Stijn!!

[Porsche-poor]

afternoon all. Drawing issue out the door. Not much going on right now. Sun is out I'm tempted.....

[RKDinOKC]

The accepted fastest around a corner on pavement with race compounds is an 8 to 15 degree slip angle so racers do drift. With the tire compounds and lack of tread they don't look or sound like they are slipping but they are.

[porsche4life]

Originally Posted by Andy911sc

Morning everyone.

So I looked into PlastiDip vs. Vinyl Wrapping. I think I am going to go with my original thought of vinyl wrapping. Also, while I have the sun roof out, I am going to replace the seals. My car is a dark red, so I am going to go with dark red for the body and carbon fiber for the hood, deck lid and possibly mirrors.

Have you found a vinyl color you like? I can get you some color samples if you need it. And have you found a place to order it?

Originally Posted by HHI944

As for vinyl......I give, I don't have the patience for that crap. I'm gonna have the car detailed professionally and see where that leaves me. Pretty sure a good wet sand, clay, etc. will take care of my issues

you have to really take your time. And that cheap crap just doesn't go down like the 3M. Trust me the film really is worth the extra money. It helps that much.

[porsche4life]

Oh, and yes I am posting this from poolside. Freaking awesome out here today, even if a bit cloudy... Just had to grab and Abita Amber and take the laptop out by the pool...

[Porsche-poor]

you sir are a tease.

[porsche4life]

There's beer left. Come on over.


And I was nice and didn't post a picture!

[pete3799]

I'd sit out by my pool too if we had one.........but we'd call it a skating rink currently.
Headed below 0 again tonight.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

The accepted fastest around a corner on pavement with race compounds is an 8 to 15 degree slip angle so racers do drift. With the tire compounds and lack of tread they don't look or sound like they are slipping but they are.

Max lateral force on an isolated tire is usually around 6 or 7 degrees of slip angle in most of the data I've seen. So the vehicle slip angle should be close to that on a car without rear wheel steering and without too much compliance steer. Although your source might not be using the term slip angle in the conventional sense.

I wouldn't exactly call slip angles less than 10 degrees (or within a few degrees of peak lateral) to be drifting.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I will be ordering a scissor lift real soon. It will only raise the car 48 inches or so but that will put the roof of the car up to the ceiling. The big disadvantage of a scissor lift is getting to the middle of the car where the reverse light switch is so it would not help much for that. For th most part there is very little to do on the bottom middle of my cars.

i want a scissor lift so bad.... good for you, glen.

Originally Posted by porsche4life

There's beer left. Come on over.


And I was nice and didn't post a picture!

on my way.

[porsche4life]

I've got a scissor lift you can use too D.

[nynor]

oh, nice. rubbing it in.

[GH85Carrera]

D, that scissor lift is just over $1,900 delivered. Not cheap but not crazy expensive.

[nynor]

i bet it would pay for itself within two years, at my house.

[HHI944]

Wow, battery life on this phone is pretty dang solid. Worked about a medium day and still have 65% on my S4 I'd be around 25%

[Outback Porsche]

Beautiful scenery up on Cradle Mountain. Did a 6km walk today, now looking forward to coming back here one day to do the 65km walk.

[BRPORSCHE]

Hello from the big sanbox in the East.

[RKDinOKC]

Sources on slip angles...both Skip Barber and Stephens Brothers (Hallet) Racing Schools, and various performance driving books. In the books the extreme example of ice driving was given to illustrate how lower grip increases the slip angle. There is a reason it is called Slip Angle.

[Andy911sc]

morning everyone

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Outback Porsche

Beautiful scenery up on Cradle Mountain. Did a 6km walk today, now looking forward to coming back here one day to do the 65km walk.

So Alice Springs does not look like that?

65km walk sounds like real exercise. Do they have beer stands along the way to stop and get a nice frosty stubby?

Good morning folks.

[Jim Richards]

Hola, y'all. Hey Tom, where was that picture taken? Looks like enough sand there.

Jeff, is it safe to go in the water, or are there critters that can eat ya in there?