First track day at Monthléry
First track day at Monthléry
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cerberarno

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88 posts

188 months

Tuesday 15th March 2011
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This WE , my first ever track day on a cerb & on this prestigious circuit of Monthléry
known for its elevate (?) curve , unfortntly slowered by chicane...




Next pics will be mine , on top of it !!

Gazzab

21,638 posts

311 months

Tuesday 15th March 2011
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You fixed that chassis already?!

BCA

8,651 posts

286 months

Tuesday 15th March 2011
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That looks like great fun!! Enjoy.

I've seen a vid from this track with an Elise following an F40, definately somewhere I would love to visit. smile

ridds

8,372 posts

273 months

Tuesday 15th March 2011
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Gazzab said:
You fixed that chassis already?!
Please tell me you fixed that upper front wishbone at the very least!!! laugh If not you have much bigger balls than me going on a bank like that!

cerberarno

Original Poster:

88 posts

188 months

Tuesday 15th March 2011
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I did change wishbone !! New discs , pads , steering rod as well
I've checked & I don't worry about rest of chassis wich is plain
Btw I've tested its strenght by (not doing my best) hitting a vicious pavement in foggy night of East Grinstead wich almost ruined my front wheel on this same side ,I had to debent a huge flat on the Works rim.
Schock was very bad !! & I was worryed about chassis at that time & could'nt figure the real state it was in fact ...
Even such weackened it can handle strong.
Anyway it's been 40 years ! that I hang out in Monthléry & the Cerb is defenetly the safest thing that I've ever drive on the bank.

cerberarno

Original Poster:

88 posts

188 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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Well , I had good time on the bank this saturday
Played with corvette ZR6 & 3200 GT others were just too slow
but Track was reduced at a simple oval track , we were not able to use the full lenght & that was a bit boring
Car was great & I 've enjoyed a lot the power & the brakes !!
This is a rail on curvs , slides are very predictable & easy to catch up
The side of the bank wich is normally not employed was too bumpy to be safe at high speed
Was hitting 200 Km/h only
I unfortunatly end up the day with no clutch & no battery
Had to purge the slave cylinder & It worked ok then
I think the battery went off , because I just went home ok on the alternator only
Will check the Volt output & see
Went strong into brakes & that was smelling hot in there !!
Looks like the EBC redstuff are not very the best pads for it ...

Here are vids of part of the bunch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Z5y5TIa9Y
Me driving the Iphone in one hand , dizzy ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyI6zASKevo
& when I gave the wheel to my buddy , barfy ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tfcG70ECw4
A bit boring I told you ...
& Sorry for poor quality

BCA

8,651 posts

286 months

Monday 21st March 2011
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Driving with one hand and recording with an iphone in the other?? mad man.

Glad it was fun, the circuit there looks ace from the F40 vs Elise vid, so definately try and get a full circuit day soon... leave the phone in your pocket though or get your mate to record it.

Some bizarre cars there, DB4 volante(?) would probably have been my pic of the lot, though the Citroen SM made me smile.

Mr Cerbera

5,151 posts

259 months

Monday 21st March 2011
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Wow, that banking is HIGH !!!

Glad to see that you overtook everything and were not passed yourself - Good Man !!

hehethumbup

cerberarno

Original Poster:

88 posts

188 months

Monday 21st March 2011
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Corvette ZR6 were the fastest , not unbeatable but we were in a demo session & the track commissaire advise me twice
to slow down or to be kicked out , Cerb was defntly the lowdest & seemed to be the fastest to him !!
but anyway I 've managed to show what a UK made is up to ...
However I did follow some lessons before as a UK made already shown who's the best !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TshFWSsrn8


My mates adding footprints over Ken block's ones !!!