Curborough 25 March 2014 - test day

[Oaksey]

I'm still wondering how Paul managed to drive that quick

[Corky]

I'm still wondering how Paul managed to drive that quick

Me too

What tyres was he using ?

[Coupe Racing]

I'm still wondering how Paul managed to drive that quick

It's not tyres you need to worry about !

It's a well set up fairly standard car in wet conditions .
It will beat bhp all day long , just ask Mr Crouch when we were at Harewood in the wet

[scimjim]

Craig must be happy with those times - his rear wheels must have been at the same rpm as the fronts for about 10 seconds of that lap

[Corky]

I'm still wondering how Paul managed to drive that quick

It's not tyres you need to worry about !

It's a well set up fairly standard car in wet conditions .
It will beat bhp all day long , just ask Mr Crouch when we were at Harewood in the wet

Set up and power levels will most certainly have played their part. But as we all know, there are good and bad tyres for the rain. My R888s were pretty bad as would be expected. Steve and Josh were on Yokohama Parada spec 2. Maybe Paul had something better for the conditions ?

[scimjim]

Pauls car has always been deceptively quick.

[Corky]

If he's competing in that this year, I'll be in the bar with Craig if it's raining

[Coco La Blanc]

Corky,
Does that mean I can drive your car for real then ?????????????
Regards,
Viv

[swoakes]

I'm still wondering how Paul managed to drive that quick

He got off the line amazingly well every time I watched him. I struggled every time bar one and Paul failed to record my time :

[Corky]

Corky,
Does that mean I can drive your car for real then ?????????????
Regards,
Viv

[CNHSS1]

The wet always hands an advantage to supple well balanced cars, but Pauls is extremely good and to be fair he chucked it around beautifully, measured and fast

Luckily if it's dry and with soft tyres fitted, my car will come alive

Jim
Yeah, didn't check the speedo but as i git to the left hander by the paddock office on a couple of runs, I wasn't far from the limiter in fourth, such was the extent of the wheelspin, which I reckon was 100-110mph when the front wheels were actually doing 50-55...
The Toyo T1Rs weren't that bad when it was raining properly, but as it started to ease and the puddles dissipate they were dreadful (understandably)

[scimjim]

I hope I got a video of it - the back kicked out when you went into third before the first cone, then again when you grabbed fourth around the last cone

[reliant-reviver]

IIRC Paul's car has a Quaife diff in it, a very nice bit of kit and makes a world of difference. I have one in KMG and whilst it's only handling half the power of most Ti's, the difference in traction on acceleration and deceleration is amazing / annoying - I like wheelspins and struggle to light up the wheels to impress passers by

Should be a good season, a mix of sunshine and rain will give for interesting scores on the board!

[MikeyBikey]

The Toyo T1Rs weren't that bad when it was raining properly, but as it started to ease and the puddles dissipate they were dreadful (understandably)

why were they dreadful (says he about to buy some )

[CNHSS1]

Cars setup for stickier 1Bs so much stiffer than is needed for road tyres Mike and also it has 360 rampant Japanese stallions trying to rip the tread from the tarmac

As a road tyre they are very good imho and as such should be a good 1B road going tyre so long as the chassis isn't setup uber stiff