[DocWalt]

A few more words about the suspension... It soaks up the bumpiness on Shenandoah very well even on somewhat stiff 5 clicks front and 6 clicks rear damper settings. Easily as smooth as stock was last fall even with the significantly higher forces generated. Really impressive!

The car balance is sublime now with the 20mm Whiteline front swaybar on soft, sooo easy to control the car's attitude even with a sloppy right foot. I'd likely want a touch more understeer on a faster track because as the tires got greasy the rear would start to wiggle a little around Big Bend (the fast left hand corner before the longest straight) which was a touch unnerving. It never stepped out, but I could tell it was moving around if I stayed at full throttle carrying the extra speed.

The issue with the EPAS overloading and shutting off would happen three places on track at least, worst of all in the Karussell. It may not be too obvious in the video but it was essentially flicking on and off the whole way around the banking which was killing my arms/shoulders fighting the car.

I pretty much need a harness or somehow lock the seatbelt as I can't stay in the seat anymore. This is also fairly obvious in the video...

I ruined the brakes somehow. Either I didn't let them cool long enough before parking or simply abused them too much, I'm not sure. I was cruising around the paddock for ~5 minutes after each session and parked in gear without touching the brakes or using the handbrake. I also started to fade the pads as I occasionally had to push noticeably harder to get equivalent braking.

I also wrecked an oil cooler... May have been damage from overtightening a leaking fitting last fall, but it didn't show up until this weekend.



Here are a few more pics from the weekend: