noid
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I thought I would give some feedback on the SRT experience that I went to today. It was extremely well organized. They had five different modules as they call it. Advanced car control, Autocross, Full Throttle Challenge, Performance Drive, and Hot Laps. They removed drifting from the program. I was bummed about this but hey it was all free.
We started with autocross. Everything was going well until I...... well lets say that I was near the end of people to go out. Until I had gone out everyone was doing really well and no one hit any cones until I went out. The ESP on the JEEP kicked my ass. It was off then it on. Your flooring the gas and it doesn't move then all of a sudden it goes and then at that point your running over cones. I wanted to turn off the ESP but that is a big no no. Well I started a trend. The next few people after me ended up taking out cones also. But It wasn't until I started it. This exercise was for a small trophy to the team that had the best times. We came in third or last.
Next was the full throttle. A 1/16th mile rag race with a full tree running street light setup. I actually ran this pretty good. I was running .1XX reaction times for the most part. Then I got in .048 .053 .078 I had some .1XX mixed in there also. Then I told this guy what I was doing. He then ended up running a .008 . I was bummed. Then the very next run I pulled out a .005 According to the instructor I am one of four people this year to run a .005 two were pro drag racers and the other was a cop. I ended up winning the drag races and had the best reaction time of the day. As far as the vehicles go. The Jeep is the bad ass. That thing is insane. If I could afford another vehicle it would be sitting next to the Ram.
Next was the Performance drive. This was what I was looking forward to the most. I know the track from racing motorcycles so with that in mind I had no real concerns. Basically you keep switches cars as the go around track. Two laps and then they come in for a switch. I noticed that different instructors had different lines. Some drove the track aggressively then others were a bit pokey. I was trying to push a couple of instructors to pick up the pace with out getting to close to him. They want you to leave about three cars between you and the next car. But it really didn't happen. This was the only dis appointment of the day for me. The pace was too slow.
Next was advanced car control. Basically you go out in a 08 viper and the 06 viper around a smaller course. This was fun. Nothing like ripping into someone else’s tires. Pitching the car sideways or really sideways for most. So sideways that allot of people went sideways three or four times without ever changing direction. I will say that the pedals in the viper are very close to each other.
Now was the hot laps. This is were you go out with one of the instructors on the big track. Two laps in any car. I waited for the Viper. That thing was awesome. You can tell that it is a car that can get away from you easily if your not careful.
The Jeep is awesome. If I was going to buy any SRT-8 the jeep is the first.
Forgot to mention that there is going to be a DVD of the performance portion of me driving and a view of the track ahead coming in the mail. Part of the package.
We started with autocross. Everything was going well until I...... well lets say that I was near the end of people to go out. Until I had gone out everyone was doing really well and no one hit any cones until I went out. The ESP on the JEEP kicked my ass. It was off then it on. Your flooring the gas and it doesn't move then all of a sudden it goes and then at that point your running over cones. I wanted to turn off the ESP but that is a big no no. Well I started a trend. The next few people after me ended up taking out cones also. But It wasn't until I started it. This exercise was for a small trophy to the team that had the best times. We came in third or last.
Next was the full throttle. A 1/16th mile rag race with a full tree running street light setup. I actually ran this pretty good. I was running .1XX reaction times for the most part. Then I got in .048 .053 .078 I had some .1XX mixed in there also. Then I told this guy what I was doing. He then ended up running a .008 . I was bummed. Then the very next run I pulled out a .005 According to the instructor I am one of four people this year to run a .005 two were pro drag racers and the other was a cop. I ended up winning the drag races and had the best reaction time of the day. As far as the vehicles go. The Jeep is the bad ass. That thing is insane. If I could afford another vehicle it would be sitting next to the Ram.
Next was the Performance drive. This was what I was looking forward to the most. I know the track from racing motorcycles so with that in mind I had no real concerns. Basically you keep switches cars as the go around track. Two laps and then they come in for a switch. I noticed that different instructors had different lines. Some drove the track aggressively then others were a bit pokey. I was trying to push a couple of instructors to pick up the pace with out getting to close to him. They want you to leave about three cars between you and the next car. But it really didn't happen. This was the only dis appointment of the day for me. The pace was too slow.
Next was advanced car control. Basically you go out in a 08 viper and the 06 viper around a smaller course. This was fun. Nothing like ripping into someone else’s tires. Pitching the car sideways or really sideways for most. So sideways that allot of people went sideways three or four times without ever changing direction. I will say that the pedals in the viper are very close to each other.
Now was the hot laps. This is were you go out with one of the instructors on the big track. Two laps in any car. I waited for the Viper. That thing was awesome. You can tell that it is a car that can get away from you easily if your not careful.
The Jeep is awesome. If I was going to buy any SRT-8 the jeep is the first.
Forgot to mention that there is going to be a DVD of the performance portion of me driving and a view of the track ahead coming in the mail. Part of the package.
