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Originally Posted by MoreSpeed
Please let us know what you think once you get it out on the track.
PS.. I feel the nannies intervene too much and sometimes delay power delivery when you want to go fast. As I said above, after experimentation, I like everything off. I was at first concerned that the car would have too much power so I started with Track and used PTM modes from Dry, Sport 1, Sport 2 to Race. Race was not bad. I felt the others took too much away even with cold tires. I also found that the car handles quite well. It took a very little time to trust the car.
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Had a fun day at Thunderhill Raceway Park yesterday. It was a private track day so an ideal venue for the maiden voyage. The car got a lot of attention since there aren't too many or maybe it's any showing up to the track right now in my neck of the woods. Your assessment was spot on. I went out in Track mode for the first session but the car felt very odd and unpredictable. For the second session I went out in Race mode and it was much better. You can definitely feel the mass and it needs to be managed like you said. The brakes and grip on Zl1 1LE are really impressive.
The best I could do was a 2:02. Contrast that with a 1:57 in the 991.1 GT3 the first day out on the same track under similar conditions a couple of years back. Either the GT3 is an easier car to drive or I'm just not used to the dynamics of a relatively heavy, high horse power, front engine car. I need to trust the car more and get closer to it's limits. In either case, the ZL1 1LE should be theoretically a faster car based on the Laguna Seca times achieved by Randy Pobst. I'm really excited to improve and get better times. I'm still very happy with the purchase.
How many track days are you getting out of the tires? This is what mine looks like after 106 hours of track time and 77 track miles. I'm hoping I'll be able to get 3 track days out of them.
Thanks again for your insight.