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I was going to make the trip down this year but just ran out of time... I went a couple of years back and its a great event...

Alignment was done the day before and should have been spot on... Maybe it is heat cycling then? The left tyre cops a lot more load then the right at Wakie so its possible... I just need a definitive answer so i can learn not to do it again... I have one of the old fronts with a cooked shoulder than i can use for testing next year while i set the car up anyhow...

Yep, will let you know how it goes!

They are amazing quality and this was damn cheap! I sold mine second hand for way more then that and it was worth every cent

Annnnnnnnd the same oil problem i have been suffering for the last few track days, i have no fix for this as yet and will work out a plan as i go... Will still likely setup an accumulator of some form to try band aid the issue but the oil pressure under certain braking conditions is a real problem... I have spoken to a few people now that have suffered the same issue...

Third issue which was found by fluke was the braided turbo oil line... I was working below the turbo and giving the heat shield a bit of a bend when i grabbed the braided line and cut by hand... I realised the line has been rubbing on the shield mount and has worn through the braid, i cannot see how far gone it is as yet but will be making a new line that is shorter to avoid any potential engine bay fires in the future! Could have been a bad day!

The second issue i found was the power steering, i know its been pushing fluid out the rezzy and needs a cooler but also found the low pressure hose was leaking and the drivebelt for it had pretty much destroyed itself, looks like something has flicked up through it as the damage is pretty random over the belt face... So all of these are easy enough to fix and will be bigger and better for the next outing... Power steer cooler will be made up once i change some things around in the front end for better cooling...

Haha will be plenty more next year So i got the car home and starting pulling it all apart so i can do a clean up and some mods over the summer... This lead to finding some issues and potential failures... I must do more maintanance after track days to prevent simple reliability issues in the future! Firstly, the tyre going down has been a major talking point... The tyre is now destroyed and looks to be heat seperation... I am being told by some that heat cycling was required, by others that they are pre heat treated. Also being told it was low pressure that caused the failure (however i believe the issue started in the first session where the pressures were high) and lastly told i pushed the tyre too hard (Most likely scenario i guess, however it felt like shit from the minute i went out on it so i still dont know). If you know tyres and have any feedback on this please feel free to give advice as i am pretty new to it and dont want to deal with it again if possible - There is no contact with anything as i checked all clearances, the other tyre on the other side still looks like new, these tyres were purchased at different times so are not the same batch. It would explain why i was complaining about front end grip and could not put down a quicker time i guess!

IKD or Racedeal at Emu Plains.

Yeah was an eventful day so figured it was due for an update Dont worry, by the end of the day i forgot it was my birthday too until Carmen reminded me haha Cant believe its been 2 years since we caught up... At least these issues still allowed me to have some fun track time, unlike 2012

Thanks for coming down man! Was awesome...

Dodgy mofo

Ooh ooh and video... Nearly forgot!!! :woot:

Oh and it wouldnt be a track day without a few skids -

At least i got to hang out with this Nugget -

So although it was not an ideal day, it was still a great day out with Track Day Club... A Birthday well spent! Even got a B'day prezzie from them

Just to add insult to injury, the final session had cooled down and track conditions seemed as good as they were going to get for the day... I set the tyre pressure high in the hope that it would get to around the correct pressure once i wanted to do a hotlap, it helped a bit but on a fast lap i had issue number 3 (They say bad things come in 3's and they are correct lol)... I was coming onto the back straight with everything feeling pretty good and POP no more boosts... Basterd! It seemed to have the clamp and hose in the right spot and didnt look to be loose but it must have been as it has got over the bead that was welded on to prevent this exact issue! So back to the pits and repaired it and drove back onto the trailer... Not my most successful day out haha

Going back to the tyre issue... I checked the tyre after inflating it a couple of times during the day and the end result was it still going down... The valves were fine but i think the bead has not seated right unfortunately...

Ill be looking to increase the track slightly in the near future as the wheel and tyre combo is already close enough to the inner guards etc... Still interested to know what you have done to yours anyway

Kel and Duncan are there i think.

The brakes were an issue as mentioned above, SMSP South was to blame for this as the last session was an open session and as i was having so much fun i decided to go lap after lap mucking around without a cool down between... When returning to the pits i actually though the front of the car was on fire with the smoke coming from the brakes lol... This was all good and well and forgotten by the time it was track day again, however it was soon remembered when i went flat out to the normal braking marker and completely missed the apex at turn 2 as my foot was still firmly on the brake pedal... You can see from the original pic and the super exaggerated MS Paint job below just how much the brakes were heating up -

This thing looked amazing on track...

So first timed session out was a 1.070, not what i was hoping for but with the issues i had it was decent...

Session two was the first timed session and i thought i better go out and have a crack before the weather came in... I warmed the tyres and started to push the pace a bit more... Once again i had understeer and trouble under brakes, i was getting a little annoyed as i was expecting the car to be a massive improvement with new front tyres and alignment and instead i was fighting the car to turn... At this stage i knew something was wrong... Being a noob to Semi's i asked John Boston if i needed to do anything with fresh "green" tyres and was told they should be fastest right out of the box, so i checked the pressures again and this is where i started to find my first drama... The front left hot was 26psi, front right 29psi and the two rear were 32psi... Weird but i figured i had stuffed up the first time so chucked some air in the front and kept going...