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


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