I took the ST to the track for the first time today. Wow, what a blast!!! I spent a good bit of time on three wheels without any drama.
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Fun at the track....
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CSVT#49
Addicted CEG'er
That looks like a ton of fun!
boumacj
Hard-core CEG'er
Great looking car, you have video so we can hear that thing right?
Unfortunately the car really doesn't make a lot of exterior sound with the stock exhaust. I took the videos from a fair distance away with a zoom lens, so what little exhaust sound it makes is very faint in the video. The track is also part of an airport facility, so the planes cover up a lot, too. It sounds amazing from inside the cabin, though. I'm working on an exhaust upgrade - I've found the one I want, just have to buy it and get it installed.
This one is too far away to hear any sound from the car, but shows a bit of 1st-2nd shift wheelspin and the resultant tire smoke at about 9 seconds.
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SHOspazz92
CEG'er
Is that the inside tire I see spinning going around a corner?
It's very possible. The outside tires were very loaded on those hard corners, and I had the car in Sport Mode (traction control off, but not totally defeated so I wouldn't spin out). The E-diff can only do so much, I imagine. I couldn't feel it spinning, though.
One more video.