Brands Hatch Mon 7th April

[git-r]

Hello all

Any fellow p'headers coming along?

I'm booked up along with a lot of other Datsun derivatives and there should also be a strong showing from the Misubashy community

Would be great to see some of the regulars from here too!!

Cheers all!

Sam

[git-r]

Just a little bump

Any of the ph regulars going to this??

[Atom Ant]

I'm doing the evening session with Porsche GT Mag, can you dry the track out ready please
Hope you enjoy

[911p]

Sam - not going tomorrow unfortunately but are looking to get to the road car only next Monday in the MX5!

Ray - we'd have loved to get there tomorrow in the GT3 but it has some suspension/tyre issues which need sorting first! Should be a great day with all the Pork there though.

[git-r]

Hi Ben

Ah shame but good luck for the next one

Have fun on the eve track day!! I might stay for a while and watch.. What car will you be in? I'll come and say hi

[Atom Ant]

Hi Ben and git-r, I'll be in my yellow GT3 Clubsport so come and say hello. It sounds like Ben and I could have made it two yellow ones. Mine is very close to failing the noise test the last time the tester wanted 6500rpm static and it was 104dB on a 105 limit, I think the evening limit is 102dB static so will have to say my red line is 6K to get through, lets see

Ben hope to see you again soon when you are all fixed up. I'm doing SIlverstone GP on Thursday so its going to be a prefect week.
Ray.

[git-r]

Hi Ray, will keep an eye out for you and say hello
I'll be in an old grey Nissan skyline...
Cheers,
Sam

[911p]

Atom Ant said:

Hi Ben and git-r, I'll be in my yellow GT3 Clubsport so come and say hello. It sounds like Ben and I could have made it two yellow ones. Mine is very close to failing the noise test the last time the tester wanted 6500rpm static and it was 104dB on a 105 limit, I think the evening limit is 102dB static so will have to say my red line is 6K to get through, lets see

Ben hope to see you again soon when you are all fixed up. I'm doing SIlverstone GP on Thursday so its going to be a prefect week.
Ray.

Dads has always been 103db static at Brands - only ever revs it to <6000rpm though! Make sure you keep the clutch down, I heard somewhere that shaves off 1db too, not sure whether it works or not though. There will have to be some cheeky abuse of the noise test to get 102db static They should make allowances for 911s on the static test though as they're always far more quiet out on track.

Sounds good, we'll have to get up to Silverstone at some point!

[Atom Ant]

Thanks for the tip Ben, Is 6K and clutch down. I look forward to saying hello to you Sam, I think we will be there mid afternoon so will look out for you on the track in stealth grey mode. My son Simon will be with me and we often get confused for you Ben and your dad.

[anonymous-user]

Hi all,

I'll be there in my E36 BMW 318 compact, it's my first time driving the car and has just had an engine rebuild, new brakes, suspension etc. So will just be taking my time and running the engine in, and getting past any teething problems.

See you on track!

[stroller]

911p said:

Atom Ant said:

Hi Ben and git-r, I'll be in my yellow GT3 Clubsport so come and say hello. It sounds like Ben and I could have made it two yellow ones. Mine is very close to failing the noise test the last time the tester wanted 6500rpm static and it was 104dB on a 105 limit, I think the evening limit is 102dB static so will have to say my red line is 6K to get through, lets see

Ben hope to see you again soon when you are all fixed up. I'm doing SIlverstone GP on Thursday so its going to be a prefect week.
Ray.

Dads has always been 103db static at Brands - only ever revs it to <6000rpm though! Make sure you keep the clutch down, I heard somewhere that shaves off 1db too, not sure whether it works or not though. There will have to be some cheeky abuse of the noise test to get 102db static They should make allowances for 911s on the static test though as they're always far more quiet out on track.

Sounds good, we'll have to get up to Silverstone at some point!

I am booked in for the evening Porsche event too (red 996 GT3) and will also be crossing everything for noise test. I am normally around 105db mark so hoping they are a little flexible on the static test!

Looks like showers throughout the day, hopefully drying out in the evening. Fingers crossed !

[git-r]

Richespeed - great see you there

Ray - come and say hello - there's going to be about 7 R32-R35 GTR's there, between 5-700bhp .. Most will be on semi slicks... and it's going to rain.. LOLOL should provide plenty of entertainment for you

GT3 owners as Ben says you'll be fine (provided you have standard exhaust). I've seen lots of GT3's at brands before but never heard of one failing the noise test
Last time I passengered in a 997.2 GT3 and it had no probs.

CANNOT WAIT!!!!

And hope it has at least some dry spells...

[stroller]

git-r said:

Richespeed - great see you there

there's going to be about 7 R32-R35 GTR's there, between 5-700bhp .. Most will be on semi slicks... and it's going to rain.. LOLOL should provide plenty of entertainment for you

CANNOT WAIT!!!!

And hope it has at least some dry spells...

Sounds like some serious kit, will get there early and enjoy the display!

Hope you have a great day....

[Atom Ant]

Really sorry guys I couldn't make this evenings session as had panic at work to attend to. I hope you all had a great day, maybe next time we can meet.
Any pics or video of the day and Pork evening would be very welcome!
Ray.

[stroller]

Pretty awful weather, the evening session was stopped at 7.30pm due to heavy rain/surface water and because it got dark so early.

Initially failed the noise test at 105.7 and 106.9db but managed to creep under on a re-run

Was pretty quiet on track and not the best conditions, but still enjoyed it immensely.

Sam you looked to be having some fun in the Skyline, sliding it about !!!

[stroller]

Atom Ant said:

Really sorry guys I couldn't make this evenings session as had panic at work to attend to. I hope you all had a great day, maybe next time we can meet.
Any pics or video of the day and Pork evening would be very welcome!
Ray.

Shame you couldn't make it, was hoping to catch up with you again (we met at the PH Porsche 50th birthday breakfast meet), but to be fair, conditions weren't great!

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stroller said:

Pretty awful weather, the evening session was stopped at 7.30pm due to heavy rain/surface water and because it got dark so early.

Initially failed the noise test at 105.7 and 106.9db but managed to creep under on a re-run

Was pretty quiet on track and not the best conditions, but still enjoyed it immensely.

Sam you looked to be having some fun in the Skyline, sliding it about !!!

yeah was ace fun thanks I stayed and watched for a while after, great seeing and hearing you all.. beautiful 993 RS of some sort parked next to me

[git-r]

Quick vid of zero grip, flailing about at the wheel and generally getting every corner wrong.. But having so much fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuDCwRbtchI