Mx5 Mania Track day 4 (46 pics)

Sasso · Postby **Sasso** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:28 pm

Holy Sh*t Gavin your car is at 45. Good to see your brakes are working...lol

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:53 pm

How close did they let you guys out of the gates? Or did you all just catch up to everyone real quick?

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:22 am

marcusus wrote:How close did they let you guys out of the gates? Or did you all just catch up to everyone real quick?

there was alot of cars on the track and a mix of first timers and experienced drivers I was lucky I guess that I didn't have anyone close behind me, at least not after the first session

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:36 am

So about how many were being let out per grid?

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:43 am

marcusus wrote:So about how many were being let out per grid?

I think it was 15 in the first group, and a bit less in the second

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:52 pm

So two groups for the day?

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:30 pm

marcusus wrote:So two groups for the day?

4 groups:

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:36 pm

marcusus wrote:So two groups for the day?

we had 4/5 groups actually
group A street cars
group B street cars
open wheelers
race cars
and the v8 drive thing for one session

we all got 4 sessions except for group A which manages to get a 5th in

Gavin · Postby **Gavin** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:05 pm

Sasso wrote:Holy Sh*t Gavin your car is at 45. Good to see your brakes are working...lol

Heh, yea. That be my smooshy brakes working only just enough on that turn. I've *really* gotta get that fixed. That and some decent suspension going lol

Sasso · Postby **Sasso** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:31 pm

How close did they let you guys out of the gates? Or did you all just catch up to everyone real quick?

Problem was the groups weren't organised, so there was a big differentiation of car speeds. You'd come into the corner and nearly crash into the back of people because they'd brake so early or take corners slowly.
That RX8 was awesome though, it almost cornered as quick as my car, and of course was quicker on the straight, had a good time racing him.

Gavin wrote:
Sasso wrote:Holy Sh*t Gavin your car is at 45. Good to see your brakes are working...lol

Heh, yea. That be my smooshy brakes working only just enough on that turn. I've *really* gotta get that fixed. That and some decent suspension going lol

Agreed. Teins and some Ferodo pads. Do some research on why your brakes feel like that, could be abs or master cylinder properties or pads, not sure if its normal. Mine went quite spongy by the end of the day, who knows why, pad wear, leaks?

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:07 pm

lucky you have ABS, i'm sure if I left my braking that late i would be in the dust

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:33 pm

Sasso wrote:Teins

I concur

SM wrote:lucky you have ABS, i'm sure if I left my braking that late i would be in the dust

I dunno. I didn't see to have too many issues with braking. It's just a matter of really stamping on them, but just enough so they don't lock. Then again, I'm sure I definitely could've done some much later braking, but didn't due to fear of having an(other) off.

Sasso · Postby **Sasso** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:41 am

lol ABS doesn't make you stop quicker, it just stops you from locking up, its possible to stock quicker without abs because you can modulate the pedal at the edge of traction rather than the ABS cutting in and ruining everything, well road tuned abs anyway.

Marcus is your brake pedal hard or soft?

There's a good deal of teins on ebay atm, 949 racing in the US is selling them here.