Today at Snetterton was a complete success. I can't think of any downers to be honest! Maybe one... We'll get to that...
We'll begin with tyres. I binned off the NS2Rs as I was driving beyond their limit realistically and after many days of adding tyres to my cart and then thinking twice, then doing the same again yadda yadda yadda, I finally settled on a set of MRF ZTRs in a medium compound supplied by
@NickD at MOT Motorsport. He even fitted and balanced them for me this morning in the paddock. For the morning I ran my Kuhmo V70a and this was already a step up from the NS2Rs, with more grip and less drop off when they got hot. Although they felt a much better tyre I just couldn't dial them in with the pressures, however this isn't a bad thing as they've got loads of meat left so I can give them another go at a later date.
Plenty of track time this morning between the red flags, 1 for a Civic EG hatch that threw a rod through the block and dumped oil all over the shop, second being a 172/182 that expired in a cloud of smoke midway through Coram. Once those were dealt with I go on with the arduous task of putting as many laps in as possible and as expected, the car ran hard all morning and never gave out!
Lunchtime rolled around and it was time to slap the MRFs on. My word what an upgrade again! The V70s were an easy 50% better than the NS2R and the MRFs are probably another 50% better than the V70s! I was able to take absolute liberties mid corner and they were predictable throughout, very grippy from the beginning and they didn't feel like the heat really affected them in any way, they just got to a level of stickiness and seemed to stay there. Again, had a few stops into the paddock to adjust pressures, I settled on 32psi hot which seemed to work well enough, I reckon I could get a bit more out of them still.
Around 4ish we went out for a final session, I went out with the intention of having a play with
@Big Ben and seeing if I could keep up but we got swarmed with traffic and separated, I kept catching up through the slower sections but as soon as we got onto the faster parts, he was gone! It was at this point I finished off my DSUno pads in a big way, they're very gone now. Discs are also ruined BUT I can't really complain, they've had a hard 30k miles.
All in all, 220 track miles, a tank and a half of fuel and a huge grin all day long. Phenomenal day!
Now... Time to spend MORE money. Did I mention I bought a set of wheels with slicks on today too? It's been an expensive couple weeks!
I'm going Brembo HC discs again, I honestly don't see much point in going drilled/slotted/J/G hooked or whatever, these have been faultless the whole time. Pads wise I'm toying with going PBS ProRace front and ProTrack rear. Anyone had any experience with them? After running these DSUno I can't go back to my old DS2500. No way.
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