Wakefield Park Track Day Friday 9th March

[IN 05 NT]

damn i excited to spectate, lol

blake

[TA-022]

keeping the numbers down ensures plenty of track time. been on 2 of these and itching to get back out there!

[pryorshazam]

I'm debating heading down early Feb with the rotary club for another day.. would anyone else tag along so im not the only toyota person there? its on a saturday.

there will be two other ta22 toyotas there on the 17th with the renew club, hope to see you there

[-GT-]

Yeah, this is a private day so we just book the track, decide on a limit of cars and divide the costs up. The numbers work pretty well

I am also looking into organising one for just toymodders based on the interest i've had for this one, we'll see how things pan out. There will be a couple more of these days with my mates coming up soon after this one; i think the next is around june 6th, or 1st? We always do them on the friday, so whatever that is.

My to do list currently stands at;

CAMS licence renewal
Get tyres fitted, balanced and wheel alignment done
Rego and insurance
Check suspension noises (slight occasional knocking, something sounds a little loose after eastern creek)
Check pads and discs
Change fluids – gearbox, bleed brakes, check coolant, maybe oil and filter?

Would also like to have harness bar/rear brace made and mounted so i can install my harness, and ideally would like to have a bucket seat to use with the harness, but realistically won't be too disappointed if i don't get it done - there is only 2 weekends left!

Oh, and nathan, not sure if i saw it and told you before i went away, but your money cleared ok

[YLD-16L]

As I won't be bringing a "support car" this time and I will be bringing a few tools, odds and ends etc will there be somewhere to dump all that stuff that isn't out in the open while on the track??

I assume a few others might be in a similar situation?

[MR22ZZ]

If you are there early you can hire a garage in the main pit area, or just use one of the garages in the support area. The guys on these days are OK. I had my entire interior, tools, wheels etc lying in the open (one of the small support garages) last time and everything was still there when I put it back in at the end.

[Roundy]

^^ what he said, i haven't had an issue yet

also maybe a bit of a favour to ask...does anyone have room for 4 rims in their car to bring down from sydney (i think they will have tyres on them)? 15x6.5 or something...superlites (not for the GT4)

Cheers
Nathan

[TA-022]

yeah been twice and there are no issues with thievery or the like.

good bunch of people just there to race and have fun.

[TurboRA28]

Hey Garth, talking of Harnesses.. I've been looking around for one.

When I had the harness bar installed, I had two options.. 1 leaving it just a bar, and they said there is a harness that loops around the bar to secure it.

The other option was to have tags with eye bolts welded to it to mount the harness to.

I went with the first option, sounded easy and neat. But i cant seem to find any of these harnesses that just loop over the bar.

In your travels have you seen such a thing?

[YLD-16L]

Cool, sounds like my crap will be fine in the sheds then

Some T3 RCAs arrived in my letterbox yesterday so I will fit them and book the rolla in for a wheel alignment

Oil cooler isn't going to happen before the day, I don't think it will be an issue though.

Looking forward to it big time! Haven't driven my car in nearly a month now so I'm pretty keen, even the drive to the track will be enjoyable because I'll be heading in the opposite direction to work

[finney]

can't wait.. so close. but then again i've got to get off my ass and get everythign done to the car before the day. after taking the car for a bit of a run last night i think i'm going to invst in some new front pads... the greenstuff's aren't feeling to crash hot. I'll check them out this weekend if i get the chance.

anyone got some recommendations for pads? i've heard some good things about the ferodo 2500's from memory.

[Roundy]

i use the ferodo's and i quite like them...i haven't gotten them to fade yet...i must be a bit of a pansy i guess

[v8soarer]

Hey Garth, talking of Harnesses.. I've been looking around for one.

When I had the harness bar installed, I had two options.. 1 leaving it just a bar, and they said there is a harness that loops around the bar to secure it.

The other option was to have tags with eye bolts welded to it to mount the harness to.

I went with the first option, sounded easy and neat. But i cant seem to find any of these harnesses that just loop over the bar.

In your travels have you seen such a thing?

All harnesses I've seen loop through the plate that clips or bolts to the car - why not undo it from the plate and then loop it around the bar?

Finney, I use DS2500's in my Soarer and they're awesome. Pulls up my barge no worries

I'm out for the 9th though - had some issues at Phillip Island on the weekend. Long story short I lost power steering after about 6 or 7 laps into the first session. It was about 38 degrees and I thought it sucked in air after blowing most of the fluid out the top of the reservoir. Pump was making a god-aweful noise so swapped the pump after driving back to melbourne to get one and on Sunday I made it about 2 km from the cabin before it blew the fluid out the pressure relief valve so the system must be blocked. Got a lift back to Melbourne to get a mate's Range Rover and car trailer then back to PI again to tow it to Melbourne.

I'm going back the weekend before Wakefield to pick it up but I won't be taking it to the track again until I fit a big PS cooler as the stock one is tiny.

[finney]

damn sucks to hear dude.. was really looking forward to seeing your car out there again and possibly seeing if there was a chance of getting a ride in it aswell

[v8soarer]

It was a very tiring weekend but it could have been worse. Plenty of more trackdays this year - got my eye on Eastern Creek for Anzac day too.