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Originally Posted by GeorgeJFrick
From the explanation of the carousel that I was given by my instructor, and my book research; you can't apply additional throttle through it. It's a steady hold until "You can see the white of their eyes"; i.e. the apex at the very end of the turn (there is a small drop here too). This is as you prepare to let the car pull left (throttle through the apex, come out left, be looking at the upcoming kink). The best indicator was that the car 'settles' slightly at the end of the carousel, and is ready for throttle.
I've been through the kink at 110 on ZII* spec.
As for the right vs left; it might be driver weight? I haven't really noticed this phenomenon.
Keep in mind I'm a noob though; so I'm not definitively saying you are wrong.
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I was holding quicker speeds through the carousel as the weekend went on, but that was generally starting with a higher entry speed. I was only slightly increasing throttle as I steered into the rumble strip on the exit, and this was usually when the instructors were telling me too. But what you're saying makes sense, especially since I was staying very throttle neutral through the corner later in the weekend and holding higher speeds.
The kink was probably the weirdest part. The car really just couldn't handle much speed through there. 85 to 86 was the limit, even when I was giving smooth inputs, turning in at the right time, hitting the apex, and applying throttle on exit to attempt to increase grip.
Could be the weight thing (I'm 110lbs, and all of my instructors had to be in the range of 150-200+), but I experienced this same issue with pretty much all my instructors.