Wakefield Friday 4th August

[JustenGT8]

Well that was a bit of fun eh. Poor old GT8 struggles with street rubber on but did a few laps anyway for a giggle.

Punted Jack's 22 around for a heap of laps and jeez is that thing a handful. Only managed a coupla clean laps with a best of 1:13.3. There's a heap left in it though. Scrap the 4.3 diff for a 3.7, fix the cracked plenum and drop the tyre pressure and a 1:10 is there for the asking no probs. Watch how much it puts on a GTR then :-)

Thanks to Damien for the shotgun ride in the soarer too, a well sorted beast.

[v8soarer]

Jack's 22 certainly is quick! Here's a clip of the 2 GTR's chasing his car down the straight - they didn't gain any ground.

http://www.v8soarer.com/videos/jacks_22.wmv

Here's a lap in my car with Justen doing cameraman duties...

http://www.v8soarer.com/videos/wakefield_lap_060804.wmv

[grim boy]

hi was woundering if any one had a photos or vids of my car on the track if you could post them up . thanks
Dennis

[v8soarer]

Here you go. Only took a couple of photos all day.

[1JZ-Rolla]

nice video. That lap in the soarer looks super smooth. So how long has the W58 box lasted so far with a torquey motor & heavy car?

[v8soarer]

It's been close to 2.5 years now but I'm pretty easy with it on the road and the clutch isn't real grabby so it buffers any shocks.

[1JZ-Rolla]

Awesome. Just checked out your members rides thread, tidy car!

[TA22 1MZ]

awesome day had buy all. assessed the damage bill on my car. Cracked plenum and snapped the trubo clean off the exhaust manifold. oh well, all about learning and getting ready things right for next time.
love that vid mate. those GTR's certainly were angry after I showed them up down the straight. especially when they tried to run me off on the first corner.
cant wait for the next track day.
great to meet plenty of new faces.
thanks to garth and tony for an awesome day!!

[1JZ-Rolla]

How did you get home with the busted manifolds?

[MR22ZZ]

it came in and went out on a trailer

[finney]

which was..... ?

1:27 was my best for the day but that was due to the fact that i really didn't know just how hard i could push the car under brakes. after Garth jumped in my car and took me for a few laps i saw just how easy i was taking it into the corners under brakes. lets just say i was driving like a n00b hahaha

but hey i had fun and i'm keen to get out there again and give it another shot. I'll definately be getting some better brake fluid next time as my current stuff is screwed and the car was really only pushed for the 5-6 laps that garth was driving.

[wagonist]

At least that's all you've got to do.
I've got some serious suspension work to carry out....
As Justen said, 4 wheels on the ground would help with cornering.
Anyone having to have any picks of my car lifting a hind leg?
Would expalin why I got worse times that previously.

Also had to spend yesterday getting tyres stripped to remove rocks & other crap from the bead after a big off on the left hander up the 1st straight. Almost thought it was going to trip up & go over it was bouncing that hard

[TurboRA28]

I've got plenty of videos of the day.. Just cannot get stupid vid camera to download onto the PC. Once I sort this out will post them up.

[v8soarer]

Awesome. Just checked out your members rides thread, tidy car!

Thanks!

Finney, for brake fluid go to a motorcycle shop and get a couple of bottles of Motul RBF600. Awesome stuff.

[finney]

cheers for the tip on the brake fluid, i will look into that over the next week or so.