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7188
2005
Nürburgring Nordschleife
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278
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6:52.847
06/17/2008 10:04 PM
06/17/2008 10:06 PM  
Muffler Standard Suspension Racing
Racing Chip Normal Transmission Full Customize
NA Tune None Clutch Standard
Front Tires S2 - Medium Flywheel Standard
Rear Tires S2 - Medium Carbon Driveshaft None
Nitrous None GT Auto - Wing Equipped
Turbine Kit None Limited Slip Full Customize
Intercooler None AYC None
Supercharger None VCD None
Brakes Racing Weight Reduction Stage 3
Brake Controller Equipped Increase Rigidity None
Setup Item Front Rear Setup Item Front Rear
Spring Rate 8.5 10.0 Stabilizers 5 5
Ride Height 90 98 Brake Balance 10 6
Shock Absorbers Downforce 30 50
Shock Bound 5 5 LSD Init. Torque 10
Shock Rebound 5 5 LSD Acceleration 40
Camber Angle 2.0 1.5 LSD Deceleration 20
Toe Angle 0 0 Nitrous
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Final Auto Set
12
ASM
Oversteer
ASM
Understeer
TCS Ballast
Balance
Ballast
Weight
AYC VCD
0 0 1 0 0
--Thanks to M3Gai I utilized his platform to build what I felt was a comfortable runner for the Ring.
-- I still plan to work the shocks and LSD as well as the trany which is currently more than needed for the track.
Joined: 08/03/2007
Last on: 08/27/2008
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Ford GT Nurburgring
Post #1 - Updated 06/20/2008 6:16 PM
--My current times with the Ford GT racers on R2 tires.
--Tested at Family cup, setting 7 to avoid interference on second lap

Car..................Best lap........HP..........notes.....................Racer............Best Lap.....HP.....Tire
GT LM Spec II......6'27.076.......646........960HP- 6'07.527
GT LM...............6'30.193.......646........953HP- 6.14.203
GT40................6'30.324.......660.....................................BTWhite37.....6'15.028.....660....R3
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Post #2 - Posted 06/20/2008 8:23 AM
Looks like a fun setup here, Fieldstar. When I take a break from karting I'll check your latest settings then take some laps of the old 'Ring on one of my Ford GT's using the G25 for comparison.

Is your MG-B set up for SCCA club racing, or vintage/historic?
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My poor MG-B
Post #3 - Posted 06/20/2008 6:11 PM
LOL Dotini.

-No, Im afriad that my poor lil MG will not see a race track. (that would be sweet) But I do plan to restore it after my youngest finishes using it for colledge. Nothing fancy. Just a sunday driver to feel the wind in my hair. Oops, losing hair, I better be fast.

-And thanks. Any feedback is greatly welcomed.
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Post #4 - Posted 06/27/2008 9:04 PM
Hi, Fieldstar
I tried your setup, with the brake balance altered to 6/4 to better suit my Logitech G25, and found it to be a very creditable setup. It's fast as heck and rides most corners well. The springs and shocks are sensible to me, as are the other settings, and altho the front ride height looks suspiciously low to my eye, I did not see evidence of excessive grounding on my replay. And it's clear to see you've made effective efforts to balance understeer/oversteer. Even so, I find this Ford GT, indeed many mid-engine cars, to be too susceptible to sudden, snap-oversteer to suit my conservative, real-world approach to driving fast. In other words, it's too scary, too often, and I might get hurt! My preference is for an understeering car which can be hustled, abused even, with sometimes two wheels off the road, and still hope to come home in one piece.

If you continue to tune this car, you might want to try higher ride heights and possibly some softening in the rear end , maybe even negative rear toe, in order to further tame the sometimes unruly back end. Higher LSD values sometimes help stability, altho can harm turn-in.

I hope this helps, if only in a tiny way, to your quest for speed.
Your truly,
Dotini
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GT
Post #5 - Posted 06/28/2008 3:47 PM
Hi Dotini
- You are most correct, when it comes to mid-engine they can be extremely snapy in the rear. Concentration is a must just to stay on course. Ill will try raising the height to see what I get, although my plans were to try lowering it with stiffer springs to help the tire wear. The GT's tend to abuse rear tires.

-Im under the same philosiphy that a tighter settup saves the driver from off-road excursions. Where-in lies the difficulty with setting up Ford GT's . I Have a hard time making them tight.

-Many thxs for your perspective on one of my Nurburgring settups. Ill try anything once and hope it gets better. My local race group is looking foward to see a faster settup.
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Post #6 - Posted 06/30/2008 3:23 PM
Hi

I would like to say that using a softer compound rear or harder front(r1 f, r2 r etc) usually tames the oversteer for me but also at the expense of tire murdering

though maybe I shoud've tried the setup before posting
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Tire work
Post #7 - Posted 07/15/2008 6:58 PM
Hi Titobob
-- You touched a small nerve there. I would love to adjust settups with different tire compounds. However Im fortunate to have local racers and in 2 player, tire compound mixing as well as TCS does not carry over in the settup.That and not able to run racing tires on normal cars is GT4's biggest disappointment for us. Why build a race car out of moms wagon and not give us racing tires?

-- If you enjoy the racing GT's, Let me know what you think of the settup. Smile
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