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Im 3rd most of that half of track! and thats a 54 sec lap on south circuit.

But yeah, as John told me - dont be affraid of the ripples on the off corners (eg suttons - weight is all on the right side of car and ripple is on left)

dam I really wish I went this weekend *cries*

Duncan - does wakie have corners like suttons where theres concrete on the inside of the ripples?

edit - good pointers there Duncan with gears and speed :happy:

I go corner 9 at 80, by the start and finish line I was at end of third gear, by the time I reached where duncan was standing today, I was doing 180 and end of 4th gear. corners 2 3 4 5 I left it in third gear....got it into 4th just as I got onto the bridge.....I sort of kept it in forth from there onward....but in the afternoon, I changed to using third gear through corner 7, 4th through the flip flop

now that I know what I should be doing....bring on the next one!!!

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Albert, you hooked yet or what??? ;)

James, I have an 11 row cooler (and relocation kit) from performance wise which Nathan @ Grey Imports fitted

Yeah! for sure but pretty keen for a drift day, i wanna see "team 20 dedication" in action :D

so any tip for my twicking noise :happy:

yeah sorry I mean turn 1 on the GP circuit that we had today. turn 1 on the short circuit is 3rd, and you won't have trouble staying with 3rd for turn 7 on the short circuit either.

John is spot on - the impact of ripple strips is less, the more your car rolls. thats why touring cars jump all over them but open wheelers never touch them.

At oran park in particular they have built concrete well over the inside of the ripple strips as a temporary fix for the damage the super taxis do each year. you can drive way over that pretty safely on most of the corners. Same to some extent at Wakefield, the ripple strips there are nice and easy. but be careful at EC some of those ones are really harsh on the car.

Best idea for a street car is probably to keep off them, but if you are willing to get on them there is time to be saved. I did 0.5 sec quicker in qualifying at OP last time by getting right up the ripple strip at the dogleg, got me into second place.

No walls at Wakefield except on the straight, and I've only ever seen 1 person hit that - he was knocked into it by another car lol.

oh yeah sorry thats important. 4th gear for the dogleg (turn 8) as well, just shift up early so you don't unbalance the car as you go over the top.

albert....could be a rock in the brakes somewhere best to take the wheel off and check. or just see if it goes away over the next few days lol

yeah, some of the ripple strips at EC gave me a fright....

I reckon someone should do a sticky thread on speeds and gears to use for a stock car on various circuits....as a point of reference so newbies can at least catch on quick

Duncan,

ah I mean do they have the concrete like OP with the ripples!

But thats cool, I'll try and avoid it at that turn :happy:

Albert - 2008 SAU NSW is hoping to have another Drift day ;)

Kitty litter/crud/grass n shit in the wheels somewhere perhaps?

Duncan,

ah I mean do they have the concrete like OP with the ripples!

But thats cool, I'll try and avoid it at that turn :happy:

Albert - 2008 SAU NSW is hoping to have another Drift day ;)

Kitty litter/crud/grass n shit in the wheels somewhere perhaps?

any track days planned?.....hoping for a EC or OP but they are all good.

yeah it doesn't sound like theres something caught in there.. but meh, ill drive it off :happy:

theres should be a few photos of teh day now just gotta look for the camera.. lol

what brake and motor fluids do yous recommend for track? i know could search..but cbf now ;)

yeah im back in action for the time being. was a great day and lots of track time and not much traffic at all.

was soo much fun.... cant wait to get back out there agina.... but would have been great if i had some sort of timing, ill have to look into that in the near future. i was however having overheating problems with the watertemp getting up to atleast 120 most of the day/ will have to sort that out soon.

yeah we will book wakie again. Oran park and especially EC are just too expensive for us to hire - the club would have to make $8k for the day for Eastern Creek for instance. We'll do 2 texikhanas as well

no concrete filling at wakefield, i think OP just did it as an easy fix since the track is going anyway. Wakefield is being resurfaced atm, will be interesting to see how it is in January. Last time they resurfaced it they changed turn 8 significantly.

yeah im back in action for the time being. was a great day and lots of track time and not much traffic at all.

was soo much fun.... cant wait to get back out there agina.... but would have been great if i had some sort of timing, ill have to look into that in the near future. i was however having overheating problems with the watertemp getting up to atleast 120 most of the day/ will have to sort that out soon.

run a bottle of that coolant LOL

any dot5 fluid is good for brakes! just need to bleed the brakes before you put it in :D

Ive got some 350degree boiling point fluid in there! (I had a close call - last turn OP when brakes boiled....)

other than that the oil and stuff should be as normal, its the frequency you change it helps/beneficial - i.e. more than a normal service period!! :happy: (I "try" and do it after every 2nd outing)

anyhoo, all this talk of motorsport is depressing me!

bye! ;)

oh, James - you'll just have to wait and see! :D

Stephen - fatz has a group buy for larger radiators!

rbf600 is the fluid you want. Bendix ultimates are a good street/track pad or ferodo DS3000 for track only. oil? anything synthetic that you change regularly, we run royal purple in the race car and change it every meet, but the motul, elf and mobil1 are fine too.

yeah im looking into the radiator.

also thanks duncan for the advice that you gave me here and there. will get some rbf600 into the brakes and try kill the brakes.... the bendex seem to be holding up well... im quite impressed with them expecially for $90

yeah im looking into the radiator.

also thanks duncan for the advice that you gave me here and there. will get some rbf600 into the brakes and try kill the brakes.... the bendex seem to be holding up well... im quite impressed with them expecially for $90

Get the fatz one :happy:




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