ALS Tuning Challenge: Two Seats for Silverstone, Please.

[DirtDriver]

Seating for Two: Part I

OldSchool Speedshop, Saturday morning after unpacking...

DD: I got a call from Trixie, last nite, Bert. BTW, she says you use to much coffee in the coffee.

Bert: Coffee pot's sittin' right there, Mister! It ain't got my name on it. If you don't like it..

DD: Easy there, Bert. Back to Trixie. She got another sponsor, that kid's cereal with the rabbit. What's that called, again?

Bert: Bunny Flakes? Hell, I don't know. Come to think of it, this coffe is a little...

DD: There's more. She says she picked up a sweet deal on a sweet two-seater and she wants us to run it in the ALS race next week.

Bert: Another Corvette? Boss, we got two and can't run one of them in ALS. What are we gonna do with another Vette?

DD: It's not a Vette. It's a Series One.

Bert: Series One, eh? Now that will be a fast one. I can't believe she got her hands on one of those.

DD: Trix seems to find a way to get whatever she wants. The girl has skills. Uh, Bert? Tell me you're changing filters when you make the coffee. You're not just putting the new grounds over the old ones?

Bert: Well, sure I am, Boss. Saves us money don't you think? But I guess I should start pouring the old brew out of the pot, though. This is a little...uh...harsh.

DD: We better get rid of this stuff and head to the donut shop. We need to make plans for that Series One. Here, take the pepto with us.



Gentlemen, It is the battle of the two seaters for ALS. We are running Silverstone on Tuesday evening, next week. ALS has three cars with limited passenger room, if I recall. They are:

Series One
Corvette Grand Sport
Corvette ZR-1

We will run this challenge for one week. It will end next Friday.

Track: Silverstone Grand Prix
Cars: Listed above
Restrictions: A class, 400 hp limit

Just a quick note about the 400 hp limit. I set the 300 to 400 hp limit restriction in the race. Some of the cars will not fit even though they are exactly 400 hp. So, you might want to set up a system link race to test your build and see if it will come in under that restriction.

DD

All they need do is go see if they can get into the 400 Hp Semi Pro race.  There is some hidden rounding going on - that is why sometimes "right on the money" don't fly.

Blooze

Good point, Blooze. Thanks. (DD)



Leaderboard will remain in this post...

Silverstone Grand Prix

##	Driver	Car	Time
1	Racing Pro 97	Dino	01:50.514
2	Racing Pro 97	Series 1	01:51.343
3	bazdc2	Dino	01:51.842
4	Open2nd	GS	01:51.932
5	JG4tr	GS	01:52.397
6	Serial SC	Series 1	01:52.422
7	Drift2XL	Dino	01:52.598
8	Unknown Driver	Dino	01:52.611
9	Drift2XL	Series 1	01:52.699
10	DirtDriver	Series 1	01:52.704
11	Big MC	GS	01:52.722
12	DirtDriver	GS	01:52.772
13	Spiny Anteater	Porsche 911	01:52.846
14	Drift2XL	GS	01:53.048
15	iCH3AT5	Series 1	01:53.086
16	Big MC	Porsche 911	01:53.135
17	JG4tr	Series 1	01:53.157
18	Big MC	Dino	01:53.160
19	Moosjaw	Dino	01:53.284
20	Unknown Driver	Porsche 911	01:53.398
21	Big MC	Series 1	01:53.464
22	Hekalite	Series 1	01:53.522
23	Hekalite	Porsche 911	01:53.601
24	Blooze	GS	01:53.651
25	bimmerlovere39	Porsche 911	01:53.930
26	Moosejaw	Series 1	01:54.013
27	Hoplee	Porsche 911	01:54.143
28	Eaviseraitor	Series 1	01:54.315
29	DirtDriver	ZR-1	01:54.353
30	Hoplee	Dino	01:54.385
31	Drift2XL	2000 GT	01:54.435
32	Drift2XL	E-Type	01:54.515
33	Big MC	E-Type	01:54.555
34	Silent Flower	Series 1	01:55.218
35	Silent Flower	GS	01:55.460
36	Tonka Crash	Dino	01:55.732
37	TheTechnobear	2000 GT	01:56.424
38	TheTechnobear	E-Type	01:56.862

Car	Points
Dino	37
Series 1	42
GS	46

Just FYI...there will be no further updates to the leaderboard for this challenge.  But feel free to run this as much as you like and compare your times with what we've got here.  Enjoy.

[DirtDriver]

Did my first test session with all three cars. The intent was to see if they were close to each other. These were with haphazard builds...just bolting stuff on to get the 400 hp and then filling in the gaps:

Series 1 ran 1:56.1xx
Grand Sport: 1:56.2xx
ZR-1 ran: 1:56.6xx

I tested in the A class enduro with AI on medium. Took two-three laps to get around that Z06 but then each car put distance on the field easily through the corners. The Series 1 was dogging him the entire first three laps until I figured out where to pass.

This should be fun. And there is money to be made in that enduro.

Build and Tune notes on my Series 1 are here: http://www.muscle-inc.net/index.php/topic,57.0.html
DD

[DirtDriver]

Edit: leaderboard moved to initial post...

bbcode is gonna require a little study on DD's part.

DD

[Hekalite]

I love the Series 1.  It's not my fastest A class car (yet), but it feels very controllable.  Looking forward to running this challenge.

[DirtDriver]

Mine, too, Hek. Serial has said he thinks it might be the fastest ALS Car...I remain unconvinced...LOL

My GS is running all aero parts...I am thinking that may not be necessar.

DD

[Silent Flower]

do we have to run with all three cars? or is it okay to just pick one?

[DirtDriver]

Oh, no...no requirement to run all of them...I just do that to make sure I have a good, close group of cars. Which one would you like, sir?

DD

[Big Mooing Cow]

Silverstone!?  The whole damn track?!?  You evil, evil man!  I hope you've got a big cone budget, cause my car's gonna be orange by the time this one is over! 

I dusted off the ol' ALS cars and trucked them off to Silverstone.  I took them straight to the track, no changes from the last challenge.  My C4 handled great out of the box... only ran five laps with it, and all of them were within a few tenths.  My Shelby, on the other hand, was a handful.  I ran 14 laps with the thing and I'm still not happy with it.  I gotta fix its handling under braking.  It has crap turn-in, and it feels like I'm running on brakes taken out of a Camry.

Here's my times:

1:53.771 Corvette GS
1:53.464 Shelby Series 1

[Silent Flower]

i grabbed my Corvette GS, and tested it out.... i can't catch up with my Porsche Cayman on Silverstone, need some more practice and some adjustments, try to get out the understeer i'm getting.
so far i've done a 01:56:033.

[DirtDriver]

BMC, I did my early tuning on the international track and just ran the big track for track knowledge and times. Way to kick my times to the curb! Nice run.

Silent Flower, my GS is the one that needs the most work. I took aero parts off thinking she didn't need them and she is slower. Go figure.

DD

[Big Mooing Cow]

BMC, I did my early tuning on the international track and just ran the big track for track knowledge and times. Way to kick my times to the curb! Nice run.

Silent Flower, my GS is the one that needs the most work. I took aero parts off thinking she didn't need them and she is slower. Go figure.

I have a hard time running different versions of Silverstone... I have a hard enough time going into Maggots without forgetting which way to turn!

I tried lowering the downforce on my GS, too, but it gave me a big push through Copse and made it really tough to set up for Chapel.  Which was death for me, cause I have NEVER gotten Chapel right, in any car at any time.  It's my nemesis, and the reason I groan whenever I see Silverstone.

Nice choice of car type and track, DD!  I'm very happy to be running ALS cars on this track rather than Muscle, Inc.  I'd be swearing up and down if I had to drive a 500HP+ Charger around Silverstone!

[Silent Flower]

is the Viper over 400hp stock? since it's not included?

[DirtDriver]

Yes, my friend, the Viper ACR (?) is over 400 hp. I am thinking of working up a 400-500 hp class for ALS in the future because of these unfortunate exclusions.

Big Moo, I guess I am going to have to learn the damned names of those corners. You guys amaze me that you know that stuff.

New time in the Series 1: 1:53.007 (I have a feeling that won't last long...LOL).

DD

[Big Mooing Cow]

LOL I'm abbreviated as "Big MC"!!!  I feel like an 80's rapper!   

I don't know the names of many corners overall, just the ones that give me trouble!   Silverstone starts with Copse, then Maggots, Becketts, and Chapel in rapid succession.

Chapel is the one that always pisses me off... it's the right-hander leading onto the straight.  If you mess it up, your lap is over right there.  I've never been able to run a late enough apex to clip the end of the left rumble strip.  I really need to follow a fast ghost through there sometime to learn that corner!

[Hekalite]

First time out and I guess it's not too bad...

Hekalite  Series 1  1:54.926

Definitely more in there as I'm still learning my way around this track (without the breaking line).  This track is so damn flat I really do miss that line here.  I've just about kicked the habit everywhere else (except maybe the ring), but there are a couple of breaking points I just shoot straight on through or else I find myself breaking way too early.  I'm sure you guys know which corners I'm talking about.