I found that my RST only pulls 1.2 g under cornering and braking (providing the g meter was correct ofcourse) and i thought it might have been more than that.

Theres a big difference in the balance and grip of a car between having a passenger and without a passenger. I took one of the corners out the back of the circuit the same speed as i had been taking it all day but this time i was without a passenger, suddenly the back end of the car started to break away and i couldnt get the opposite lock on fast enough and had a 70mph spin but no damage done

I reckon that the passenger adds a little more weight to the inside of the car and helps keep the car balanced better and more stable in the corner.

A 70mph spin registered 2.2 g on the g meter

What else did you all learn

 

I found out that I'm not as clever at going round a bend as I first thought

 

Don`t get too close to Mike..

 

It was my first time driving a cossy on track so I had a lot to learn,

Sadly with only a few sessions on track I couldn't quite get to grip with the car fully but I didn't do too bad.

Driving something with big power and rwd wasn't as bad as I thought but trying to actually get the power down was the big issue.

I was worried that too much right foot through the longer corners would result in a spin but tbh that side of things was easily sorted with a small amount of opposite lock, turn in amazed me as last time I drove a sierra it was a 1.8 and they must have really crap steering as hardly any turn on the wheel was needed to get round most bends in the 3 door .

I think the car needed a better suspension setup as there was a lot of body roll which caused half of my difficulties, my nova was rock hard and had no roll in the bends which was something the 3 door just couldn't do.

Hopefully my mk2 will have zero body roll so I expect I will learn a lot quicker once that is done.

All in all my first go at rwd was great and only span once from just pushing a tiny bit hard and lifting off, Some tuition from the owner would of helped but he wouldn't get in his car with me

 

I saw you spin and i spun same place later that day

 

i found that going around on my own,

i was able to go MUCH fast

as having a passenger, doubled the wait of my car

but, no, was the first time i could really test the Elise and it was fooking awesome

 

 

I learnt that if my car keeps letting me down for silly reasons its gonna end up in bits on e-bay!!!

 

i didnt go, but it taught me one thing:

rememebr to pay for things you want to do well in advance before all the spaces get filled up

 

my fiesta handles superbly but I cant drive it as well as the coowner.

 

i learnt that you get black flagged for accidental 720 deg. spins coming out of the hairpin

i learnt that 'the originals' car is pretty difficult to drive, but has awesome power.

i learnt that Ł7 only buys you a piss weak curry

i learnt that subaru's are more impressive than i thought - thanks alex

i learnt that the organisers did a top job, for which i thank them

 

I also learnt BOTH of these.... especially the scooby bit..

But also that chips ontop of the curry costs 1.50 for a small handfull

 

I learn my scooby handles way better than most fords

Its also fairly nippy compaired to stage 3 cossys

Alex

 

Which scooby did you have

Alpina took some ace rear view footage and had the burgundy one in hot pursuit

I'm sure the vids will be up soon

 

The white one... sti RA



Smit DEFINATLY has some footage! Not sure about anyone else, but if you have... stick it up please

 

 

stop it nick or I'll comment on your cars wiring

 

then i might have to comment on your 'performance tyres'

 

1.
The "10 mph" bus stop chicane could be taken at an impressive 75mph....

2.
Not to organise a 6 way Fiesta shoot out at the end of the day because 2 of em crashed into each other b4 we actually managed a whole lap...

3.
The Fiesta is much better this year than last

4.
Get fuel be leaving to get there on a saturday as ALLthe garages I passd on the wy were closed so it cost me Ł85 to buy fuel on site....

5.
Ł200 535i BMW's (the white 1) from Ebay are sooo funny to drive on a track..... me and Rob@SCC went out for 2 laps and b4 we'd even got on track I had a huge sideways moment....

6.
I need some better front tyres because after a 40 minute session it was like driving on ice......lol


Steve

 

PMSL @ the 10mph bus stop chicane Steve.. each lap seemed to get faster through there

 

oh yeah, i also learnt that m3 csl's are even more impressive than i thought

 

I did have a few "oh fuck" moments whilst nearly removing the wing mirrors..... what impressed me most was that as far as I'm aware noone actually hit it at all

 

The food is really expensive and I couldn't buy my new friend lunch from the tenner I had on me

Good day though
F
(Red Mica scoob)

 

Floyd- It must of been you then that we got some footage off chasing the car (3 door with stripes)

Were recording out the rear window and you were all over us like a rash !

Quick car you have there

You weren't at the ring in September were you ?

 

hello Floyd... was good chatting to you about brakes and scooby's in gerneal. Still loved the color of your car... it was mint

Alex - sti RA

 

I learnt:

1.)That my nearly stock clio is way better than my capri even though it has a V8 engine.
2.) my capri pisses out petrol when push it round left handers.
3.) Cheap discs warp easily.
4.) turn in later and you come out quicker (cheers Alpina )
5.) Jonnybravo can really drive well.
6.) 205's are alot faster than you think.
7.) I want a RS Focus but can't even afford a diesel focus.

 

i leant that #1 has no sense of fear (or just sense ) as trying to take the chicane fter the long straight resulted in fairly big offs, the second lap had me worried we were gonna roll lol then he got black flagged lol - again

(cheers simon i really enjoyed that! )

that Ł5.50 for a cold burger and chips was a tad extorsionate (good job for expenses lol )

i learnt that chip/mongos bimma just wouldnt go sideways easily lol

and lastly, i learnt thats IT WAS FUCKING FREEZING

 

[quote="fudgeass"]i leant that #1 has no sense of fear (or just sense ) as trying to take the chicane fter the long straight resulted in fairly big offs, the second lap had me worried we were gonna roll lol then he got black flagged lol - again

(cheers simon i really enjoyed that! )

sorry bout that talk to Sean he had the same experience!!
Managed it flat out in the end but with passengers a bit more left foot braking was needed!!

 

Just to let everyone know......


To have the "Super expensive food" costs Ł500 PLUS VAT just to have it available....... b4 anyone actually buys anything


What i'll do next year is do a poll and ask if people want lunch available as I also agree its too fookin expensive for what they offer...


Steve

 

burger in bun + 19 baked beans + 15 chips = 5.50

 

Well i learnt that i had shitloads of fun hehe

pmsl @ the food comments thats why me and Nikki went in hunt for Mcdonalds even tho we got kinda lost and discovered that there are not many petrol stations around the town

 

I learnt to stay well clear of "Rammer Rainbird".

I learnt to stay out of my car when JonnyBravo drives it cos he is a girl

I learnt HongKong Phuey is so rich he can go home at lunchtime and changes cars at a whim!

And finally, I learnt to stop sawing away at the steering wheel and drive smoother, therefore only spun once all day instead of 6 times, like last year, and was a shed load faster all afternoon.

Oh, and I am defo fitting coilovers, slicks and a cage to the car this year.

P.S. First quick video clip I have posted here:

http://www.turbo-nutters.co.uk/forum...howtopic=10758

You will need to join the forum that the link takes you to, but its free and we have loads of other vids on there, including last years Beds RS track day!

 

I learnt

1. Its hard to go to a track day without a car to use

2. Bishman is quite good on circut ( and has a very nice focus)

3. Billycabrio is a nutter but he driving is pretty good

4. Next time i might have a car



Well done all it was a top day

 

I learnt:

1. The local welder in the little village is great for welding up broken actuators. (twice)

2. The Palmersport mechanics were unhelpful and said they would not help fix my actuator incase I made an insurance claim against them????

3. TOYO R888's are wicked tyres

4. 400+ BHP in a 700KG car knackers you trying to hold onto it after a couple of laps!!!!

5. Cayenne Turbos are awesome track cars. Mikes Escos was the only car that went past me (I let him past incase he rammed me off)

6. Dont ragg the Cayenne round the track as it ruins a grands worth of almost new tyres in no time!!!

7. Bedford is a great circuit for this kind of event.

 

for me it was

1, focus rs is a great track car

2, focus rs brakes dont like my style off driving

3, need to get better brakes and tyres for next track day

4, need to take more petrol as it used loads

5, need to get my camera mounted as i got blacked flaged when ian was
holding it out on track

6, need to do more track days

 

1. You can kill a brand new pair of Yokohama A048R's on the fron of a fiesta in one trackday at the cost of Ł160

2. Going out in a 6 fiesta shootout causes stained underpants

3. Fiesta's can push faster cars around quite easy

 

1. must take a spare dizzy cap next time (still don't know who we 'borrowed' one from, but would like to pay for it )

2. dont leave my cash card at home next time (cheers spiky for lending some cash )

3. take the slicks even if its snowing when we leave wales as its sunny everywhere else

4. learn to drive the car b4 taking on track

5. no point in having the camera with me and not using it

6. its cold at bedford in feb

 

Alpina... So did I help ya or hinder ya???

 

I learnt i need about 80-100bhp more

and to reconect some wires i've got loose in my haed

 

I learnt that I should get a scooby for my next car CheeRS for the spin and the bit of tuition too

Also learnt not to get in a car with chip as he managed to get black flagged twice lol

Also what a sound bund of people you lot are