Silver-Arrowz

The last few mins of qualifying was good. Kept changing and changing. I was joyed when Webber slotted into P3 with a few mins to go then all of a sudded the Renualts and Mclaren and Button must've taken some super drug cause they just shot up the slots and Webber was back down to P7.

BWA, for having ago, you get a thumbs up already.

I guess the question is, when a police officer pulls you over and see's you have a cast on your leg, will they chuck a hissy-fit about it or leave it alone?

It's simple, push the car to the limit that you feel comfortable with. Nobody's sitting next to you with a gun in your head and telling you to go faster. If the format follows all the track days I've been to then the fast cars are seperated from the slow/beginners. And you shouldn't be ashamed to be in the slow group because we all started there at one point. Hell I sometimes go there when I'm unsure of my cars performance from time to time. Get one of the experienced guys to sit in the car with you for pointers. Heck if allowed I'll be more than happy to get in and give pointers. I'm already planning on flag marshalling to make this day enjoyable for all so get out there and have a poke. Back in the early days of SAU a lot of members got out there and had a bit of fun but along the way we learned a lot about out cars from these days. This knowledge we don't mind sharing with fellow members, we're not a F1 paddock where everything is secret. P.S. Flavio's not out there scouting for Alonso's replacement (thats because he's signed me up already )

As I've announced already, I've torn my achiles tendon and had an operation on it. I've got a cast on my left foot and I haven't been driving cause I don't want no trouble with the boys in blue. But I was just wondering if I'm allowed to drive with a cast. It's only my left foot so driving an auto isn't an issue.

I've torn my achilles tendon so I have no control of the clutch. If my cast comes off before the day and I've regain some use of my left foot then I might be in, still though the whole saga has already costed me a small fortune so I'll just have to wait and see.

I've been robbed from this event! I can't make it cause of this torn achiles tendon. What a freaken greek tragedy alright. Toyota = toymotor this year. But don't forget, as the season progresses, the bigger budget teams could come back because of their ability to R&D faster.

That would be great if SAU had a tour like that.

They switched rubber and struggled. I think Toyota may have to redesign their suspension to suit the new rubber. Mclaren had the same story a few years back when they switched from Bridgestone to Michelin.

The blocks of wood are there to raise the height of cars. I remember reading about some british car manufactuer doing it to their cars, some old car.... can't remember which one. The reason was that ADR rules changed (headlight had to be above X height) and instead of making proper springs and shocks to meet the rules they stuffed blocks of wood to raise the ride height. Result was it made a crap handling car even "crapper". hahaha!

Little car syndrome.

How are ya B-man! Good to hear you doing well. I reckon the datto. Once you "B-man", or these days "A-man/D-man" it, slap in a SR20 for some kicks. Haha!

Maybe we see things differently but I wouldn't sacrifice all that time and effort for a Skyline. For a Ferrari, yes! but a sub $15k car.... no. Driving between Sydney and Canberra is a boring drive and you'll probably give it up after a few trips.

Well, I'm officially retiring from WOW. RL and WOW clashed and it's time to rebuild my life. I wish I could tell you guys what happened but it wouldn't be fair on the other parties involved. Overall it's a fun game but it's just so time consuming. I can understand the addiction but now I realised how much I've missed out on back in the real world.

Actually the later varient of the Su-27 is the Su-37. Similar design but with improved engine and electronics. Check out the F-22 Raptor. That's one bad ass plane.

Teams have the option to still run a last year spec V10 at reduced revs. The pick up better from low revs, but I'm sure as the teams progress though out the season the V8's will rev harder to produce more speed than a V10 with reduced revs. Don't forget, they can run a V10 this year, but next year they'll be a year behind in a V8 engine development. The end result is a croc of sh*t from Mister Mosley. Cost savings in F1, my butt! The switch to a V8 means teams had to spend a lot more money developing the new engines. It was never as simple as the FIA said (chopping 2 cylinders off and tada!) because V8's aren't as balanced as V10's. I can understand why Michelin's leaving now. Too much politics, not enough racing.

If you like getting defects, then hang out Liverpool Krispy Kreams... lol! Track day coming up soon and hopefully the old skool SAU guys get back together for this one.

I'm in!

It's all good mate! I remember being WAAAYYY off the apex too. lol! Super sweet! April 29th is leave for me. Hopefully enough time to get my sways sorted.

It's definetly turn 2. And yeah, a tad bit off the apex.

Get a remote oil filter. Best thing I did and saves you from cleaning oil up that dripped its way out.

I use to get heaps of condensation in my GTR and the car had no issues.

With my old car I started going the path of power mods first, but then quickly realised that was the wrong way to go. Then I went down the suspension path and got some results, but that was still some what disappointing. The best bang for your buck I got was the Peter Finlay driving course. The way I saw the track and my approach to driving changed with time and practice from what I learned from the course. Best money I spent shaving my lap times.

That pic brings back memories. Anyone got the pic of kebab's car in the kitty litter?

SBS (sump baffle syndrome) :lol: I never ran a sump baffle on my last car. Just run road rubber and you'll be fine.