Caterham R500 - fast drifting
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Hello guys, from the same crazy Italian driver of R500 vs 996 GT2 at Nurburgring,
here is a new camera car. The circut is Rijeka in Croazia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7ot6gEb8Q
here is a new camera car. The circut is Rijeka in Croazia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7ot6gEb8Q
Guys,
I thought that too, at my first track outing of my R500 Duratec at Donnington, I was not happy with the set up, so I got it setup by Stuart at Fauldsport.
Then on the next track day at Oulton Park, I actually had a problem getting the back end to unstick at all.
So as was said what the hell is wrong with the R500 D in this video, it looks almost uncontrollable!!
I thought that too, at my first track outing of my R500 Duratec at Donnington, I was not happy with the set up, so I got it setup by Stuart at Fauldsport.
Then on the next track day at Oulton Park, I actually had a problem getting the back end to unstick at all.
So as was said what the hell is wrong with the R500 D in this video, it looks almost uncontrollable!!
I am sure it is cold judging by the Snow and the elevation.
However with all that rear end sliding, I think the tyres would be well up to temp after the first couple of corner drifts!
Also to further substantiate the problem with the setup the car oversteers without any turn in flick or other provocation whatsover, its wierd, its like its set up to be a drift car.
And as someone else pointed out the other caterham in front of him leaves him for dead, could be something to do with the fact that he seems to take some better lines than the R500D.
Of course I cant judge, my lines have never been good either!!
However with all that rear end sliding, I think the tyres would be well up to temp after the first couple of corner drifts!
Also to further substantiate the problem with the setup the car oversteers without any turn in flick or other provocation whatsover, its wierd, its like its set up to be a drift car.
And as someone else pointed out the other caterham in front of him leaves him for dead, could be something to do with the fact that he seems to take some better lines than the R500D.
Of course I cant judge, my lines have never been good either!!
nigelpugh7 said:
And as someone else pointed out the other caterham in front of him leaves him for dead, could be something to do with the fact that he seems to take some better lines than the R500D.
It's a couple of guys farting about trying to drift. The only reason anyone is leaving anyone else for dead is becasue they are taking it in turns to look at each other's drifting back ends. The DR500 deffo needs very different geo to the "old" R500 - so far 10mm rake now (vs 30mm rake on a K car), as well as higher front rideheight has the car behaving much more acceptibly than when it first arrived. Obviously more work to do next year as always, but I suspect lots of people have to experiment quite a bit if they've swapped from to the other.
(PS - I know that it makes more sence to get it set up by someone who does it for a living, but where is the fun in that??)
(PS - I know that it makes more sence to get it set up by someone who does it for a living, but where is the fun in that??)
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