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you should have gone anyway :D

I was debating whether to take the Silvia or the Pulsar, since the Silvia didn't have any wet weather tyres...

I woke up, it was raining, I took the Silvia anyway :)

Had a few sessions in the wet, then it dried up and I ended up getting two sessions that were pretty dry.

Due to a bit of a mix up with me not getting a transponder I only got timing for the last session, but I ran a 1:54.8 which I'm reasonably happy with :whistling:

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I went down to have a look and it was pissin down on the M7, but it was better at the track.

Saw a nice pair of GTR's, white 33 and grey 32 and a tough lookin S13, doin their stuff on a drying track.

Someone in an integra lost it down the hill towards the hairpin corner 8 and smacked the wall, arse first.

I'm keen for laps BB some time soon.

farkin hell. can you believe the weather today? if there is a bigger slap in the face I'm yet to see it! damn you weather man. today would have been perfect. cool air temp, but warm sun, no rain. dammit!

yeah ports. you point me in the direction of the next EC or OPGP day and I'm there. Don't care if it's being run by neo-nazi aliens and they are charging in deutschemarks as long as they will let me come and play.

I was in the grey R32 and I pushed out a 1:55.???. I'm not sure if that was the exact time (i remember the 1:55 bit), but i'm waiting for the circuit guys to post the times up on their web site.

I only got one run in the dry as the wife and kids came down for lunch when it was time for one of my other dry sessions. The guy in the Integra who slammed the wall spun out in front of me, poor guy. But I was glad just to get one session in the dry as I've ordered Sydney kids suspension group buy and picked up some AP calipers, so I'm keen to compare the times.

I was disappointed that I was stuck in the green group. So many times i'd be on a screamer and then get caught up by slow traffic.

A few comments about my car;

The ATESSA in the R32 is rubbish on a wet track. By the time it kicks in, it's to late you're off the accelerator correcting.

HICAS is also rubbish. Can be unsettling when the rear of the car wants to play tricks.

RE55s in the dry are sticker then bubblegum on a footpath on a hot summers day, but they are like soap in the wet!

padey

ok, Oran Park have their open practice days on the 1st, 4th and 16th of next month. The 16th is a GP day so I will go to that one I think. the only downer is it's a couple of days after I get back from VIC.

ok, Oran Park have their open practice days on the 1st, 4th and 16th of next month. The 16th is a GP day so I will go to that one I think. the only downer is it's a couple of days after I get back from VIC.

16th could be a winner. Being as it would be my first time at OP, how much does it cost and do you need any special license requirements?

I'm good for the 16th aswell, got some two piece enkei's comin soon so need to test (thrash).

These are private practice days and you'll need at cams licence, at least a level L2S, which is easy to get. :sorcerer:

EC was a great time despite the weather. Glad to see the other guys represent SAU with some good times as I clearly looked better sitting in the pit than out on the track. Two minor offs and slow times but for a first time I can't complain. I was running old street tires (new rubber this weeknd) and has some serious traction problems even when it dried out. Had a great time never the less and have the bug to keep getting back out.

I suspect my wife might expect me to be hang around the 16th after going to DECA but I might try to give it a go. What is Oran Park like compared to EC?

Oran park GP is awesome fun. I actually kind of like it more than EC. It's like a big roller coaster. lots of up and down. and has a 4th gear blind crest/chicane. and a big long right hander over the bridge. LOVE IT.

Yeah OP GP is awesome fun, but it's a lot rougher, narrower, and less forgiving.

Here's a pretty dodgy video of my car at OP. This was its second test run I think, and it wasn't well sorted (two different length lower control arms w00000!) but I did a 1:25.1 which wasn't too bad >_<

This was pre-wing, so I had some trouble putting power down on a couple of mid speed corners (the helical diff needs some weight on the tyres to get it working :ninja:)

I'm good for the 16th aswell, got some two piece enkei's comin soon so need to test (thrash).

Haha I have a set of 14's enkei's hahahaha.. They are sick.. they are on my other car :P

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