My Search Skils Suck, Driver Training Courses In The Ec Area?

[gts-4 dreamer]

the reason im asking is, im no race driver and i want to get into track days, I've finaly goten wheels i "could" take to a track soonish, I know im not gona set records but for fun etc, anyways, its my daily and i cant afford to bounce of walls so i want to start @ the bottom peg,

which way aye?

used to bang on in a sl - lx tory engineered 308 in it, from when i was 12 to when i was like a week short of my 17th birthday on dirt tracks and my grandparrents farm etc, anyways plenty of off road banging and some concrete tracks but not for a few years.

now i've started of on the line, and got something that can turn a corner, well its given me some ideas, and i want to check it out.

does insurance cover track use? i wouldnt expect so... so its all on me ? loosing my car isnt really an option.

[Craved]

start with an open track day at wakefield park ... only wall you come close to is on main straight...

its in golbourne so a bit of a hike, but very open track with very little chance of damage.

$40 for a 12 month licence

$80 for the day

[_8OO5TED_]

David, if you are undertaking a professional driver training course to improve your skills on the road with licensed instructors present, then you will be covered with Shannons.

We will not cover for CAMS affiliated events or any timed event ie; sprints/hill climbs/motorkhanas etc.

[gts-4 dreamer]

sweet, yea start with the driver training, then on a track, CHEERS dude !!

goulbournes a bit far from the blacktownish area aye, anything closer thats stil affordable?

mostly want a place to get to know how the line handles at decent speed without risk of hurting myself or someone else AND not dropping my car in the mix

I drive like a gran with an addiction for some old school gabba, terrorcore etc, some breaks, speed garage, hipidy op and rnb, depending if the misses is in hte car eh, cept for the odd burst out the back of richmonde near a mates place, love showing up th 05 malloo, admitedly he cant drive worth a damm, the ol man's gt owned him but my line.... well, we shall see over the next week, soon as we can both get onto ec for a straight line punt, think i might get my azz zhanded to me and catch shit until I drop some $$$ on the exhuast and if i can get someone to do it right an FMIC with front mounting plenum, seen way to many shity jobs on fmics, particularly the plumbing and f**kloads of rust in the old pipe locations, have to give those a fress spray when i move the gear out.

hmmm, might just look up a gtt smic instead, heard they are a big improvement flo-wise, im not gona run more an 10-11psi anyways, fun but daily fun !!, adjust my suspension, get some decent sway bars, put in the bloody stolen strut braces and should have some cornering fun with enough kick to pull out of it to, test how effective this active lsd is, so far its great, comeing in slow on a round about hiting the apex and boosting out 2nd to 60 has been pretty straight and trustable with stock rims and prolly shity rubber.

[_8OO5TED_]

i have fitted an intercooler and full 3" exhaust and mine runs 0.8bar with no boost controller. make those 2 upgrades and u will be more than happy with the "bang for your buck" mods as these are becoming very cheap to do.

[Duncan]

_8OO5TED_ I saw your comment about "We will not cover for CAMS affiliated events or any timed event ie; sprints/hill climbs/motorkhanas " You mean competitive events that are off the street right? we run cruises under cams permits all the time

Shannons are great for coverings on the track for driver training

Re driver training, most of it is run at Oran Park, EC is way too expensive to hire to run a course at a decent price.

Aaron McGill, Warren Luff and Peter Findlay all run driver training at Oran Park regularly.....Findlay is by far the best / most technical training, but Aaron is also good. And Luffs is the place to go if you want to get a CAMS license since I don't know of them ever failing anyone

And like Chris said, wakefield is the place to go if you want to try a cheap track day. Oran Park or Eastern Creek will cost 150-250 for a day....