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[turbo boy]

Hi everyone. I know its not a rotary but what do you think of the new nissan GTR? Me personaly thinks it looks hideous but am impressed with how fast it went round the ring; 7minutes 38seconds! I`ve seen a few fds on utube doing sub 8min laps but want to know what a standard fd would do it in. Did Mazda ever test the rex round the ring? What is the fastest ever lap for an fd? I keep saying im going but keep putting it off, just like Goodward, better start savin`!     cheers:burnout

[Sy.]

Me and a few others went to the Ring about 3 weeks ago ... My friends Rex went round in about middle/low 9 minutes and that is on standard twins ... FMIC  ... but he knows the ring and all the corners .. this advantage will gain you a good 2 or 3 minutes overall to someone who doesnt know in the same car.
We are organising another trip in sep possibly the weekend of the 13/14th . if you are interested in coming ...
A 7 min 38 sec lap is fast ..... the record is around  6 min 40 i think from a Ultima GTR .

[AtomicRex]

Err not sure where you get the idea an Ultima has done a 6:40??  Certainly wouldnt be on road tyres!
 
The Fastest lap is a 6.11 done by Stefan Bellof in a Group C Porsche 956, so to get that close.....hmmm
 
Hopefully planning a trip there ourselves this year...plan is to conquor the 8min mark!

[Kevin]

Just as a matter of interest how many of you drive your FD\'s to the ring?  I\'ve only been once a very long time ago and I trailored my car at the time (mr2 turbo) there just incase.

I think i would do the same if I took one of my FD\'s there...?

[20B_boy]

Max and I always drive there, never had any probs.

[20B_boy]

Hopefully planning a trip there ourselves this year...plan is to conquor the 8min mark!

If Max can manage it in his 1200+kg silver car with 375hp, I\'m sure you wont have any problems in the new beast(s) Jon!

[rotary_rogersFC]

i think we need to get a rx7 convoy to the ring going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would be well up for that

[Sy.]

Sure i read out there somewhere that it was an Ultima .. As in normal street car and not a rally or Tourning car . ohh well German beer is stronger and who knows !

My mate drove his Rex over there .. and i am driving mine there in Sep .

All are welcome to join details will be on UKDE.co.uk soon .. probably be the 13/14th sep .. that weekend ... maybe leave on the friday .. and come back on the tuesday .

[FDAsh]

I\'m going on September 15th, not sure yet if I\'ll take the Rex, would mean flying back, driving the car here, probably keep it with me for a month and then take it back to the UK.

If I am up there when the rest of you are around, I\'ll be sure to look you up.

And yes, German beer is ace. Had rather a funny evening wandering around the countryside after a session up there. :rollin

[T11MNM]

I\'ll be there in August with the Rex if it\'s not sold by then

[RobbieRX-7]

Me and carl went over last june. We both drove our fd\'s over with no problems with either. Quite a relaxing drive really as you dont get ancle ache on ya right foot like you do on a lot of other cars. Would love to go this year but ive got a million other things to buy so it\'s gonna be next year for me now.

[DR SCHNITZEL]

im up for the ring this year

[Timmy]

Me and a few others went to the Ring about 3 weeks ago ... My friends Rex went round in about middle/low 9 minutes and that is on standard twins ... FMIC ... but he knows the ring and all the corners .. this advantage will gain you a good 2 or 3 minutes overall to someone who doesnt know in the same car.
We are organising another trip in sep possibly the weekend of the 13/14th . if you are interested in coming ...
A 7 min 38 sec lap is fast ..... the record is around 6 min 40 i think from a Ultima GTR .

Are you thinking of th Radical SR8 (6m:55s)?

[AtomicRex]

We are looking to combine ours with a trackday there.  It is getting too difficult to predict whether the cars will make it on with their new rules, so if we do a trackday the day before a Tourist day, then at least if they say no....we havent wasted the grand it costs to do the weekend.

[Mart160plus]

My brother and I will be going for a fourth year this July.

We\'re taking in a race on the Nordschleife too as we\'ve never seen professionals at it.

Every year, bar last year mine being on a trailer (more hassle than it was worth), we\'ve driven our Rex\'s there, no problems. Just avoid the ring road around Brussels as the bluddy concrete surface will have you climbing the B posts with the noise it makes.

First year, standard FD (mazdaspeed shocks on the rear, that was about it), 9mins 07 seconds, and I wasn\'t pushing mentally nor did I know the track other than by PS2. Haven\'t beaten that time yet as I keep crashing..
:Grrr

Pretty sure a standard FD in Sabine\'s hands would do low 8 minutes.