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Wakefield Park lap times.

ApleX

By ApleX,
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Roy Grand Master

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There goes my tread :-(    

U BARSTED !!

j/k

eeek.!!! Sorry not what i wanted to do. Its pretty quiet in there. Keep it rolling along here...the other thread is there mainly to get a feel for what sort of mods do what to lap times if thats your thing:)

Cant wait to get back to Wakefield in May, back in Sydney for a month woth work.:rofl:

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:rofl:

eeek.!!! Sorry not what i wanted to do. Its pretty quiet in there. Keep it rolling along here...the other thread is there mainly to get a feel for what sort of mods do what to lap times if thats your thing:)

Cant wait to get back to Wakefield in May, back in Sydney for a month woth work.;)

I was j/k i was just curious how how other skylines performed on the same track, and u answered it. :D

Silver-Arrowz Grand Master

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With my former GTR, 1.19 in the wet. Mods, PFC, FMIC, road tyres with Whiteline sways set to stiff (not good in the wet).

I was faster with the exhaust restrictor on! HAHAHA! Spun off a few times an learned a valuable lessons:

1. Don't downshift while cornering in the wet.

2. Brake in a straight line in the wet.

3. Don't jerk the car around too much in the wet.

Getting an MR2 turbo next. Interested to see how a RWD mid-mounted car will perform around the park.

benm Grand Master

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Well my first time at Wakefield (2nd trackday ever, or basically I first because my brakes died after 2 sessions at EC the year before) I only managed a 1m21sec and that was in the last handful of laps before the day was over. It took me about 40-50 laps to realise that I could push my car soo much harder around corners (with some steady understeer :rofl:). Afew laps with Duncan (whom gave me 2 good pointers) and I dropped an easy 6-7sec but by then my tyres were scrap.

In 3 trackdays (~150 laps) i've never spun, actually never even had any oversteer at all so I know I can push harder next time (with decent rubber) if I can get the balance right to dial out some of the understeer.

I've now done 3 circuits.

Eastern Creek = Big power, big brakes.

Wakefield = Suspension, skill.

Oran Park Sth = Precision, grip.

31GUN Proficient

31GUN

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I've spun twice at Wakefield.

1st time in an R31 GTS2 (not my car, oops)

2nd time my car, tightened up the diff.

Went from 12lb to 85lb lockup.

1st lap, coming out of the stop/go corner in the middle, gassed it and woops.

Diff was worth 2+ secs a lap

Hooks

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Yeah, thats the corner I mean.

The other one I have trouble with is the one coming on to the straight.

I always seem to turn in too late and screw up the apex.

My favourite bit is the left, right, right, sweeping right, up the top.

I like to hurl it into the 1st left/right, slide it right out to the ripple strip on the downhill right, and then hang the arse out around the sweeper with the drivers side front wheel up on the curb.

Huge fun!

Hooks

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