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blkwrxwag · 05-29-2013, 10:29 PM

Reading some of the comments about the different cars, performances etc, it's obvious to me that Andrew and Sam have the handling sorted for their cars. Bill's car is still being dialed in, and from Christy's blog, it's very difficult to drive fast when you are continually making changes and are not sure what the car is going to do.

When I built my MX5, it took about 18 months to get it dialed in, and it took me about that much time to get used to RWD after driving AWD for many years.

So, you put Andrew in a well sorted car, on courses that are not too slow, and not too fast, and the result is not surprising.

As for moving the cars to STR, well, you would need to move STC there as well, since they were faster than STX. A lot of that comes down to the courses.

And great job Dave in that video... you seemed mildly excited at the finish

I think we all dream of having that feeling occasionally, which is why we keep doing this sport.

-Max.

Scooby South · 05-30-2013, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by blkwrxwag

Reading some of the comments about the different cars, performances etc, it's obvious to me that Andrew and Sam have the handling sorted for their cars. Bill's car is still being dialed in, and from Christy's blog, it's very difficult to drive fast when you are continually making changes and are not sure what the car is going to do.

When I built my MX5, it took about 18 months to get it dialed in, and it took me about that much time to get used to RWD after driving AWD for many years.

So, you put Andrew in a well sorted car, on courses that are not too slow, and not too fast, and the result is not surprising.

As for moving the cars to STR, well, you would need to move STC there as well, since they were faster than STX. A lot of that comes down to the courses.

And great job Holly in that video... you seemed mildly excited at the finish

I think we all dream of having that feeling occasionally, which is why we keep doing this sport.

-Max.

Well said Max..I dont think its not dialed in...we had such adversely different conditions, that we were chasing the car pretty much the whole time trying to make it work..the baseline is still there...

Bill

trippinbillies40 · 05-30-2013, 10:06 AM

How does everyone think I'm Holly... lol

<---Dave

Scooby South · 05-30-2013, 10:08 AM

OK.. that makes WAY more sense now.. LOL .. Hi Dave

Bill

edj · 05-30-2013, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by trippinbillies40

How does everyone think I'm Holly... lol

<---Dave

Holly is your new nickname here. get used to it.

blkwrxwag · 05-30-2013, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by trippinbillies40

How does everyone think I'm Holly... lol

<---Dave

You have purty arms!

trippinbillies40 · 05-30-2013, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Scooby South

OK.. that makes WAY more sense now.. LOL .. Hi Dave

Bill

Hi!

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Originally Posted by edj

Holly is your new nickname here. get used to it.

Grreeeaaaatttttt lol

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Originally Posted by blkwrxwag

You have purty arms!

Yeah I'm not a huge guy haha. And they were pretty shiny having been recently lathered in sunscreen.

blkwrxwag · 05-30-2013, 11:00 AM

Too funny... I'm sorry. When you first posted that weren't Holly, I was going to come on here and apologize to Shelly, realizing that Holly drove Andrew's car which is red, so it must be Shelly. I totally forgot that another guy drove Sam's car!

I'll shutup now, before I dig myself a bigger hole and consider yourself owed a beer at Nats

trippinbillies40 · 05-30-2013, 11:37 AM

Holly... Shelly... Let's just call me Sholly from now on and make it easier on everyone lol

angelracer · 05-30-2013, 11:50 AM

HI!

Haven't posted my video yet, but I get excited like Dave does

...and he would have been driving my car if it wasn't being operated on currently lol

I agree with his assessment though...everything the FR-S does great in RT set up when dialed in is just a little bit better in STX set up.

Andrew's car was the most fun I've had when not in a Corvette or Mustang

trippinbillies40 · 05-30-2013, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by angelracer

HI!

Haven't posted my video yet, but I get excited like Dave does

...and he would have been driving my car if it wasn't being operated on currently lol

I agree with his assessment though...everything the FR-S does great in RT set up when dialed in is just a little bit better in STX set up.

Andrew's car was the most fun I've had when not in a Corvette or Mustang

Hi Dave!!

angelracer · 05-30-2013, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by trippinbillies40

Hi Dave!!

Hi Holly!!!

LOL

Sam Strano · 06-01-2013, 01:42 AM

Spring Nationals couldn't have gone better for the Strano Performance Parts team overall, and most especially the gang who drove the two FR-S's.

A lot of them were there in STX, by my count at the Tour it was 11 in Open and 3 in Ladies. I'm pretty proud to say that 3 of the top 4 were cars out of my shop. Andrew rocked it, and has been on fire. Take Andrew out and Santel would have won in my car on regular old gasoline the first event he ever drove one in STX trim. Maybe more proud than anything was Shelly jumping from Ladies to run Open and grabbing 6th!!! And all this on the "wrong" tire.

I bought my car 1 year ago tomorrow, I bought it to develop setups and parts. We have not gone nearly as nuts as some have in terms of the number of parts. We have a little more to do, but the handling is, I think... pretty well nailed. You can feel free to get opinions from the others who on this site (Holly, Dave and Andrew... Shelly isn't and is maybe more biased than they are).

05-29-2013, 10:29 PM	#71
blkwrxwag Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: DS FRS Location: Mission Viejo, CA Posts: 447 Thanks: 18 Thanked 211 Times in 133 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Reading some of the comments about the different cars, performances etc, it's obvious to me that Andrew and Sam have the handling sorted for their cars. Bill's car is still being dialed in, and from Christy's blog, it's very difficult to drive fast when you are continually making changes and are not sure what the car is going to do. When I built my MX5, it took about 18 months to get it dialed in, and it took me about that much time to get used to RWD after driving AWD for many years. So, you put Andrew in a well sorted car, on courses that are not too slow, and not too fast, and the result is not surprising. As for moving the cars to STR, well, you would need to move STC there as well, since they were faster than STX. A lot of that comes down to the courses. And great job Dave in that video... you seemed mildly excited at the finish I think we all dream of having that feeling occasionally, which is why we keep doing this sport. -Max. Last edited by blkwrxwag; 05-30-2013 at 10:46 AM.

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trippinbillies40 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: '22 WRB Location: US Posts: 854 Thanks: 201 Thanked 1,213 Times in 400 Posts Mentioned: 37 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	How does everyone think I'm Holly... lol <---Dave

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blkwrxwag Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: DS FRS Location: Mission Viejo, CA Posts: 447 Thanks: 18 Thanked 211 Times in 133 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Too funny... I'm sorry. When you first posted that weren't Holly, I was going to come on here and apologize to Shelly, realizing that Holly drove Andrew's car which is red, so it must be Shelly. I totally forgot that another guy drove Sam's car! I'll shutup now, before I dig myself a bigger hole and consider yourself owed a beer at Nats

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trippinbillies40 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: '22 WRB Location: US Posts: 854 Thanks: 201 Thanked 1,213 Times in 400 Posts Mentioned: 37 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Holly... Shelly... Let's just call me Sholly from now on and make it easier on everyone lol

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angelracer Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Raven Black 2013 FR-S Location: Medina, OH Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	HI! Haven't posted my video yet, but I get excited like Dave does ...and he would have been driving my car if it wasn't being operated on currently lol I agree with his assessment though...everything the FR-S does great in RT set up when dialed in is just a little bit better in STX set up. Andrew's car was the most fun I've had when not in a Corvette or Mustang

06-01-2013, 01:42 AM	#83
Sam Strano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S Asphalt Location: Brookville PA Posts: 345 Thanks: 1 Thanked 223 Times in 108 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Spring Nationals couldn't have gone better for the Strano Performance Parts team overall, and most especially the gang who drove the two FR-S's. A lot of them were there in STX, by my count at the Tour it was 11 in Open and 3 in Ladies. I'm pretty proud to say that 3 of the top 4 were cars out of my shop. Andrew rocked it, and has been on fire. Take Andrew out and Santel would have won in my car on regular old gasoline the first event he ever drove one in STX trim. Maybe more proud than anything was Shelly jumping from Ladies to run Open and grabbing 6th!!! And all this on the "wrong" tire. I bought my car 1 year ago tomorrow, I bought it to develop setups and parts. We have not gone nearly as nuts as some have in terms of the number of parts. We have a little more to do, but the handling is, I think... pretty well nailed. You can feel free to get opinions from the others who on this site (Holly, Dave and Andrew... Shelly isn't and is maybe more biased than they are).

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