My video of the Ring

[Thevet]

San Diego GTR said:

Great video even with the technical difficulties. How did the GTR feel around the track? It looks and sounds like the car just wants to keep going faster and faster. Looks like fun, wish I could take a few laps there, but the commute would suck from San Diego, California.
Paul

I think you already know how it felt from what you say, as it was superb to drive that track in an Ultima. I have few doubts that the factory will set a stunning time given the right conditions and driver familiarity with the track. Shame about the commuting distance for you fellas over there.

[GREEN CAT]

Hi Tim,

Just watched your video on the ring. The GTR sounds lovely. We stayed at the same hotel (Green XKR). Going back soon with soft and sticky intermediates Mmmm !

All the best

Mark

[Stig]

Great vid Tim! Your Weiand sounds really odd? I had one in the GTR and it sounded completely different to that? For info, I never had a problem with the belt slipping either - are you sure yours is the right length?

Good job though!

[s62]

It must be awesome to drive the Ring in an Ultima

It is obvious that you do not know the track and once you
have memorized it and know what is coming next you will
gain alot of time/speed. This was a 9:55 lap BTG.

PS. Gran Turismo is very good for learning the layout of the track.

[Thevet]

GREEN CAT said:

Hi Tim,

Just watched your video on the ring. The GTR sounds lovely. We stayed at the same hotel (Green XKR). Going back soon with soft and sticky intermediates Mmmm !

All the best

Mark

Hi Mark, well tracked down and great to meet you there and chat, hope the car with the new tyres gives a great result, let us know.

Stig said:

Great vid Tim! Your Weiand sounds really odd? I had one in the GTR and it sounded completely different to that? For info, I never had a problem with the belt slipping either - are you sure yours is the right length?

Good job though!

Thnks for the compliment Stig, the blower sounds different for a couple of reasons, it's a 6-71 blower rather than the 254[?] that you had on your GTR, which definitely sounded sweeter than this one, it is also a toothed belt which means it can jump when cold rather than slip as on the ribbed belt you had, and I had to remove more of the bulkhead than you due to the larger size of the 6-71 and so get occasional rubs when the engine moves under accel/decel. Alot of the noise was also due to the gear change linkage, which I have mostly cured by a spot of weld next to the rollpins.

s62 said:

It must be awesome to drive the Ring in an Ultima

It is obvious that you do not know the track and once you
have memorized it and know what is coming next you will
gain alot of time/speed. This was a 9:55 lap BTG.

PS. Gran Turismo is very good for learning the layout of the track.

No didn't know the track at all before this visit, and despite trying to use the computer games, found that there were too few reference points shown to help me much. Maybe now I have a slight familiarity with the layout, they may be more use, have to try again. Obviously there is heaps more to come in terms of speed, but most importantly, staying on the track safely was paramount, as my passenger is rather important to me and the car wasn't insured. But I will be trying to go again, just need to see what crops up next year, eh Wayne?

[GTWayne]

^^^

[Builder]

It would be an amazing trip to drive a GTR at the Ring. Maybe Paul and I can ship our cars over some day. Great video! Thanks!!!

[Thevet]

Builder said:

It would be an amazing trip to drive a GTR at the Ring. Maybe Paul and I can ship our cars over some day. Great video! Thanks!!!

If you can't bring the cars you could always tag along when the ring is finally invaded by ultimas next year, at least you'll be able to get a ride around, just keep watching here for news.