Guys, I posted a link to a video in the Breakfast Club- some autocross laps during our testing time at the tire manufacturer's test track. Be sure to watch it, but the link has to stay private. We have competitors that would love to see those track times.
I designed the vehicle's chassis, suspension, body, and drivetrain. A few other people contributed design work on the braking system, corners, engine, etc.
A few things about those laps:
-the car was severely down on horsepower - by about 25%- due to a failing coil-on-plug unit.
-paddle shifting had shot craps, so you see he's using a manual shifter
-the things over the left tire are infrared temperature sensors monitoring tire temperature gradients.
-also mounted low on the front uprights are slip angle sensors, which cost more than anyone here's car..
-this track is significantly narrower than a SCCA autocross course- the widest point is about 13-15 feet and the slaloms are 15 paces or so.
-the tires were old testing tires, not stickers. They were on their 2nd to last stint or so.
The car, on new tires last weekend, ran about 3 seconds quicker than the quickest it did in that video.
Peak G's lateral on those runs was about 2.5G. Longitudinal was around 2. Track was still very dusty.
Will set FTD at any SCCA autocross event it rolls up to, guaranteed.
So that's my day job
