It was a hectic day... Starting out with this:
Oil cooler installed:
I went with nylon hoses on purpose (stainless steel was the same price), for ease of install and more flexibility on routing:
Putting it all back together in a hurry and meeting up with GT86 friends at the Nürburg Grand Prix Circuit:
I didn't have time to connect the cooler to the engine yet. I wanna do that in peace and quiet to make sure it's leak free before putting load on it.
I only ran 4 laps and was struggling with figuring out lines, brake points and the right gears, all while constantly looking in the mirrors for Porsches, Lotus' etc. To top it off I had an electronic "beep-beep" sound every time I was breaking! I was wondering WTF it was! Only to find out afterwards it was my IR/Laser thermometer in the tool bag I had in the rear seat.
It was pretty distracting as I was certain it was the car making the noise while I was driving, the beeps were similar those the car makes.
Another lesson: I really didn't study the track enough before going. At some point I wasn't sure if the next turn was left or right (so I'm not going to upload a boring video of me taking 3 mins to lap around leisurely not knowing when to brake or turn).
Not that any of the above matters, I enjoyed it anyway on a turn by turn basis. And it was enough that I could tell that running at 6 click in the front and 7 in the rear (vs. 9/9 on Zolder) seemed like a massive improvement. The car felt more stabile in high speed curves and I got it to slide over all 4 wheels while putting power down mid-turn, so I am guessing the oversteer was caused by the rear being under-damped set at 9.
I went with the same 2.1 bar cold tire pressure as on Zolder to only change one thing at a time. I managed to get some tire temperature readings afterward. On all 4 wheels the inner and middle section is 10 C degs hotter than the outside. As far as I can conclude that would indicate the pressure is too high (as already presumed). Next time I'm going to go directly to 1.9 cold and see if I can get more heat on the outside and less in the middle.
"Great success".
Afterward eating some grilled food with even more GT86 friends. Finishing off the great day by going through the pitch black woods working my way out of the forrest of Eiffel back to civilisation.
#FantasticDay