Advice for first track day

[toffoboy]

Doing my fist track day tomorrow at Goodwood.
What advice can you give, apart from not crashing!

I have seen on here that it is recommended to overfill the oil.
What sort of tyre pressures should i set?
What tools should I take?
Does anyone know if there is somewhere i can leave the roof or should i just leave that at home?

Any other advice most welcome.

TIA.

Keith

[Hughesie2]

toffoboy said:

What advice can you give, apart from not crashing!

You seem to have covered it with that















On a more sensible note;
1) Keep a check on your pressures through the day
2) Check fluids at regular intervals
3) Take your time to learn the track, dont go and try putting your fasted lap in on your 1st
4) Keep an eye on your rear view mirror and signal/acknowledge to let others know that you've seen them and try to impeed quicker cars progress - find out the tracks preferred overtaking policy -
5) Take regular breaks yourself, let the car relax, dont go balls out all day
6) Have funnnnnnnn !!

[lazyitus]

On top of this, remember to have a slower in-lap to ease the engine back to reality after your stint.

Above all else - Enjoy, they are mint on track.

[wildeep]

Watch out for Woodcote, you can hit some serious speed along the Lavant straight!. Have fun.

[nztrev]

Give your brakes a good dab now and again,chances are,if there standard youll have fade after a short period of time.

[Hughesie2]

nztrev said:

Give your brakes a good dab now and again,chances are,if there standard youll have fade after a short period of time.

I forget that now i've gone braided and Mintex 1144's with grooved and drilled disks

[toffoboy]

Thanks for the advice.

I will be carefull about the brakes as they are standard. Do have Mintex 1144 pads just no time to fit them and bed them in.

I think i will just try and take it easy.......he says!

Just finished replacing the hoses with the ACT kit so hopefully they are now all OK.

Would you advise changing the oil prior to the track day, the oil in the system has only done about 1000 miles since servicing?


Cheers
Keith

[groucho]

Do a sun dance as you don't want any of that nasty rain.

[Guillotine]

Goodwood...

Take some SILENCERS!

Std Griff 500 96db, is it std?

[toffoboy]

Its std silencer, in fact its a standard car all round. The track day is 105dB anyway so no problem there.

[2 Smokin Barrels]

Remember...people do come off that circuit regularly, and it ain't very forgiving! Keep your eyes peeled, don't over do it, don't feel obliged to drive faster than you feel able..and remember smooth & steady is actually the quickest way round!

(but not a much of a hoot as blue smokey tyres! Enjoy it, it's great )

[mastiff]

Take your time to learn, Goodwood can be tricky.

Allow everything to warm up, but also allow everything to cool down between sessions.

I personally always avoid the final session of the day. You are tired, the car is hot and everyone tries to post their fastest lap of the day.

Most of all, have a great deal of fun.

Keep it on the grey bit!!!

[griffter]

Check your wheel nuts are tight, preferably between each session as your wheels will be subjected to greater forces for prolonged periods than in normal use.

[toffoboy]

Thanks everyone for the advice.

Basically take it easy, learn the circuit but most importantly have FUN seems to be the consensus.

Heres to a good day out. And the weather is looking good.

[golf bandit]

I have now done four TVR track days over the last 2 years. These are the items I do before the day

1 Advice insurance company and pay £25 for the pleasure.
2 Inflate tyres an extra 10%
3Fill oil to highest level on dipstick.
4Check water and brake fluid levels
5 Fill fuel tank no higher than 3/4 full
6 Balance the tyres each year
7 Take extra fuel
8 Take tape to mask the lights front and back
9 Take Insurance and driving licence
10 Take crash helmet

The best advice when you get their is to go out with an instructer who will show you the following

1 The racing line
2 The braking points
3 The turning in points
4 The exit points

The instructor will also access your driving style and give advice. At TVR track days his advice is free so make use of him and they do know what they are talking about.
I have went from being miles of the pace to now being 2 seconds of the pace and now getting 130mph down the back straight at Kirkistown.

Enjoy your day but take it easy to start with and remember it is not a race.

[toffoboy]

Managed to get through the day keeping it on the black stuff.

Did as suggested and took it easy most of the time. Did go for it at one stage and had a 'moment' so decided caution was the better way to go, plus we had a couple of showers which slowed things down a little.

Had a great day and the car performed well. May need to upgrade the brakes if i am going to do any more.....come to that need to do something about the exhaust, 95dB just isn't loud enough. Must get the hacksaw out and remove those baffles!

Again thanks for the advice.

Keith

[lazyitus]

toffoboy said:

95dB just isn't loud enough. Must get the hacksaw out and remove those baffles! Again thanks for the advice. Keith

Just beware though, tracks have noise limits.

Glad you enjoyed it. Fantastic on a track, Griff's. Aren't they a different car than on the road?