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29th May Oran Park Gp Track Day

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S13Deviat Grand Master

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Well that was a awesome day!! Or should i saw few hours... a little late with arrival, but as they say, better late than never!

First track day for the Ceffie and WOW... she does alright!!

Running about 6 psi thru her just to play it safe since the rebuild and according to Sh@un's hand timing, doing around the 1:32's.

So once i actually turn up the boost to something decent, should hopefully be down in the highn to low 1:20's..... :(

Thanks again, great day and well organised!

Any one else got vids or piccies??

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Yeah i am sitting here @ work yawning my head off, drinking the mulitple cups of coffee. Leaving home @ 6am & not getting home till 9:30pm takes its toll!! But worth the excitement

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OK - so the story with mine.......

Out in the traffic early i was doing 1.40's, did about 10 laps then came in to adjust the harness and check all was well, it wasnt.

Thanks to fatz who spotted the leaking oil i discovered the dipstick was blown off and there was oil all over that side of the engine bay, so that was a shock after all the prep and "testing" done over the last few days

So after an oil change (Cheers again Richard for the ride and tools) i was ready to have another go, Shauns hand timing was a 1.34 in that session, did 4-5 laps, came back in, it had blown off again.

Im very sure that with decent tyres (at least. i hate understeer) and the ability to use 100% throttle down the straight and a few select sections i can reel off something around 1.27. But ill have to have another go :D

After some attempts at a repair we realised it couldnt be done without changing the recirculating system, and we didnt have pipes/plugs etc, so i let it sit for a while then had a go in that last pit stop race, in which, it ran out of petrol.

The track was magic, and the weather couldnt have been better

Ill be back with semis (i was running worn out cheap road tyres showing belts) and the oil system sorted out

Thanks to everyone for a great day

Benm with the broom, Paul for the organisation and that toolbox, Aaron McG of course, Richard (and mate) for the lift and tools, Shaun for helping out, James for pics, MS and Aaron P for vids.....if i forgot anyone im sorry

Beer Baron Grand Master

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After some attempts at a repair we realised it couldnt be done without changing the recirculating system, and we didnt have pipes/plugs etc, so i let it sit for a while then had a go in that last pit stop race, in which, it ran out of petrol.

The track was magic, and the weather couldnt have been better

Ill be back with semis (i was running worn out cheap road tyres showing belts) and the oil system sorted out

Thanks to everyone for a great day

Benm with the broom, Paul for the organisation and that toolbox, Aaron McG of course, Richard (and mate) for the lift and tools, Shaun for helping out, James for pics, MS and Aaron P for vids.....if i forgot anyone im sorry

Sounds like you still had a good day. sometimes no matter how much you prepare something still goes wrong. let's hope it's nothing serious.

I hope you liked fanging around narellan in the worked diesel truck.. haha i was actually thinking about taking it out there for one of the 5 lappers. i reckon with a good handicap i could make that thing pretty hard to pass anywhere but on the straight lol.

Spencer and I had a top day, in fact in all our race meets and testing etc together it was probably our most trouble free day, even with having just finished re-welding the exhaust the night before, only to nail it going on to the trailer. we used pretty much a whole set of pads, and 3 drums of fuel (plus the tank) and all the adrenilan we had spare. I wish i was out there right now, actually maybe tomorrow cause i need a rest day. driving that car is more addictive than my GTR cause every time i think 1 cool down lap then in, i give it a hit on the straight and then think, damn i just want to hear it down the straight one more time... hell i kept lapping till the track owner radio'd Aaron asking why there was 1 car still out there doing laps at near on 5pm... haha

Beer Baron Grand Master

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Ben, if i see you at a another track day, with a working (or even semi working) GTR spectating not driving i will tear up your excuse book, confiscate the keys and take it out myself :D:)

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Hey guys,

A big thanks for organising this.. realli enjoyed myself although my car wasn't realli prepared for the trashing.

Brakes going soft after 5 laps .. Had to pull out of the 8 lap thingy. Furthermore there is something wrong with the car when i was at the 2 turns before the bridge. I step on the acceletrator but it jus wouldnt go. Had to release and step again a couple of time before it worked. Hmmm .. wonder wats work.

Anyway, learnt alot from the trip and am looking forward for the next one.

Cheers

Jay

Beer Baron Grand Master

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problems with power out of the right handers is most likely fuel surge (did you have less that 1/2 tank?). it's quite common. the only easy fix is put more fuel in the tank!

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