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  @willendyou7 ай бұрын

  @dvmartel1 "Hey grown ass men with your tongue out, you look stupid." Says the incel gamer prick🤡

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  @willendyou7 ай бұрын

  @dvmartel1 "Hey grown ass men with your tongue out, you look stupid." Says the incel gamer prick🤡

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  @willendyou7 ай бұрын

  @dvmartel1 "Hey grown ass men with your tongue out, you look stupid." Says the incel gamer prick🤡

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  @willendyou7 ай бұрын

  @dvmartel1 "Hey grown ass men with your tongue out, you look stupid." Says the incel gamer prick🤡

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  @willendyou7 ай бұрын

  @dvmartel1 "Hey grown ass men with your tongue out, you look stupid." Says the incel gamer prick🤡

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  @willendyou7 ай бұрын

  @dvmartel1 "Hey grown ass men with your tongue out, you look stupid." Says the incel gamer prick🤡

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  @terrylessmann22748 ай бұрын

  I got busted for 94dB in a 92 limit PCA event. Had to short shift to 4th coming out of T5 to keep the revs down. Gave the guys in the beige hut the stink eye every lap after that. Very smooth with your inputs. Good job. Many times my students turn in too early, so I tell them "wait, wait, wait". They tell me yrs later they still hear me saying that.

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  @EDavidM100 Жыл бұрын

  Your instructor put you on a really great line, I love Laguna such a fun track! I have a valved exhaust but my instructor had me keep it on the low setting so I didn't have to mess with it or worry about the black flag. He also had me do the whole track in 3rd and 4th (except 11) in the Boxster S to keep it simple. Great drive!!

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  @dvmartel1 Жыл бұрын

  Yeah, instructor nailed it! I've since had a number of glorious sessions in my 987.2 based Sypder. Any of the 987 are an absolute blast at that track. However, I've chosen to relegate mine to garage queen status, gotten too valuable.

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  @EDavidM100 Жыл бұрын

  @@dvmartel1 ahh a Spyder very nice I get that ... yes I'm in relatively cheap so I get to daily driveway 987.1. After my first full day of 4 sessions my brakes were gone luckily I was way ahead of everyone and made it in without incident . Added 635º high temp B fluid, ss lines and GT3 ducts. My Indy shop here said "learn your line and do swaybars and tires before power mods so I'm adding Tarret Industies swaybars and adjustable end links soon for my DE at Buttonwillow 12/10. “Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty.” - Peter Egan Cheers

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  @dvmartel1 Жыл бұрын

  ​@@EDavidM100PFC compound 11 brake pads and a set of Nitto NT01 are an absolutely fantastic combination for your car seeing track time. Great pads and near r-comp level tire grip, it will blow your mind. Having moved on to a competition license, I get within 1.xx seconds of Toyo RR during lapping days practice with my NASA Spec Miata.

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  @EDavidM100 Жыл бұрын

  @@dvmartel1 oh thanks for that ... I am running Michelin 4S street and track on 18" which I was very comfortable with but at some point I'll find a spare set of wheels for some Toyo R888R's so I can drive to the track and race them which would be so convenient. Any other tire suggestions? any experience with full race tires? The guys in the Central Coast PCA Club do talk a lot about tires some are running the RR's the rest are on Cup 2's. Thanks I appreciate your input.

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  @dvmartel1 Жыл бұрын

  ​@@EDavidM100 I have M Pilot 4S for street use, love them. But on track, NT01 will own anyone near you on 4S. On track, near its adhesion limits, within five laps, the 4S will oversteer/ get loose during turn in, trail braking and particularly on throttle/track out acceleration by comparison to NT01. 4S slide, they let go, they won't hold grip. NT01 are far superior, do not oversteer, fight for grip, are consistent all day long and much more fun and allow you to explore limits much more safely.

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  @epvendetta Жыл бұрын

  Just getting here in 2022, good stuff.

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  I'm getting completely censored by yt for doing absolutely nothing wrong. I wanted to get in touch with you but apparently I can't get through

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  @dvmartel12 жыл бұрын

  e mail me at dvmartel at yahooooo dot com

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  Hi David. it was nice to see you last month at Sonoma. if you'll be around in Feb, I'll look you up. i still haven't seen your car!

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  @dvmartel12 жыл бұрын

  lets see if this gets past the watch system. Y@hoo and dvmartel, hopefully you can piece that together

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  @djamesmotorsports2 жыл бұрын

  1st lap executed like a boss!!! Well done. I started behind you, and went the opposite direction clearly ha.

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  The car sounds great sounds like it's got a ton of torque. when I was watching your video with the Cobra, it sounded like it was losing a bit of power somewhere. you can just tell from the engine sound sometimes. [add] you had some great passes here! I've only spent 1 day at T-hill so far, my first time on a track. looking fwd to getting back there in Feb.

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  Great race! looks like you're evenly matched with that 67 classic. what year is your Cobra here?

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  @dvmartel12 жыл бұрын

  My car, the camera car, is a 1999 Honda Civic with a Type R motor. Spec'd to a Honda Challenge car from that time. 190whp

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  @@dvmartel1 oh I read the word Cobra in the title I guess that means something else

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  so did the wheel get launched? you said the splitter held up the corner?

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  @dvmartel12 жыл бұрын

  Interesting question, the splitter mounting brackets and 3/8th fiberglassed plywood withstood the impact and scrapping long enough to keep the wheel contained within the wheel well. But yeah, at the entry to T7 there are enough bumps that the front of the car bounced enough for the wheel to escape at a much slower speed, sorta rolling / bouncing about thirty feet into a k-wall and stopped. Those were APR wheel studs. Never before and never since have I had a failure.

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  @@dvmartel1 amazing. I'm going to Sonoma again in two weeks. it was a blast last month in HPDE in my 350Z. i enjoyed it much more than Thunderhill.

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  @dvmartel12 жыл бұрын

  @@Aeneas137 I have moved on to a Comp Racing Lic and run Spec Miata now. Sonoma destroys cars, be careful. Everyone I know who has climbed the ranks with me (HPDE 1,2,3,4 TT) has totaled a car at Sonoma. None of them lost a car at Thunderhill.

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  @Aeneas1372 жыл бұрын

  @@dvmartel1 Yikes! Good advice. I am going on Oct 9-10 and then down to Buttonwillow the following weekend. That track also seems to have a lot of dirt runoffs. I'm insuring the car from now on after putting about 5k into it in the past month. By the way, I'm sure you know Geoff Velguth? He was my hpde1 instructor. He took me on a run in his Miata. LOL. it was terrifying.

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  @dvmartel12 жыл бұрын

  @@Aeneas137great, I'll be there as well. Be happy to ride with you for a session and give you whatever free advice is good for, lol. Just have to make sure Group A sessions are not in conflict.

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  @scootergants3 жыл бұрын

  Really great instructor. Thank you for uploading this here for us to learn. I'll be doing my first Seca run in the coming weeks and this has been really educational to watch and learn.

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  @dvmartel13 жыл бұрын

  "end of the berm..." the late entry / apex was key to gaining confidence and speed. be patient, don't drive the line of the guy in front of you. use all the track out.

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  @bobbyrios2k2233 жыл бұрын

  I dont know why i couldnt comment on the s2k vs camaro vid, but watching this one you sent me was intense! You two had a battle! The good old torqueless wonder!

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  @ERTChimpanzee4 жыл бұрын

  Looks like Gran Turismo Sport is not a real driving simulator. In the game, you can cut the corkscrew with 2 wheels. In real-life racing you can't cut with 2 wheels. Thanks for introducing me the real driving simulator! Great video! PS. I searched Laguna Seca because I had Manufacturer Cup race on Wednesday.

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  @dvmartel14 жыл бұрын

  Glad it helps. Around the 10 minute mark the laps began to flow.

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  @thisisntsergio13524 жыл бұрын

  10:30 was a cool moment

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  @thisisntsergio13524 жыл бұрын

  13:40 and 14:20 too

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  @kriskelley89825 жыл бұрын

  Damn that looks like fun.

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  @NormalGuy5 жыл бұрын

  When did the civic transform into a Miata?

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  @dvmartel15 жыл бұрын

  When the Honda car count dropped to nothing and spec Miata closed in on 45 to 50 every weekend

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  @JarvisMod5 жыл бұрын

  Great video. Thank you for sharing. Watching you improve over the laps was awesome. You're fast.

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  @skittlesRgood1825 жыл бұрын

  "accelerate!" god damn I need to go back to laguna! lol really awesome seeing you go from a trash first lap to having the guy yell "atta boy!" I know that feeling and it's awesome.

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  @thomasmarquez67905 жыл бұрын

  That is sooo cool man!

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  @SoCalVipers6 жыл бұрын

  When I was there a few years ago, I was told not to drive on the berm because there are some rough spots that can damage your car. One of my friends did break his strut on a berm that day. Was something different in 2014?

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  @dvmartel16 жыл бұрын

  I am unaware of any such hazard. I'm a little more experienced of a driver now, SCCA and NASA competition lic, and have not seen anything at Laguna when used correctly that would cause damage. The track out generally includes touching or running onto the berms in almost every turn. But we are talking about smoothly using them, not bashing into the highest part at speed, missing them and smacking a rain rut or ravine after blowing out of a turn into dirt. If you don't use those berms, you are going to add seconds to your lap and others are going to absolutely blow by.

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  @SoCalVipers6 жыл бұрын

  My friend is an amateur/hobby driver. Maybe he just hit something too hard. Now that you are more experienced, would you say this is still a the best way around the track? I'll be there on Monday!

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  @dvmartel16 жыл бұрын

  Yes, I was just there in a Boxster Spyder on the Jul 6. There have been improvements to all important track outs. Concentrate on being patient, give yourself time to develop a feel of the flow and rhythm of the track. The speed will come to you. If you are in a Viper, be extremely careful into T11. The entry is slower than you think, be patient into apex and do NOT stomp throttle on exit until that figgin missle is aimed straight or you will find Mr. Wall before you know what happened.

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  @rockymountainrocker56306 жыл бұрын

  Great video even after a few years and lower video quality than modern videos but.. it's really cool to see the track knowledge sinking in and the speeds start to climb as the laps go by. Well done and thanks for sharing.

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  @guest20076 жыл бұрын

  5:47 approaching corkscrew. gran turismo video game screwed me at corkscrew always

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  @wes19346 жыл бұрын

  This is almost always due to over-tightening the plug... metal stretches enough to loosen crimping-force on insulator. It can happen with any plug, however Denso is the most sensitive due their softer high-nickel alloy.

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  @dannyarcher18846 жыл бұрын

  Fake Denso www.globaldenso.com/en/products/aftermarket/plug/catalog/asia/pdf/P043.pdf

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  @marczamo25006 жыл бұрын

  Yep they're fake.

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  @dvmartel16 жыл бұрын

  I would be happy to mail it to you for your inspection (I still have one or two sitting around). Sure they are worn a bit, they had the shit run out of them at 9350 rpm in a race motor. They are not fake, they were sourced locally by my engine builder who I've known for 17 years. I don't put eBay Chinese spark plugs into my friggin race car. I've seen the Chinese Denso fake on youtube. These are original Denso plugs.

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  @marczamo25006 жыл бұрын

  D Martel Na I believe you, if you're that adamant about it. I wouldn't give u my address. Impressive motor you got. Shit happens but Denso makes good stuff. Pretty much one of the top OEM suppliers in the world.

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  @dvmartel16 жыл бұрын

  All good, lol, I was thinking that about the address. Yeah, stuff happens. Enjoyed the heck out of the car and high RPM b16. Comes at a cost, it breaks stuff. I did keep the plugs cause I bothered me what happened. Watching this video and comparing the plugs, mine have the good quality/color fonts. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2SVs9Kdo6SygbA.html

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  @marczamo25006 жыл бұрын

  D Martel B16 is a great motor, yea thats racing. The knockoffs were notorious for that same defect but doesnt mean Denso didnt have similar issues.

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  @friscolaw7 жыл бұрын

  Three years later --- still a great video.

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  @dvmartel17 жыл бұрын

  Thanks..... and for as long as they don't change the track, lol,

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  @thisisntsergio13524 жыл бұрын

  @@dvmartel1 5 years and it makes me want to try my mental with my own Honda.

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  @Wings_of_foam7 жыл бұрын

  You forget fast ;)

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  @dvmartel17 жыл бұрын

  I never forget fast ;) but don't attempt that the first laps of a track I've never been on, as was the case with this video. Fast, well, this is what I could wring from Civic b18 .... kzread.info/dash/bejne/inxlu5WyZ9qtpdI.html and here... kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYWLx5Sunpq8l5s.html

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  @munnsey7 жыл бұрын

  These are fake, I can tell by the denso logo is too heavy a print

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  @dvmartel16 жыл бұрын

  I didn't get these off a Chinese supply/eBay. They are real. Not sure what you mean about "logo too heavy", it is exactly like the "real" on shown in this fake Denso plug vid. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2SVs9Kdo6SygbA.html

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  @mgamma50017 жыл бұрын

  The E36 was pushing it and nearly lost it on the inside which could have taken you out. Nice run!

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  @dvmartel17 жыл бұрын

  Yes, I tell him that all the time! He's a buddy and never hit any of us. If he did, he's more than capable of writing a check to buy the car and we'd hold him to that, lol.

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  @jacobe.21197 жыл бұрын

  excellent driving! i learned alot from the video. thanks for posting it

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  @neildevlin24647 жыл бұрын

  Powa of the Ferrari on the straight kills it the ek9 built for the track was always gonna have it on the bends

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  @jeffrogas90528 жыл бұрын

  Is long, but I have kited there & windsurfed many moons ago... it is great for me to watch cause I used to go way out there also beyond everyone else. That water out there is so clear and warm... that is how watersports like this was intended! Nice vid.

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  @dvmartel18 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the comment, Jeff. Always wished I'd had another person out there with me. Believe me when I' say have kept going but felt I was well past any safe recovery zone. The camera does not convey the board speed and completely flattens the big swell that roll through. Many of them left me a number of feet in the air off the back of them.

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  @jeffrogas90528 жыл бұрын

  I don't know where your from, but here in California the water this week is only a few degrees cooler than Hawaii now...problem being my back is out, & for the past couple years now we have several shark sittings and attacks. Last year I actually kited right over one...so safe has become a relative word! Hope your still at it...and don't stop with the videos! Take care my friend!

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  @evanescent03118 жыл бұрын

  i'm surprised this car blows the dB meter. that sucks. I hope I don't have an issue this weekend. glad I found this video!

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  @dvmartel18 жыл бұрын

  It is a race car with a race motor and exhaust (resonator and a Flowmaster). The intake shriek is part of this Honda's B16A d.b. issue at wot and 9000rpm. The sound booth/ station is just after T5 on the right side, quite visible. You can lift throttle slightly. Most exhausts are re-angled / redirected to the left (driver side).

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  @kriskelley89828 жыл бұрын

  That looks like a lot of fun. I thought you were going to buy the back end of that Porsche on the third lap. :-)

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  @dvmartel18 жыл бұрын

  +MetalHead593 driver . That'd be an expensive mistake. Camera f.o.v. makes things look a little closer than it is, but agreed. Haven't had contact in driving HPDE levels 1-4 with NASA over the six or so years. Moved on to Race group and have traded some paint in normal contact.

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  @Nessal838 жыл бұрын

  do you mind telling me who your instructor was?

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  @dvmartel18 жыл бұрын

  @ +Anson L Sorry, I don't have his name anymore. He was available to TrackMasters participants that day at no charge. I was stunned that so few asked for his time. His first name was David. I was told that he doesn't coach anymore.

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  @Nessal838 жыл бұрын

  +D Martel don't be surprised. Most guys have issues with asking for help. One of the biggest flaws of us men I must say. By the way, he gave great instructions. Short and to the point. Glad you had a great time.

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  @rasheemhakkhmann97168 жыл бұрын

  www.globaldenso.com/en/products/aftermarket/plug/catalog/asia/pdf/P043.pdf

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  @dvmartel18 жыл бұрын

  @ +Rasheem Hakkhmann ok, there are knockoffs. But is it obvious in the video that this is not a knock off. And I still have some of the failed plugs and all of them are genuine Denso.

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  @PapotsGarage8 жыл бұрын

  Wow ! Great video, nice driving. Is the brake light on your dashboard for post race analyse to improve your driving ?

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  @dvmartel18 жыл бұрын

  +zcsb1 Yes, good catch on the brake light...that's exactly why its there.

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  @PapotsGarage8 жыл бұрын

  Nice, first time I see this. BTW we would love to have this kind of race here in France, lucky you...

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  @willendyou7 ай бұрын

  @@dvmartel1 @dvmartel1 "Hey grown ass men with your tongue out, you look stupid." Says the incel gamer prick🤡

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  @Sandmanko9 жыл бұрын

  Same happened to me with IK20 model, 2 from 4 were loose and other 2 were burned from compression leaking...

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  @imptuner9 жыл бұрын

  Thats crazy, never seem arp studs do that. Great driving!!!

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  @dvmartel19 жыл бұрын

  Years after the fact, his words reverberate in my head when I drive that track. I ultimately got down to a 1:44 lap and that is considered exceptionally quick for a Honda of my build. This info is probably the best someone will find about driving Laguna. You always know when you pull on someone if they understand the core content of what it takes to be quick here. That info is laid bare right here.

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  @beyond_the_infinite20986 жыл бұрын

  Built and raced your own Honda race car - very cool. Thanks for the instruction.

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  @raven696005 жыл бұрын

  D Martel , you built a Honda that can do those times?!! Nice job!

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  @Javax30002 жыл бұрын

  If you don't mind what Honda is it? I would like to make your build in Gran Turismo 7 to some what experience it. if you can give me the full specs I could try to recreate it. Is always been one of my dreams to be a race driver, life just keeps throwing curves at me and is become impossible for me to fulfill them. GT7 is and outlet for me I know it sounds stupid but it works for me.

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  @dvmartel12 жыл бұрын

  @@Javax3000 This is a Honda Challenge spec car, HC2. b16 type r build 9200rpm All in here: nasa-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/document/document/23465/2022_HC_Rules.pdf

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  @PracticalReformation9 жыл бұрын

  lover of racing and new to video game track racing. this is very helpful for learning this track. maybe ill really drive it someday. :)