sayemthree

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/68632/scc0308040436_buttonwillow.jpg"></center><p>So Cal AUdi club has a track event at buttonwillow end of march.

April

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Main observation was that the car understeered in tight turns even with the use of drop-throttle. Had to use hand brake. Need heavier duty rear anti-sway bar. Oh, and the boost all coming on at once tends to overwhelm the front wheel abruptly when exiting a sharp turn - a smoother ramp up of power would be nice for the track - or QTR.

rona13

I've never seen someone use the handbrake on a track. Were you trying to get through the corner fast or just have fun?

April

an hour of track time, twice a day. It's held at the Streets of Willow Springs near Lancaster, CA. About $200 per person. I've been going for years.

Tried drop throttle on the wet skidpad and it wouldn't step out - just tighten the line. So eventually I got to playing with the handbrake to make the rear step out a bit. On the track it's much harder to remember to do that consistantly. Just experimenting with how to rotate the car the most quickly while being able to get back on the power as quickly as possible. The problem with a Front Trak A3 is that if you're still turning when getting back on the gas, it's really simple to overwhelm the front wheels. Really slows you down. I could make the car go really fast by hammering it, but it didn't feel like it was flowing from corner to corner (had upgraded the tires to Toyo T1R). A rear anti-sway bar would have helped a lot, but then the power delivery which is so effective on the street, was not a help there in tight turns.

sayemthree

at buttonwillow last year . A bit faster than the streets of willows track.<ul><li><a href="http://www.sccaudi.com/articles.asp?id=145">http://www.sccaudi.com/articles.asp?id=145</a</li></ul>