***TRACKDAY - Brands Hatch, Fri 3 Dec - NOW 31 Jan***

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I will be there,as the Photographer,using Malcolm\'s Camera again

[Sicknote]

I was leaving this to the last moment in the hope that things would change
but it is quite apparent that I won\'t be able to make this on Monday, if
anyone wishes to have my place just let me know, sorry all, was looking
forward to taking the tripple out again.

£95 to the first who wants it. (this includes a passenger)

Dave

PS: Sorry Malcolm  

[Casey]

Dave

I thought you\'d gone very quiet on here, but gobsmacked to hear you can\'t make it.

That\'s both you and Aston with tickets going spare, I trust it\'s not catching.....

I hope you are well (and kermit!) and sincerely hope to see you at an event later in the year

[Casey]

OK, I hope everyone is set for Monday. Current BBC forecast is for light rain and 3 degrees (but NO SNOW!!).

I\'ve attached a briefing pack, which also contains a list of who\'s attending, which might make it easier to meet anyone new.

Key points;

Arrive as early as you can (I aim to get there shortly after 7am). Official arrival time is from 7.30am, no later than 8.30am. If you arrive early, try to get to the pit area and bag a garage. Given the number of cars, if we try to get three cars to a garage we\'d be taking our fair share. So, early arrivals, please bag a garage each, then later arrivals can share.

Same info being posted on RX8OC.

[ANRX7]

Hi
A big thanks to all the people I spoke to at Brands to day, all of whom were more than happy to assist me with my first track day learning curve. I had a great time :Thumbs-up.

However - the learning curve! First problem of the day was registering 108db - 3db over the limit. Finally got it down to 105-6 db and was given the all clear but told that I might get called in if the marshalls thought it was too loud. I was called in for scuffing the track surface with my front splitter :Nono!. I tried three times to try and resolve it (including driving slower) but in the end I conceded and decided that it was better to retire than be given my marching orders by the clerk of the course.
It\'s always good to learn and solve problems. I probably need to raise the ride height 1 to 2 inches. A project for later this year when it\'s warmer.

Had a great day - even though I left at 1pm - very happy and looking forward to future events.

Picture attached. (courtesy of Matt Beard, PhoenixPhotos.)

Have fun.
Adrian

[fil_auto]

Good on you Adrian and that\'s a fantastic pic! :3gears-lh

Laeeq\'s old car I presume and looks to be covered in R Magic FD goodness :InLove :god

[clive]

First of all many thanks to all who turned out for this on a cold January day and Malcolm who works very hard behind the scenes to get these events off the ground for us all to enjoy.

Also it was good to see an FD an FC and an FB out on the track but a real shame that we have so many really good well sorted powerful RX-7\'s in the club that won\'t come out to play with us:(.

BTW when I say cold I mean COLD, indeed it was so cold that no matter how I altered tyre pressures and suspension settings I could not get ANY heat in the tyres infact I have never ever gone on a race track and gone back to the pits on the same tyre pressures,

In the afternoon the sun came out very briefly putting a bit of heat into the track and I finally found a little bit of grip !

I am pleased to say that as a result of a mate of mine coming along I now know why people rave about the sound of my RX-8 with its full Racing Beat exhaust system, plus he did incar for me that I think would do Top Gear proud for quality (even goes out to full screen with no graining!!)

There is one of the RX-8 by itself on the straight and I know why Aston told me that he nearly had an accident keep hearing the car go round :rollin:rollin:rollin.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6hirN1omhw   Driving by from the pits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2gno8G3GI  Onboard

[Arnie_O]

Yep your Car sounds awesome Clive... Hoping to get mine to a similar level of porn sound on my Re-Amemiya system once i get the car back.
Was a great day, thanks for all the shotgun rides guys and thanks to Malcolm for sorting the day along with NickD from MoT

[Casey]

Finally found a moment to post up and say a HUGE thankyou to everyone, drivers and spectators, who came along on Monday to make it a "Grand Day Out". The weather was very cold, but with no wind, and some lovely sunshine in the afternoon. I thoroughly enjoyed the day, especially as it was my first trackday with the Federal 595 RS-R tyres, which proved very grippy after 2-3 laps. Analysis of my in-car video at home later showed the tyres had knocked 2 seconds off my previous lap times, so well pleased with that. Getting ever closer to the elusive 60 sec Indy laptime :cool

Well done to all the "first timers" on their first full trackday. You all seemed to enjoy the day and you were giving it some beans, especially later in the day when you\'d built more confidence and the track had warmed up a little. I hope to see you all later in the year sometime!

One great thing about the day was to see so many rotaries together (15 in total) in the pits, especially as we did get an FB, FC, FD and a whole bunch of RX-8\'s.  As Clive said, there are so many well sorted FD\'s out there I\'m surprised more didn\'t join in the fun. Well done to Adrian with his lovely yellow FD, which juuuuuust scraped throught the noise test and looked lovely on track. Shame about the splitter grounding, but I hope you can get that sorted, quieten her down a bit and look forward to seeing you again on track.

The social side in the pits was lively throughout the day; plenty to chat about, and the odd mechanical and gravel issue to deal with. It was great to see everyone chip in to help out others. On that score, my thanks to Clive and Hypothermia for the loan of some of the tools I didn\'t think I\'d need on the day...... I am maintaining my record of last year of going through front brakepads like no tomorrow - but at least it keeps Clive in business Thanks also to Naz for "Spanner Monkey" assistance :Thumbs-up

I\'m quite busy with work this week, but will catch up at the weekend and sort through the in-car footage (not as high quality as Clive\'s!) and still pics that Nigel (GSB) took with my camera (thx Nige) and post something up.

I\'ve nearly finalised some venues/dates for further trackdays this year and hope to post up within the next week, so keep an eye out......


:cheers

[lennycarloff]

Some great in car footage there clive, thanks for that, hope to see you all soon
jim

[clive]

Some great in car footage there clive, thanks for that, hope to see you all soon
jim

Good to see you out again proving what a fun and purposeful car the EGI can be :Thumbs-up

[clive]

More video and as with the other two the quality is so good that you can up the resolution and it won\'t go all grainy.

Real; good shots of Adrian (FD) and Greg (FB) in this one

(thanks Philip)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-mUDzO94SY

O\' yes, and "Turbo" what "Turbo" :driving

[RobMatthews]

ffs why did i have to watch those videos, i am dieing to get back out on track :-( and in fact as knackered as i am now feeling i wanna go work on the car lol
nothing like some in car footage to waken the mind and get me all excited

[shaunwil]

Awesome video

Any more info on the gizmo taking the readings on the video...

Shaun

[Casey]

Not such good quality video, but pleased to see I got a 62 sec and a few 63 secs laps recorded in them



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