Show us your track day cars

Show us your track day cars

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BIFCAIDS

27 posts

113 months

Saturday 4th September 2021
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nickfrog said:
10th Nov with Javelin. Did it last year for the first time and it was a bit of a revelation, so many interesting corners and evelation changes.
It's a fantastic circuit and if you manage to link a good lap up It's very rewarding.

nickfrog

21,442 posts

219 months

Saturday 4th September 2021
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BIFCAIDS said:
nickfrog said:
10th Nov with Javelin. Did it last year for the first time and it was a bit of a revelation, so many interesting corners and evelation changes.
It's a fantastic circuit and if you manage to link a good lap up It's very rewarding.
I didn't laugh

In fairness it was wet/dry/wet. Or somewhere in between most of the time. The M2 is probably not the best tool for consistency there!

phazed

21,891 posts

206 months

Saturday 4th September 2021
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Will be using my S this coming Friday at Cadwell Park.

Not surprisingly it is absolutely brilliant on track, (imho).. Will be fitted with my spare set of wheels shod with Triple 8’s



bigothunter

11,482 posts

62 months

Saturday 4th September 2021
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phazed said:
Will be using my S this coming Friday at Cadwell Park.

Not surprisingly it is absolutely brilliant on track, (imho).. Will be fitted with my spare set of wheels shod with Triple 8’s

Modern(ish) Porsche dynamics are excellent and even the old 70s cars are very competitive on track thumbup

Glenn63

2,900 posts

86 months

Sunday 5th September 2021
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My daily car that does alright on the odd track day, or it will once the brakes and suspension have been tweaked.


Swift93

250 posts

35 months

Monday 6th September 2021
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Swift DB 6 converted to FF 1600.

mmm-five

11,298 posts

286 months

Tuesday 7th September 2021
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I'd rather go a bit slower in a stbox station car than not go at all when the primary track day car is out of action...so all of my cars have taken the title of track day car at some point...although can't find any track photos of the e46 330D, f31 320D, 16V Alfa 147, e34 520i, or Polo GT.

Z4MC


8V Alfa 147 JTD


3.8 e34 M5


3.6 e34 M5


Corrado VR6

V6Nelo

769 posts

146 months

Tuesday 7th September 2021
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mmm-five said:
I'd rather go a bit slower in a stbox station car than not go at all when the primary track day car is out of action...so all of my cars have taken the title of track day car at some point...although can't find any track photos of the e46 330D, f31 320D, 16V Alfa 147, e34 520i, or Polo GT.

Z4MC
Had a nosey at your running costs and blog for the Z4 :-0

I've done 98000miles in a 3.0 V6 and dared not calculate the fuel costs, yours made me gulp.

Love the attitude of track everything and miles ain't nothing but a number smile

mmm-five

11,298 posts

286 months

Tuesday 7th September 2021
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V6Nelo said:
Had a nosey at your running costs and blog for the Z4 :-0

I've done 98000miles in a 3.0 V6 and dared not calculate the fuel costs, yours made me gulp.

Love the attitude of track everything and miles ain't nothing but a number smile
My man maths worked out that the Z4M was worth buying purely as running costs were half that of the e34 M5 biggrin

I really need to update the garage/blog as it's got more miles on it now, and I'm not sure if I've put the costs in for suspension, bucket seats, brakes...nor that I've sold the e46 330d and bought an F31 320D.

There might be a supercharger in there soon too!

Edited by mmm-five on Tuesday 7th September 18:03

V6Nelo

769 posts

146 months

Tuesday 7th September 2021
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mmm-five said:
My man maths worked out that the Z4M was worth buying purely as running costs were half that of the e34 M5 biggrin

I really need to update the garage/blog as it's got more miles on it now, and I'm not sure if I've put the costs in for suspension, bucket seats, brakes...nor that I've sold the e46 330d and bought an F31 320D.

There might be a supercharger in there soon too!

Edited by mmm-five on Tuesday 7th September 18:03
Good bit of math there wink

Saw you updated your garage blog, gone over the £100k now, wouldn’t imagine it, nice to keep a blog, I think wink



RB Will

9,686 posts

242 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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The P1 has been taking trackday beatings it’s whole life. Bit compromised as a full on track car as I have kept the suspension original as it makes it really good on the road. Still it is fairly quick with 500bhp.



As 500bhp was proving a bit of a struggle for the poor old thing and about 1/3 of trackdays ended up with me coming home on a yellow fun bus or limping back with something broken I decided to get a more sensible track car last year.
Hyundai i30N, standard apart from wheels and tyres and does brilliantly. 4 trackdays in now, not a single issue and even if it does then the 5 year warranty on it cover trackday use smile



It is only 2-3 secs a lap slower than the P1 despite half the power and 200kg more weight!

mmm-five

11,298 posts

286 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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V6Nelo said:
Good bit of math there wink

Saw you updated your garage blog, gone over the £100k now, wouldn’t imagine it, nice to keep a blog, I think wink
It's still not complete, as I'll have to dig out the invoices for bits I've done over the last 3 years, as I've not really kept on top of it.

I'm definitely not putting on the cost of track days, track day insurance or Ring laps - as that might take it to £200k wink

Volvolover

2,036 posts

43 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Swift93 said:

Swift DB 6 converted to FF 1600.
Now I bet that is fun, and way faster than the converted roadcars on this thread.

Do you have a thread on here about the car?

bigothunter

11,482 posts

62 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Volvolover said:
Swift93 said:

Swift DB 6 converted to FF 1600.
Now I bet that is fun, and way faster than the converted roadcars on this thread.

Do you have a thread on here about the car?
Caterham R500 manages 51.55 around Brands Indy. Wonder how close that Swift DB 6 gets to FF1600 lap record of 49.96 ? scratchchin

https://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13172...

anonymous-user

56 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Did Anglesey on Monday after a long weekend of Zipworld etc. Great fun long weekend.

phazed

21,891 posts

206 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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I did Anglesey a couple of years ago, (Sadly not the track day). Made a long weekend of it.

Did all the local North Wales roads the day before the planned TD plus the zip wire. Crankshaft then snapped on my TVR the evening before the track day!

st happens……..

Bitcoin

1,953 posts

157 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Elatino1 said:


Did Anglesey on Monday after a long weekend of Zipworld etc. Great fun long weekend.
Are they doing open pitlane again now or is it still sessions only?

anonymous-user

56 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Bitcoin said:
Elatino1 said:


Did Anglesey on Monday after a long weekend of Zipworld etc. Great fun long weekend.
Are they doing open pitlane again now or is it still sessions only?
Open pit all day. Such a shame the cafe is so st compared to other tracks, it's seriously run down.

Glenn63

2,900 posts

86 months

Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Elatino1 said:


Did Anglesey on Monday after a long weekend of Zipworld etc. Great fun long weekend.
I was also at zipworld this weekend and was eyeing up the Monday track day but couldn’t get it off work.
Did you do the downhill trikes at the quarry? Miles more fun than the zip line!

anonymous-user

56 months

Thursday 9th September 2021
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Yeah did the quarry karts too, preferred the zipline myself. Was a fun day out anyway.