Corvette C8 NJMP Thunderbolt 11/1/20

First day on track with the Phoenix Performance Corvette C8 at NJMP Thunderbolt.
The car is a 1LT Z51, with the following changes from as-delivered:
Alignment/ride height,
Hoosier A7 tires
High wing.
Please excuse some of the data on the lower left. The AIM data recording is a work in progress.

[@joelorussoii5487]

Nice job Andrew! It will be interesting to watch Phoenix Racing's C8 build. I know you'll bring out the beast in the C8 Z51.

[@svsgroup6066]

For anybody who doesn’t know his 124 and making it look like a Sunday drive is not what you would have done so smooth Andrew

[@ajaquilante1]

Thank you.

[@Turbo329]

Hey Andrew, what pressures do you like with the A7? I'm thinking about running those for my last few events at Thunderbolt this season.

[@rleader1]

Great driving as always Andrew. That's some baseline #! What size were the Hoosiers?

[@ajaquilante1]

295 F 325 R

[@dannyli9688]

Amazing driving ! What do you estimate the lap time would be with 4S tires and factory recommended track alignment at this track and lightning?

[@ajaquilante1]

On a C7 Z06 the PSS vs A7 with same alignment was about 3 seconds at Thunderbolt. I'd guess the car would run high 26/27's which, which lines up with it doing 2:00's at VIR.

[@tloder]

It seems to be very tail happy on apex turn 3 (right sweeper) and track out turn 5 (hairpin left)?

[@ajaquilante1]

Setup needs some tweaking. It was our first shot at it, and it wasn't too bad.

[@crustygymshorts]

Do you think it is better on track than the C7?

[@ajaquilante1]

Depends on version. I'd say it falls between a C7 GS and C7 Z51. Need to work on the alignment a bit more and see what that gets us.

[@italian_stang]

Any understeer?

[@ajaquilante1]

No, but I didn't follow GM's recommendations.

[@stanwoodland8972]

@@ajaquilante1 Hi Andrew, any update to your C8 experience since this was uploaded, and since you didn't follow GM alignment what did you use?