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Title: MiDrift Gingerman Raceway [REeDIT]

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Cool School, Cool Tool

Cool School, Cool Tool

Most fun I ever had at school

That’s because the topic was one of my favs, cars, and in this instance I would learn how to drive one on racetrack. The car was the 2019 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Widebody and the racetrack, GingerMan Raceway in South Haven, Michigan. It was hosted by an organization that I belong to, Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA), and sponsored by Dodge and Jeep who…

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ATS Carbon 1.5-Way LSD Review

“After a successful first outing at Mid-Ohio, I knew my S2000 was relatively dialed in. Despite having just 210 whp, it shined through the corners, making up chunks of time against the much more powerful competition when it came to the twisties. However, I wasn’t satisfied. One was consistency, and two was control. Even before Mid-Ohio, my times were not very consistent. Errors in my driving were often amplified, and there might only be one or two good flying laps and plenty that I had to abort. Moreover, despite my prior experiences of racing at Mid-Ohio, trying to stay on the asphalt with my S when the rain started to fall was difficult to say the least. Squirming under braking, I didn’t have a lot of confidence to really attack or charge the entry, and on the exit, attempting to put down any power, even out of the VTEC window, had to be done with delicacy and care. I might’ve won the event, but I knew there was more left in the car. After talking with TF-Works about some potential solutions, we decided on an ATS Carbon 1.5 way LSD. The stock Torsen has done its job, but it’s time for an upgrade.

After a stress-free install, my first impression as I pulled out of TF was… did they put my stock diff back in? I had heard plenty about the annoyance of the constant chattering from aftermarket differentials, but all I could hear as I struggled through typical Chicagoland traffic was my own rattling exhaust. In other words, it was business as usual on the street.

The following weekend, we headed out to Gingerman Raceway for Gridlife Midwest. Here, I got my first taste of the ATS Carbon’s magic at work. Taking corners at speeds that would’ve upset the rear before, the car now stayed stable, and continued to hold on to the line that I had intended. If I wanted rotation on entry, the car would still give it to me, but now I had more control of the slip angle. Instead of 70% throttle trying to recover the rear from excessive angle, I could now go on 100% throttle and just hang on as the car sorts itself out and accelerate earlier. The data from my AIM solo showed about 0.05-0.1 second difference every corner, compared to when I was there a couple weeks prior without the diff. The PB dropped, too, from a 1:41.7 to a 1:40.054, a new 200tw NA S2000 record around Gingerman.

And on Sunday morning, the rain came and soaked the track, and I was eager to see just how big of a difference the ATS carbon would make, under these tricky and low grip situations. With the same suspension and tire set up as Mid-Ohio, the car immediately felt more stable and easy to drive. I could attack the braking zone if I really wanted to, but I preferred to carry the momentum through with smooth inputs, and I was shocked as to how easy the car had become to tame. The throttle pedal was no longer a knife’s edge, and I could actually use most of that 210 horses on corner exits.

Even when I had dropped the ball and caught in a full-oppo-lock slide at 70 mph going through 7-8-9, I knew exactly when to pick up the throttle, drop the clutch, straighten the wheel and continue onwards. A full 20-minute session with the wipers on full speed and barely any visibility, I didn’t have a single off-track excursion (for me, someone with the nickname of “Bumper Destroyer”, that is a real achievement). The amount of confidence it generated was simply unreal, and, much to my surprise, I had set the fastest time of all 4 classes in the wet sessions, about a second faster than a Corvette C7 with all its “rain mode” TC and stability controls.

Make no mistake, this ATS Carbon was a serious financial investment that I had to think more than twice about before pulling the trigger. But, as someone who had genuinely struggled and hated driving in the rain before, this simple bolt-in part made me change my whole attitude towards it. In fact, if it happens to rain all weekend long at Road Atlanta for Gridlife South, I think I might have more than a chance of pulling out a win. Not saying you MUST have an ATS Carbon diff, I’m just saying you should… ”

-Jackie Ding

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