Breakout Racing: The Ultimate Spec Class!!!
#61
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b'out continued
Also, not meant as an insult by saying newbies, etc, etc, etc. no hate mail please. Also after spending all this time trying to trade or sell my maxx, erbe, or mini's to get a car, I just read 235mm pan car. I have 2 of those from when me and my brother bought 'em in 1990-1992 and spare parts. Heck yeah I can finally go racing!!!!!
#63
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We ran this a couple of years ago in Dayton. I ended up getting really consistant from it....I usually had my brother timing my laps at a point just behind the timing loop... If I blew a corner or got caught up by a slower car I could pull it harder and make up the time to be close to the min lap and tap the brake to keep from going under...I forget why they quit running it
#66
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been running 6.0 break out for ledgends on my oval track for 10 years played with it a little last weekend in vta and usgt and made one of our faster guys have to slow down for the rest of the field with results that made everybody happy but the fast guy that was putting .5 a second per lap on the field
#67
been running 6.0 break out for ledgends on my oval track for 10 years played with it a little last weekend in vta and usgt and made one of our faster guys have to slow down for the rest of the field with results that made everybody happy but the fast guy that was putting .5 a second per lap on the field
I'd rather lose by a foot than win by a mile.
Last edited by howardcano; 10-05-2012 at 04:37 AM.
#70
Good point! I usually use traction compound to clean up the driving line during practice, and run the car long enough that the lap times settle down. If I adjust the car to get close to the breakout time by the end of of the session (with some margin for a fresh charge the next time around), I'm good for the next run without compound. But if I only run a few laps in a practice session I'll make sure to run it without compound.
Last edited by howardcano; 10-05-2012 at 08:47 AM.
#71
That brings up another idea:
If the battery has enough capacity to run three heats and a main without any charging, I'm going to try racing that way. The lower battery voltage should somewhat counteract the improving lap times as the traction comes up on the track, and may reduce the changes needed in the throttle endpoint to maintain constant lap times.
Has anyone tried this?
If the battery has enough capacity to run three heats and a main without any charging, I'm going to try racing that way. The lower battery voltage should somewhat counteract the improving lap times as the traction comes up on the track, and may reduce the changes needed in the throttle endpoint to maintain constant lap times.
Has anyone tried this?
#72
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I'd be a little worried about doing that for very long.
4 races (3 quals, main) @ 1200mah each would be 4800mah combined and would be well over 90% of a 5000mah pack. 2 races would be about right.
That said I think this would be great to help get more on-road classes going. We run a variety of classes at my local track but often don't have enough for each class (VTA is our longest consistant running class week in, week out) and then becomes a "who else showed up game". Add in that our hobby is cyclical and this could help guys run their favorite car week in and out.
Anything that gets people out and racing, I'm in for!
4 races (3 quals, main) @ 1200mah each would be 4800mah combined and would be well over 90% of a 5000mah pack. 2 races would be about right.
That said I think this would be great to help get more on-road classes going. We run a variety of classes at my local track but often don't have enough for each class (VTA is our longest consistant running class week in, week out) and then becomes a "who else showed up game". Add in that our hobby is cyclical and this could help guys run their favorite car week in and out.
Anything that gets people out and racing, I'm in for!
#73
My VTA uses about 1200mAh per 6 minute run on the same track.
I'm also interested in the idea since I have a limited number of chargers, and I'm sometimes taking care of 5 cars on the same day (3 for me, plus 2 loaners).
That said I think this would be great to help get more on-road classes going. We run a variety of classes at my local track but often don't have enough for each class (VTA is our longest consistant running class week in, week out) and then becomes a "who else showed up game". Add in that our hobby is cyclical and this could help guys run their favorite car week in and out.
Anything that gets people out and racing, I'm in for!
Anything that gets people out and racing, I'm in for!