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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by pomansouth
do your self the biggest favor you could ever do and get a type r sway bar. You probably have ALOT of time left in the car only permitted by tires and comfort for the most part...
Ummm no do yourself a big favor and at the next event go get an instructor to help you. 8 seconds is an eternity and a sway bar is not going to help for 8 seconds. Maybe 1 second the most.

Did you walk the course? When you walk the course you should get a sense of where the course goes the 1st walk. 2nd walk start to memorize apex points. 3rd walk look where you need to brake. 4th walk try to put them all together. If you need more walks then so be it.

You should be able to stand at the start line and close your eyes to visually know where each corner, braking point and apex are. Force youself to stick to those lines when you drive your car.

Also definitely get an instructor to ride with you to give you pointers. And even have them drive the car for you to see what your time would be compared to his.
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