[Anonymoose]

New personal best at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw. Ran a 1:46

[richard in NC]

Originally Posted by Anonymoose

New personal best at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw. Ran a 1:46

Nice!

[M2joey]

New personal best at VIR last weekend, 2:07.70. This was the best lap from the weekend, on video, 2:08.37. Optimal showing 2:06:93. First time running a square 18x10 setup as well.

[nando_514]

That's a nice time! Got that little N55 moving lol!

What tires were you using?

[M2joey]

Originally Posted by nando_514

That's a nice time! Got that little N55 moving lol!

What tires were you using?

Thank you, haha!

Goodyear SC3s 275s

[DrKevM5]

Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (Mosport)- new personal best: 1:35.63

[pal]

A couple of laps from Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA. This was my first time at this track in the M2 and the last I was here was 20 months ago in my TT RS. It's certainly not a track I frequent so it feels like I spend most of the day re-learning nuances of corners. This was from the 7th and last session of the day, it was a dry/wet/dry kinda day and my quickest lap was a 1:33.6. Pretty pleased with my drag racing skillz though and hit 151mph before braking for T2.

2018 M2, manual
437M rims with Michelin Pilot Super Sports (255/275)
Pagid RSL1 front/Ferodo DS3.12 rear
Castrol SRF fluid
Akra 300 cell dp and cat back
Evolution Racing FMIC and CP
KW Clubsports (-3°/-2°)
Turner front thrust arm bushings in OE arms

[pal]

Originally Posted by M2joey

New personal best at VIR last weekend, 2:07.70. This was the best lap from the weekend, on video, 2:08.37. Optimal showing 2:06:93. First time running a square 18x10 setup as well.

Thoughts on the square setup? It looked like you were managing the rear end a bit actively, or maybe just the video.

[SquamM2C]

Area 27, Oliver, British Columbia Canada. 2:23:36

[DrKevM5]

Making progress. New personal best at CTMP: 1:35.38.

[nando_514]

New PB at NJMP Thunderbolt yesterday 1:29.67! I've been working with a driver's coach on the subtle nuances of the turn-in phase-- absolutely revolutionary stuff! I am flying now, I feel like a superhero lol

[3LiterBeater]

Had my "best" in the M2 this past weekend at Mid-Ohio. Rain led to dry track late in the day. I had only one lap to really push.

1:40.5. Made a couple mistakes, easily a 1:38 in it.

[nando_514]

The new track season is upon us boys! Everyone is hitting a PB this week! Awesome to see

[M2joey]

Originally Posted by pal

Thoughts on the square setup? It looked like you were managing the rear end a bit actively, or maybe just the video.

Yes, this lap could have been better, a little rough at moments. Although, I was pushing, of course.

The square setup certainly offers more grip in the front, that is noticeable right away. The rear steers much faster. I feel the square setup requires more precise driving in order to keep the rear under control, which is a good thing. Offers more precise control and makes for rotating the car easier. Lastly, if you want to run slicks, this is pretty much your best all-around option.

Also, a full tank of gas is pretty much required. I believe I set this lap with 3/4 tank. You need that extra bit of weight for balance. Very fun setup, I recommend for learning. Certainly the way to go if racing is in your future as well - from a learning perspective.

This experience leads me to believe that the best setup for street tires would be 18 x 10 in the front and 19 x 10.5 in the rear. That would be awesome!

[tux2005]

My PB so far at CTMP is still at 1:39.3, although I wasn't tracking times for a while since Harry's + Dual GPS was too buggy, RaceChrono has been much more reliable so far.

Stock OG, with Hankook RS4 265 square on 18" Apex FL-05, PFC08s, and around -2.7/-2.2 camber.

[butraymond]

Originally Posted by M2joey

Yes, this lap could have been better, a little rough at moments. Although, I was pushing, of course.

The square setup certainly offers more grip in the front, that is noticeable right away. The rear steers much faster. I feel the square setup requires more precise driving in order to keep the rear under control, which is a good thing. Offers more precise control and makes for rotating the car easier. Lastly, if you want to run slicks, this is pretty much your best all-around option.

Also, a full tank of gas is pretty much required. I believe I set this lap with 3/4 tank. You need that extra bit of weight for balance. Very fun setup, I recommend for learning. Certainly the way to go if racing is in your future as well - from a learning perspective.

This experience leads me to believe that the best setup for street tires would be 18 x 10 in the front and 19 x 10.5 in the rear. That would be awesome!

Why street tires need to run staggered setup vs slick on square? Is that only on cost saving point of view?
Nice lap Joe, I'm Xing! Haha

[Anonymoose]

Originally Posted by butraymond

Why street tires need to run staggered setup vs slick on square? Is that only on cost saving point of view?
Nice lap Joe, I'm Xing! Haha

It's why I went with a square setup so I can rotate tires and also the biggest for me was availability + types of tires I could run.

[GasBurnlife(landapanda)]

Originally Posted by M2joey

Yes, this lap could have been better, a little rough at moments. Although, I was pushing, of course.

The square setup certainly offers more grip in the front, that is noticeable right away. The rear steers much faster. I feel the square setup requires more precise driving in order to keep the rear under control, which is a good thing. Offers more precise control and makes for rotating the car easier. Lastly, if you want to run slicks, this is pretty much your best all-around option.

Also, a full tank of gas is pretty much required. I believe I set this lap with 3/4 tank. You need that extra bit of weight for balance. Very fun setup, I recommend for learning. Certainly the way to go if racing is in your future as well - from a learning perspective.

This experience leads me to believe that the best setup for street tires would be 18 x 10 in the front and 19 x 10.5 in the rear. That would be awesome!

Or 18x10.5 setup with a larger tire - 285 or 295.

I run 18x10 275 takeoffs and as you can imagine don't have any issues with rear grip.

[GasBurnlife(landapanda)]

Originally Posted by 3LiterBeater

Had my "best" in the M2 this past weekend at Mid-Ohio. Rain led to dry track late in the day. I had only one lap to really push.

1:40.5. Made a couple mistakes, easily a 1:38 in it.

Nice work out there. Track looked to be in a good shape. Need to check it out one day.

[3LiterBeater]

Originally Posted by GasBurnlife(landapanda)

Nice work out there. Track looked to be in a good shape. Need to check it out one day.

Thanks! Goofed it up in a few areas. I highly recommend coming out here. Well worth the drive.

We had torrential downpours all morning so the track was a little dusty from all the runoff. More excuses but with a few more hot sessions I have no doubt it would've been very fast!

[M2joey]

Originally Posted by butraymond

Why street tires need to run staggered setup vs slick on square? Is that only on cost saving point of view?
Nice lap Joe, I'm Xing! Haha

In short, you definitely have more tire options with a square 18 x 10 setup. The cost is certainly better as well.

[pal]

A couple of laps from Thunderhill Raceway this past weekend. It was the regular (east?) 3-mile course with T5 (cyclone). I was running Hankook RS4 tires on days 4 & 5 in 245/40/18 front and 265/40/18 rear. I don't do this track often enough (once a year) so there is still a lot of opportunity to pick up time. I reckon at least another 2 seconds.

Track Addict with an external GPS recorded the fastest lap as a 2:07.00 vs my Go Pro and Race Technology analysis software. I exported the data files from each into Circuit Tools and the two were closer. I went with the Go Pro times as it was closer to the averages I was running.