After getting my car corner balanced at The Driveway in San Jose, I immediately signed up for a track day to see if there are any improvements in the handling. After missing first session due to an incredibly long time at the gate, I use the 2nd session to warm up myself mentally and immediately notice how stable the car is in heavy brake zone. The turn in is also sharper, there is no longer a lazy sensation when making right turns. Even when taking it easy and down on power, I easily beat my previous best time of 1:27.78 in my first session of the day.
After the session I tried to use Electrify America in the nearby Walmart parking lot to DC charge the car. However it was broken and so I went over to EVgo across the freeway. For some unknown reason, the charger would cut off when the car is only charged to 73-74% with the chademo adapter.
The 3rd session of the day was cancelled due to track clean up so I trickle charged the car with track side 14-50 RV plug all the way to 100% for the 4th session of the day. On the very first hotlap, I was able to clock in a 1:24.77. The following hot lap was on pace for 1:24.3 before I ran into traffic and ended with 1:25.12. Lap 4 through 10 I was hovering around 1:29 to 1:30 taking care not to go full throttle to prevent the car from entering aggressive thermal protection mode.
All in all, I was able to shave 3 seconds from my previous best. I think the 3 main contributions are corner balance, MPP front camber arm vs stock arm, and tires (Nexen Sur4g vs NT01). I think the car should be able to do a low 1:23 once I am more familiar with the track. I highly recommend anyone installing coil overs to have the car also corner balanced.
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After the session I tried to use Electrify America in the nearby Walmart parking lot to DC charge the car. However it was broken and so I went over to EVgo across the freeway. For some unknown reason, the charger would cut off when the car is only charged to 73-74% with the chademo adapter.
The 3rd session of the day was cancelled due to track clean up so I trickle charged the car with track side 14-50 RV plug all the way to 100% for the 4th session of the day. On the very first hotlap, I was able to clock in a 1:24.77. The following hot lap was on pace for 1:24.3 before I ran into traffic and ended with 1:25.12. Lap 4 through 10 I was hovering around 1:29 to 1:30 taking care not to go full throttle to prevent the car from entering aggressive thermal protection mode.
All in all, I was able to shave 3 seconds from my previous best. I think the 3 main contributions are corner balance, MPP front camber arm vs stock arm, and tires (Nexen Sur4g vs NT01). I think the car should be able to do a low 1:23 once I am more familiar with the track. I highly recommend anyone installing coil overs to have the car also corner balanced.
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