I'm using the
CruiseCam mount. It goes for about $50. It's not perfect, but I'm still very happy with it. I use it on the driver's seat, so I'm not having to worry about the view changing when an instructor or passenger sits in the passenger seat, but I'm ending up with more of my helmet in the shot than I wanted, especially with the wide-angle adapter I got recently. Oddly enough, the excess helmetage looks nearly identical between Jason's video and mine...
Yeah, the lack of cones was kind of frustrating, especially for the instructors. There are some red marks on the curbs that I was trying to use, but they're kind of hard to see. For most of my laps I *was* completely on the rumbles in 3, but I don't think that was the best approach, as I think that made the transition to the up-hill section a more acute angle, which made it harder to put the power down.
Watching the video is interesting because I can hear what the instructors were *really* saying. My first instructor (I had two, one for the first session, and a diff't one for the remainder) told me to put the "inside wheel on the rumbles", but I interpreted that as putting my ENTIRE CAR inside the rumbles (what you were describing, and what I did most of the time). I've got this bad habit of
not thinking and basically blindly following instructions, which makes for some interesting results when I mis-interpret the instructions...
Despite that, I do feel pretty comfortable and fairly quick on the track. I think David was having trouble keeping up (and he knows the track better) and I frustrated some faster cars. I *really* wanted the kid in the RS4! I was reeling him in, but one of those little Mazdas got on the way.
And what the heck was that GT3 doing in my run group?! Did we *need* a rolling chicane? He was driving like a novice, I thought... Nothing wrong with that, of course, I just thought he was outclassed in intermediate.
You're just about right on my setup. 11.75" Wilwood kit, -1.25º fixed camber plates, 17" Kosei K1 Racing wheels with 205/45/17 ES100 sneakers, and the Alta intake. I'm done with these tires and want to get something stickier. I don't have the money this year for another set of wheels, so I'm eyeing the Kumho Ecsta MX tires once the Yokos are gone. I feel like the brakes were constantly overpowering the tires (hence the squealing on braking going into 1, 3, 9 and 11).
I think I'm ready to start quantifying my skills, at least relative to some other people. I'd love to turn some laps in your car (or vice versa) and compare lap times. Hopefully we can do that at SLMP! I understand wanting to make the event more accessible to your members (and I think that's the right thing to do), so I should probably just join. I was a member of 2 MINI clubs and 3 BMWCCA chapters when I lived in Indy; I need to get those numbers back up.
Pete Eames may be able to help you with your worn bushings, too...
