wow you only have to drop three seconds and when its its dry you can take a few corners even faster then the video. Was the driver of the ZR1 the same person? That is stupid fast and I am surpirsed a ZR1 could beat the atom.Originally Posted by cvjoint
In the dry it will drop seconds easily. It's not just the wet pavement here and there, the berms were wet so the track is effectively narrower, and the tires were cold. You can hear the tires squeal, they don't do that if they are up to temp.
The 1:32.X Atom had aero, but I just finished adding aero today
The ZR1 record was set by Randy Pobst with GM crew to help, new tires, new car, empty track for Motor Trend magazine. It's as fast as she'll go.
I'm not as good of a driver as Randy Pobst lol, or even the Atom driver who set the record. Both those guys are pros that won actual competitions. I just do this for fun.
Own time
-1:20.30
-Thunderhill
-2 mile https://www.thunderhill.com/track-info/track-maps
-Layout: standard
-Bypasses: standard
-October 19, 2019 @ 12:09pm 68* dry
-Ariel Atom SRA
-modified
-Keizer 10"/11" wheels with 245/295 Hoosier A7
-HPD engine K24/K20 frank
-no aero package
-transmission: 6 speed manual
-Go-fast options: none
-Modifications: none
-Warning/failure if any:
-Anything that strongly influenced results (e.g. corded tires, rock met face): Fronts were at 30+ heat cycles, rears were at 8 heat cycles.
-Feedback or notes:
- Speed: 35.7 mph to 102.6 mph, average of 73.4 mph
- Lateral G: 1.75 to -1.42
Might be interesting to compare with the new 495 horse Corvette C8 Z51 that did a 1:22.82 recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJy68_pzCpY
-Video or photos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoYiI683wTE
Last edited by cvjoint; October 27, 2019 at 04:46 PM.
Nice!
Road and Track's performance car of the year track battle was on the same Thunderhill 2 mile track. Nice comparison with the last one I posted above. Note that my times aren't really fair for the Atom, on old tires and in traffic. If I didn't have to pass the Honda S2000 I could of saved 3/10ths easily to beat the Lambo. New tires would be worth seconds.
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod...?resize=2048:*
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-Own time
-1:41.7
-Sonoma (aka Infineon, aka Sears Point)
-Clockwise (standard)
-Long Circuit (2.52 mile)
-11/23/2019 @ 4:34pm 66* dry
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-Ariel Atom SRA
-modified
-Keizer 10"/14" wheels with 245/330 tires
-HPD engine K24/K20 frank
-Ciro aero package
-transmission: 6 speed manual
-Go-fast options: none
-Modifications: none
-Warning/failure: none
-Anything that strongly influenced results: front tires @35+ heat cycles, rears used from Ebay. Front wing is blocking a lot of airflow to the radiator so missing a few advance degrees to make peak power. Had to pass three cars. One car dumped lots of oil on track from turn 7 to 11.
-Feedback or notes:
- Speed: 40.6 mph to 116.2 mph, average of 90.2
- Lateral G: 2.13 to -1.72
- Engine speed: 3,886 rpm to 8,250 rpm, average of 6,208 rpm
- Coolant temp: 203* to 208*
- Intake temp: 66* to 69*
-Video or photos
I'm posting a 3 minute long video first. This one has the lap, cool cars, lots of passing, a full 360 degree spin, and some missed gears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59m_AS8i3Jc
I want to say this is the Ariel Atom record for Sonoma. The fastest I've seen posted online is a 1:42.4. Mine is a 1:41.7.
https://youtu.be/ddhXIX7XLRc
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CV- you can DRIVE! nice vids
Nice video!
i now officially cannot make or subsequently post any of my own.
All Atom vids are great by me! You got to handle this one aggressively, nothing like it out there.
CV - how do you like those mirrors? Do you have a link to them? (I swear, mirrors are a consumable on this car).
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