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satanic Grand Master

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Yeah Mitch and I were sharing the day - car took a complete pounding as he was in Group C and I was in Group D. Car had no issues (apart from having no boost :nyaanyaa:) but the temperatures were getting a little bit high and uncomfortable by the end of my sessions.

Don't really know who got what times per lap; but Mitch's best was 1:17 and I was slower with 1:19.

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For Eastern Creek we'll just keep to the one Group and let the car cool down properly instead of having it go in one group after another :D

Car's going through some TLC at the moment so it's all good :nyaanyaa: And by EC I should have the rest of the gear put in which will make it a whole lot more fun :)

Question to all the seasoned pros out there: If you were going to get serious about the track day... do you go out on every session to get maximum number of laps in, or do you set yourself a number of laps to 1) reduce damage to the car and 2) do your best in those laps.

I'm thinking... going out every session and gunning around the circuit is not only going to be pretty harmful to the car but also on the wallet for fuel :laugh:

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James; we left early because the temps were getting a little high yes. Also because we wanted to raise the suspension, but didn't have C spanners to do it with (forgot) so we just settled for that time and packed up.

First time Mitch or I had been to a track day; we went not expecting much; only to see what the car could do. Now we know, we will do what's necessary to make it better and hopefully in the meantime improve on driving skills :)

To Adam; you are right - these are addictive!!!

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Question to all the seasoned pros out there: If you were going to get serious about the track day... do you go out on every session to get maximum number of laps in, or do you set yourself a number of laps to 1) reduce damage to the car and 2) do your best in those laps.

I'm thinking... going out every session and gunning around the circuit is not only going to be pretty harmful to the car but also on the wallet for fuel :)

I do the following.

The first session I do 3 warm up laps, get the enginee, brakes and tyres to track temp.

All other sessions I do 1-2 warm up because the car normally still has some temp in it.

Always do 1 SLOW lap cool down and keep the car running for about 5min.

Never do anything more then 10-15min (Summer-Winter) at full go, a street can cant take much more, Brakes and tyres go off and enginee temp gets too high.

Saying that every car is different!

satanic Grand Master

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Thanks for that advice Paul.... from that it would seem that our strategy from now on is OK, no more than 1 session at a time.

I think the rather high temps were in fact due to us running in consecutive sessions :)

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Thanks for that advice Paul.... from that it would seem that our strategy from now on is OK, no more than 1 session at a time.

I think the rather high temps were in fact due to us running in consecutive sessions :)

just buy a rb30 powered silvia

and just thrash it session after session

it loves

lingeringsoul Grand Master

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you know what? when I get my debts all paid off in a couple of years, and the price of S13 drops to rock bottom, I'll get myself a banged up silvia and use that as track pig. hehehehhee

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I do the following.

The first session I do 3 warm up laps, get the enginee, brakes and tyres to track temp.

All other sessions I do 1-2 warm up because the car normally still has some temp in it.

Always do 1 SLOW lap cool down and keep the car running for about 5min.

Never do anything more then 10-15min (Summer-Winter) at full go, a street can cant take much more, Brakes and tyres go off and enginee temp gets too high.

Saying that every car is different!

and leave your handbrake down for that 5mins :blink:

and ouch! massive crack!!! awesome effort! lol! :)

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A few of the guys with Group Buy suspension kits have asked if I can make it to the next track day. So when is it, so that I can lock it into the calendar? Eastern Creek, is that right?

:/ cheers :O

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