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Russman Grand Master

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http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24/09/2011.SAN.S21.Y

Good results everyone! I'm happy with a 20. Next time a teen for sure. I'm chasing you down Ant :)

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Well after a tough day I am wrapped with the result! My goal was to do a teen at Sandown and three laps proved the first wasn't a fluke! :)

Basically a loose elec plug ruined my morning. Everytime I went out the warm up lap was fine but when I started to push the car would turn itself off around higher G corners. It was as if you had turned the key and pulled it out. I would turn into a corner, get back on the gas only to look down and find the dash and hand controller dead :rant:. This would last a second or two before coming back to life but it killed my exit speed. BIG THANKS to the Racepace boys who spent some time trying to track the problem down before finding the loose plug. After being cable tied I tested it out in the passenger laps after lunch to find the problem had been fixed.

Congrats to all who got PB's, and mine ended up at a 1:19.43 which would've been fastest on the day if it were not for some bloke in a fibreglass bathtub powered by something the size of a 1.25ltr softdrink bottle ;) . Russ given your day I have no doubt that it is only a matter of time before you put in a teen and I will look forward to our next battle.

Good news in that it seems my new in car cam actually recorded properly this time, bad news is that it is still a little washed out exposure wise. I really need to take a drive on a sunny day and find some good settings for it. I will post up my lap as you can make out what is going on together with an example of how not to overtake a stubbon blue emo (but hey the overtake stuck :) ) and a good example of a fishy....

emts Grand Master

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Well a PB for me so I was very happy with the day.

plenty of sessions, good track conditions and not many cars.

Sorry to those of you who had some probs and hope they could be fixed easily.

I felt your pain on that today

not many Pics today katie was cold the the garage was much more comfy

https://picasaweb.google.com/100203254234701302909/SandownSept11

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Lovely weather. Had an enjoyable day pushing my limits (visits to the gravel) resulting in a PB, though not hard with prior outtings being in the wet!

Brakes suffered, APP (SR) pads wore down so much that they started to crumble, being searching site for replacement recommendations for minimal street.

Only shame is that it seems I had too much dash within video metering so the track footage is a bit washed out.

Russman Grand Master

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Lovely weather. Had an enjoyable day pushing my limits (visits to the gravel) resulting in a PB, though not hard with prior outtings being in the wet!

Brakes suffered, APP (SR) pads wore down so much that they started to crumble, being searching site for replacement recommendations for minimal street.

Only shame is that it seems I had too much dash within video metering so the track footage is a bit washed out.

Get yourselft some QFM A1RM pads. Perfectly suited for your car. Ring Greg from GSL rallysport and he'll have em to you in 2 days for about $130 delivered :)

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SS8_Gohan

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interesting day :D

firstly, massive thanks to the Racepace boys as well and to Ant and John - i had some catch can issues that needed sorting out, but with plenty of help managed to solve and despite a few missed morning sessions, i was back out in the arvo i think for 3 more sessions with no issues, so ended up being a good day in the end :)

first proper track day with the GTR (only had done the August deca before) so i'm still very much getting use to the speed and power, but was definitely feeling more comfortable as the afternoon sessions wore on which was nice. I started out around the 35's it seems but the last clear lap of my last session managed to get a 1.29 :) I know the car is capable of immensely lower times, but i'm happy to work on it slowly. Just need more confidence with the braking mainly i think. Never done a timed event before, so it's good to get some lap-time results so i now have some to work towards/compare too

Thanks to John for jumping in with me in the morning session and for letting me be passenger in the passenger lap session. I have almost double the rwkw of your car, but you're still about 5 seconds quicker haahahah :D

Paul, nice to meet you. You've definitely picked up a weapon of a car!

Ant, 19's.... silly quick, well done :) I think that's the next thing, jump in a car that is similar to mine and see what it takes to get that low. What tyres were you running?

Bel, considering you have a dead-stock GTR, putting down some good times :) I'm sure you're putting together your mod list as we speak :D

Joe, thanks for letting me share your little alcove for all my stuff. Didn't realise how early you have to be to get a spot... know for next time.

Scrutineers let me go for my bonnet, which i thought was ok given it's the factory setup, but will definitely have a secondary restraint next time.

I'll also check my catch-can next time too :D

There were lots of photographers out... do they post at the WRX forum? there's a members only photo section (for paid WRX members) is that where the photo's go generally?

EDIT: think i found it, http://www.wrx.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=71511&p=800889&hilit=sandown#p800889

Ant97GTR Grand Master

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Ant, 19's.... silly quick, well done I think that's the next thing, jump in a car that is similar to mine and see what it takes to get that low. What tyres were you running?

Thanks Dan...had heard a lot about your car so was good to put a face to the name. Happy to take you for a spin as long as no one else has booked a ride ;) There are three main components to getting times that low...first - seat time, second - suspension geometry / semi's and third (and this is extra important at Sandown)- balls :D

The tyres I run at the moment are the Yokie A050's mediums - definitely the choice of semi at the moment.

Snowman Grand Master

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You're getting there Paul - you've come a long way since your first time out at Sandown that's for sure.

And anyone who has been doing this a while will tell you that under 1.22 is a hard thing to do.

And good work on joining the teen club Ant. Those last few little mods have made some big strides for you mate.

Russman Grand Master

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Not with the pace he now has, I had those prior to my APP's and trashed them in one day.

Really? I've done 24's at sandown, 48's at PI and 34's at winton on 310mm GTT front breaks. All done with A1RM's. Just don't let them get lower than about 20% or they will crumble.

Yet another awesome day at Sandown. Was great to watch everyones PB's falling like flies!

Managed a 1:21.9 so starting to do the car a little more justice.

Good work Paul. Good to see the times coming down.

I started out around the 35's it seems but the last clear lap of my last session managed to get a 1.29 :) I know the car is capable of immensely lower times, but i'm happy to work on it slowly. Just need more confidence with the braking mainly i think. Never done a timed event before, so it's good to get some lap-time results so i now have some to work towards/compare too

You should be happy with a sub 1:30 for your first go at Sandown :) Well done.

emts Grand Master

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Really? I've done 24's at sandown, 48's at PI and 34's at winton on 310mm GTT front breaks. All done with A1RM's. Just don't let them get lower than about 20% or they will crumble.

That's not bad, maybe with a bigger swept area and lighter car they are holding out better.

I did Calder earlier this year and killed a set of rears in one day.

Not disagreeing they work,(and great value for money) but I would be going something a little more "track" as it is mainly used for that purpose.

ssxRicho Grand Master

ssxRicho

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I have the same experience with A1RM. Could only get 1 Sandown out of them in the end.

John if you want to run them on the street (limited time), get some Project Mu HC+, if you are going to hardly ever use the car go the club spec like russ(?) or blue stuff like Dave, myself and Josh.

That would be my suggestion.

I have used HC+ and blue, not the club spec (they are meant to be good though).

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.......and I survived Sandown... yeeeeeeeeee..... haaaaaaa.

What a damned scary place Sandown is :worship:

Ant, thank you for showing me around the track in the morning, it helped me heaps :thumbsup:

Guy, nice to meet you - that R34 looked like a rocket.

About my track experience: I'm sort of happy-ish with my 1:30.6 lap - guess I got my Sandown PB too :banana:

Was really hoping for a sub 1:30 lap but my brake rotors had some different ideas half way through timed session #3, like to go all warped on me - oh well, they were original 109,000kms old rotors, and they already lasted me a day at PI so I really can't complain too much - I already have some slotted DBA 5000's on order.

Daniel, awesome looking 34 - mod list ey, well a new fuel cap is #2 on the mod list hehehe - since I was leaking fuel in the left handers, and #3 on the list is an oil cooler - I hated looking at that oil temp gauge halfway thru my sessions.

Congrats to all on their PB's - it was a great day for it :cheers:

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