Conquering The Wall (Eau Rouge Spa)
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Nice photos! Have more? 
It is impossible to go up in fifth. Just before the chicane I go back from fifth to fourth and than it's full throttle up hill. But I can tell you, it is a hell of a chicane. You have to take it in the right way. If you don't, this will be the sad result (also a NSX Trophy competitor). He crashed into the barriers just on top of Eau Rouge:Ponyboy said:
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docjohn said:
Yeah, I remember Kimi, Schuey, and Montoya going flat out this last season and Mika flat out before he retired.
I think this is a track I'd love in the dry and one I'd hate in the rain.
Gerard, do you have the 4.55 gears?
The problem with Spa is, that most of the time one of the two races in the Trophy weekend is a wet race. And I can tell you, it is frightning for the first time. But after a few laps it will be the most exciting experience you will ever have on track.Ponyboy said:
I have short gears and the 4.23 end ratio.Ponyboy said:
Nice pics, and I am sure you had the time of your life there. Watching an F1 race there is special enough, I could not even imagine being able to drive my NSX around that legendary track.
Maybe one day...
Maybe one day...
Gerard van Santen said:
I honestly can't even imagine taking a turn like that... at VIR i do the esses at about 115...
I can't even imagine doing a turn at 140 ish...
that has got to be one REAL... i mean.... REAL gut checker..
BTW... the picture looks super hot... unfortunately, I'm sure the picture doesn't do it any justice of how fun it really was...
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Any high res copies of the pictures?
Armando
Armando
This section is the hottest I know of. As you can see on the picture, a lot of stress is on the left front suspension of the car. This gives you an idea of the G-force in this corner. If you hit the curbs in the wrong way (and you will, if you don't turn in the right way at the start of the chicane) you will end in the barriers.VBNSX said:
The European NSX Throphy goes around the major F1 tracks (Magny Cours, Monza, Spa) and from all those tracks, Spa is the most amazing by far.
Just one of those things you should have done once in your life.....
Biggest problem though, is that EVERY year, someone from our club has serious damage, and we are only with a few....
Just one of those things you should have done once in your life.....
Biggest problem though, is that EVERY year, someone from our club has serious damage, and we are only with a few....
In 2003 the rear of the car would go light at the top of the hill, as you have to start a left turn before the crest of the hill.
This year my new rear wing, put a stop to that, and I could accelerate as fast as the car would go up and over the hill. I'll be the first to admit I take it pretty easy at the chicane at the bottom though.
As seen here
This year my new rear wing, put a stop to that, and I could accelerate as fast as the car would go up and over the hill. I'll be the first to admit I take it pretty easy at the chicane at the bottom though.
As seen here
Yes. Sad, very sad.. :frown:DutchBlackNsx said:
Later on today, I will put a video file on my server of last years Trophy at Spa. It will be possible to download the file, but you have to realise it is almost 500MB. This video, taken in and outside of my NSX, gives you an impression of the most legendary circuit in the world.
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Hi Kevin,j14nsx said:
You made a tremendous job of this wing. Thanks for the offer to let me try the wing in the race. It was a pitty, that we couldn't make the wing fit for my NSX in time. We had some probems with the wiring of my brake lights (leds) in my OEM wing. I am sure that the wing would have made a huge difference at Eau Rouge. May be next year.
This is the Spa 2003 video file:Gerard van Santen said:Yes. Sad, very sad.. :frown:
Later on today, I will put a video file on my server of last years Trophy at Spa. It will be possible to download the file, but you have to realise it is almost 500MB. This video, taken in and outside of my NSX, gives you an impression of the most legendary circuit in the world.
Spa Trophy 2003 video
I hope it will work....
I will upload a smaller one later. Perhaps that will shorten download time.Troll said:
Maybe compress it with Virtualdub?
T Bell said:
Though i'm no fan of the corvette what so ever, its very sad to see........
