Syd EC Drive Day 8/8/02

[fatz]

mmm those beers at the pub went down a treat

pete

[Majanal]

What a day.

Well the ankle held up ok... much better than my tyres.

Had a ball, got to drive a type R integra and also passenge in a 205 GTI.

Had some fun in my car, believe that pete has some footage of this. Played fun and games with a "It is you job to pass me, why should I move over for you" VS/VX? SS crummy dore with SUE number plates... what a typical crummy dore driver. aparently he lives in the mountains too... hmmm

Did some nice laps early, HOW PACKED was group C. I think I overtook 2 cars a minute in the first session... was good though.

Had a ball all day... but wasn't it long, went home and had one more beer... which took ages to drink and fell asleep.

Good to meet all the newby's, all were great people and I hope to see you all again. As for the crazy regulars, a pleasure to spread rubber with you as always.

Untill the next day,

Drive carefully, don't speed, and protect your rubber... you'll need next time!!!

Dan.

[ultim8DTM5]

bloody toss in the commo and the ultima...

fatz, go the circle work in the commo! next time we gotta find some roo's, come to think of it, i know of a few footy fields!!!

[Julian GTS-t]

Originally posted by ManNGolf

Hey Julian, I know u miss the UK flavour in cars but ur not allowed to have the MKI bit in ur profile......its a gts-t "series I" mate........i'm the only one here who can make reference to "MKI" ......hehehhehe jk!!!!

Sorted I've sold the MK I and got a Series I now

[Guest MattY]

Yeah was a really fun day. It was nice meeting some of you guys, damn there were alot of skylines out there : ) Hats off to the guy with the cam corder mounted in the rear. Im definately gonna try something similar for the next track day. Mebbe even one in the foot well. HAerhae.

Look forward to driving with u guys again. Provided i have rubber for the s15 to sit on : )

Anyone got any pics to post? lap times?

[Majanal]

1:59.50 this time.

pete, get off your lazy arse and put up those movies, picks... when I get home I'll see what we have to offer the group.

[d0p3y]

i'll hopefully have the pics i took tonight

probrably not tho

[Guest ManNGolf]

Originally posted by Majanal

1:59.50 this time.

pete, get off your lazy arse and put up those movies, picks... when I get home I'll see what we have to offer the group.

niiice anything under 2mins is pretty fast.

[Roy]

Whilst dumping my video 8 down to VCR, i timed some of my laps. My best was a high 2.01. Im wrapped considering i run std boost.

No doubt Eastern rewards good suspension more than Wakefield.

Took the turbo off Friday night, the noise was a blown exhaust housing gasket. $50.00 gasket later back on the road without the Kombi exhaust note.

[Silver-Arrowz]

I lost a pair of sunglasses. Did anyone happen to pick it up?

[Guest ManNGolf]

ok whens the next one Bonkers!!!

im sitting at working thinking of all the things I should have done that day........

count me in for the next one already........hahahhahha

[Merli]

Originally posted by Roy

Whilst dumping my video 8 down to VCR, i timed some of my laps. My best was a high 2.01. Im wrapped considering i run std boost.  

No doubt Eastern rewards good suspension more than Wakefield.

Errrr... are you kidding? Wakefield is a much more suspension oriented track than Eastern Creek...

EC is a more big HP track... Wider turns, the straight is double the length of Wakefield's straight...

[Roy]

Yeh maybe, but Wakefiled is very stop go with two fast corners that are over before they started, (about 70 degree turns).

I was thinking Eastern with its high speed sweepers and third gear corners that my car suited it a little better.

I agree that with big HP you are going to be a lot quicker, but at Wakefield i struggle to be 1.5 seconds quicker than a friends 200sx which is quicker in a straight line, but at Eastern i simply drove away from him.

Food for thought anyway, the end result is its finally time for some extra hp

[XrSiSt]

Hey peoplez,

I found some pics at

http://www.timmunro.com.au/car_day_photos.htm

I should be giving Ryan a copy of the pics he took so they

should be up soon!

[d0p3y]

http://members.iinet.net.au/~nizmo

pics are up.

enjoy.

as it says up the top, email me if u want high res versions

[email protected]

[Majanal]

Hey guys, these two tracks are two different circuits. many people will have differen ideas on which is better with what set-up and so on. this is only gonna start a huge argument.

My surgestion. drive at both and then decide for yourself what feels right.

[Merli]

Originally posted by Roy

at Wakefield i struggle to be 1.5 seconds quicker than a friends 200sx which is quicker in a straight line, but at Eastern i simply drove away from him.  

Hmmmm... Okay... The 200SX handles a whole lot better than an R33 Skyline, both having equal amounts of work done to the handling...

So the your skyline eats the 200SX for breakfast on EC, but is hardly any quicker at Wakefield?

Doesn't that suggest that the 200SX's superior handling and suspension is more beneficial at Wakefield?

Majanal... I'm not arguing here, just having a friendly discussion on how different setups benefit on different tracks...

Afterall... Arguing is like the Special Olympics... Even if you win you're still retarted (Admins can feel free to edit that out if they feel the need )

[Guest ManNGolf]

wakefield is flat and expensive because you cant have passengers for cheap.

EC is da ****........hehhehehe

sorry thats my contribution

[Roy]

Not arguing either, but one of the benefits of these types of days is to see where others cars are strong, and where yours is lacking.

My friends 200SX has King Springs, with Koni Rear shocks (Rear only). It has exhaust filter, clutch and boost.

My car an R32, has a complete Whitleine susp kit with cat back exhaust and filter, clutch & flywheel, good pads and fluid.

In a straight line his car boosts quicker and is comfortably quicker than my car. No 180km/h speed limiter either.

The fact that during acceleration and top end his car is quicker, but my car handles and stops a little bit better suggests that at EC my car works better than his, and at Wakefield his car is almost as quick (his hp advantage brings him closer)?????

At the end of the day neither of our cars are that special, but we make do with what is available to us.

[fatz]

wakefield you have to be smooth and drive the right line to lay a good time.

ec you can be far more brutal and still post a good time

pete