Alfa Romeo Giulia QV | Road Atlanta | Chin Track Days | Personal Best Lap Time & Fastest MPH
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Lap 3 is the fast lap.
I fried my brake caliper dust boots and seals and boiled my brake fluid at my August Track Event. See the front brakes getting hot at position 28:32 of this video: • Alfa Romeo Giulia QV |... .
Before this event, I rebuilt all my brake calipers and installed titanium heat shields ( www.girodisc.com/ ) on all the pads.
What a difference!
Gave me the confidence to go a bit faster knowing I wouldn't struggle to stop this time.
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I have enjoyed lapping this car more than my Huracan tecnica and GT3RS 992. I just love this car so much. Im on my second QV now.
Cool! Yeah, This is my 2nd Giulia QV as well.
Really? I would understand if you compared this to a M3, but a 992 GT3 RS?
@@155stw Those are the cars I have so thats all I can compare to right now. Im not doing a review or comparison im just saying I enjoy driving this car more than the other two.
@@Thatcardude207 that’s fantastic that the car gives so much enjoyment. A lot of people have said the same.
@@155stw This car will be a legend in the time to come. Better get one :)
The car sounded great especially on the downshifts leading into the chicane at the end of the back straight. Fast time too! 💪🏻
Thanks! My best time is 1:40 ( ua-cam.com/video/Z-4KZfP7w54/v-deo.htmlsi=ovHydlu2SP8bWyGt ).
I've made many improvements since that run, including added power and improved suspension components + GTAm CDCM.
I hope to get back to the track with these changes fairly soon to see if I can break 1:30s.
Stay tuned...
I just watched it all start to finish, well done. Looks like so much fun, the car sounds amazing. That exhaust is addicting, I love the sound on up shifts.
Thanks!
Yeah, and my exhaust is stock. Actually, the whole car is stock with exception of swapping my CCM brakes for iron and installing ST springs.
Now that I've rebuilt all my brake calipers the brakes feel really good. This gave me the confidence to go a bit faster this event. Even at that, I'm still letting out down the back-straight. If I keep my foot in it she'll hit 160+ like it ain't nothin'! When she hits 5th gear the extra surge of power is scary, which is when I back out lol!
I need some stickier tires now. Maybe then I'll try keeping my foot in it through T9.
Wow this car moves down the straight!🤯
@@Mario_RX7 And I don't have the guts to keep my foot in it through T9. You can hear that I let out of the accelerator.
@@genyosai how has the car been treating you, in terms of reliability plus tracking it? I own an Infiniti Q60 and it is great for power and comfort but it is not sporty enough for my taste.
@@Mario_RX7 I brag all over the forums and on Twitter about how bulletproof it's been. I have ~13,000 TRACK MILES and I've not had to do anything but repair my park brake calipers and rebuild my Brembo brake calipers because one track day I boiled my brake fluid and fried my caliper piston seals.
The car doesn't even use oil. Not even on track days!
Mind you I'm the type that likes to just open up and go through my car for no reason with a fine-toothed comb. If I see something I don't like, I'll address it whether it's a real problem or not.
I love this thing.
I just subscribed to your channel, BTW.
Fantastic video!
I almost forgot I was watching an _actual_ race and not some game or graphic rendering.
Stay classy my friend.
Thanks! I can't wait to get her back to the track. I've made some significant improvements since this video, but haven't had the opportunity to go back due to some health reasons. I'm on the mend now, so I should be back in the seat by February.
That was great! 1.42 👋
Thanks!
I can consistently run 1:44s, 1:43s all day in this car, but I know it's faster than that. I'm just building nerve to hold my foot in it down the back-straight lol. It has so much more acceleration in it, but I get nervous and let out into T9... wanna make sure I can stop before T10a and T10b lol!
Rebuilding my calipers and installing titanium shields was a huge help. Changing my tires will be a bigger help. Need to go a bit stickier.
@@genyosai It will be extremely easy for you to get into the 30s. Tires alone will give you at least two seconds. Bravery will probably give you a couple seconds once you trust it more as well.
@@TesLatino Yeah... think I'm going with tires next.
240 км/ч ( 150 ml/h max speed in a straight line) максимальная скорость по прямой.
Great job , Nick!! I love your tutorials ! Can't wait to see you beat your best time!!
I have an 18', that looks like fun.
G Meter on tilt. Nice
Clean smooth lines! Nice laps!
Major, customized work coming. Jay O'Connell and Eric Urness are now involved!
@@genyosai I have a 2019.. What work you having done.. Great run...
@@tcathunder Thet only thing I've done to my car is remove the CCM brakes and replace with Girodisc irons with Raybestos ST43 pads for the sake of saving money lol!!
Great driving! Have you made any other changes to the brakes? Aftermarket discs and pads?
Hi!
Thanks! Yes, here's my setup:
Adjustable FUCAs
--- -3.9* frontal camber
--- -2.5* rear camber
--- 0.24 total frontal toe out
--- 0.48 total rear toe in
--- square 10" Alfa Romeo tecnico wheels wrapped in 285mm CUP2
Alfissimo Corsa dual-rate springs
Giulia GTAm CDCM (suspension ECU)
Squadra Massimo tune
Girodisc iron CCM disc replacements
Raybestos ST43 pads
Titanium brake pad shields
Castrol SRF Fluid
Hey man. Few questions for ya. What camera setup are you using and where do you put the mic?
2. The speedo and G reading, is that from gps or is that a readout from the obd?
Thanks! I love the Giulia ! Considering buying one.
Hey.
I used this mic with my GoPro Hero 5 Black cameras (two... one forward facing and one rearward facing). The one capturing the exhaust note is my rear facing camera mounted on the rear shelf right between the two headrests.
Olympus ME-51S Stereo Microphone:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BTAH62/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
along with this mic adapter for the GoPro:
GoPro Pro 3.5mm Mic Adapter for (HERO8 Black/HERO7 Black/HERO6 Black/HERO5 Black) - Official GoPro Accessory:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L2CPPH2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and this GoPro housing to neatly hold the mic adapter:
V2 Housing Case Vlogging Frame with Microphone Cold Shoe Mount Compatible for GoPro Hero 7 6 5 Mic Audio Adapter Action Camera Accessories:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MQRXZWM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You can see the mic mounted near my license plate in the video thumbnails. It has this wind-sock on it:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HX40OL6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
As for the telemetry, I'm extracting that from the GoPro GPS data.
I'm currently doing a LOT of suspension geometry work to my car. AFter I test that on track, I'll get a tune from Ideal Race.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Stay tuned!
@@genyosai now this is how you respond! Haha Thank you so much! Dude, your car is going to freaking Rip after those mods. It will be like driving a Ferrari for real!
Awesome work, what tires are you running?
Thanks!
I'm currently running Yokohama Neova 08R. This is a compromise I choose between the OE Pirelli tire with a 60 utqg rating, and the Yoko 200 utqg. The Pirelli is obviously much, much stickier, but dang!!! They only last one track day!! So I went with the Yokohamas so that I wouldn't have to buy tires every track event considering I track the car ~once/month.
This affects my cornering speeds, however. My cornering speeds are super low compared to some other cars I've tracked... even my Tesla Model 3 Performance is much faster in the corners because of the very low center of gravity that car has.
So, to fix that, I'm probably going to cancel my November 28 event registration in preparation to have some serious suspension customization done.
The Quadrifoglio is seriously lacking front camber. I also prefer a square wheel/tire setup for the track, but normally there's no good way to do this for this car. However, with the help of some enthusiasts over on the Giulia Forums ( www.giuliaforums.com/ ) I've managed to get in touch with Jay O'Connell of O'Connell Car Development. He's a race engineer, as in, for example, he supports IMSA teams. He's customizing my front upper control arms so that I can get up to -4.0* camber and run the OE rear wheel/tire size up front (10" wrapped in up to 285s).
This simple modification should allow me to shave another 2-4 seconds off my Road Atlanta lap time by faster cornering. Once I've tested/tweaked the suspension geometry and feel good about it, I plan on getting a tune from Ideal Race ( idealrace.com/ ). The owner, Eric Urness, is another race engineer and has expert experience tuning cars, as he was the lead engineer/tuning developer for APR. He ha a tune for my car that not only increases power, but make the power more manageable, because in stock form the power is hard too modulate and the car is always trying to kill you lol!
I'm Excited!
Pulling off my front Upper Control Arms this weekend!!
Stay tuned :)
@@genyosai Nice Job... I have a 2019 do you have the standard staggered on there..
@@tcathunder Hi, Thanks! Yes, right now I'm staggered, but that's actually changing as we speak. I'm having some custom FUCA work done that will allow me to run a square 19x10 setup.