Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Pre-season testing


Our pre-season testing outing at Snetterton was to learn the new layout along with a shakedown and a test for some new suspension setups



The circuit is brilliant and as discussed with Jonathan Palmer afterwards, the new corum is a great corner to do brake bias setup. The shakedown test proved worthwhile as it highlighted a crack in a weld on the fuel tank that we had subsequently repaired. We went to test some suspension changes to work on improving traction so that we can start to compete with the mid engined class cars. We proved we could go quite far in that direction without intoducing too much understeer.

Following the test, we backed off the suspension setup a little to give more front bite and consistency as well as our first ever corner weight session with the Fury!

As we spent most of the winter repairing bodywork when we expected to be able to replace with new parts, the developments we had planned will now be released during the season,

From Dereks RGB Racing Blog


The default setup was ready for Mallory, followed by a slight tweak to the aero for Brands and Snetterton. We hope to have a second, more substantial, change to the aero and resulting suspension setup following that. Whether that can coincide with new rear bodywork and the weight reduction that will give us is yet unclear.

With suspension that can travel it's full range, anti-roll bars that do not foul anything, replaced rod end bearings and a decent setup that works in conjunction wih the aero setup, we now have a fury that has some good pace. If only we can get the excess weight out!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi,
I was at Brands to watch the racing and I would like to congratulate you on your performance.

Would it be possible for you to post a pic of the engine bay to include the ARB and your lower wishbones.
It would also be nice to see if your chassis is different to my one.

I was at Goodwood Sprint (spectating) at the end of April and meet Mark Cheevers whos Fury had all sorts of extra triangulation. Some of this I would one day like to possibly take on board.