jacko

can all the people who went post there best times as a bloke that ownes a locle fiat dealers said that there is no way an m3 would do a 8 14 but i saw on a post that a lad in an m3 had done this

Micky The Finn

fooking hell not another "ring" thread.

Ryan

RW did an 8.14, he will piss under 8mins, with some proper tyres.

seriously good driver.

we did an 8.33, 4 up, with traffic

Jim Galbally

9:18 here, and i'm a very very nervous driver on track

topaz

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CSLs and well sorted M3's with a good driver will do that no problem.

We think we could of got the focus well under 9 with a clear lap and someone calling the bends. It really is a great car for the track.

Our best was:

Ford Focus RS : 09:36
Driver: FordsportJay
Navigator: Jim Galbally
Telling to go faster: topaz
Ring Experience: at the time, 4 laps
Problems: 1 yellow waved flag

Mike Rainbird

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I was in this car timing that particular lap as well. However, it was no ordinary M3, it had Ł3ks worth of APs (front and rear) Ł2.5k worth of Intrax suspension and Ł2k worth of CSL wheels and tyres....

Also the time is BTG (bridge to gantry), so to work out the equivalent of a FULL lap, you have to add 25s to the BTG time.

My Escort's BTG is 8.07 (when it had 430ish bhp).

Paul Eggleton

Official std M3 CSL time is 7:50 IIRC

Jim Galbally

paul, BTG?

Shorty

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I went out with Phil Allenby in his Scooby, i dont know the exact time, but fuck me it was quick!

Paul Eggleton

Now you are asking.................

Let me post this in a vague attempt to hide the fact I don't know

JjCoDeX75

Cant help noticing that the M5 E39 (presuming that the slower of the two M5s is the older one ie mine) managed a respectable 8:28 - faster than the M3 SMG!

Hurrah!

Pimp and fast!

JJ

It's Czech Mate

Bridge To Gantry

Jim Galbally

it's 03/99 model

john

My first ever lap was with that guy a few years back. The man can drive

Mike Rainbird

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They are FULL lap times, so subtract 25s for a BTG time...

Stu @ M Developments

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I did something i swore i would never do and bought myself a Timer on Monday.

I managed various times comfortably and repeatably under 9:30, the best of which being:



I am well pleased with that considering the car is a totally and utterly standard BMW 323 with 102000 miles under her belt. Not a new suspension component in sight. Great car though, did 37 laps faultlessly, all with the aircon on.

Ryan

would have loved a lap in the old boat stu, but as i said, i hardly fookin saw you

impressive times

Marc LJX

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Stu- Whats your opinion of the 323 coupe in general?

Im thinking of getting one as a daily hack, (Should be quite fun to drive, and capable of the odd ring trip just to save taking the RS)

9:30 is very respectable by the way

foreigneRS

8'57" in a shonky 19 old sierra

stu - didn't see you all weekend to give you a lap

ON-UJAH

8.27 in my Evo - KU15 Kumhos which were really good once warm. Thats with a yellow flag and lots of overtaking.

A friend did 8.08 in his Evo 8, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Tyres and Bilstein suspension.

COMEDY DAN

Please remind me why I am getting one VERY shortly..

Andrew_M

I was very impressed mate, despite the lack of power a combo of skill and very good standard chasis/brake/steering meant it was very composed

Steven_RW

8:14.4 in my m3 on standard road tyres.

On these tyres you could probably get around 8:10 on that particular lap if there had been no traffic.

With decent cups or 888's it should do sub 8 BTG with me at the helm.

I eventually managed 8:30 four up with traffic lol.

Awesome fun.

We also managed 9:02 in the hire car that we received after the M3 wheel bearing started to rumble.

It would have done sub 9 with a little less traffic.

Cheers

RW

Chip

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Gutted I didnt manage to get a lap out with you Steven, but at least I got an entertaining lift home

jacko

funily enough mike his m3 has ap,s all round road leagle slics kw what ever suspension and proper tires he goes to the ring all the time but he is a proper spoilt public school boy who no matter what you have he has better and i was just asking him out of interest but he tried to be a clever twat and talk to me like i was daft . he rcons he does ir in 840 odd and his words where evo mag hat a gt bmw and they couldnt get it under 8 and i must be mistaken

Jim Galbally

8:40 ?

i recon even i could do an 8:40 after another 30 or so laps, so he must be shit if he can't do it in a proper trick E46

jacko

its an e36 evo mate he is a proper nob and thinks cos hecan buy a tric car that he can drive one proper spoilt kid

Andy_R

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****edit***

Paul Eggleton

Andy, have you got the wrong end of the stick here, I don't think this chap is referring to RW

Marc LJX

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Im confused now. Are we talking about Steven RW? (Jacko)
If so, his car is an E46 M3 (With a couple of trick bits as said).

And i 100% believe he did an 8:14 BTG

Chip

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RW = proper ringer
Other bloke = proper cock


HTH

Andy_R

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My appollogies...i had my wires crossed.

Ryan

andy u still pissed?

Andy_R

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We dont wanna go there Ryan

Lou Lou.

Pmsl still cant believe you guys ended up at the petrol station trying to find your hotel

Paul Eggleton

Jacko is refering to someone he knows who isn't RW

Andy_R

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I SO see that now Lesson learned!

Jim Galbally

i had to read that back about 4 times to work it out too

Ryan

lou, neither do i, andy says he was just following me,

i didnt have a clue where i was going, i was shit faced, i dont ever remember leaving the pub

or how the hell we met up with you and jonno in that other bar, that had the funky blue lighting.


ahhh the joys of alcohol

jacko

sorry for being vague lads the bloke tried to talk down to me infront of all the lads i work with when i mentioned rw,s timed lap because he goes there at least twice a year and thinks he is some sort of racing driver one thing he did say is any one that can do an 8 14 in an m3 road car should be driving f1 so rw if you read this you should ring enzo see if he has a job for you lol