Performante at Silverstone
Discussion
keepup said:
Has anyone taken their Performante to Silverstone?
Thinking of taking mine to the PistonHeads Sunday Service next Weekend but I’d also like to take it on the track so if I’m going to get black flagged I’ll bring a different car.
At 102 drive by, will I be ok in Strada at least?
worth getting a noise meter and testing yourself imoThinking of taking mine to the PistonHeads Sunday Service next Weekend but I’d also like to take it on the track so if I’m going to get black flagged I’ll bring a different car.
At 102 drive by, will I be ok in Strada at least?
had so many disappointments that I sometimes bring two cars just in case.
Thanks for all the replies, unfortunately the Performante was way too loud, even in Strada.
Drive by was +107db lap after lap.
Race control were very decent about it but even lifting off I could only get it down to 105ish - wasn't sure exactly where the sound meters were on the two straights.
Apparently in Corsa in the dry they can top 120db! Time for a trip to Spa...
Drive by was +107db lap after lap.
Race control were very decent about it but even lifting off I could only get it down to 105ish - wasn't sure exactly where the sound meters were on the two straights.
Apparently in Corsa in the dry they can top 120db! Time for a trip to Spa...
keepup said:
Thanks for all the replies, unfortunately the Performante was way too loud, even in Strada.
Drive by was +107db lap after lap.
Race control were very decent about it but even lifting off I could only get it down to 105ish - wasn't sure exactly where the sound meters were on the two straights.
Apparently in Corsa in the dry they can top 120db! Time for a trip to Spa...
I got black flagged at Spa in the Performante. They were nice about it, presented me with my 'mugshot' and just asked me to lift off. I thought the DB meter was on the right hand side of the track on the straight so was going to the left, but the meter is actually on the left so was asked to lift and stick to the rightDrive by was +107db lap after lap.
Race control were very decent about it but even lifting off I could only get it down to 105ish - wasn't sure exactly where the sound meters were on the two straights.
Apparently in Corsa in the dry they can top 120db! Time for a trip to Spa...
hunter 66 said:
haha did you go for a burn through the village a few times on Corsa ..... shame it sounded nice early on .
Think the Sensor is just at the Woodcote kink so you were still on it there and only lifted after .... hence the issue .
Regards
Wasn’t me in the village, I was in and out south on the A43. Think the Sensor is just at the Woodcote kink so you were still on it there and only lifted after .... hence the issue .
Regards
Thanks for the heads up on the meters - will go on a noisy day and try and scope them out.
steveyg83 said:
keepup said:
Thanks for all the replies, unfortunately the Performante was way too loud, even in Strada.
Drive by was +107db lap after lap.
Race control were very decent about it but even lifting off I could only get it down to 105ish - wasn't sure exactly where the sound meters were on the two straights.
Apparently in Corsa in the dry they can top 120db! Time for a trip to Spa...
I got black flagged at Spa in the Performante. They were nice about it, presented me with my 'mugshot' and just asked me to lift off. I thought the DB meter was on the right hand side of the track on the straight so was going to the left, but the meter is actually on the left so was asked to lift and stick to the rightDrive by was +107db lap after lap.
Race control were very decent about it but even lifting off I could only get it down to 105ish - wasn't sure exactly where the sound meters were on the two straights.
Apparently in Corsa in the dry they can top 120db! Time for a trip to Spa...
keepup said:
Thanks for that, good to know. How did you find the wear on the brakes? I hear the lack of brake cooling can lead to heavy pad wear?
I changed out the CC discs and pads for Girodisc discs and Pagid RS29's.My only problem with my brakes is that when I had the CC's on the car and on the road, after a few hard brakes I would feel the pedal feel change with a lot more travel on the pedal than I would feel as the 'norm'. I had hoped it was just something odd and that all would be ok when I changed out the discs and pads and the fluid etc but when I was on track things still were not right.
I would go out and basically once I have done my warm up lap and started to push a bit I would have a forever changing pedal feel, it would go from being no travel, instantly there to a long travel from one corner to the next, it really was frustrating and a little off-putting as I basically ended up tapping the break before my normal breaking point and leaving off just to see how the pedal would 'feel' when I was going to break hard a second or two later.
We blead the brakes a bit in case there was any air in the system but nothing worked, it was wired and never had such an inconsistent pedal feel in a car before. If I had not had a similar thing happen on the road a few times whilst still on the CCB's I would have thought that it was something done wrong when the setup was changed over to steels but I don't think that is the problem. It is really weird.
Anyone else had any issues with their pedal feel on the Perf either with hard road driving or with driving on track?
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