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*The FL5 Track Junkie Thread*
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Jester04
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Stop eating before the event. Weight reduction?. Also if you can log for me in the event I will be there to support you if you want to take your laptop with you.
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PointByPatrol
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TW00Si
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I will log but not sure I will be able to bring the laptop with me. I bought the laptop for my wife to use for work even though I needed to connect with Flashpro but she doesn’t need to know that.
Jester04
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?It’s fine, it’s just in case we need to adjust anything. You can log the whole session with just the flashpro.
yeaitsahonda
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This car is unbelievably good on track. I took it to Summit Point this weekend to attempt to break the Time Trial Sport 3 lap record. Conditions were terrible all day Saturday. Light and heavy rain off and on kept the track wet until mid afternoon. Unfortunately the score Time Trial sessions were over before the track fully dried. I got out in the damp final session and ran a lap that was .003 seconds slower than the record. Damn it! Felt good though to know that witha dry track it should be doable. Fast forward to today. Forecast showed sunny and hot. Woke up at the track to super dense fog and puddles all over the paddock. Not great. The heavy fog delayed the start of the day and took away a couple of sessions that would have helped dry the track for the first timed run. Decided to go out on the drying track just to feel it out. After a few laps a dry-ish line was forming and pace was improving. Started to push and according to the built in lap timer I ran a 1:24.9 which was .6s below the record. Sweet! Kept pushing and was able to get a “1:23.9”. I was really happy to run a 23 but then when I got the official timing it ended up being a 24.5. Still enough to beat the current record by 1 second but not as cool as a 23. After a successful TT morning I took a few people for rides and may have helped make one or two more Honda believers haha.
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What pads and fluid are you running? Glad to hear no issues!
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This car is unbelievably good on track. I took it to Summit Point this weekend to attempt to break the Time Trial Sport 3 lap record. Conditions were terrible all day Saturday. Light and heavy rain off and on kept the track wet until mid afternoon. Unfortunately the score Time Trial sessions were over before the track fully dried. I got out in the damp final session and ran a lap that was .003 seconds slower than the record. Damn it! Felt good though to know that witha dry track it should be doable. Fast forward to today. Forecast showed sunny and hot. Woke up at the track to super dense fog and puddles all over the paddock. Not great. The heavy fog delayed the start of the day and took away a couple of sessions that would have helped dry the track for the first timed run. Decided to go out on the drying track just to feel it out. After a few laps a dry-ish line was forming and pace was improving. Started to push and according to the built in lap timer I ran a 1:24.9 which was .6s below the record. Sweet! Kept pushing and was able to get a “1:23.9”. I was really happy to run a 23 but then when I got the official timing it ended up being a 24.5. Still enough to beat the current record by 1 second but not as cool as a 23. After a successful TT morning I took a few people for rides and may have helped make one or two more Honda believers haha.
yeaitsahonda
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Video of my best lap:
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I’ve been running Castrol SRF Brake Fluid and
Project MU Club Racer Brake Pads.
However, the Project MU pads overpower the OEM tires. The initial bite is very aggressive and will take some time getting used to. Once you go to stickier tires it will feel more like the OEM setup.
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What were you able to glean from the gauge you set up?
yeaitsahonda
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Two things- 1- I suck at looking at gauges haha. I had plans to check the two every lap and I did not. Maybe checked 2-3 times per session. 2- the factory gauge seems very accurate but maybe a little ahead of actual temps time wise? Like as the car is heating up it reads 10-20* warmer. When it stabilizes they were practically identical. Then on a cool down lap the factory readout cools down quicker than the gauge did. I think for my purpose the OE readout is trust worthy enough that I’ll get the aftermarket gauge removed and hold off on installing the cooler for now.
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PointByPatrol
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Really clean lap!
I've noticed that Race Render seems to report back faster than actual lap times. I wonder how it would compare to a Garmin Catalyst.
I've watched some Race Render footage on YouTube for my home track and simply did not believe the reported time based on what I actually saw.
yeaitsahonda
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Thanks, man! There are some areas that I can clean up but it really felt like that lap was the perfect tire condition to lay down a flyer. The twisty section really felt like the front end was pulling the car around versus later in the day where it wanted to push out.
As for Racerender, I am a complete noob at it. Couldn't even figure out how to import the GoPro speed info this time but I know I've done it before. I'm not sure how most ppl get their lap times with it but I used to import my Aim data into it. It was hard to get the sync correct but lap times would be perfectly accurate doing it that way. My gripe was with the LogR displayed lap time. Showed me .6 quicker than the transponder. Would have been so pumped if I was able to dip into the 23s.
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