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JB, RB and MW jumped out of their cars, got weighed then went upstairs to grab the bridgestone hats and dry themselves off with a towel as happens after every gp and they start talking to each other.... RB: I dont know how I lost the race JB: I didnt think my 2 stop strategy would work MW: Felipe f*cked up He then realised the BBC camera was on him and immediately apologised lol.

KERS can only be used over 100km/h and for a max of 6sec per lap. That is why Massa didn't use KERS from the start line into turn 1. What I absolutely don't understand though is if a driver can only use it for a max of 6sec per lap why the hell wouldnt you use up that 6sec of kers every single lap? Doesn't matter if you are lapping by yourself or trying to catch the guy 20sec infront, use it every single lap otherwise its completely wasted. Kimi's KERS was working at the beginning, he dropped back because he couldnt see the start lights. Webbers strategy was nice, im quite surprised Vettel wasnt put onto the same strategy. Instead of Webber following Vettel whom was following Massa they fueled Webber long so that he could get by them by doing laps in open space, as was seen by Vettel that immediately picked up 2sec a lap once past Massa near the end. Nice slip of the tongue by Webber too at the end just before going onto the podium

I have a pair of Tein C-Spanners brand new never used in original japanese packaging purchased directly from Japan. $50 delivered anywhere in Australia.

Pre-race in 20mins.

Sold.

I bought this from Pauls groupbuy about a year ago and never used it, still in original packaging. All info is available from here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Gt...ms-t105207.html I will do it for $35 delivered anywhere in Australia. 1 only available.

Both had identical weight with the brawns slightly lower.

I'm extremely happy with my 1.2L don't need anymore than that

Practice 1 results are in: http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/808/6623/

A 2gb SD card is about $13. You would only need to buy 3 of these for 1 trackday, thats about 2.5hrs of video for $40.

What is wrong with the GoPro Motorsports Hero Wide camera? http://www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=2 About $350 and from the videos ive seen on YouTube the video is fine for quality.

I bought mine with all exhaust, wiring, ignition, ecu etc absolutely everything for $4500. I've seen just the engines go for $3k locally.

Was that the original engine Neil or did u fit it after purchase?

Where are all the picccccccs?

That is exactly the way to describe it. The steering is extremely precise (altho it is heavier than I expected) I remember running too deep into the last corner (pedal mix up) and exiting the corner on the dirt so i thought id do a couple of weaves to try and clean the tyres and it wanted to go ass about just from minor steering input it's incredibly different to a car. The speed was plenty enough for me, I had more in it but was short shifting 4th and 5th because I was too worried about pulling it up under brakes due to my pedal issue. I know I was able to keep up with a few 180rwkw gtst's and im not sure what power Fatz gtr is making but it was a tiny bit too fast for me along the back straight (keeping in mind I have a 85kw powerplant lol). From memory though not once did I ever lose the back end out of a corner so with more experience I could easily get on the power earlier out of corners, not to mention all 4 wheels are pointing in different directions it looks like the alignment is way off. No video sorry Troy, I barely made it to the track as it was. I didnt even take any pictures of it on the day, hoping other people did and will post them up. It is certainly fun to steer, doesnt have the straight line power to give you a fat but its the overall experience that is better than being in a car. The best thing is that I just unloaded it from my trailer back into the garage and apart from putting the final touches on it (side mirrors, tail lights etc) their is zero that I need to do before I can take it back to the track. The tyres look the same as before I took it there, the engine didnt miss a single rpm all day the gearbox was a dream the rear diff was fantastic it was just no trouble at all and that is exactly the reason I bought into this idea of track racing.

Well where do I start... At 8:30am I was still fitting the harness and bolting it together, 9am I sat in it for the first time ever, 9:01am I put it in first gear for the first time ever and 9:02am I stalled it for the first time ever I was extremely nervous about taking it out, everything was completely new, had no idea how well the brakes would work, how fast it would go or even how to work the gearbox but that took me all of about 3 laps to work out. I was really only expecting to do 1 session, discover a problem than load it back onto the trailer and watch for the rest of the day. The engine/gearbox didn't miss a single beat all day at 1 stage in the afternoon I did 3 sessions in a row trying to keep heat in my tyres and brakes and also due to lack of numbers on the track. The wheelbase is so short and the steering so sensitive that even on turn 8 I only had to put a 1/4 lock on it to get around the corner. First time ive ever driven on semi slick tyres (even if they are only little formula ford tyres) and I found out in my second session that it takes more than 1 lap to get them up to temperature, spun on turn 3 under brakes as the back end spun around on me due to no temperature. I had plenty of trouble with the pedals, when using my clutch and brake at the same time my feet are basically on top of each other which would cause me trouble when I was trying to lift off the clutch but still apply brake pressure, caused me to run wide about a dozen times, usually once a lap. That's a simple fix before my next outing, just a matter of getting the pedals bent over so they all have their own little space. Neil thinks the brake pads I was using (ebc red on front and ebc green on rear) aren't getting up to temp (commodore brakes on a 540kg car lol) so i'll get a heat gun on them next time and if the temps are too low i'll swap to a softer compound. The oil temps were sitting around 95-105c all day long depending on if I was trying to chase someone or just having my own fun so im happy with that, although a warmer day my mean I need more air ducting. The absolute best fun ive ever had, driving a car around a track doesnt even compare to driving this little thing and unless I won lotto id never even think about building a circuit car again, id go straight up to a radical like neils. Thanks Duncan, Adam, etc for organising the day, will definitely be at more in the future. PS. I used under 20L of fuel for 6 sessions of 9000rpm fun!

Damn the reliability of those RB25's!

Skyline, who'd take a skyline to a trackday!

I think that's a write-off!

Anyone else think that Fatz rubbed his hands in grease just to get his picture taken, not from actually working? Last I checked beers dont come covered in grease...

That would be why I had to sit at Cranebrook Rd waiting for 3x white r34 gtr's to go past, no i didnt mind waiting...

late race tonight ugh, will have to watch it tomorrow night.

Qualifying at 9pm, or 11:45pm for OneHD viewers.

Only update so far is today I got a winch mounted to my trailer, it looks alittle weird but now I should be able to load/unload the car onto my trailer by myself anywhere. I'll get a battery for it tomorrow and try it out.

I'm not expecting your handicap to be under 5 or have your own personal caddy, I just dont want people turning up that have never hit a ball before and don't know the general course rules and etiquette. I haven't played at Dunheved for a number of years, probably since I was back in highschool so atleast 8yrs, from memory it's quite a nice course and pretty laid back.