have to give the rear a few more clicks.

 

Brakes were awesome although I think the ABS was kicking in as when I was standing on the brakes it felt like I had a warped disk but realised this was the ABS.

 

All in all I am really impressed by the Zed. It was very very capable and I'm really looking forward to learning to drive it better as the limiting factor today was definately me.

 

Cheers All :duffer:

Edited December 21, 200816 yr by radron

Whats your suspension setup? shocks-springs-arb's-bushings-tension rods etc etc.... setting the dampers harder wont stop the roll the spring stiffness will and the anti roll bars. Dampings just the speed at which the shocks rebound.

 

Yeah thats what i said above, it will control the speed at which it gets to its roll limit, it will still roll the same amount but take longer to get to it and also longer to spring back ;) youl still have the same amount of roll but it will feel more harsh with the shocks on hard. Adjusting the damping will control how the car handles over bumps and uneven surfaces.

 

I got stock arb's so il prob suffer from even more roll :(

Edited December 22, 200816 yr by j1mmytt

Arch rolling time :-)

Arch rolling time :-)

 

It might help with the rubbing tho coz when your going round a corner at full pelt and full roll hitting bumps the suspension damping will react quicker to the bumps than what it would on a softer setting although the amount of max roll is still the same. sorry im rubbish at explaining things.