20210629 VIR HPDE session 3

NCM HPDE at VIR
Day 2 session 3
818 SCR

Finally starting to put some laps together after working out my braking technique issues.

Towards the end of the session some additional noise is being picked up, believe the transmission might be beginning to fail -it has over 200K with the original gear set except for an LSD.

With only about 300 HP 5th gear is currently useless - the engine falls flat on its face after the upshift (loses speed), and there is probably some synchro or shift fork damage because I could never hit a 5 to 4 downshift. So instead just ran in 4th on the straights, at nearly 7000 RPM was pulling about 118 mph.

The coupe style bodywork seems to work well for aero stability, only noticed some buffeting/drifting when going over the rise on the back straight.