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Originally Posted by jonszr1

I just got back from the valley and my latest early morning run. I DID IT my new Personal record196 but Holy SH*t almost lost it on the shut down ended up do a 360 but stayed on the road. Excuse me but I think I sucked the seat up my butt and I gotta go remove it. I know I flat spotted the tires. on the way home felt like a centapeed witha wooden legg 99 thump. Man do things happen fast at that speed

Yes, at that speed things do happen very quickly. There are several things you can do to help you when attempting to go fast. One, and imo, is to have very good tires. I mean VERY good tires. There are only a few that are rated above 180 mph. I would suggest that if you are going to try going that fast, then get a set of them. Most of the drivers at ORR events that have had bad experiences had them occurr because of tire failure. Losing a tire above 180 is a bad thing. Two, put all the positive caster available into the steering to slow down the steering. Setup the suspension to lower the car as much as you can, especially in front. Put the slightest bit of toe-in front and rear. You do not want the car to have any toe-out. And some negative camber also. Not too much. Also, try to stiffen up the suspension so when you let off, the rearend does not want to come around. That means setup the car on the tight side, not loose. I don't know how fast you were going when the donut happened, but I do know that donuts above 100 mph will get the adrenalin(sp) flowing. 196 mph is very fast. Congratulations. You also might consider doing those runs by yourself. You do have good life insurance don't you. :-) I was asked by my wife to increase mine when I started high speed racing. I did as she asked.