2015 Dodge Viper ACR

[tuscani 10.012]

23 uur geleden zei The Swede:

Ik moet nog de eerste auto vinden bij de yanks waar ik vsn denk "wow, geniaal stukje technologie". 

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[fuxhound 793]

Citaat

As they say, "It all comes down to this." We're headed back to Germany this week and will be reporting our progress every step of the way. We received a bit of good news a few days ago. As you may remember, we have two cars with two drivers, one for Dom and one for Luca. After our solo time on The Ring got rained out, Luca had to return to his paid driving gig, but Dom was able to stay. We had been trying different set ups on each car to see which one yielded the best result. On Luca's car, we had taken ALL of the rear wing out. On Dom's car, there was ONE notch of wing left, however, I didn't realize it. That fact was pointed out to me last week, which means that if we take the last notch of wing out of Dom's car (so both of them have the minimum amount of rear wing) his car should be able to pick up a couple of MPH on the final straight, which will benefit us greatly. That in itself could amount to 1.5 - 2 seconds. Since there were no witnesses to the Lambo time (and I hear that it was a "setup") if we can best the Porsche 918, which has a 6:57, I believe we will take the #1 position for the fastest production car to ever lap the Nurburgring. And yes, ours is witnessed by an independent third party (Road & Track). How about you Lamborghini?

Dat gezaag over de Lambo begin ik wel beu te worden.

[fuxhound 793]

After more testing, the crowdfunded effort to set a Nürburgring record with the Dodge Viper ACR went back to the Nordschleife in the hopes of bettering their previous time of 7m03.45. Brothers and pro-racers Dominik and Mario Farnbacher were the drivers for this latest record attempt.

And they did beat that time, but by mere tenths. It's a sign of the times when a 7m03.23s lap of the Nürburgring can be described as disappointing, but that’s the reality facing the Dodge Viper ACR lap record team today.

 

“We made some real progress in the setup over the last couple of days,” explained Dominik Farnbacher, the lead driver of the project. “So it’s just really frustrating that we couldn’t turn those improvements into more time.”

It was Mario Farnbacher who set the newest time, though the brothers were only separated by tenths at each sector. Track conditions definitely took the blame for the lack of improvement in pace. The old northern loop had been baking under the August sun all day, resulting in track temperatures of 111 degrees, very high for the Nordschliefe. That heat wreaked havoc on the tires.

“We tortured those tires,” admits one of the driving forces behind the project, Russ Oasis. “There’s no other way to describe it. What we did, driving those tires at those temperatures for so long, it’s just not been done before on the Kumhos. We’re learning about the window of best performance, as are the Kumho experts here with us, and it only gets smaller as these temperatures rise.”

With two attempts and a total of 16 tires destroyed in two short hours between both cars, there was no choice but to pack it up and plan a return trip.

“We’re not done yet,” confirms Bernie Katz, co-founder of Viper Exchange. “The sweet spot in the weather is out there, and we have a small opportunity in the schedule next week to try and find it. The car has a six-minute fifty-something in there, and we’re still trying to find it.”

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a12096594/dodge-viper-acr-nurburgring-record-attempt-two/

25 augustus 2017 aangepast door fuxhound

[jvc 543]

 

[dragonfly 12.934]

Nu inderdaad veel te warm voor zo'n attacks. Vorige keer kans verkeken met die één-hand-sturende-showboy?  

[fuxhound 793]

Vorige keer waren er maar weinig momenten waar de baan optimaal bij lag.

Nu hebben ze de laptime verbeterd met een 7:01.3, helaas zijn beide wagens wel out of action.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a12159736/dodge-viper-acr-sets-7013-lap-time-in-final-nurburgring-lap/

[fuxhound 793]

 

[dragonfly 12.934]

Band ontploft en de muur ingegaan?

[fuxhound 793]

Zoiets ja.

Citaat

Friday Update: Today is our last day at the track. WOW, talk about emotional highs and lows. Since Dom and Mario were racing this weekend, Luca was in one car and we had another. After some due diligence, we found one of the fastest Ring drivers, Lance Arnold, who joined us in the second car. We also found 5 hours of track time, with a group that was renting the track for their club day. Both Luca and Lance were on track and Luca failed to come around the track. He had a tire failure at a high speed (left front) on the final straight. We put some fresh rubber on his car and sent him back out. Unfortunately, the next thing that happened was our own fault. In changing the differential fluid, the drain plug was only finger tightened and mistake slipped through the cracks. Oil leaked out until there was too little left in the diff and it broke. We were now down to one car. Rain was predicted for 1PM and our solo track time was 2PM. I cut a deal with the track days owner to let us go out at noon and we’d give him our 30 minutes at 2PM. We re-prepped Lance's car, put fresh tires on it and waited. He went out at 12 noon. On his first lap he turned a (wait for it......) 7:01.3. We were elated. We couldn't wait to see the time for his second lap. It was then that we were informed that there was a problem. Apparently, his left front tire (like Luca's) had a sidewall failure at about 160 mph while he was in a corner. He ALMOST saved it but the car brushed the left guard rail ever so lightly. At that speed, anything that upsets the car is bad, so it slid across the track and contacted the right guard rail. While it definitely wasn't the worst incident in the world, Vipers with broken parts are never pretty. The airbag went off and all of that (that's what happens when you run production cars). Lance was fine but bummed out because he felt the car was ready to best the 6:57 mark. He did the 7:01.3 on his FIRST lap. 
I want to point out that the cost of all of the damage now falls on Bernie and Ben at Viper Exchange, who own the car. This is why I found it odd that some folks were saying that Viper Exchange would profit on selling these cars when we were done with the record runs. Any possible profits will be used to repair the car that contacted the armco. The gofundme donations will pay 1) the track for repair to the rail and 2) the owner of the track-day because we took up 1.5 of his hours instead of 1 and he asked that we compensate him, which is fair.
So, there you have it. Our big adventure to the Nurburgring comes to an end. We have not had a driver who feels that the car is not a mid 6:50's car. I think that we asked a bit much of the tires on this particular track. There's a reason it’s called "The Green Hell." Viper Nation, we did the best we could with what we had to work with. It's hard not being supported by the factory in any way. We did it with YOUR gofundme contributions, tires and funds by Kumho, spare engines by Prefix (fortunately we didn't need them), 2 complete and free cars from Viper Exchange and BJ Motors, and other generous donations by members of the Viper community. So many donations, that the only way to list those who gave more than $250 is on the poster, which we will start working on. I will try to write a post-script from the plane, on the way back to the states.
We will post the video and data shortly. Our data guy is on vacation and we have to figure out how to get it off the drive. As soon as we do, we'll post it. 
Again, thank you all and please know that the only thing that kept us apart from a 6:5x was time and money.

 

[Balleke 384]

Hadden ze nu eens Cup2's gehad he in plaats van die Kumho's

[ir_fuel 51.977]

1 hour ago, Maarten Ballière said:

Hadden ze nu eens Cup2's gehad he in plaats van die Kumho's

Dat was mijn idee van in 't begin. Dat ze met de foute banden aan het rijden waren. Maar goed, money money he.

[Timo 15.222]

Wie reed er met die auto en wat was hun doel. Dat is geen factory team ofzo. Als ik dan weer lees over een gofundme... 

[ir_fuel 51.977]

Just now, Timo said:

Wie reed er met die auto en wat was hun doel. Dat is geen factory team ofzo. Als ik dan weer lees over een gofundme... 

Er niks van kennen maar wel een mening klaar hebben 

[Timo 15.222]

Leg het dan even uit. Ik heb het tekstje gelezen. Wil niet te voorbarig zijn maar je weet dat gofundme's altijd zo raar zijn. 

[Le Capri Mauve 909]

44 minuten geleden zei ir_fuel:

Dat was mijn idee van in 't begin. Dat ze met de foute banden aan het rijden waren. Maar goed, money money he.

Als ik het tekstje zo lees kan ik mij goed inbeelden dat ze zich daar bewust van zijn,

Citaat

We have not had a driver who feels that the car is not a mid 6:50's car. I think that we asked a bit much of the tires on this particular track. There's a reason it’s called "The Green Hell." Viper Nation, we did the best we could with what we had to work with. It's hard not being supported by the factory in any way. We did it with YOUR gofundme contributions, tires and funds by Kumho, spare engines by Prefix (fortunately we didn't need them), 2 complete and free cars from Viper Exchange and BJ Motors, and other generous donations by members of the Viper community.

 

[ir_fuel 51.977]

11 minutes ago, Timo said:

maar je weet dat gofundme's altijd zo raar zijn. 

Leg dat eens uit  

[Timo 15.222]

33 minutes ago, ir_fuel said:

Leg dat eens uit  

Kunnen ze dat niet uit hun eigen budget/verzekering(???) halen? 

[ir_fuel 51.977]

44 minutes ago, Timo said:

Kunnen ze dat niet uit hun eigen budget/verzekering(???) halen? 

Definieer "hun eigen" ?

[Timo 15.222]

Oke maat. Heb wat moeite genomen en naar boven gescrolled en enkele links geopend. Ik snap het al. Nu snap ik het beter.

 

 

[ir_fuel 51.977]

Dank u Timo.

[gTa 24.115]

Ik heb geen zin om moeite te nemen en naar boven te scrollen en enkele links te openen, maar wil het snappen en mogelijks ook een mening hebben. Dus: kan iemand even kort in één lijntje zeggen hoe de vork nu in de steel zit?

[Le Capri Mauve 909]

Budgetpoging om Viper een toptijd te laten neerzetten schiet te kort door budget.

[gTa 24.115]

Door Chrysler/Dodge zelf? Of door één of ander privaat initiatief, of een met het merk gelinkt (maar niet gefinancierd) team o.i.d.?

[Le Capri Mauve 909]

Ik zou het zeggen maar dan zijn het twee lijnen.

[gTa 24.115]

Daar zit je nu ook al aan.