Mallala Grip Practice Day

[nisskid]

ive been eyeing this day out, not 100% sure, thinking of taking the stocky 31 out as i dont wanna f**k the 32 before G1 lol

[DamageInc]

ill be out there with my 75-300 snappin some pics

[Sinful]

Hope you guys have fun!! I wanna see lots of pics!

Seems Sydney is going to be copping your heatwave this weekend..Looks like a lot of you adelaide folk coming over for Top Gear are bring the Heat with them

Go hard or go home!

Keep cool guys

[Luke_ENR34]

Got my brake ducts in, hooked up the sandwhich plate i got from Just Jap and the plate leaks like a mofo Looks like i wont be runnig my oil temp and oil pressure gauges

Other then that, back seat and boot trim is all out. Just need to hook up the fire extinguisher, get some more Oil and that should be it.

JUST JAP IS JUST CRAP

Edited February 5, 2009 by Luke_ENR34

[DSTROY]

41?! WOW!

Im out. Sorry guys. Its to hot for my liking, not worth risking my motor. I might see ya's out there next time. Good luck

[heslo]

Don't blame ya there Chad, even with all the precautions like an oil cooler I'd still be packing shit.

Here's hoping my ride is all sorted for the next one

[jenkies]

chad noooo! nice cool night tongiht got the car back with all its glory did some changes and took it for a boost. had crimmo keepin an eye on the hand controller.. 4wd was playing up but holy hell did it handle amazingly.. semi's were scraping on the rear guards a little bit

[D_Stirls]

And I only gave the guard roller I borrowed back today, if I'd know we could have fixed the rubbing problem.

Jenkies as for the go hard early theory, the minimum over night is 32 (i.e. at 6:30am) the first session doesn't start until 10am, I would say the temp would have to be nudging 38 by the time the first session has started. Also Mallala is generally 2-4 degrees hotter than Adelaide.

I'm going to get up at 7 am and if it dark out to the west I'll come out but if the change isn't on the horizon I'll be giving it a miss (but may still come out for a looksie).

[Blue32]

I think I will be doing something very similar there Dale. I have found the forecast for Mallala stating min 24 max 40, NW winds (hot) backing to SW (cooler) by 3 pm, and 50% chance of rain <1mm. I don't want to give everyone false hope of a cooler day, but for me the car will be packed ready to roll and decision made at 7 am in consult with a quick actual condition update via the weather pages.

[Blue32]

Mallala weather forecast

[Luke_ENR34]

im still going out there. Is anyone meeting up tomorrow morning to all drive down there? If so where and when?

[Krishy]

i would have loved to come and watch but unfortunately going to be putting the car back together and get it running

[ISC-Performance]

popped the bonnet just before and the radiator hole is leaking??? as in there is cement/plaster looking shit and a bit of radiator fluid coming out all the way around the edge of the hosing? I'am assuming the hose is shagged internally....

Ryan

[DSTROY]

OK, I just got off the phone with Dale and he has made a few calls and found out that we can enter Modern Regularity on Sunday if we can get a few people interested, as they are low on numbers at the moment. Sunday will be a lot cooler so it would suit us better. It will cost about $115 plus $25 if you dont have a cams licence. Here is some info on Modern Regularity If anyone is interested please let us know and Dale will see if we can get this happening.

Cheers, Chad.

[Luke_ENR34]

Looks like im not running brake ducts anymore, wipped them out on the drive home lol. Should have enough cooling tho.

I'll just use tomorrow as a day to get to know the track and my car better. Wont go flying out there.

[Moodles2]

I'm interested in Sunday, but I guess I'm alittle late to be trying to sort that out now, oil temp im worried about Saturday but I'll go if the Sunday thing with Modern Regularity if I can.

[D_Stirls]

Ok here's the run down,

I spoke to a few guy's from the Austin 7's club about the modern Reg' day on Sunday as the max' temp is supposed to be 25. Normally the entry forms have to be in by Wednesday but they will let us enter on the day we just have to be there by 8:30am, i'll give them a call tomorrow with rought numbers just so they know how many extras are coming .

If you read Chad's link you will know most of this;

You have the have a road worthy car (Street Registered) Car, you must have a blue triangle to show the location of the battery, you must have a rear tow hook (If you are running the factory rear bar you will have this), you need an extinguisher (at least 900g) and a helmet.

As for the day licence I will find out and get back to you all tomorrow.

As for track time i have been told by people who have entered this event previously that it compares to a track day. The first session is short and they gradually get long throughout the day until the last session were you will be on the track for around 25 minutes.

Edited February 6, 2009 by D_Stirls

[BlitzSSS]

15 mins practice then 5x5 lap sessions (15 min each)

that's from the official timetable, don't know where you heard you get 25mins but thats never happened when i've been

sign on and scrutineering start at 8am so you might wanna get their earlier (gates open 7.30am)

http://www.adam.com.au/amcommtech/a7c_index.htm

Supplementary Regulations

Entry Form

Program of Events

Tony Morgan is the person you want to speak to about entering, can provide his mobile over PM if anyone wants.

Edited February 6, 2009 by BlitzSSS

[D_Stirls]

The 25 comes from My Sisters BF who drives NO GRIP. He said that the last session the last time he was out there was at least 15 laps long which is a touch over 20 minutes (the 25 was a guess I just work out the just over 20) if your pulling 1:23's like he was.

He said that the first session was 5 laps then the next was 7 and so on until the last session as above. I guess it all depends on how many people are out there as with track days.

I spoke to Dave Greer today after getting hold of him through Ralph (the president)'s wife as Ralph wasn't home. Tony is the person who I was going to get hold of tomorrow so if you can PM me his number that would be great.

Edited February 6, 2009 by D_Stirls

[Moodles2]

Damn don't have an extinguisher, still unsure about saturday