I, after spending what needed to be spent getting my fd how i wanted it with a solid and reliable 300hp+ now want to learn to drive it.
i drove fwd honda\'s before now and could go a hell of a lot quicker in my 200hp integra type R than i can go in my fd from point A-B, more so on B roads. Ok so i learnt to drive the itr and could really plant it in the wet and the lsd would just pull you out of trouble but i want to be in a position where driving hard even in the wet wasnt such a twitchy scary experience.
I have already booked up for a skidpan driver training experience with northumbria police with a highly skilled traffic bobby and plan on a number of trackdays this next year but is there any other tips etc anyone can share.
Neil
do a drift experence or something?
just an idea.
if you can drift, you\'ll be fine when the back end steps out!!
If you do a couple of track days you will soon learn how to controll the car at high speed,especially if its wet cause its usually pretty slippery on the corners where oil/engine fluids have been dropped.Castle combe in the wet was very slippery and i could easly loose traction even at 80mph going straight and on low boost.Silverstone was the same although i think that was more to do with there being a old car day or something there the day befor.Good luck and remember to keep going fast on a track where you have(mostly) plenty of run off.
A few hours on Gran Turismo and youll be well on your way.
No seriously get it out of control and learn its limits in an ASDA car park or similar. that should sort you. Or even better on a track day. practice learn to control the little vixen be fair but firm with the little hoe and you will be rewarded richly.
Quote from: DR SCHNITZEL;544018get it out of control and learn its limits in an ASDA car park or similar. that should sort you.
Or make you look like a d1ck, i think thats best left to saxo drivers with nos. I think track days are more appropriate in this case.
Can you put up the details of the Northumbria Police skid pan course guv?
Or email me on chrisdobson at thompsonsofprudhoe dot com
Sounds interesting :)
Chris
Quote from: Kevin;544036Or make you look like a d1ck, i think thats best left to saxo drivers with nos. I think track days are more appropriate in this case.
couldn\'t agree more...
if i get my car back when you go to a track day neil, i might pop along with you! ;) i am getting a bit sick of looking over my shoulder when i am doing... some MPH.
Quote from: Kevin;544036Or make you look like a d1ck, i think thats best left to saxo drivers with nos. I think track days are more appropriate in this case.
Don\'t be silly, Saxo drivers don\'t have nos! Dominic Torreto does (in his RX-7 :2Rolleyes)
But yes you will look like a dick/hero depending on whos watching. If you can find somewhere flat and open that isn\'t a public car park its incredibly useful knowing the limits of you car with relatively low risk
Quote from: BenLewisMav;544049Dominic Torreto does (in his RX-7 :2Rolleyes)
Please dont remind me!!... The fastest street racer, with a car loaded with full leather, ice and nos bottles..... :Thumbsup!
Quote from: neil_jdmr;543965i drove fwd honda\'s before now and could go a hell of a lot quicker in my 200hp integra type R than i can go in my fd from point A-B, more so on B roads.
Thats ahy I got a DC2 for my daily runner. Quicker than most cars A-B and bloody cheap to run and never breaks.
Do some track days, get use to the FD and you\'ll soon find the limits and level of grip.
Get the suspension set up, make sure all your bushes are good and some decent rubber. You\'ll have loads of fun :yes
dont do a drift day absolute ******** taught me feck all different spent hours waiting was on the course for 30 mins 1hr tops cost a fortune .the instructor told me i didnt need lesson and i wasnt scared of anything .great thanks for the tuition
Hi Neil. Tony C is on here, we sponsor his Green FD that is doing well in the Nippon challenge, it could be that either if you contact him he is a ARDS instructor
"The ARDS Instructor Licence is issued by the RAC Motor Sports Association following a stringent assessment and a written and practical examination by the sponsoring racing school. A driver must have a provable history of racing experience before he / she can apply to be assessed for an ARDS Instructor Licence."
he wold probably be up for giving you instruction and could be good if a few of you got together and he could day a training day splitting the costs.
I\'ll speak to you more on the other side ;-)
Quote from: g11ary;544166Hi Neil. Tony C is on here, we sponsor his Green FD that is doing well in the Nippon challenge, it could be that either if you contact him he is a ARDS instructor
"The ARDS Instructor Licence is issued by the RAC Motor Sports Association following a stringent assessment and a written and practical examination by the sponsoring racing school. A driver must have a provable history of racing experience before he / she can apply to be assessed for an ARDS Instructor Licence."
he wold probably be up for giving you instruction and could be good if a few of you got together and he could day a training day splitting the costs.
I\'ll speak to you more on the other side ;-)
i would be up for that :D spoke to Tony at last years NEC show and seems a canny man!
Tony is off ill at moment I am speaking with him real soon I\'ll see what can be put together and start a new thread for it.
good stuff :Santa i would love to race in the nippon challange, drove loads of track days in difo cars but non in the rex, but do not have the funds, may be some day :(
sounds interesting gary,
its always good to know how your car performs and i know what your saying neil about fast b roads in the honda\'s, i loved my civic, was so predictable. having said that i haven\'t had much chance to give the rex much stick nor been on a track day with it.
God yeah i need to get on a track before i kill myself down the country roads
Case in point. I was doing donuts in a private car park at 2 am. just to see if i could. when i stopped spinning round i noticed a police car. he pulled up looked at me and said " what do you think your doing?" to which i replied " just enjoying my sports car officer" he looked bemused, then drove off and said "have a good night lads"
Also i know i feel like im coming accross a scally but i overtook a police car doing 120 in a 40, and only got 3 points and a 60 quid fine. The officer said you should show the lad who wants to buy your car what it can do on the motorway??? 120 in a 70 isnt that just as bad, he later retracted the remark
less right foot in the wet, when i first got mine i took it out in the wet i purposly got the back out to know where the limits of it are, even in a straight line in the wet or dry if you accelerate hard from a standing start it squrms and twitches so i generally try not to use the turbos in the wet unless i drift it