Brands Hatch Wed 14 Aug Eve

[git-r]

Hi all,

Anyone else coming to brands on wed?

Ill be there in an old grey Nissan skyline... Probably grinning for ear to ear

Brands will be the start of my dream holiday.... Going to the ring on thurs morn!!!!

Hope to see a few of you there

Sam

[TVR Tommy]

I'll be there in my beat up old RX7. Looking forward to getting back out on track.

I'm going with a couple of friends. One in a track e36 M3 and the other in a 350Z.

[Stu_00]

1 day to go cannot wait, just hoping my demon tweeks package arrives in time

See you guys there

[git-r]

Great day!

Saw the rx7 and it looked awesome.... Not sure if the vid will catch it but I was behind you as it was popping flames and going sideways will sort it later..

Stu - didn't know what car you were in ??

Amazed my brakes lasted - could feel the crack starting through the pedal after the first session!
They have done at least 25 track days lol!

Really buzzing now in curry house, waiting for food... Then off to the ring at 6 tomorrow morn!!! Happy days!!!!!!!

[TVR Tommy]

It was a good evening. Would like to see that video, if you get a chance to upload it.

Where you in the grey R32?

Stu was in the Yellow E36 M3.

Enjoy your trip to the ring.

[lurch86]

What an evening! My first track day at brands in the track car! Loved that r32! Was very suprised how good the old rx7 was too. Is that a rotary in that shape?

Edited by lurch86 on Wednesday 14th August 23:52

[TVR Tommy]

Thanks for the comments on the rx7. It's a bit of an old dog but slowly improving. Started off as a £500 non runner. It's cost about £3000 now, so a cheap track slag. It gets driven with very little mechanical sympathy. It's got a stock single turbo rotary under the bonnet which is about 230bhp, I've decided it needs another 100bhp to give it a bit more punch.

Lurch did you rip a tyre off your 306, as it looked like it when you where limping back to the pits?

[mad4amanda]

Great evening good selection of cars and a really good crowd, were there any black flags Sam ?
When it rained track went slippery, probably the amount of rubber left by F3 GT at the weekend.
Have fun on the `ring Sam please don't bin it!

[lurch86]

TVR Tommy said:

Thanks for the comments on the rx7. It's a bit of an old dog but slowly improving. Started off as a £500 non runner. It's cost about £3000 now, so a cheap track slag. It gets driven with very little mechanical sympathy. It's got a stock single turbo rotary under the bonnet which is about 230bhp, I've decided it needs another 100bhp to give it a bit more punch.

Lurch did you rip a tyre off your 306, as it looked like it when you where limping back to the pits?

Nice, seemed at home on track! Is it road legal? Yeah, I wasn't driving it at the time but somehow it ripped a slick that I had only just bought with about 5mm left. Couldn't believe how much grip there was when it was dry and how slippery it was when wet, literally like driving on ice with the road tyres on.

[TVR Tommy]

Road legal is a bit of a loose term now. But yes I drove it to Brands, it's lost all its creature comforts. It has solid suspension bushes and drivetrain mounts and is completely stripped. I'm looking for a trailer now as it's not a nice place to be on the road. Plus then I'll start running slicks. I wrote a build thread on the car if you want to read that http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I'm thinking of selling my road car at the moment and just having a track prepped car. As it's so much more fun than being stuck behind dithering Sunday drivers on the road.

I thought your 306 might have had an trip onto the grass. Did it rip the tyre side wall then or did the tyre just leave the rim.

[Stu_00]

As for the Rx7, add a light dust of rain + Passenger ride. Most fun I have had as a passenger for a long while. Nice too see Paddock while spinning.

I was hiding in the yellow M3, after trying to sort out dam harnesses for about 45 mins !

Great fun, next stop Spa !

[lurch86]

Same as mine, feels like I need a bra on when driving it on the road. Well I'm not 100% sure it didn't go off track as I wasn't driving at the time but the person driving said he didn't and it just split down the side. Just one of those things I guess. The rest were fine. Just read your build thread, great read. Nice little track car you've got!

[edperera]

git-r said:

Hi all,

Anyone else coming to brands on wed?

Ill be there in an old grey Nissan skyline... Probably grinning for ear to ear

Brands will be the start of my dream holiday.... Going to the ring on thurs morn!!!!

Hope to see a few of you there

Sam

Hi git-r,
Saw your Skyline GTR at Brands on Wednesday evening. It was rapid. How much bhp is that pushing out?
Pretty sure i've got some video of you on track.
Thanks

[tommy,b]

Sounds good hope you all had a good time.

[git-r]

TVR Tommy said:

It was a good evening. Would like to see that video, if you get a chance to upload it.

Where you in the grey R32?

Stu was in the Yellow E36 M3.

Enjoy your trip to the ring.

Thank you and yes that was me in the old Datsun I will upload the vid along with a few others to you tube...

Got back from the ring yesterday - WAS AWESOME!

[git-r]

mad4amanda said:

Great evening good selection of cars and a really good crowd, were there any black flags Sam ?
When it rained track went slippery, probably the amount of rubber left by F3 GT at the weekend.
Have fun on the `ring Sam please don't bin it!

Black flags?? - of course but not until the last 10 mins as always sometimes they black flag me even if I'm being good, just for a laugh lol.. I

No probs at the ring - thank god .. Such a great time it feels like the biggest come down being back

Was brilliantly slippy with the rain at the end... I got away with 6 mins of sliding about before they flagged me - result;)

[git-r]

edperera said:

Hi git-r,
Saw your Skyline GTR at Brands on Wednesday evening. It was rapid. How much bhp is that pushing out?
Pretty sure i've got some video of you on track.
Thanks

Thanks for comments about the wife it makes 440 @ hubs, makes it lots of fun in wet or dry, not as quick as modern cars but so much fun as its always moving around!

Would absolutely love to see the video if you'd be good enough to share it

[git-r]

Lurch- the pug was going great - was wondering if you had slicks as I was sure your corner speed was higher than mine... Saw your vids - nice driving

[lurch86]

git-r said:

Lurch- the pug was going great - was wondering if you had slicks as I was sure your corner speed was higher than mine... Saw your vids - nice driving

Cheers, wasn't pushing it too much as it was the first time with an LSD and a few other mod's and it still needs a bit of work. There's a few shots of you in the videos. I do love them GTR's, I've had a Nissan 200sx s14a and a Toyota Supra TT6 MK4 and that skyline would be next on the list I think, or a monaro...

Yeah I've got slicks because there actually cheaper part warn than part warn road tyres and a lot cheaper than r888's.

[mad4amanda]

git-r said:

mad4amanda said:

Great evening good selection of cars and a really good crowd, were there any black flags Sam ?
When it rained track went slippery, probably the amount of rubber left by F3 GT at the weekend.
Have fun on the `ring Sam please don't bin it!

Black flags?? - of course but not until the last 10 mins as always sometimes they black flag me even if I'm being good, just for a laugh lol.. I

No probs at the ring - thank god .. Such a great time it feels like the biggest come down being back

Was brilliantly slippy with the rain at the end... I got away with 6 mins of sliding about before they flagged me - result;)

Sam I know I was watching you on the cameras !