Anyone at Anglesey yesterday (8th April)?
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Anyone from here go to the trackday arranged by Lotus Ribble Valley?
It was a fantastic day - dry for 90% of the time, so lots of time to put in plenty of laps. I managed to completely wreck my Bridgestone rears (they were on their last legs anyway after about 23k miles) but had lots of fun doing it
. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, apart from two chaps who had a very unfortunate coming together in their S1 Exige and S1 Elise 160.
The dealers had arranged for a chap from Hethel to do demo drives in an Exige S - what a piece of kit! Pretty much blew away all the non-modified cars, although it did have a some minor problems with the jubilee clips keep being blown off the intercooler hoses. Hopefully they have installed stronger clips on the production cars. Other than that, it performed brilliantly all day, whilst being driven very hard indeed. I spoke to the driver to see if I could get him to spill the beans on a possible Elise supercharger (as rumoured on another thread here), but his response was along the lines of "they tried to get it to work, but couldn't get enough air to the intercooler".
There was some other interesting kit there, including most notably a white S1 Exige with supercharged Honda lump. Over 300BHP! Awesome.
I have some photos from the day and video footage of a couple of my (frankly pretty poor) laps. I'll try and post them later if anyone's interested.
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It was a fantastic day - dry for 90% of the time, so lots of time to put in plenty of laps. I managed to completely wreck my Bridgestone rears (they were on their last legs anyway after about 23k miles) but had lots of fun doing it
. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, apart from two chaps who had a very unfortunate coming together in their S1 Exige and S1 Elise 160. The dealers had arranged for a chap from Hethel to do demo drives in an Exige S - what a piece of kit! Pretty much blew away all the non-modified cars, although it did have a some minor problems with the jubilee clips keep being blown off the intercooler hoses. Hopefully they have installed stronger clips on the production cars. Other than that, it performed brilliantly all day, whilst being driven very hard indeed. I spoke to the driver to see if I could get him to spill the beans on a possible Elise supercharger (as rumoured on another thread here), but his response was along the lines of "they tried to get it to work, but couldn't get enough air to the intercooler".
There was some other interesting kit there, including most notably a white S1 Exige with supercharged Honda lump. Over 300BHP! Awesome.
I have some photos from the day and video footage of a couple of my (frankly pretty poor) laps. I'll try and post them later if anyone's interested.
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The next one is on Saturday 21 October, according to the LRV website.
I was there as well, on my first trip to Anglesey. A thoroughly enjoyable day, but i think i will stay over next time (six o'clock start, getting home at ten!)
I also had a run in the Exige S, and am wondering where i could get forty grand from!
I woulk like to see your pics & vids, so get them posted!
I was there as well, on my first trip to Anglesey. A thoroughly enjoyable day, but i think i will stay over next time (six o'clock start, getting home at ten!)
I also had a run in the Exige S, and am wondering where i could get forty grand from!
I woulk like to see your pics & vids, so get them posted!
Right - all done. If you are on 56k - go make some coffee!
Me about to board the Exige S for a few laps
Exige S coming into the pits after blowing a jubilee clip off an intercooler hose
Nice Exige doing some laps
Me sandwiched between a 235r and a Scooby
Two guys had an unfortunate coming together. The result was bent suspension on a S1 Exige, and this on an S1 Elise 160
A bit of pitlane magic to get him home
For me, the star of the show (apart from the modified machinery) was undoubtedly the Exige S. Simply awesome. Here is a vid (12.3Mb; 1min) of the little beastie in action.
[file removed for bandwidth conservation purposes - email me if you would like to see it]
As for me, I turned up in my red 111r with a pair of shot rear tyres - almost down to the blocks and therefore ready for replacement. I'd ordered a new pair late last week, and decided to finish off the current ones on the circuit. Consequently, traction was pretty poor, so in the morning, I took it very easy in low-speed corners, before allowing myself to be a bit more... exuberant... in the afternoon. Anyway, here is a vid (15Mb; 6mins) of me doing a few laps of the circuit in the morning, and passing a couple of cars.
www.erudition.demon.co.uk/forum/Laps.WMV
This was the end result - one demolished pair of Bridgestone Potenzas
The fronts faired a little better
Anyway - a great day. The weather stayed rain-free (just) for us, the track time was superb and much fun was had!
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>> Edited by [k]ar| on Wednesday 12th April 22:48
Me about to board the Exige S for a few laps
Exige S coming into the pits after blowing a jubilee clip off an intercooler hose
Nice Exige doing some laps
Me sandwiched between a 235r and a Scooby
Two guys had an unfortunate coming together. The result was bent suspension on a S1 Exige, and this on an S1 Elise 160
A bit of pitlane magic to get him home
For me, the star of the show (apart from the modified machinery) was undoubtedly the Exige S. Simply awesome. Here is a vid (12.3Mb; 1min) of the little beastie in action.
[file removed for bandwidth conservation purposes - email me if you would like to see it]
As for me, I turned up in my red 111r with a pair of shot rear tyres - almost down to the blocks and therefore ready for replacement. I'd ordered a new pair late last week, and decided to finish off the current ones on the circuit. Consequently, traction was pretty poor, so in the morning, I took it very easy in low-speed corners, before allowing myself to be a bit more... exuberant... in the afternoon. Anyway, here is a vid (15Mb; 6mins) of me doing a few laps of the circuit in the morning, and passing a couple of cars.
www.erudition.demon.co.uk/forum/Laps.WMV
This was the end result - one demolished pair of Bridgestone Potenzas
The fronts faired a little better
Anyway - a great day. The weather stayed rain-free (just) for us, the track time was superb and much fun was had!
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>> Edited by [k]ar| on Wednesday 12th April 22:48
Some pics of the supercharged Honda lump in the white S1 Exige are here:
http://s6.invisionfree.com/Norlog/ind
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http://s6.invisionfree.com/Norlog/ind
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Oh and karl, this video realy makes me laugh everytime I saw your comment and your point system
very funny
great video.
www.erudition.demon.co.uk/forum/Laps.WMV
GTRene
very funny great video. www.erudition.demon.co.uk/forum/Laps.WMV
GTRene
Karl,
i was there, thats my 111r behind you as you were getting in the Exige s, I think i remember seeing you, you were the only person with a video camera (silver) mounted in the car.
I agree excellent day! I`m definetly going to be doing the october date. I stayed in a hotel the night before, didn`t fancy getting up at 6 and driving from Manchester.
I had quite a good chat with Simon (the driver from lotus)Really nice bloke, good driver too! he works in research and development at Lotus, wouldn`t give anything away about the new esprit though!! I agree with what you said about that white exige, awesome car, I had a chat with the guy who owns it after we had finished, he said the bhp was 360. Anyway fast car. look forward to meeting up at the next day.
Regards
John
i was there, thats my 111r behind you as you were getting in the Exige s, I think i remember seeing you, you were the only person with a video camera (silver) mounted in the car.
I agree excellent day! I`m definetly going to be doing the october date. I stayed in a hotel the night before, didn`t fancy getting up at 6 and driving from Manchester.
I had quite a good chat with Simon (the driver from lotus)Really nice bloke, good driver too! he works in research and development at Lotus, wouldn`t give anything away about the new esprit though!! I agree with what you said about that white exige, awesome car, I had a chat with the guy who owns it after we had finished, he said the bhp was 360. Anyway fast car. look forward to meeting up at the next day.
Regards
John
Hi, Midas 
Is your car the one parked nose-in behind me in the pic? If so, I was checking it out whilst waiting for the Exige S - you have the 06-spec with the luxury pack dash, yes? Nice colour, too
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I didn't have a mount for the DV-cam, although I will be getting one for next time as my current "camera mount" (ie my Father) became very ill indeed whilst we were circulating. How he would have gone on if he were actually sick in a full-face helmet I don't know. It was probably a combination of looking through the viewfinder and my driving style that did it 
. I did, however, see that the guy in the black S2 Exige (with the private plate) had a camera mount suckered to his windscreen - looked neat but I wouldn't want the forwards visibility to be compromised.
I couldn't believe the amount of extra grip and power the Exige S had. Turn-in appeared to be much more positive, although Simon said that it had track tyres and the trick suspension on. He appeared to be leaning very heavily on the traction control, which was doing a great job of keeping the rear under control, especially at Abbotts.
My car is going back to LRV on 20th for it's new boots, and also to have the gearshift mod installed, and a couple of squeaks and chirping noises sorted out. Whilst it's in, I'm going to book for the October day. Should be a blast
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>> Edited by [k]ar| on Monday 10th April 13:21
Is your car the one parked nose-in behind me in the pic? If so, I was checking it out whilst waiting for the Exige S - you have the 06-spec with the luxury pack dash, yes? Nice colour, too
. I didn't have a mount for the DV-cam, although I will be getting one for next time as my current "camera mount" (ie my Father) became very ill indeed whilst we were circulating. How he would have gone on if he were actually sick in a full-face helmet I don't know
. It was probably a combination of looking through the viewfinder and my driving style that did it . I did, however, see that the guy in the black S2 Exige (with the private plate) had a camera mount suckered to his windscreen - looked neat but I wouldn't want the forwards visibility to be compromised. I couldn't believe the amount of extra grip and power the Exige S had. Turn-in appeared to be much more positive, although Simon said that it had track tyres and the trick suspension on. He appeared to be leaning very heavily on the traction control, which was doing a great job of keeping the rear under control, especially at Abbotts.
My car is going back to LRV on 20th for it's new boots, and also to have the gearshift mod installed, and a couple of squeaks and chirping noises sorted out. Whilst it's in, I'm going to book for the October day. Should be a blast
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>> Edited by [k]ar| on Monday 10th April 13:21
Yeah thats right, 2006 super touring pack, I think that might have been me passed in your VID as well, I can spot my dodgy driving anywhere, no where near the apex!!!
Noticed the links to NORLOG from your posts didn`t know there was a NW owners group.!! do you go to the meets?
regards
john
Noticed the links to NORLOG from your posts didn`t know there was a NW owners group.!! do you go to the meets?
regards
john
John,
I don't think it was you that I overhauled on my vid - that third car was a 111s as it had the long-tailed roof and exhausts exiting through the rear scuttle panel rather than through the diffuser. Undoubtedly I will have passed you at some point though
I lurked for a while on the NORLOG forum, but I must confess to hardly ever having posted there or gone to any of the meets. Somewhat remiss of me, I know, but I prefer posting on PH, and TBH I have very little spare time (with work) to go to many meets, particularly if they are during the week (I had to book 2 days off just to make sure I wouldn't be disturbed for Anglesey). However, if you are thinking about going to one of the NORLOG meets, email me via the forum and we can go along together.
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I don't think it was you that I overhauled on my vid - that third car was a 111s as it had the long-tailed roof and exhausts exiting through the rear scuttle panel rather than through the diffuser. Undoubtedly I will have passed you at some point though
I lurked for a while on the NORLOG forum, but I must confess to hardly ever having posted there or gone to any of the meets. Somewhat remiss of me, I know, but I prefer posting on PH, and TBH I have very little spare time (with work) to go to many meets, particularly if they are during the week (I had to book 2 days off just to make sure I wouldn't be disturbed for Anglesey). However, if you are thinking about going to one of the NORLOG meets, email me via the forum and we can go along together.
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yeah will definitely, I`m sure we`ll meet at a track again! I think there is oulton park i might be doing in June, Also waiting for Chris Neil to send me their track listing for the year. I`ll keep an eye out for you on the road. How have you found LRV to be? things little rattles or other niggly things that your not sure whether to bother with?
I found LRV to be generally pretty good for that sort of thing.
They sorted out my steering rattle no problem (although there was a massive delay in getting the new replacement rack in stock) and were very patient with my concerns over what turned out to be TADTS gearbox noise - they even had a field engineer come up from Hethel twice and set up a meeting with him for me to talk things over. They also sorted me out whilst-I-waited when I called in unannounced with a front wheel balance problem, and on another occasion when I couldn't release the hardtop fastners.
There have been a couple of cockups, though. They missed some pretty huge scratches in the instrument pod on PDI, forgot the courtesy car I had ordered on one visit (causing massive inconvenience in the process), and left me waiting ages with no info after I had reported the steering rack issue and arranged for the fix to be done. Apart from those minor points, they have been very good. The sales team are great as well, although I seem to end up much poorer after each time I speak to them!
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They sorted out my steering rattle no problem (although there was a massive delay in getting the new replacement rack in stock) and were very patient with my concerns over what turned out to be TADTS gearbox noise - they even had a field engineer come up from Hethel twice and set up a meeting with him for me to talk things over. They also sorted me out whilst-I-waited when I called in unannounced with a front wheel balance problem, and on another occasion when I couldn't release the hardtop fastners.
There have been a couple of cockups, though. They missed some pretty huge scratches in the instrument pod on PDI, forgot the courtesy car I had ordered on one visit (causing massive inconvenience in the process), and left me waiting ages with no info after I had reported the steering rack issue and arranged for the fix to be done. Apart from those minor points, they have been very good. The sales team are great as well, although I seem to end up much poorer after each time I speak to them!
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