Sandown Track Day 24th October

[GTRgeoff]

We can rebuild him Roy!!!

Looking like I will be staying in Vic a bit longer, while I'm not off travelling on the job. Waiting to hear of confirmation of the actual job. Systems Engineer for a wheeled armoured vehicle fleet hopefully.

[Snowman]

Don't think this means you get out of throwing a BBQ Geoff. You promised free steaks and god damn it I want you to deliver on that promise!

[GTRgeoff]

i already had the bbq;)

better make it one of the 5 nice days of weather then

[Snowman]

BTW - for all you arm-chair racers out there - V8 Supercars 2 came out on PS2 yesterday.

I picked up a copy and have to say at an inital glance its 10 times better than the first one. Was very happy to find that not long into the game I got to drive an R34 GTR V Spec at Bathurst.

But anyways.... the Australian tracks are much better. Sandown was pretty good - except that the ripple strips are flat (Sandown they are like gutters in some places) and you can take the high speed chicane at the back far too easy. But still damn good to get some lap practise and work on those lines.

[Ant97GTR]

Hey guys,

Quick question for team wang.......What kind of tyre pressures do you run at sandown? Oh and they are street tyres not cheaters

[Snowman]

I'd say start at 40psi and we'll take it from there. Plenty of guys will have gauges / pumps. If you are happy with that then leave it - if you feel that grip is a bit funny you can experiement. But for your first time out I'd say start at 40psi and that should do you just fine.

[Ronin 09]

I am waiting for brake pads and parts from Japan... I'm not sure they will be here in time

Not sure what to do... Might have to go for a stop-gap set of RB74s

[GTRgeoff]

Hey guys,

Quick question for team wang.......What kind of tyre pressures do you run at sandown? Oh and they are street tyres not cheaters

I found at PI that 42F 40R felt good but was maybe too high and with reducing to 38F 36R and dropping boost from 15psi to 11 psi I took 3 seconds out of my lap times.

There are 2 critical low speed corner exits onto the straights at Sandown that will cruel your laptimes if you get wheelspin out of them so try to concentrate on them.

As always it's easier to take pressure out than put it in. On road tyres I tend to find my first flyer is the fastest, then the tyres have worked too hard and laptimes drop off a little.

[GTRgeoff]

Marcus, there is nothing wrong with RB74's as a couple of dedicated race cars have discovered at PI over the last couple of months when I was trying to go under them in the braking zones.

Snowie, is that the codemasters game? I got it for PC and found it marginally better than the orig and not worth the money with the mods available for F1C99-02 that are quite realistic and the best of all...GTR, a sim of the Euro GT Racing champs (only a demo but better than anything else in the world right now). With my FF wheel and rumbling seat with double force drivers it is almost as good as the real thing. Good news is there will be track updates available and online racing leagues.

[Roy]

If your not running sticky tyres then i think you will find that RB74s will do the job.

If you are running sticky tyres then you could run into probs...i dont know.

I dont really know how hard Sandown is on brakes as i have never driven there, but RB74s have been fine for Eastern Creek and Wakefield, and Phillip Island though i never strung enough laps together to stress anything (apart from the driver and the engine:))

Im only looking at different pads because my RB74s only have one more day in them...so if i get track pads the RB74s will likely last another 6-9 months with just road driving

[Duncan]

meh.

If you are running sticky tyres brakes don't matter at all...you brake heaps less due to higher corner speed so there is much less pressure on the brakes.

Looks like you are having heaps of trouble Roy, I'd suggest hiring a s2000....they are pretty good, and I hear it has new rear brakes lol.

Must get v8SC2, but I might just spend tommorrow with the beers and the big screen watching the real thing.....its nice to be home

[Ronin 09]

Hey guys with 32s - I'm thinking of mounting my extinguisher in the passenger footwell against the door sill... any other suggestions?

[tom_g]

Hey guys with 32s - I'm thinking of mounting my extinguisher in the passenger footwell against the door sill... any other suggestions?

I'm looking at mounting mine behind the passenger seat by running a piece of aluminium flat bar between the bolts at the back of the seat and bolting the extinguisher bracket to that. It sounds similar to whats described by Dominic in this thread, just behind the seat instead of in front. I couldn't find the bolt that duncan was talking about in that thread so maybe 32s don't have it.

I thought about putting it against the door sill behind the passenger seat cause theres a hole already there where the seat belt was originally mounted before compliance but its too hard to reach from the drivers seat.

Hopefully i'll get it mounted tomorrow. If i do i'll upload some photos.

Does a new extinguisher need to be inspected? I bought mine a few weeks ago from Big W and just noticed that theres nothing on it about being inspected. I thought they would need to be inspected before they could be sold. If it needs to be inspected where can i get it done and what should it cost.

[Duncan]

Sorry I'm not sure that its the same in an R32, in a 33 the rear seat is held to the floor by a little metal loop...there is a bolt thru that loop.

[Ronin 09]

Thanks guys, will have a look at both options tomorrow...

will it be any different for GTR seats?

[GTRgeoff]

Should be the same.

Here is a short vid of Lowndes catching some air.... best there be some of that at the next track day.

[blind_elk]

In my 32, I have a strip of aluminium between the 2 bolts that hold the front of the seat onto the floor. It works on either side, but mine is mounted on passenger side, because Bride seat frame adjusing handle interferes on driver's side.

Like this:

The bolt at centre-right is the bolt holding down the seat adjacent to the gearbox tunnel. The handle is the seat fore-aft adjuster.

[Roy]

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If you are running sticky tyres brakes don't matter at all...you brake heaps less due to higher corner speed so there is much less pressure on the brakes.

True but you also come out of corners much quicker and with increased grip to the ground you can brake harder without locking a tyre making the pad and rotor absorb more energy...so i suppose it depends on how you drive

[Ronin 09]

In my 32, I have a strip of aluminium between the 2 bolts that hold the front of the seat onto the floor. It works on either side, but mine is mounted on passenger side, because Bride seat frame adjusing handle interferes on driver's side.

The bolt at centre-right is the bolt holding down the seat adjacent to the gearbox tunnel. The handle is the seat fore-aft adjuster.

Don't think I can fit it there b/c of the transmission lump next to the transmission tunnel on the GTR... hang on I'll take a pic

See the transmission lump at the top of pic

[Roy]

R31

R31Nismoid....ash if you want a neat restraint you will have to seing by witt your car, otherwise it will be a beneric one like the ones we made at PI.

R32

Ronin 09

RTFGTR

R33

INASNT

ant95GTR

Others

Integra...just a generic one