Today I was gearing up to the start off of a great year, at first I was going with all out at the main track but I decided not to this first run because I don’t want to end up breaking the motor again and thought I should relearn my car again. So I ventured forth with the wet track.
I am starting over with learning this motor keeping an eye on the revving and listening to the motor reactions, I’ve said before it’s amazing how much power it pushes at a lower rev. But as a reminder I do need a new set of front tires for grip.
There was no hesitation when hitting sideways as it is pushing that torque and I can really feel that when I hit the water as I get a lot of over-steering if i give it too much gas. The lines started to get really long where I was getting maybe 1 – 2 runs an hour but hey guess what? I waited and did it until they ended at 5pm. It was amazing and I had fun.
To be honest I was afraid of only getting 1 run this day, but instead I had a bit of redemption and I am glade I made the choice of sticking to the wet pad this time and start over instead of taking the track head on as I could have blown another motor from ignorance.
Side note: old + water does not mix, I did alot of hopping in the rear and felt like I needed to warm up the tires. This being the skid pad drenched with water and a 2 minute time limit, I couldn’t do burn out in the pad nor outside due to the rules =( but that is ok, my tires warmed up more I got to drive.
My gopro’s battery sucks I gotta order new ones for the next event, so here is a little clip of my first run in the skid pad.
https://youtu.be/LnBzc9rvxio
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