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Feb 23, 2012 | 04:00 AM

#81

UrbanSoot

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When I end up too hot in a corner, I blip the brakes and counter-steer like a motherfuxer. Do a few drift days to learn how to control the car in case of an emergency and you will feel much safer.

Feb 23, 2012 | 08:44 AM

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falcon

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Originally Posted by hustler

There was a day, years ago, when driving the car was relaxing and offered a chance to "check out" for a little while. I want to get back there. I managed to get within 5 seconds of SM record back when I had 185mm Azenis, 84whp, and GC/Bilsteins. I didn't look at the gauges mid-corner, didn't worry about the wheels falling off, it was bliss. I need to figure out how I'm going to get back there. Every time I've looked at that water temp gauge, oil temp gauge, AFR gauge, oil pressure gauge, and whatever else, everything has been fine. Time to stop pretending it won't be.

I was the same way. Then I installed a bunch of LED/alarms to go off it something goes outside my parameters, now I never look at gauges other than RPM once in a while.

Feb 23, 2012 | 11:11 AM

#83

FatKao

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Quote:

Originally Posted by falcon

I was the same way. Then I installed a bunch of LED/alarms to go off it something goes outside my parameters, now I never look at gauges other than RPM once in a while.

I'm actually working on getting to this point now. A single 16x2 LCD connected to the Megasquirt that turns red and lets me know what is out of range, otherwise it doesn't show anything. Computer can check gauges a lot more often than I can.