CSX3170 in Scottsdale

[1795]

Pretty nice run. You could tell when the rpms started hitting where the engine was running it's best. Nice sound. Coming from a race perspective, I was amazed at how loose the shoulder harness was and the amount of movement Scott has in his seat. When I get strapped in my crew pulls as tight as they can, ask me if I can breathe, and then if I have enough breath to respond to them they pull tighter! It might be interesting to see what effect being more secure in the seat may have on times. I would expect that it may result in decreased times, but you never know.

Good luck in making the adjustments for next year.

Jim

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by 1795

Pretty nice run. You could tell when the rpms started hitting where the engine was running it's best. Nice sound. Coming from a race perspective, I was amazed at how loose the shoulder harness was and the amount of movement Scott has in his seat. When I get strapped in my crew pulls as tight as they can, ask me if I can breathe, and then if I have enough breath to respond to them they pull tighter! It might be interesting to see what effect being more secure in the seat may have on times. I would expect that it may result in decreased times, but you never know.

Good luck in making the adjustments for next year.

Jim

Scott likes to really get up on the wheel, the car is less than 1 turn lock to lock and he uses all of it quicker than I have seen other than watching Jackie Stewart in a Mustang in a pouring rain and that was a much slower steering ratio. Scott has broken good quality grade 8 bolts in the steering arms and in fact I had to put aero-space grade 160,000 PSI bolts in to keep that from happening. One of the reasons he is so fast is that he is ahead of the car and makes corrections before the car does something wrong. When he is really strapped in he can't put the body english to the wheel the way he wants to. I have power steering but it isn't a lot of assist so you need good arm strength to drive the car.

[1795]

You can definitely see Scott leaning into the turns. Everybody has a different stye of driving.

I was thinking that you might get a little better seat-of-the-pants feel with being more securely attached to the seat, than more loose. However, if it works for him, then it works!

Good luck and looking forward to hearing more about the adjustments that you will be making. Next year seems so far away....

Jim