ALMS Demonstration Downtown San Jose
Here are a few pics from the ALMS demonstration in downtown
San Jose on September 5th 2001. There aren't any pics of the cars "at
speed" since I was shooting video while they were running. It was very
fun to watch as there were no barriers. At one point, Steve and I were standing
on the curb with the cars going by only a few feet away.
We also had a lenghthy discussion with Michael (on the right
in picture Dscf1628). I learned from him that the shift point RPM's that I
had seen programmed into the transmissions at Sears Point were actually downshift
safety limits. It de-activates downshifting too soon which would over-rev
the engine. These numbers must be changed if the physical gears in the transmission
are changed. To go along with this, today at Laguna Seca, I watched Michael
and friends take the wheels off both R-8's in the pits and run them through
all gears while they were up on their jacks. Wolff
