Elise spin-tastic video

[hbaumhardt]

Some out-takes from my 2 hours of track video at Bedford on Saturday. Its the new suspension and tyres ... honest !

www.pistonheads.tv/clip717

[delivery dave]

nice
btw you have a beautiful car

[Janitor]

Humm, oh come along now Hans, it wasn't really the suspension was it..?

Surely it was the black-ice following that nasty unbalancing dip on turn-in?

[DanH]

lol

I need to get a video camera. Did you capture any footage of my car btw?

>> Edited by DanH on Monday 30th January 19:10

[hbaumhardt]

Cheers chaps, every time I adjusted the Nitrons (only by +/- 2 clicks) I did a spin first time round that hairpin so they do something ... honest it wasnt me just going too fast !

PS bjc388 was quietly stoic on the third spin but you will notice a loud Mu-ahahah from shangani on the last one

[hbaumhardt]

DanH said:

Did you capture any footage of my car btw?

Sorry Dan, I didnt see any GT3RSes all the time I was out (you'r just *that* fast

I do organise chasecam laps, a couple posted here on PH. I won't keep up on the straights but I could well catch you back in the corners.

Hankscorpio has some great stills of the day checkout www.hankscorpio.net/trackdays/2006.01.28-Bedford

[DanH]

hbaumhardt said:

DanH said: Did you capture any footage of my car btw? Sorry Dan, I didnt see any GT3RSes all the time I was out (you'r just *that* fast I do organise chasecam laps, a couple posted here on PH. I won't keep up on the straights but I could well catch you back in the corners. Hankscorpio has some great stills of the day checkout www.hankscorpio.net/trackdays/2006.01.28-Bedford

I've got the enlargements from Hank already. Great photos, he's very talented. Better than some I've paid for!

If you catch me in the corners too much it will be my crap driving as I'm on reasonably sticky tyres too. Shangani will probably attest that despite Gooby's assertions, the RS isn't exactly slow through corners either

>> Edited by DanH on Monday 30th January 19:53

[chouca]

nice pictures from Bedford...



Shangani are you really using your phone there?

[DanH]

Entering the pit straight, Shangani realised there may be a quality control issue with his snap off steering wheel.

[bjc388]

hbaumhardt said:

PS bjc388 was quietly stoic on the third spin but you will notice a loud Mu-ahahah from shangani on the last one

Hans - the G forces experienced during the spins made me pass out otherwise you would have heard loud screaming

[GTRene]

Hey Shang, nice car now I see what you ment with a longer upper body...and a helmet the roof can't be fit that way...you have a BAD CW drag
sorry...what where you doing on the pic? playing with the controlunit of your camera?
GTRene

[bjc388]

Shang: "Yes that's right, thin crust with extra anchovies ... and deliver straight to pit number 6 Bedford Autodrome ... name is Shangani ... there'll be a laser blue elise outside ... yes hurry up I'm hungry ..."

[hbaumhardt]

And following some rather cheeky emails, a video of me "managing" to do a complete lap (oooh, checkout the soundtrack and speed overlays !)http://media.putfile.com/Bedford-FT-28-Jan-2005-302-

[GTRene]

Nice clean lap! and under the cold conditions your elise have a good grip level?!
GTRene

[hbaumhardt]

Yes great grip on brand new RE040s, and thats with elcheepo CFE coded rears. Sounds like the folks running A048s couldn't get their tyres up to sticky temperatures (ha !).

If it wasn't for the traffic I usually manage to gasp and wheeze my VVC up to 120/125 on the back straight, but then its nice to have someone around to overtake ;-)

[HankScorpio]

close up of that one, looks like texting to me...

[hbaumhardt]

Or taking a photo of the speedo ?

[GTRene]

Texting and driving......Andrew what are you doing he must be a talented man, racing, texting, doctoring, and thinking on a honda conversion in his S2, all at the same time
GTRene

[DanH]

hbaumhardt said:

Yes great grip on brand new RE040s, and thats with elcheepo CFE coded rears. Sounds like the folks running A048s couldn't get their tyres up to sticky temperatures (ha !). If it wasn't for the traffic I usually manage to gasp and wheeze my VVC up to 120/125 on the back straight, but then its nice to have someone around to overtake ;-)

If you were on RE040s I really hope you couldn't catch me in the corners! My car is on tyres not far off the A048s

[DanH]

HankScorpio said:

close up of that one, looks like texting to me...

Very suspect. Will the defendent comment?