Piarc 15th February

[BBGTR]

A few Phillip Island addicts (myself included) are going to attend the first PIARC of the year on the 15th of Feb. Hopefully some of the heat will have gone away by then.

Anyone else looking to make their way down?

[JAGR33]

Damn, need new tyres..

I miss PI....

[Doogs1600]

Anyone going on the Sat 14th to PI (training day Sat = more laps, timed sprint Sundary 15th)

Keen to see some GTRs flash past me down the straight! I'll be there in my Datsun 1600 13B BP, hoping to sneak under 2 minutes this time around. Best day of the year.

Edited February 2, 2009 by Doogs1600

[Snowman]

Will try and get the car sorted and get down there too.

[BBGTR]

I'd have my left one ripped out if I raced on Valentines Day...

Anyone going on the Sat 14th to PI (training day Sat = more laps, timed sprint Sundary 15th)

Keen to see some GTRs flash past me down the straight! I'll be there in my Datsun 1600 13B BP, hoping to sneak under 2 minutes this time around. Best day of the year.

[Snowman]

And given you already had your right one ripped out for buying another racecar after the STi "incident" you really need to hang onto that left one mate

PS - I'm out. Car won't be ready in time

[BBGTR]

hehe,

And given you already had your right one ripped out for buying another racecar after the STi "incident" you really need to hang onto that left one mate

PS - I'm out. Car won't be ready in time

[Doogs1600]

I'd have my left one ripped out if I raced on Valentines Day...

BBGTR you've just got to be creative eg. "Darling, how about a weekend away at Phillip Island with the kids. Oh wow, look at that, there's a sprint on the same weekend". Deal done.

[BBGTR]

If United don't get their 100 RON delivered this week I am out too without a major retune.

I'm told the Bayswater station has been out for over 2 weeks and the Mulgrave one I normally go to is out as well, with the guy behind the counter having no idea when deliveries will be.

ARRGHHH

[BBGTR]

Best time for the day: 1.48.6

Too Windy

No one looks in their mirrors

Too many cars of varying times on the track

Could of had 7 sessions - although they did not time the last two for some reason

A big accident, hope the guy is ok. Car was a mess.

If anyone from United Fuel is watching this, get your finger out and make sure there is enough fuel for me - before the actual day of competition, not on the day!!!

And Ant - I see you nearly cracked the 49 again!! - That's quick for 280RWKW.

[Ant97GTR]

Agreed BB....too windy and too hot despite the breeze. Don't know about you but I was hitting some pretty serious oil temps around the 130-140mark before I backed off. In some sessions there was a lot of traffic and some people seemed to think it was a race, but the extra traction out of corners helped with that

Didn't beat my 1:49.68 with a best of 1:50.28 but the fact that 8 laps out of 19 were in the 1:50's I was at least consistant.

[BBGTR]

Agreed BB....too windy and too hot despite the breeze. Don't know about you but I was hitting some pretty serious oil temps around the 130-140mark before I backed off. In some sessions there was a lot of traffic and some people seemed to think it was a race, but the extra traction out of corners helped with that

Didn't beat my 1:49.68 with a best of 1:50.28 but the fact that 8 laps out of 19 were in the 1:50's I was at least consistant.

Yeah, I was seeing 130 deg oil temps - however that's normal for me - even with the oil cooler. I rest the car when water temps go over 95+ as I seem to lose some ign timing past that to save the engine.

I have a vented bonnet to fit before the WRX PI event to try and get some temp out.

There was a guy in a white BMW that most of us wanted to punch in the head for being a tool.

[Ant97GTR]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one running with those sort of temps but normally even on a hot day I run a max of 120. I guess that is the bonus of running 270-280rwkw in that I don't feel a loss of power when the engine is running that hot

The only white BMW I saw was the beautiful E30 original group A car...do you mean that? He was in my group (7) and came up to me before the first session saying that he has only just bought the car and was giving it a bit of a shake down and test. Funnily enough I only had one session when he was in my group and the last I saw of him was disappearing straight on at MG

The tool I had in my group was an improved production Civic that wouldn't let me past and when he left a gap on the inside of MG for me to use he decided to fight for the spot

[BBGTR]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one running with those sort of temps but normally even on a hot day I run a max of 120. I guess that is the bonus of running 270-280rwkw in that I don't feel a loss of power when the engine is running that hot

The only white BMW I saw was the beautiful E30 original group A car...do you mean that? He was in my group (7) and came up to me before the first session saying that he has only just bought the car and was giving it a bit of a shake down and test. Funnily enough I only had one session when he was in my group and the last I saw of him was disappearing straight on at MG

Yep, that's the guy, he was falling off everywhere and generally not looking in his mirrors.

[Roy]

Vids people I am racing rickshaws on a daily basis so need to watch your vids for a fix

[Ant97GTR]

Lol it coming Roy....like I said above, no best times so will just be for sh1ts and giggles