Track day
Good evening all.
I had my first track day saturday in Mondello Park in Ireland, OMG, this is such a buzz, i really enjoyed myself and am eagering setting up my car for the next open day.
I was quiet anxious/excited having not being to a track day before i wasn't sure what to expect, but luckily the handling mods i did to my car really paid off. i had the boost turned down to 19psi for the day as not to cook stuff, it was a nice power flat power curve 19psi by 3200rpm and 18psi at redline, nice and consistant.
The day was wet to start with but did dry out, i was lucky enough to have a friend familar with the track go round with me.
Mondello park track is not an all out balls speed track, more a technical twisty track, its VERY hard on brakes as you will see by the end of the video i shot.
I found it very enjoyable to be able to push the car hard around corners and only had a few hairy moments but this is all a learning curve.
I was quiet happy with how i had progressed after about 15 laps, there is a lot of turns to remember and its very easy to spin off, over shot or get the wrong gear into any of the bends, it really looks easy when watching it on the TV, but anyone thats driven a track will tell you, it ain't easy.
I can't believe i haven't done this before, this is a 1000% more fun that adding shiny bits to my car, i have a new bug.
I made a video of some of my laps, its looks slow in the video but believe me when your there doing it it seems a whole lot faster, and i advise earphones when listening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IdfMHL9h8I&feature=youtu.be
P.S thank you Ferrodo DS2500, my OEM pads would have melted and F U OEM brake fluid.
New disc's, pads, and race fluid on the way me thinks.
BTW, i put a G-force reading in the top right of the video, the top reading in +/- G force on acceleraton/braking and the bottom is G-force left/right.