Track racing?

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:51 pm

Looks like great fun Steve

spoonsports · Post by **spoonsports** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:41 pm

got a new car scottie?

Enforcer-J · Post by **Enforcer-J** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:12 pm

Vilante 11 wrote:Looks like great fun Steve

That it does, I have been inspired. I've got a soft spot for the Ford TX3 4WD Turbo and almost bought one 6 odd years ago but the insurance was just through the roof (if offered at all) for an 19yo who had only recently received his licence back, so I put it off. Now the time has come to acquire a mean little rocket to hit the track with and maybe run in the odd hillclimb or road rally. So hopefully with a few of us on excursions we'll get this thread rockin

Not that 220kw of Subaru goodness isn't already

I might have to borrow a few of those lol.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:43 pm

spoonsports wrote:got a new car scottie?

Hell yeah, an mx6

V6, 4WS, manual but FWD... still will be quicker than the commonwhore

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:14 pm

Here are the results, in order.
Im stoked with my 9th place, especially as its my 1st ever go at the skidpan and in a car i've only owned for 2weeks

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:32 pm

great work man!

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:04 pm

cheers scottie!

I've put my name down for the next skidpan as well at the end of May, hoping to go even better!

Here is a vid of a Ford Typhoon! - the guy you can hear yelling is Ian Luff

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:39 pm

Had the car tuned this morning, there were a few problems to iron out... but we got there in the end

Made a 30kw (at the wheels) gain over the course of the tuning.

This is all in preparation for my 2nd skidpan event this saturday.

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:40 pm

Bloody hell, is that 220 at the wheels or the flywheel? Either way

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Tue May 22, 2007 2:12 pm

at the wheels mate....
im just shy of 300kw at the fly...

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Tue May 22, 2007 2:58 pm

Are you trying to bend time or something?

Sterling · Post by **Sterling** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:15 pm

mmmmmm Scoobydoo

.................... have you upgraded the gearbox internals and clutch SE1Zy?

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:38 pm

Sterling wrote:have you upgraded the gearbox internals and clutch SE1Zy?

Thats next on the list... and at a few grand... wont be until towards the end of the year.
Until then, I 'ease' the power on and dont stab at the throttle.
The clutch is a no frills heavy duty item.

flappa · Post by **flappa** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:00 pm

Bugle wrote:Yeah i've been to one of those with a friend, took his Starion (XR GT Turbo ) and a few other guys with Starions went along. Was his first time on a track and there weren't any problems with the faster cars.

When was that?!??

My dad used to race a Starion in group A, I get to take it out for a run every now and then... I'm in the Thornleigh car club by the way, used to be in north shore sporting years ago, when i was navving in rallying.

Me at wakefield August last year

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:34 am

awesome flappa!
out of interest, what sort of lap times where you getting at Wakefield?

spoonsports · Post by **spoonsports** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:57 am

My god! its the XR GT Turbo!

flappa · Post by **flappa** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:06 pm

lol, that's how I got into LFS funnily enough, someone on the starion forum posted about the game, i saw the XR and went hmm, Starion! and I came to check it out...

First time I'd driven the car at wakefield, and on ancient 16 year old left over tyres from 1990 I did a 1:09.8 at a supersprint last year. New sticky tyres and you could prob take 3-4 seconds off that, maybe more, those tyres were really really REALLY bad...

In other cars I've done a 1.07 in a 1300 clubman before, and can do pretty consistent 1:15.0 in my Lancer road car.. I've done a fair few laps around there though, a few years back (2001) I went down there for an open day in early Jan with a mate, there was about 4 cars there the whole day and the other 2 left about lunch time, so I probably did a hundred laps or so that day, lol.

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:32 pm

cool!!
you should check out: http://www.autosports.com.au

thats the guys I do my trackdays with

flappa · Post by **flappa** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:15 am

SE1Z wrote:cool!!
you should check out: http://www.autosports.com.au

thats the guys I do my trackdays with

Funny you should say that, I was talking to John Boston at a state motorkhana a few weeks back and he said the same thing, he's in Thornleigh too, his old man has been running motorkhanas since the Ark.

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:24 pm

If you are free (or anyone else for that matter) come out to Oran Park this Saturday (May 26) for the skidpan event with Ian Luff, it's gunna be a helluva lot of fun

Post by **norbs** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:21 pm

SE1Z wrote:If you are free (or anyone else for that matter) come out to Oran Park this Saturday (May 26) for the skidpan event with Ian Luff, it's gunna be a helluva lot of fun

Might be a good photo op.

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:45 pm

Cool Norbs, if you do make it out, i'll be sure to come up and say g'day

*and a piccie or 2 of me in action would be great*

Post by **norbs** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:53 pm

SE1Z wrote:Cool Norbs, if you do make it out, i'll be sure to come up and say g'day
*and a piccie or 2 of me in action would be great*

I will run it past the social secretary. Time?

Also, what will the photo ops be like? I dont remember where the skid pan at Oran park is.

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:00 pm

norbs wrote:
I will run it past the social secretary. Time?

Starts at 9am, last time it finished at 4pm.

norbs wrote: Also, what will the photo ops be like? I dont remember where the skid pan at Oran park is.

Not being a photographer, I can't give an honest answer. But there is PLENTY of room for spectators. I'm guessing a tripod and a little zoom would come in handy.

The skidpan is down the back, next the the 4wd track. Its down the back, on the right as you enter the circuit.

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:22 pm

Shouldn't be much of an issue for taking photos, plenty of hill space and your quite close

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