Coming in second to last, and getting beaten by a Carrera, no less....it's the NSR Porsche 908/3!
This car should not have been anywhere near the back of the pack. It's match ran a 5.60 compared to its 6.12. That's a huge huge massive gap. It shouldn't have run any slower than about a 5.8 or better. This is an NSR car, and NSR cars are supposed to be good right out of the box.
Whenever something like this happens with a car, I take that car and reset it to its default position. I usually blame myself for how it performs, and resetting it helps get it going better faster. I tend to experiment sometimes, so that also means some experiments backfire. That's okay. With this car, I don't know what's up just yet.
I've had difficulty setting up the ride height since I got it, and I think I've gotten it pretty dialed in, but the front still feels light. I had a bit of looseness vertically and tightened that up. I also worked more on the tires, even though I kinda wanted to wait for the Ortmanns. They could be here as early as tomorrow. But I do want to get this car going.
I did a few changes to my track, so I can't use the last times for comparison. So I'm going to run some times with this car and a couple of other ones in the next few days to see what happens.
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Something's wrong with the Matra. The top grub screw on the left front has stripped through the hole. I can't adjust ride height on the car anymore, which is catastrophic. I don't know when it happened, although I seem to remember fishing a grub screw out of there some time ago. Either way, this car will never be the same, and will likely be hindered by the fact that the ride height can't be adjusted. I think this car has had its heyday and may very well be headed to the back of the pack. There's no telling what's going to happen when the tires get here, and even though it's running fine now, we'll have to see what the future holds.
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