brands 18th may

[gav dunn]

hi, has anyone booked brands hatch 18th of may, open pit lane.

[lol1]

I may go gav if my new engine is fitted. I will need to give it a run before my next race.

How much is it?

[Paul_M3]

I'll be going to this one.

Will be my first time at Brands, looking forward to it.

[gav dunn]

hi laurie,think its £225. hows the car coming along?

[lol1]

Thats expensive.

Got a new 3.2 evo lump thats going in at the moment. Fitting the old carbon box and having a re-map so hope to get around the 320bhp. Would have liked to have done the cams at the same time but too much money. Hopefully be back racing at Brands in June in the Eurosaloons.

[tommy18]

hi gav, we're doing the 25th may instead!

[dan101smith]

As long as mine's ready in time (and it should be) then I'm in.

[dan101smith]

I'm booked.

[gav dunn]

im all booked in etc, im there in a 3 series bmw, feel free to come in ask for a passenger ride,will try my hardest to take you round, providing i get time as i have a few people who have already asked.

[dan101smith]

Well, I have to say I thought that yesterday was the best run trackday I've done in a while. Sensible marshalling and well run - although perhaps the briefing did drag on a little.

Well done chaps

[Paul_M3]

I agree.

A few Red flags, but all sorted out very quickly. Seems like a black e30 BMW caused two red flags, each time because a wheel fell off. Not sure what was going on there!

I thought the marshals did a very good job with blue flags too.

[gav dunn]

i agree, well run day, but did think there was alot of red flags than normal. i enjoyed the day too, apart from my top water hose burst straight after lunch,along with a puncture!!

[Paul_M3]

gav dunn said:

i agree, well run day, but did think there was alot of red flags than normal. i enjoyed the day too, apart from my top water hose burst straight after lunch,along with a puncture!!

Yeah, that was a bit unlucky.

(I was the guy you spoke to a couple of garages down with the silver e46 M3)

[sonny.j.h]

Agree there, good marshals, very well put together, and a lot of good track discipline from the guys on track.

That White R8 was loud, good to see it finally passed the noise test lol

I was driving the Grey RS4, I love brands, good circuit.

[Paul_M3]

sonny.j.h said:

Agree there, good marshals, very well put together, and a lot of good track discipline from the guys on track.

That White R8 was loud, good to see it finally passed the noise test lol

I was driving the Grey RS4, I love brands, good circuit.

My friend and I loved your car. We both agreed it was the best sounding vehicle of the whole day. Is it an after market exhaust?

I've just been watching some of the videos I took, and was on track with you quite a bit. (A few laps of me trying to chase you down) I'll upload a 10 minute clip onto youtube, and post the link up when it's done.

[sonny.j.h]

Paul_M3 said:

sonny.j.h said:

Agree there, good marshals, very well put together, and a lot of good track discipline from the guys on track.

That White R8 was loud, good to see it finally passed the noise test lol

I was driving the Grey RS4, I love brands, good circuit.

My friend and I loved your car. We both agreed it was the best sounding vehicle of the whole day. Is it an after market exhaust?

I've just been watching some of the videos I took, and was on track with you quite a bit. (A few laps of me trying to chase you down) I'll upload a 10 minute clip onto youtube, and post the link up when it's done.

Thanks mate, It has a Full Milltek system with 200cell cats and free flow down pipes, I was faffing around with tyre pressers all day trying to get them exact, was struggling at Druids, was loosing time there. 100+ Laps on the Eagle F1s seemed to hold up pretty well considering lol

Cant wait to see the vid. cheeRS

[Paul_M3]

Well I've managed to get a video uploaded.

It shows your RS4 Sonny, that R8 Spyder, and there's also that big old Jag race car, which spins in front of me at Druids towards the end of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f51_7C3sSFc

[dan101smith]

sonny.j.h said:

That White R8 was loud, good to see it finally passed the noise test lol

It didn't! He did something at lunch to try to quieten it down, but it still failed the test - they let him out with the comment of "don't blame me if you get black-flagged"

[sonny.j.h]

Paul_M3 said:

Well I've managed to get a video uploaded.

It shows your RS4 Sonny, that R8 Spyder, and there's also that big old Jag race car, which spins in front of me at Druids towards the end of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f51_7C3sSFc

Good footage, (shows my balls up at 1.59 at Surtees lol), good driving there fella, Your being able to brake later in the corners than me, shows the break up grade works (whats the weight of your car?).

The R8 was a V8 variant, not the Spyder/V10.

[Paul_M3]

sonny.j.h said:

Good footage, (shows my balls up at 1.59 at Surtees lol), good driving there fella, Your being able to brake later in the corners than me, shows the break up grade works (whats the weight of your car?).

LOL, yeah I did notice you went a bit wide there!

The brakes make a massive difference on track, as much in confidence as actual braking ability.

My M3 is probably about as heavy as one can get. It's pretty much top spec (fully electric heated seats, sat nav, SMG etc) so you can add a few kilos to the figure of 1584kg I've seen on the net. (http://www.germancarforum.com/test-data/6486-kerbweight-thread-fully-loaded.html)

I had a passenger for 90% of my runs too, which obviously doesn't help.

I can't imagine your RS4 is light either though?