Last blast of the year - Spa vid
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Well when we got there on Monday to find a wet track & low cloud my heart sank a bit as had 888's put on prior to leaving the UK.
Took it sensibly in the morning & actually the tyres were not to bad at all - vid below using a new camera i have recently bought (AIM smartycam) - they offer a bridge option to plug into the porsche ecu & i think i will do this over the winter (shows speed, gear, oil pressure readings on screen etc) as the speed off the gps was not really working that well at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jjMi8C5V0
Was great fun & the weather started to improve as the day went on
Went out with an instructor (Callum Lockerbie) around 3pm & for 5 laps we were absolutely flying & then after one prior little "chirp" the tyres let go in a big way & in to the gravel we went at a fair rate of knots..... doh !!!
Not a single scratch of the car which was fantastic - there is a god after all
The tyres simply got to hot ! - was a nightmare setting up the pressures due to weather variances but all good learning for the future
An own goal from me also forgetting to fit the wheel spacers on the spare track wheels so that probably didnt help the geo set up ...
Was then off to a car wash to clean the car, gravel stones removed & then back out again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WTqncTPkw
The Nurburgring on the saturday was absolutely awesome as well & a great way to signal the first year of ownership & hopefully many many more enjoyable ones to come in the future.
I absolutely love this car to death & it's certainly not going anywhere in the future apart from a few more track days & more experience
She cant quite keep up with the GT3 RS's but her character more than makes up for that & plenty quick enough for my ability !
Many thanks to Fearnsport for the work carried out (slightly bigger turbos, servicing etc)
Took it sensibly in the morning & actually the tyres were not to bad at all - vid below using a new camera i have recently bought (AIM smartycam) - they offer a bridge option to plug into the porsche ecu & i think i will do this over the winter (shows speed, gear, oil pressure readings on screen etc) as the speed off the gps was not really working that well at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jjMi8C5V0
Was great fun & the weather started to improve as the day went on
Went out with an instructor (Callum Lockerbie) around 3pm & for 5 laps we were absolutely flying & then after one prior little "chirp" the tyres let go in a big way & in to the gravel we went at a fair rate of knots..... doh !!!
Not a single scratch of the car which was fantastic - there is a god after all
The tyres simply got to hot ! - was a nightmare setting up the pressures due to weather variances but all good learning for the future
An own goal from me also forgetting to fit the wheel spacers on the spare track wheels so that probably didnt help the geo set up ...
Was then off to a car wash to clean the car, gravel stones removed & then back out again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WTqncTPkw
The Nurburgring on the saturday was absolutely awesome as well & a great way to signal the first year of ownership & hopefully many many more enjoyable ones to come in the future.
I absolutely love this car to death & it's certainly not going anywhere in the future apart from a few more track days & more experience
She cant quite keep up with the GT3 RS's but her character more than makes up for that & plenty quick enough for my ability !
Many thanks to Fearnsport for the work carried out (slightly bigger turbos, servicing etc)
Martian O said:
I was at Spa and the 'Ring that weekend too, great weather, epic weekend. The drive from Spa to the 'Ring was memorable.
Cool.. we arrived at Spa on Thursday 29/09 for the GT Cup races, it was indeed fantastic weather the whole week!..Yeah we had a blast driving back from the ring to Spa on Sunday evening.. It wasn't you we were racing on the Autobahn in a grey GTR 35 was it??... lol
We were in a sliver mk1 GT3 (red graphics) & an EVO X RS (full WRC livery)..
Ade
Martian O said:
keep it lit said:
Ahh ok... i recall your car on track i think both days and being slightly louder than a normal 7T and lapping quite briskly..?
heres mine..
Ade
I was only lapping on the Sunday, I got 10 laps in before the carnage at Wipperman/Bergwerk!heres mine..
Ade
trackday addict said:
Well when we got there on Monday to find a wet track & low cloud my heart sank a bit as had 888's put on prior to leaving the UK.
Took it sensibly in the morning & actually the tyres were not to bad at all - vid below using a new camera i have recently bought (AIM smartycam) - they offer a bridge option to plug into the porsche ecu & i think i will do this over the winter (shows speed, gear, oil pressure readings on screen etc) as the speed off the gps was not really working that well at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jjMi8C5V0
Was great fun & the weather started to improve as the day went on
Went out with an instructor (Callum Lockerbie) around 3pm & for 5 laps we were absolutely flying & then after one prior little "chirp" the tyres let go in a big way & in to the gravel we went at a fair rate of knots..... doh !!!
Not a single scratch of the car which was fantastic - there is a god after all
The tyres simply got to hot ! - was a nightmare setting up the pressures due to weather variances but all good learning for the future
An own goal from me also forgetting to fit the wheel spacers on the spare track wheels so that probably didnt help the geo set up ...
Was then off to a car wash to clean the car, gravel stones removed & then back out again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WTqncTPkw
The Nurburgring on the saturday was absolutely awesome as well & a great way to signal the first year of ownership & hopefully many many more enjoyable ones to come in the future.
I absolutely love this car to death & it's certainly not going anywhere in the future apart from a few more track days & more experience
She cant quite keep up with the GT3 RS's but her character more than makes up for that & plenty quick enough for my ability !
Many thanks to Fearnsport for the work carried out (slightly bigger turbos, servicing etc)
Sure it wasn't Calum Lockie?Took it sensibly in the morning & actually the tyres were not to bad at all - vid below using a new camera i have recently bought (AIM smartycam) - they offer a bridge option to plug into the porsche ecu & i think i will do this over the winter (shows speed, gear, oil pressure readings on screen etc) as the speed off the gps was not really working that well at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jjMi8C5V0
Was great fun & the weather started to improve as the day went on
Went out with an instructor (Callum Lockerbie) around 3pm & for 5 laps we were absolutely flying & then after one prior little "chirp" the tyres let go in a big way & in to the gravel we went at a fair rate of knots..... doh !!!
Not a single scratch of the car which was fantastic - there is a god after all
The tyres simply got to hot ! - was a nightmare setting up the pressures due to weather variances but all good learning for the future
An own goal from me also forgetting to fit the wheel spacers on the spare track wheels so that probably didnt help the geo set up ...
Was then off to a car wash to clean the car, gravel stones removed & then back out again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WTqncTPkw
The Nurburgring on the saturday was absolutely awesome as well & a great way to signal the first year of ownership & hopefully many many more enjoyable ones to come in the future.
I absolutely love this car to death & it's certainly not going anywhere in the future apart from a few more track days & more experience
She cant quite keep up with the GT3 RS's but her character more than makes up for that & plenty quick enough for my ability !
Many thanks to Fearnsport for the work carried out (slightly bigger turbos, servicing etc)
trackday addict said:
Yes quite a few radicals, we were shocked at how quiet the ring was on the Saturday in comparison to previous times we have been. Was only shut once as well so lots of time to go out.
Sorry regarding getting Calums name wrong !
Could have been Calum from Lockerbie I suppose Sorry regarding getting Calums name wrong !
Where is Ade... I wanna hear about this Red paper
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