PPC at Mallory May 18th any other TVR's going?
Discussion
Hi Guys,
I am going to have a blast round at this, i went last year and its good fun and £20 a sesh.
Its a very mixed bag of cars, and i am sponsoring the Compact Cup car they are racing with some brake pads, so want to make sure its done right!
If anyone wants to hop in mine to see what it goes like they are welcome, but no finger marks in the dash!!
Lil vid from last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eD0RKVTkew
I am going to have a blast round at this, i went last year and its good fun and £20 a sesh.
Its a very mixed bag of cars, and i am sponsoring the Compact Cup car they are racing with some brake pads, so want to make sure its done right!
If anyone wants to hop in mine to see what it goes like they are welcome, but no finger marks in the dash!!
Lil vid from last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eD0RKVTkew
Brummmie said:
Hi Guys,
I am going to have a blast round at this, i went last year and its good fun and £20 a sesh.
Its a very mixed bag of cars, and i am sponsoring the Compact Cup car they are racing with some brake pads, so want to make sure its done right!
If anyone wants to hop in mine to see what it goes like they are welcome, but no finger marks in the dash!!
Lil vid from last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eD0RKVTkew
Nice video. Safe fast driving. TVR, King of the road. May come along for a passenger ride. Hope.
I am going to have a blast round at this, i went last year and its good fun and £20 a sesh.
Its a very mixed bag of cars, and i am sponsoring the Compact Cup car they are racing with some brake pads, so want to make sure its done right!
If anyone wants to hop in mine to see what it goes like they are welcome, but no finger marks in the dash!!
Lil vid from last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eD0RKVTkew
Nice video. Safe fast driving. TVR, King of the road. May come along for a passenger ride. Hope.
Well I popped along and had a ride.
Initially I was surprised as to how comfy the Cerb was! (Maybe just me expecting a harsh setup because of running slicks.)
It didn't take long to get the tyres warm and so the pace increase.
The power/gearing/grip of the car I thought was well balanced. Huge power, plenty grip (using 2nd pushed this though!) and the right gearing not to waste time changing gear excessively.
Most of the track was in 3rd with the two quickest sections (end of the straight & just before the Esses) sometimes good for a bit of 4th (if there wasn't too much traffic about), and 2nd for the 180 degree hairpin (Shaws Corner).
It did initally take me a little bit of time to get used to the cars capabilities. Whilst hitting 7k rpm in 3rd doing and 130mph I would initially brace for braking but Paul would snatch 4th for a second or so, then we were doing 140mph before really piling on the brakes (and quite often passing lots of other cars into the corner).
During the braking I'd feel weightless with all my weight going through my arm and the Cerb centre console The combination of slicks, 343mm front disks and 6 pot calipers was rather impressive 
(not forgetting the right pads (a slightly more aggressive compound was being tried out by Paul), wonder who can supply these, will have to investigate, ahem).
Unlike a C63 AMG Merc the brakes didn't start to smoke after a session.
Initially I was surprised as to how comfy the Cerb was! (Maybe just me expecting a harsh setup because of running slicks.)
It didn't take long to get the tyres warm and so the pace increase.
The power/gearing/grip of the car I thought was well balanced. Huge power, plenty grip (using 2nd pushed this though!) and the right gearing not to waste time changing gear excessively.
Most of the track was in 3rd with the two quickest sections (end of the straight & just before the Esses) sometimes good for a bit of 4th (if there wasn't too much traffic about), and 2nd for the 180 degree hairpin (Shaws Corner).
It did initally take me a little bit of time to get used to the cars capabilities. Whilst hitting 7k rpm in 3rd doing and 130mph I would initially brace for braking but Paul would snatch 4th for a second or so, then we were doing 140mph before really piling on the brakes (and quite often passing lots of other cars into the corner).
During the braking I'd feel weightless with all my weight going through my arm and the Cerb centre console
The combination of slicks, 343mm front disks and 6 pot calipers was rather impressive (not forgetting the right pads (a slightly more aggressive compound was being tried out by Paul), wonder who can supply these, will have to investigate, ahem).Unlike a C63 AMG Merc the brakes didn't start to smoke after a session
.Amazing motor that Brummie 
Everyone watching just stood in amazement at the acceleration down the straight, and the fact it didn't stop getting faster! As I say it looked like everyone else was slowing for yellow flags!
Traffic must get frustrating though surely? I appreciate it's quickly dispatched but within seconds your back with another pack.
Everyone watching just stood in amazement at the acceleration down the straight, and the fact it didn't stop getting faster! As I say it looked like everyone else was slowing for yellow flags!
Traffic must get frustrating though surely? I appreciate it's quickly dispatched but within seconds your back with another pack.
It was a good day put, but a circuit that small is always going to be problematic with traffic, at Silverstone you can really stretch its legs!!
Third gear let go in the last session, but its put up with years of stick, hundreds of drag runs and dozens of track days, in all 25000 miles since we built it.
Gearbox is out this afternoon, and there are many missing teeth on third, so its a good look in the box by the man down the road and back in as the seasons is not long eh!?
Glad you enjoyed watching it go!
Thanks for the pics, the one leaving black lines out of the hairpin is cool
Third gear let go in the last session, but its put up with years of stick, hundreds of drag runs and dozens of track days, in all 25000 miles since we built it.
Gearbox is out this afternoon, and there are many missing teeth on third, so its a good look in the box by the man down the road and back in as the seasons is not long eh!?
Glad you enjoyed watching it go!
Thanks for the pics, the one leaving black lines out of the hairpin is cool
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