This is the page for real-time updates from the 2012 One Lap of America event from Ex-Pat Racing. We will post updates, videos, photos and status for the One Lap of America as we go. We'll also add some pre-event news as it happens too.


Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Star of the Show!

So the star of the show is a 2010 Porsche 911 (997) GT3. It's a tremendously rewarding car to drive and is just amazing fun. It's hard to describe just how good it is. Suffice to say, it's way better than I am.

The car has some of the lighter options, or lack of options:
  • Carbon ceramic brakes which are much maligned by some GT3 owners, but I love them. They save 44lbs over steel brakes and use the same pads for track and street.
  • Carbon fibre sport bucket seats. Very limited adjustment but light and work very well with harnesses.
  • No front end lift, which means lots of scraping of the front splitter on every driveway and gas station entrance
  • No nav.
  • White paint - which, believe it or not, is the lightest color.
It is mostly stock with only the following additions:
  • GMG Racing by-pass exhaust. It's lighter and sounds fabulous but gives no performance gain.
  • GMG Racing bolt in roll cage in red powder coat.
  • Schroth, GT3 specific, 6 point harnesses.
  • Oz Racing Ultralegerra (ultra-light) wheels in black.
  • Suspension lowered by 10mm and camber set at -2.5 all around.
  • Racing SRF brake fluid.

Here are the seats and harnesses:


And here is the roll cage being fitted:



And here it is with the stock wheels on.


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