Yeti 2.5tfsi The Twins. (And Yeti RS)

[BossFox]

Pictures in from Snetterton on Tuesday.

 

[Dark_Hero]

That's really cool, overtaking race cars

[LeeHarrison]

The BMW driver was a f*cking 4arse. So when you buy a Beamer you have to drive like a pr1ck on public roads AND tracks. Was there a swear jar in the car, all donations go to a new set of tyres, profanities everywhere

Some quick cars there but it looked a bit more Mario Kart than a track session, some people really don't like being overtaken do they

The 'thing' is truly amazing.

[BossFox]

The BMW driver was a f*cking 4arse. So when you buy a Beamer you have to drive like a pr1ck on public roads AND tracks. Was there a swear jar in the car, all donations go to a new set of tyres, profanities everywhere

Some quick cars there but it looked a bit more Mario Kart than a track session, some people really don't like being overtaken do they

The 'thing' is truly amazing.

 

[sharkrider]

Blink and you'll miss it.

 

I'm not very good with this video uploading...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0kdTWP1fg

brilliant

[kilted]

Amazing the turn of speed that "thing" has.

 

There did appear to be a few knobs on the track though - don't think BMW drivers take kindly to being passed by a mere Yeti!

[James I]

 

 Whacky races indeed and we were the pigeon in that last session, the Yeti was more like a target than just another car on track.

 

 You were lucky to get out alive Richard 

[B33fy]

Still room for a bit of improvement.

With a bit of luck a forum member is going to give me some pointers and I'll be about two seconds faster.

Which is a huge difference on a lap time.

 

 

I'll have a quiet word at Bedford, Richard, we'll soon have you sorted  

 

 

..if you cover the big thick round black wotsit in front of him and the wibbily wobbily shiny stick next to him and the 3 rubbery thingummy jiggys on the floor he should be good to go..

[BossFox]

Bits to make it quicker nearly done...

 

[BossFox]

Also, after an hour at Snetterton and an hour at Combe my Federal RS-R are dead.

Swapped them over between the two days and have 1.8mm on the front and 2mm on the back...

 

So it's eaten a whole set in two hours.

 

I don't really want to start adding aero, so going to try something with a harder compound.

And experiement with pressures.

[LeeHarrison]

Black doors make it quicker...... I'm intrigued :think:

[LeeHarrison]

A set in 2 hours. Bloody nora mate, that is some going :-(

[stace]

Getting some weight off will help the tyre wear issue. Are they wearing evenly? 

[BossFox]

Getting some weight off will help the tyre wear issue. Are they wearing evenly? 

 

Yes, very.

[stace]

Mmm. I had this with my Kumho V700 hard compound tyres. Ended changing my driving style only slightly and it really helped. Having said that, it's a bit easier with 210bhp and 1100kg. Your thing is a monster 

[BossFox]

Mmm. I had this with my Kumho V700 hard compound tyres. Ended changing my driving style only slightly and it really helped. Having said that, it's a bit easier with 210bhp and 1100kg. Your thing is a monster 

 

Well to be fair I've been driving it quite aggressively as I was trying to test it out and seeing if I could break anything.

[devonutopia]

You may find less wear with V70 kumhos but at twice the price, you will probably find they don't last twice as long.  At least they don't in my experience.

 

Maybe better to just have more RSRs on spare wheels perhaps.  I think when I cook my Kumhos I will fit RSRs on to them so I have two sets of wheels with the same tyres.

[BossFox]

You may find less wear with V70 kumhos but at twice the price, you will probably find they don't last twice as long.  At least they don't in my experience.

 

Maybe better to just have more RSRs on spare wheels perhaps.  I think when I cook my Kumhos I will fit RSRs on to them so I have two sets of wheels with the same tyres.

 

I am going to fit a set of Yokohama Advan A048-R and see how they go.

 

Then going forward make a cost/life decision based on how they last.

[Taylor93]

As you know im a massive fan of the Yoko AD08R's how they compare to the AD048's i dont know, but if you want someone to test them out for you... im willing to test them

[danny6189]

As you know im a massive fan of the Yoko AD08R's how they compare to the AD048's i dont know, but if you want someone to test them out for you... im willing to test them

You've had your go!

[Skoda_Saint]

You've had your go!

Ahh but at least you two have been in it when driven spirited! :p

[BossFox]

Yeti pics from Combe...

 

 

 

 

[Dark_Hero]

Man that looks good. Sounds brilliant too

[BossFox]

Man that looks good. Sounds brilliant too

 

Thanks Charlie, when it's in action it does sound good.

Think I underestimated the type of noise the 5 pot makes as it does seem good in the "fly by" videos on youtube.

So, so different to a 4 pot.

[Dark_Hero]

my dad has a 5 cyclinder diesel volvo and that sounds pretty good on WOT, so I knew yours was going to sound great. But that's just another level of greatness