Tre Rear Differential Upgrade Service
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Hi all,
I got my rear diff serviced by Jon @ TRE for my SCCA T2 race car. The turnaround time was excellent and Jon was incredibly knowledgeable on the various questions I had. The painted finish looks incredible and the overall build quality looks top notch.
I have an SCCA test and tune day late April and will be able to report in greater detail the results of the upgrade.
I got my rear diff serviced by Jon @ TRE for my SCCA T2 race car. The turnaround time was excellent and Jon was incredibly knowledgeable on the various questions I had. The painted finish looks incredible and the overall build quality looks top notch.
I have an SCCA test and tune day late April and will be able to report in greater detail the results of the upgrade.
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I think this thing kicks ***. I finally got my car out today and took a short test drive. On one particular on ramp my car would typically push a bit and I would have to modulate the throttle b/c of the push. Today forget it, the car was def aiming for throttle on rotation. I be happy.
Can't wait for a proper test on 285 r-comps.
John
Can't wait for a proper test on 285 r-comps.
John
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Also should point out that the car wants to step out with some all season tires and its roughly 45 deg when I drove the car so grip wasn't exactly high. The real test will be on hot sticky r-comps at Devens and a particular turnaround at englishtown (Perry is very limited on certain elements of course design). There are basically a few points in the corner that I am trying to improve the car's response and corner exit/getting on the throttle very early is one of them.
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The real test will be on hot sticky r-comps at Devens and a particular turnaround at englishtown (Perry is very limited on certain elements of course design). There are basically a few points in the corner that I am trying to improve the car's response and corner exit/getting on the throttle very early is one of them.
John, it's interesting how much talk that corner gets Don Slevin, riding in my car, suggested in our car to be off the throttle almost completely until we're pointed in the right direction (or close to it, to compensate for throttle lag) back towards the course. Generally, the following elements are slalom type gates so having stability and no push is a critical element coming out of the corner.
Frankly, I don't have a real answer how to handle that corner. What are your thoughts? How do you expect your new diff to react there?
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John, it's interesting how much talk that corner gets Don Slevin, riding in my car, suggested in our car to be off the throttle almost completely until we're pointed in the right direction (or close to it, to compensate for throttle lag) back towards the course. Generally, the following elements are slalom type gates so having stability and no push is a critical element coming out of the corner.
Frankly, I don't have a real answer how to handle that corner. What are your thoughts? How do you expect your new diff to react there?
Frankly, I don't have a real answer how to handle that corner. What are your thoughts? How do you expect your new diff to react there?
My goal with a corner is to slow down, make the turn and get into the throttle as early and as much as possible. That corner you can hardly do any of those and the bump mid way through kills everything. My hopes are that the ohlins are much better at absorbing mid corner bumps (they should be) and that the car should rotate much better on throttle so that I can shave a bunch of time by planting my right foot nice and early. Dan's Sti would rocket out of that corner b/c of the rotation on throttle, I am hoping to emulate that.
Otherwise I drive it just as Don suggested as it was the only way through. I just had to ***** foot the exit big time.
We'll see how it goes.