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Originally Posted by husker boxster
Think I'll need to learn to heel-toe if I'm running courses other than MAM.
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Yes, learning to heel and toe will help quite a bit in improving your corning abilities as it keeps the car better balanced. It helps to ease the wear on the transmission too. Just practice in your car on the street and then perfect it when you get time at the track.
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Originally Posted by husker boxster
I had 2 students tell me their instructors told them to follow me since I appeared to be running the proper lines. I felt good about that.
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You should feel good, you drove very well. My comment was meant to get you thinking about that next 10% improvement in performance.
Once I hired an ex-Indy car driver as an instructor and he complained that I left about 1 foot of track unused on turn entry and exit. A foot? Seriously? But when I used those extra feet, I found that my times dropped by about 0.3 sec per lap. Do that in 3 or 4 corners and you'll pick up ~2 seconds per lap (you also get the additional speed down the straights that come with a higher corner exit speeds).
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Originally Posted by husker boxster
I've found myself cursing the Porsche marketing of keeping the Cayman underpowered to the 911s. ...... Just wish I had 50-75 more HP. Ahhh, the slippery slope is calling.
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LOL! Yes, welcome to the "We're Sick of Being Underpowered" Boxster/Cayman Club!