rikhek

Spent yesterday at Hallett Motor Racing driving a 2015 C7 Z06. Day went well except the car kept popping out of third gear. If you watch you'll see the car is in neutral mid corner after a hard braking zones. Kept doing this all day. I get on the gas and RPMs peak until I put it back in gear. Got to the point that I reached and put it back into gear before getting on the throttle as I got used to it... I'll get it to dealer to get it fixed.

I was driving on OEM Michelin Pilot Super Sports and OEM steel rotor street pads. Best time of the day was 1:24.54 with a 150 lb passenger and a full tank of fuel. This is over a second faster than my C6Z on BFG R1 tires and race pads without a passenger. On race rubber and pads I think I'd be in the 1:20s. Car is significantly quicker than the C6Z and much easier to drive fast.

Lap times indicate no pulling of power due to heat. It was low 60 degrees and we were running 20 minute sessions. My fastest session lap times supporting this statement were:

Out lap - 1:27.39
Lap 1 - 1:26.84
Lap 2 - 1:25.19
Lap 3 - 1:25.47
Lap 4 - 1:25.23
Lap 5 - 1:24.79
Lap 6 - 1:24.54
Lap 7 - 1:24.90
Lap 8 - 1:26.59 - Intentionally slow
In lap - 2:22.37

Engine parameters
Max oil - 280 degrees
Max water - 241 degrees
Max trans - 259 degrees

Hallett is a low speed track with my max speed for the day 120.3 mph. Very hard on brakes. My pads are down to the wear indicators and are shot. This is mostly due to running the car in PTM Sport 1 to get a feel for it for the first 3 sessions. The computer does a lot of braking in Sport 1. Usage in PTM Race mode made wear acceptable.

Best to watch the video by going into settings and set at 720p HD.

Rick

P.S. The PDR camera leaves a lot to be desired..... There would be a market for an upgraded camera from an aftermarket source.