oran park track day 27/3/05

[Kero]

mmm turbo..

[R31Girl]

why dat? didn't you head out?

no, we went in the r34 and killed it

[Brody]

look at it this way, now ure forced to get a better 1

you won't feel guilt about pissing the money into 1 because u 'need' it

[Duncan]

ahh I see....well that was bound to happen, these cars are brilliant but can't be thrashed for ever.

Was it just the turbo? what b00st was it running at the time? Like Brody said, just sounds like a reason for an upgrade to me

[Abo Bob]

Boost spiked at 0.92 bar coming down the straight near redline about 190km/h. Just heard a pfft accompanied by a squeak and lost all boost.

I've got it up on bricks in the garage now. Struggling with a bizzare alan key bolt holding the dump pipe on.

Good to meet you Jase and also Tim. Hope you all had fun out there.

Did you kick some s2000 butt Mark?

[gtr jason]

abo bod nice to meet u and if you get stuck give me a call can give you a hand got my car down to 1.15.04 on gp track

[Duncan]

excellent time, well done Jason What tyres were you running?

[Abo Bob]

Thanks mate. May do but going to give it a good go before admitting defeat.

[benm]

GTR Jason: Were you in the white gtr with slicks and big rear wing? That thing was absolutely insane!!

The guy in the porsche was a barrel of laughs too

[Kero]

abo bod nice to meet u and if you get stuck give me a call can give you a hand got my car down to 1.15.04 on gp track

Very nice time... you must have some serious power...

Getting very close to the Porsche Cup lap record of 1.12.9614

[gtr jason]

yes i had the slicks on dunlop that time was done with a passanger a bit more playing will drop the time down I need to lose some weight my car weights 1410 kg the nissan team car was only 1280 kg

[gtr jason]

HAVE GOT A GREAT IN CAR VIDEO CHASING THE PORSHE 996 TWIN TURBO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND THEN PASSING IT AT 240KM .hOPE THE GUYS THAT CAME FOR A LAP HAD FUN

[88silhouette]

ahh I see....well that was bound to happen, these cars are brilliant but can't be thrashed for ever.

cops arse

there enters the 31

had the shits with that friggin s2000 being in the way. had him thru corners but on straight he nailed me.

was great to get out there.

go the 31!

[Beer Baron]

firstly, was a good day. Jason, thanks for the ride mate. Very, very angry car. I've still got some tar melted onto my shoe!!

That guy in the porsche was a champ. It was only his second time at OP but he was having a good go. I went for a ride in it, and the sound of that thing was awesome. Plus it's nice to be in a car with full leather and the air con running that can still go that hard!

At the end of the day the guy in the black silvia asked me if I'd like to go for a ride with him too and it was a revelation. he was a great steerer and managed a 1.20 (from memory) with me in the car. All in a car that still has the standard SR20, standard turbo and standard intercooler.

In case anyone is wondering why I was hitching rides like a bitch, the reason is I cooked my fluid

First session went out with the instructor (Darryl Cullen?), second session just getting a feel for the track. Third session I went out and pushed a lot harder and after four laps the pedal just went to the floor It never recovered after that. I went out for another session, but it was terrible.

Mark, that S2000 was a menace. He was really quick down the straight, but wouldn't yeild anywhere else on the track. He would brake really early, coast up to a corner, then brake again and then take a really defensive line. You'd think he was trying to hang on to first place in a GP the way he was driving. In the silvia we got stuck behind him for half a lap, we were quicker (miles quicker) everywhere except down the straight. so we go to pass him down the straight and instead of lifting to let us claim the racing line for the kink he keeps into it. Graham (who brakes very late for the kink as it is) is stuck on the inside of the track, brakes and makes it through the kink but runs out of brakes for turn two and we went straight off. He did very well to keep it off the wall.

Mark, I think you take out the go hard or go home award. You must of driven nearly every session. My mate couldn't believe you were able to fit 10 spare rims and tyres in your car!

[Abo Bob]

HAVE GOT A GREAT IN CAR VIDEO CHASING THE PORSHE 996 TWIN TURBO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND THEN PASSING IT AT 240KM .hOPE THE GUYS THAT CAME FOR A LAP HAD FUN

Cool, when are we going to see it?

[Beer Baron]

Yeah, I would have loved an in-car camera with us in the porshce behind you in the GTR. hahaha.

fark if I'd known they'd allow it I would have taken the DV cam in with me, but I just assumed they wouldn't allow hand held filming.

[Reedy]

Had an awesome day as well except for overheating my brakes, there was a guy taking photo does any one know how to get some pictures?

[Beer Baron]

yeah, he sells them on the day. I bought one of my GTR. hmmm I dunno if he keeps the ones that don't sell on the day. I'll have a look at home tonight and see if I've got his card.

[88silhouette]

he told me it's on the day or not at all

[Beer Baron]

and you said: "f#$k off then"... hahaha