Spa trip laps

[shaunsmith]

Sumo in Evo Tommi Makkinen
Graham behind us in Saturn 5 M400
Granty 'co pilot' with me in Frogget Rocket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tr66X1imMU&fea...

[Air Support]

Shaun

Great video. Looks like you all had a superb trip.
Your car seems so well sorted and also so well driven.

Most on track videos end up looking fairly sedate - not in this though, you really get a sense of the speed you have on track.
Really good to watch it.

[les5709]

Brilliant vid! Great to see how the Noble goes round a track like this.

[TuxMan]

Very nice Selwyn !!! Car looks superb ,
Track looks busy though ??

Tux

[shaunsmith]

TuxMan said:

Very nice Selwyn !!! Car looks superb ,
Track looks busy though ??

Tux

Thanks for kind words lads, track was busy with some poor driving by many which hampered us all a little.

Earlier in the morning had a serious duel on my own with a very quick mauve Waffe Turbo but annoyingly had camara on wrong setting n didn't record, both flat out & on the edge for 5 laps, on the PBox 3 of the laps were under 2:50 with one 2:47 n scrapnel on a perfect clear run.

A Han Solo type manouvre on Pit straight got him in the end...........

[TuxMan]

Ha ha sounds great 2.47 is a cracking time !!!! How's the car feel ?? Anything need tweaking aero wise ? Tux

[Lucozade]

2.47 - that's about as many gears as I had available on the day :-)

[RobP]

Great vid Shaun. Looked like you were going really well. Trofeos were obviously gripping well, but how did they last over the day? I found wear rates on track were a lot higher than the Corsas, but then again, I do need my geo re-doing as it was all on nearside shoulders.

[shaunsmith]

TuxMan said:

Ha ha sounds great 2.47 is a cracking time !!!! How's the car feel ?? Anything need tweaking aero wise ? Tux

Car feels superb with new wheels which are far better than originals & feel difference, Trofeo's have limpit grip with excellent longivity & come on to temperature quicker than Corsa's. Aero's superb no need for any tweeking at all. Just require discs skimming which were pain. No cars there could match the Nobles all round but not the quality of Waffe that frequent the Goldtrack days with no GT2's sadly in attendance.

At the Ring car felt outstanding the set up is perfect for Waffe walloping....

I thinks it's only a matter of time one of you in the 600+ bhp SR-71's will breach 2:40 at Spa with Mad Max button deployed minimum 3 times to a maximum of 5 during lap with clear track with 180 up Kemmel not out of the question ommitting 'Rouge' of course

[shaunsmith]

RobP said:

Great vid Shaun. Looked like you were going really well. Trofeos were obviously gripping well, but how did they last over the day? I found wear rates on track were a lot higher than the Corsas, but then again, I do need my geo re-doing as it was all on nearside shoulders.

Thanks Rob,

Yeah, grip is comparable didn't take to limit as apart from 5 laps out of near 60 I had a passenger so not on it fully but was semi assessed & very impressed, throughout the day never once did they deteriorate. They are a progression from Corsa's which I have used since 2003 which is a bonus.

I had car cornerweighted prior to trip, with passenger didn't feel right near unbalanced, without felt like Ben Hur's Chariot!!!

I'm at Silverstone in May I'll give them a full on work out which i'm looking forward to. Not sure on wear rates yet but to be honest not really bothered, cutting down on take away's lately will pay for another set perhaps

Edited by shaunsmith on Friday 6th April 11:40

[NeilGti]

Great footage there Shaun, sadly no Gti in view i must of been that far in front and ready to lap you

[funkybmx1]

Good video mate. Gutted didn't have a camera in the st

[shaunsmith]

NeilGti said:

Great footage there Shaun, sadly no Gti in view i must of been that far in front and ready to lap you

You would of lapped me for sure if one of them Kayo 4 Turbo's fired on, what ye waiting for, with Jase upping to 300, 'Dad' will have to go to 4....

[NeilGti]

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

Great footage there Shaun, sadly no Gti in view i must of been that far in front and ready to lap you

You would of lapped me for sure if one of them Kayo 4 Turbo's fired on, what ye waiting for, with Jase upping to 300, 'Dad' will have to go to 4....

I think you could be right, that KO4 Kit is a must now methinks

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&am...

[shaunsmith]

NeilGti said:

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

Great footage there Shaun, sadly no Gti in view i must of been that far in front and ready to lap you

You would of lapped me for sure if one of them Kayo 4 Turbo's fired on, what ye waiting for, with Jase upping to 300, 'Dad' will have to go to 4....

I think you could be right, that KO4 Kit is a must now methinks

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&am...

Crikey!!! was that a Golf...

I'm assuming you get that song as well thrown in...

[daddysumo]

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

Great footage there Shaun, sadly no Gti in view i must of been that far in front and ready to lap you

You would of lapped me for sure if one of them Kayo 4 Turbo's fired on, what ye waiting for, with Jase upping to 300, 'Dad' will have to go to 4....

I think you could be right, that KO4 Kit is a must now methinks

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&am...

Crikey!!! was that a Golf...

I'm assuming you get that song as well thrown in...

They have a DSG box in apparently ???

[NeilGti]

daddysumo said:

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

Great footage there Shaun, sadly no Gti in view i must of been that far in front and ready to lap you

You would of lapped me for sure if one of them Kayo 4 Turbo's fired on, what ye waiting for, with Jase upping to 300, 'Dad' will have to go to 4....

I think you could be right, that KO4 Kit is a must now methinks

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&am...

Crikey!!! was that a Golf...

I'm assuming you get that song as well thrown in...

They have a DSG box in apparently ???

Yes to all Steve, i have all the other bits already on just need to bolt on the K04 and remap, deffo next mod
Standard DSG Box can take this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwFFJS30Oy8

[mgbond]

Great Vid and some very smooth driving there Shaun.

Hope to join you boys in June, should get car back on the road this month now Andy sorted me out with a Rad (good man). Give it a shake down and then book it up

Bondy

[shaunsmith]

NeilGti said:

daddysumo said:

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

shaunsmith said:

NeilGti said:

Great footage there Shaun, sadly no Gti in view i must of been that far in front and ready to lap you

You would of lapped me for sure if one of them Kayo 4 Turbo's fired on, what ye waiting for, with Jase upping to 300, 'Dad' will have to go to 4....

I think you could be right, that KO4 Kit is a must now methinks

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&am...

Crikey!!! was that a Golf...

I'm assuming you get that song as well thrown in...

They have a DSG box in apparently ???

Yes to all Steve, i have all the other bits already on just need to bolt on the K04 and remap, deffo next mod
Standard DSG Box can take this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwFFJS30Oy8

Incredibly impressive that would be sub 8 Ring machine without doubt... A proper Wolf in sheeps with that on n mapped.

Next Goldtrack at Silverstone were on is in May on for then perhaps?

[shaunsmith]

mgbond said:

Great Vid and some very smooth driving there Shaun.

Hope to join you boys in June, should get car back on the road this month now Andy sorted me out with a Rad (good man). Give it a shake down and then book it up

Bondy

Cheers,

If you can't we are doing the Mega trip in October opening up with 2 days at Munich beer festival, then closed track day at Ring with DN, Touristdays too then 2 days at Spa.

Finaly 6 months off to recouperate.....