just a bit of advice for track day newcomers.....

[Bobdenero]

One of the key things to remember when preparing a track car to exceed your expectations is stripping it of excess weight - I have had a couple of so called stripped cars, a Nissan Primera EGT which was fantastic and currently an old E28 M535 which is good fun but scary !
Its a matter of pride that I have managed to take an extra 10-20kg from each.
Laborious, but a hammer and chisel can remove a surprising amount of sound deadening.
What I can say is that after a number of trackdays at Oulton park I have yet to see a Fiesta, Nova,escort etc 'embaress' a GT3

[castrolcraig]

never mentioned a gt3 did i, i meant so called properly specced track cars with more spent on them than i earn in a year!!!

anyway stripping weight out was one of my first prioritys and a total loss 60kg before ive used lexan for the windows etc cant be bad!!!!!!

[deviant]

I like the sound of your Fiesta...but newcomers dont even need to go that far.

The key to cheap trackday cars is reliability, so finding a fairly clean example of your chosen car is a good idea.
Other than that the only other prep I would give my first car would be to just stick some new, decent tyres on it and give it a full service (inc timing belt and waterpump if the history is a bit sketchy) and get it up on a hoist to have a thorough check of the brakes and suspension.

A car with fresh suspension bushes and a set of high end road tyres (Toyo T1R is a good tyre) will have limits higher than most novices can push.

[sfaulds]

Ali cage - I like your style. Now all you need is several hundred horsepower, a fuel tank under your arse and a tree, and you too can be like Henri Toivonen.

[castrolcraig]

sfaulds said:

Ali cage - I like your style. Now all you need is several hundred horsepower, a fuel tank under your arse and a tree, and you too can be like Henri Toivonen.

funny guy

[lee69]

For the first few track days don't worry about stripping wieght out of the car. Just make sure the tyres are good and fresh. Brakes want to be in good order with fresh fluid. Fresh oil for the engine and take some spare.