LG C8 Development Thread
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0:41 - I hit the rumble on the left, car was loaded up at that time. Sent me sideways...also going off line so I could pass that guy.
1:30 - complete brake release as I was going for it, tad much entry speed.
2:19 - that’s pretty normal at COTA, shooting for 50mph min speed and I was at 48.2mph. Was 3pm and COTA is greasy in the afternoon, especially T20.
1:30 - complete brake release as I was going for it, tad much entry speed.
2:19 - that’s pretty normal at COTA, shooting for 50mph min speed and I was at 48.2mph. Was 3pm and COTA is greasy in the afternoon, especially T20.
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Good to hear cooling isn’t an issue, can you comment on what temps it was running exactly in the heat and being driven hard?
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Sean you’re running stock tire sizes I believe, was wondering if it still acts right with non stock heights?
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This DCT changes that. Raced with NASA for a decade, held a few regional class records, shifting manually is pointless with this car in track mode.
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Originally Posted by TRAKCAR
What about brakes and brake cooling?
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Endless RF 650 Fluid, Raybestos ST43 Pads. ST43's are pretty good, we've always run Cobalt but went with these due to time constraints, stock pads were only good for 500 street miles and a track day.
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Here you go, Peter:
https://www.essexparts.com/my-vehicl...t/Corvette/Z51
As good, if not an even better investment than the ST rotors!
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None but we've been running stock headers for testing just because the computers are these cars are reallly sensitive. Testing at COTA this weekend again, we really didn't get enough info from the extremely hot half day in October so the car will remain pretty much the same for this weekend. Only changes are cat deletes, a non x pipe bullet style exhaust and giro disc 2 piece rotors. I'll let you know how it goes with the cat delete set up. Coilovers are still in development, that's something I'd rather totally dial in than rush to the market.
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None but we've been running stock headers for testing just because the computers are these cars are reallly sensitive. Testing at COTA this weekend again, we really didn't get enough info from the extremely hot half day in October so the car will remain pretty much the same for this weekend. Only changes are cat deletes, a non x pipe bullet style exhaust and giro disc 2 piece rotors. I'll let you know how it goes with the cat delete set up. Coilovers are still in development, that's something I'd rather totally dial in than rush to the market.