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Originally Posted by MoodDude
This is the same phenominon I find on track with different cars "My Z06 should be faster than his Miata".
(Disclaimer: I know that a well driving Z06 can out run my Miata at both of those tracks, however a well driven Miata can[and has] out run an average driver in a Z06 at both tracks [I have video to prove it])
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Originally Posted by zillinois
They use Pirelli P7000 all season radials at Panoz School!! Those things howled! Didn't teach me a damn thing except to hate them. They were predictable though. Autox was a hoot with them.
Of course most people will hate them when compared to other tires because they will be slower. Over the course of the weekend, did you learn to make the car do what you want, even on those tires? If so, then you learned something, whether you liked it or not.
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Originally Posted by mhoward1
I am a little confused by this statement. Are you driving with slip angles, or just to the non-slip traction limit of the tires?
As far as parts braking, I think hub is a common failure on the Zs. Of course I think the bling bling wheels people have can cause more damage.
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Originally Posted by Stack
How early on did you do the Panoz school?
Of course most people will hate them when compared to other tires because they will be slower. Over the course of the weekend, did you learn to make the car do what you want, even on those tires? If so, then you learned something, whether you liked it or not.
Of course most people will hate them when compared to other tires because they will be slower. Over the course of the weekend, did you learn to make the car do what you want, even on those tires? If so, then you learned something, whether you liked it or not.
I think you can drive forever on a street tire and still not learn how to drive safely. I'm not bashing the choice to start with street tires, that's where I started and where I'd recommend people to start. But driving safely is a package deal, it takes lots of different skills. However when it comes to learning car control, for me, the first time the momentum line was demonstrated to me by a really good instructor I understood what I had to do in about 1 session. And could safely explore the limits by the end of the first day. (Peaking with a perfect 4 wheel drift into the boot at the Glen.) Teaching that early error identification was for me, the key to safety. I think the problem for most students and instructors is that most people drive their car like a high hp Vette. Its difficult to learn early mid corner error correction driving that way.
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Originally Posted by tmak26b
I prefer to drive it without large slip angle, I like to keep it straight.
#66
Originally Posted by mhoward1
Many slicks like the hooisers prefer 3-5 degrees of slip to gain maximum traction and keep optimum temps. If one is driving them less than 1% slip, they are loosing about 20% Maximum traction.
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