A Lucas alternator (generator?) stuck on full output. What are the odds? hehe
The Porterfield R4's on the STi right now are definitely a lot better than OEM's and I was pretty happy with the same compound on the WRX, but I really like a lot of initial bite, and that's just not present. They never fade. They just don't grab as hard as I'd like and my braking zones are substantially longer than they were in the WRX. Slightly more weight and quite a bit more speed, but I'd think I'd be braking maybe 50 feet earlier on the same compound; not 150-200 feet earlier.
I was totally disgusted with myself on Sunday when it rained. When it's dry, I rotate the car something fierce. When it rained, I was driving way too timid. I was passing all but one car in the rain, but I should've been passing that one (an old 911 Carrera) and lapping them all. Everyone else was out of their element. The STi was in its element. But I just didn't have the nerve. The slightest little wiggle and I was all out of sorts and was focusing a lot of my mental time on reminding myself to apply the throttle if it got loose. Which is for me as it certainly is for you, a habit you don't even have to think about. But when it rained, it was all I was thinking about.
Just an awful performance in the rain. And I've always enjoyed the rain (for short periods, followed by dry) because it'd put a magnifying glass on any mistakes I was making and let me fix them and result in my being a lot faster in the dry.
I was only half-joking when I said I hoped they didn't combine all the run groups because I'd feel really bad if I, as an instructor, got passed by the first-timer in the Mazda-6.
MO is certainly on my to-drive list. MAM and HPT are the same length and number of turns. 2.25 miles, 14 turns. MAM's flat as a pancake, though. But HPT has nice elevation changes. Sounds like MO's got more, though.
