Eastern creek drive Day - Thursday 4th September 2003

[fatz]

yea you should have smelt the cabin nasty... luck i was wearing dunkans helmut

lol

[Roy]

... i shat myslef in Akira's car the once the tyres were warm, 4WD + good rubber + aftermarket diffs = ridiculous levels of grip.

Thanks for the ride Akira, now i can appreciate why you are so bored when a passenger in my car.

[CS_180]

what is this ??

eveyone turn up after i left or something

[benm]

255 Semi-Slicks certainly help eh Roy ? What times was he doin ? Cracked the 2min bracket yet ?

[Roy]

No idea of lap times... but grip on corner entry surprised me, i mean surprised me.

I was doing 1:56s at the last track day, and i couldnt keep up with him (understandably), so guessing he is quicker then that.

[benm]

I think with another 20 laps of experience, a set of semi-slicks and my new brake setup could allow me to crack the 2min barrier.

[Roy]

You dont need semi slicks to crack 2 min barrier, especially if you dont have a speed limiter. Even with the limiter and normal rubber i can lap in the 1:56s.

Im glad i kept using road rubber until a time i was comfortable with how the car moved around at speed. The semi slicks have much higher levels of grip and let go much quicker and at higher speeds. Oh and much easier to flat spot or damage.

Street rubber means you have more fun, and learn more about your car.

[CS_180]

wish i had an idea of what i was lapping at.......

give me a better idea of the difference a few mods can do next time

[Duncan]

hey Tim, the format was a bit funny yesterday with only one group, normally we can split up between them and offer tips etc while someone else is out. And yes, they did all turn up as soon as you left

Hope u fumigated that helmet pete.....

As for tyres, I think Roy is right, you can get under 2 min on street tyres, but it takes a pretty committed lap....the thing about the cheater tyres is they can be cheaper in the long run coz you don't kepp chewing up road tyres in 1 day on the track, at least they last 5-6 days....

[CS_180]

DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

duncan shes still leakin a bit of oil to so im glad i didnt go back out

further investigation is required

hopefully its just a seal

[Duncan]

seal problem?

[Silver-Arrowz]

seal problem = exxon valdez

[CS_180]

exxon valdez

[CS_180]

??????????????????

huh

[Duncan]

http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us/

the Exxon-Valdez caused an oil seal problem. Not sure if its what's wrong with your car though :confused:

[fatz]

couple of more track days

and i recon the charade will be under 2 minutes on road tyres

just need to increase power by 4000%

[CS_180]

foundout where the leak is coming from

one of the seals in the gearbox/clutch is leaking.............

obviously wasnt done proper when i got clutch done

its all good

[Boosted Zed]

Had a great time with those that made it. Lots of runs as not a lot of cars. Wish there some faster Skylines though, He he. Maybe next time. Paul 0Z97 GTRv might get his suspension sorted by the next one as it was like following a lawn mower as he was checking out the grass a lot on sides of the track.

[Duncan]

lucky that 120y wasn't there John

Ive had my CAS replaced, it appears that was causing the missfire problem so there will be at least 1 faster skyline there next time......

[Boosted Zed]

Yes that thing's a little narrow missile, fun to drive behind and watch it twitch around the place. Hopefully more cars and less bikes next time. Need some faster Skylines, maybe Andrew Ho?