Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane

[Saint Steve]

i know nothing 

just gestimating what steve's new project is...

[SteveP]

What happened  I am from Essex.

Nothing Neil, I just still haven't revealed the full details of the new ride so I edited part of your post 

[chungster]

Just booked up so I'm in for my first track day of 2011   

[NeilM]

What happened  I am from Essex.

Nothing Neil, I just still haven't revealed the full details of the new ride so I edited part of your post 

Doh...... sorry Steve


See you on 31st   

[geordie56]

Hi, I am looking at going on this track day. Been on a few previous but not using my own vehicle. Is there anyone travelling down from north west area for this as I would follow down,due to it being quite a long boring drive. Also is there any recommendations?  I have had a quote for 200 for the day, is this reasonable for the insurance. Would you recommend gloves and do they all provide helmets if needed. Cheers for any responses guys.

[tony_danza]

I'm in Cheshire, so if I go, then you can come on down.

£200 seems very steep, you tried Moris.co.uk and competition-car-insurance.co.uk??

Get your annual policy through Greenlight next time, £50 a track day and you're fully comp 

[geordie56]

Hi Tony I've tried competition ins but not Moris  yet, will you be going to the track day or don't you know yet?

[tony_danza]

Honestly don't know what I'm doing from one day to the next at the minute.

[geordie56]

I'm gonna book up next week for this, just hope weathers ok. If weathers like this I may be better with my vredesteins on my vmr's in the wet as opposed to td's and t1r's. I have some competition pads daveb provided me should I put these in to bed in on my way down or not? He said they would be terrible when cold so is it a bit risky? One last thing is there somewhere I could change my wheels and store other wheels and jack at the track? Cheers.

[tony_danza]

1. Don't think about the weather until the day before.
2. What pads are they? If they're a different make/material to your current ones then they're going to be a nightmare unless you change the discs too. You need to plan ahead with this.
3. T1Rs are sh*t and they'll fall apart in a few hours. Get rid now and get something good.
4. Yes, there's always a safe place to store stuff.

[xxx_mojo_xxx]

Is everyone here planning to go for the basic full day booking?

[geordie56]

Hi Tony thanks for the advice, I was supplied my BBK by Daveb and he has said the pads supplied can be switched no worries when I go on track days. I have 365mm ap 2 piece discs and mintex pads for the road at the minute in, and have only done 1500 k on them. I have a set of mintex m1166 racing pads that will require a few hard stops to get up to braking efficiency, all I want to know is will I be best changing these on the track due to not having very good stopping with them until they reach temp? Dave has said to put them in just before a track day not on the road. The tyres I have not got yet, I have read a lot of good reviews on the t1r and hurdy says he rated them, would I be better with sticking to getting some r888's then?

[tony_danza]

Tough call on the brakes, it's a lot of messing about swapping before and after the track day. Bedding them in will be a pain too, as you'll have to do a hard first session not knowing the circuit and leave them for a good few hours to cure.

I'd trial them, see how they work from cold? Change them, go and bed them late at night and run around when it's quiet - get a feel for how much you've got. If they're shocking, stay on the road pads. You're hardly going to be giving it full beans in such a nice car.

What's your fluid like? How fresh, is it something like RBF600??

Tyres - you're not thinking of R1Rs are you?? They're great. T1Rs are deffo sh*t.

[geordie56]

Sorry my mistake I meant r1r's so would I be better on these or r888 do you think? Bearing in mind they shall be for dry only really anyways as the vredesteins I have, have great reviews for an all rounder so if it's lashing down or damp I can just leave em on. as for the brakes it's only 20 mins to change them and I will have wheels off at the track anyway to change them so no harm in knocking a cple of pins out and changing pads. I may trial them this wend but dave did say you need heat in them as they will be shocking when cold.

[tony_danza]

Oh, absolutely get the R1R over the 888 - 1.5mm more tread, won't kill you on standing water and they wear better too. Who cares if your car is 1 second a lap faster on 888s really??

Get looking now though as the Japan situation has made supply scarce.

Brakes - cool, see how you get on.