track cars are ready for croft tomorrow
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track cars are ready for croft tomorrow
Been down the unit all day today with andy (northernbloke) the owner of tigger (the white one!) prepping the track cars lots of us from the cleveland and north yorks rsoc are on track at croft tommorow.
andys car was treated to disks and pads all round along with new 888's, he as always used budget tyres in the past so this will be a real treat for him to have some propper sticky tyres.
mine didn't need much, just changed the springs on the front coilovers as the ones I had on were too long, I also fixed a slight leak on the exhaust.
so roll on tomorrow and lets hope it stays dry and problem free..
a couple of pics after all the work was done and before we loaded the trailer up
steve
andys car was treated to disks and pads all round along with new 888's, he as always used budget tyres in the past so this will be a real treat for him to have some propper sticky tyres.
mine didn't need much, just changed the springs on the front coilovers as the ones I had on were too long, I also fixed a slight leak on the exhaust.
so roll on tomorrow and lets hope it stays dry and problem free..
a couple of pics after all the work was done and before we loaded the trailer up
steve
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having to opposite lock every corner took too much out of me!!
was very wet tho in that session as the pic below proves!!!
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What time are people expecting to be on track?
I'm coming down tomorrow to take watch and photo's. I'll be wearing a blue Rizla fleece and carrying camera, tripod, bag... if you spot me feel free to say hello Passenger rides gratefully accepted too
I'm coming down tomorrow to take watch and photo's. I'll be wearing a blue Rizla fleece and carrying camera, tripod, bag... if you spot me feel free to say hello Passenger rides gratefully accepted too
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some cracking pics there ben
we had a very good day in the ibiza,so much better then the nova was last time
sarah is now addicted to track days shes gone from not even wanting to go in the ibiza to wanting to keep it as a pure track car
we had a very good day in the ibiza,so much better then the nova was last time
sarah is now addicted to track days shes gone from not even wanting to go in the ibiza to wanting to keep it as a pure track car
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Was a fantastic day, shame about the rain in the morning , but could not belive how fast the track dried out
Car survived yet another brutal attack and done me proud , just need the tracking adjusting now
Think the only casualties were, jacko's missfire , Steves CONSTANT ablitterating of the N/S/F tyre and my tracking / wheel.
Fantastic, roll on the next one
Bri.
Car survived yet another brutal attack and done me proud , just need the tracking adjusting now
Think the only casualties were, jacko's missfire , Steves CONSTANT ablitterating of the N/S/F tyre and my tracking / wheel.
Fantastic, roll on the next one
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great day, as said the weather was dodgy in the morning and quickly changed, ended up being caught out on slicks on a wet track resulting in a huge off and the jim clark S's car spun onto the grass and just wouldn't stop!
later in the day on my wet tyres I lost it through barcroft and spun nearly collecting the tyre wall! (vid from rob in the car behind soon to be posted)
all in all a very good day
steve
later in the day on my wet tyres I lost it through barcroft and spun nearly collecting the tyre wall! (vid from rob in the car behind soon to be posted)
all in all a very good day
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Rob- glad i didnt scare you, i really enjoyed myself today, was awesome in the dry and went VERY well, i must say i personally think ive improved 200% since last time, i must have overtaken at least 5 cars on my last session
Definitely wanna get another track day in soon
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Definitely wanna get another track day in soon
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Was good fun. I broke the RS2000 on the 2nd lap of my first time out. The gear stick fell through the floor so I couldnt change gears and had to pit to fix it and then got back out and only got a couple of laps in before the end of the session
Then Jacko fucked it later on and left it only running on 3 pots. So Lawnsy nipped down to see if we could run another car instead, they said yes so he went and got his lasses car out the car park, a 4 motion Golf, emptied the kids seats off the back seat and we used that instead. After the last session I came in and we noticed the n/s/f tyre was ruined. Bits of tread were missing, showing wires, and the writing had been scrubbed off the sidewall Of course I got the blame for it too, nothing to do with the previous murdering it had round the track.
Now Im tempted to build the Vauxhall XE engine thats in a cupboard in my garage and find a home for it in a track car of some description
Then Jacko fucked it later on and left it only running on 3 pots. So Lawnsy nipped down to see if we could run another car instead, they said yes so he went and got his lasses car out the car park, a 4 motion Golf, emptied the kids seats off the back seat and we used that instead. After the last session I came in and we noticed the n/s/f tyre was ruined. Bits of tread were missing, showing wires, and the writing had been scrubbed off the sidewall Of course I got the blame for it too, nothing to do with the previous murdering it had round the track.
Now Im tempted to build the Vauxhall XE engine thats in a cupboard in my garage and find a home for it in a track car of some description
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Was a canny day, shame the weather was abit off. Deffo need to brush up on my camera skills and bring the Evo down for a bit track action sometime.
All the cars seemed to go well round track too, and thankfully no real disasters.
Yeah... one of those pics you can see the petrol vapour coming out from the rear left of the car... and another one your brakes are on fire
All the cars seemed to go well round track too, and thankfully no real disasters.
Yeah... one of those pics you can see the petrol vapour coming out from the rear left of the car... and another one your brakes are on fire
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Had a good day driving steady around the circuit Got loads of video, just gettting it put together (the youths off )
Got packed up and went to get a photo cd off the photographers. "Are you were the one having fun" even got a discount off them big up to Xtreme Sports Photography
While the disc was being done i spotted an instructor that i'd been on a trackday course with. Said LO and got asked what i had been driving. I fessed up "You were the one drifting"
The bloke from Javelin didn't look too impressed. But i didn't get black flagged so can't have had issue with it After the track was wet at some piont.
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even my 4x4 was hanging the back end out....shame it kept going round!! pmsl
can't wait to see the video of my little off!
getting more impressed with your control rob, enough to propper tailgate you in the afternoon just to get a close up of the drifting! just watch for cones in the track tho!lol
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can't wait to see the video of my little off!
getting more impressed with your control rob, enough to propper tailgate you in the afternoon just to get a close up of the drifting! just watch for cones in the track tho!lol
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It shit myself big time, though it was going to end up through the infield. Should have just drove over the dam thing. Nice for the marshall to just stand watching the cars and not putting the fooking flag up
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some more pics Lee & Sarah
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/09...h/Nikon%20D60/
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/09...20Lumix%20TZ5/
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/09...h/Nikon%20D60/
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/09...20Lumix%20TZ5/
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Enjoyed my session out with you as well Sarah - you were going well
Got some cracking video of you Rob but I won't be able to put it up until I get back home later in the week
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Rock on the next one!
I felt sick all way home after going out with you
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Best tyres in the world, everyone should try a set http://www.capitaltyre.com/indexe.htm
Mean tread, cheap price, don't wear out, fuck all grip
Mean tread, cheap price, don't wear out, fuck all grip
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