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Candy White Golf GTI Ed. 30 - 8th track day at Estoril

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paulmcgrath:

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Nice built...Now go for Awd swap ... I have an Mfacrory Dsg Lsd laying in my garage since i went awd and never install it..i would love i have done to see how it would be..For carbon built up i think methanol kit would help to keep it cleaner..

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Im interested the lsd!  :jumping: :jumping:

Shoduchi:
This Sunday I went for the 1st time to a track day event. It was nearby at Estoril so that was a plus. Unfortunately it rained till the morning of the event, but when it was time to enter the track the sky was much clearer so only had a wet track on the 1st 20 minutes run. The next 3 runs I could enjoy the car fully and learn the cars limits and improve my trajectories. I ended the event really pleased with the car and the experience. That 4th run, already knowing the car and the track, went so much better than the 1st... :laugh:

Waiting for the 2nd run:



During the lunch break I found this better spot:



Just a couple of track pictures I've gathered so far. I'm waiting for the official pictures to be released:



Arriving at the boxes after the 3rd run:


A great picture of the rear:


Met another fellow track newbie that still needs to upgrade his stock brakes to handle the track:


Noticed that my Ed. 30 needs a bit more power to reach higher speeds faster and it would be much better if I had track tyres instead of Continental SC5. The tyres suffered a bit and I had loss of traction coming out of the corners on WOT. The brakes were perfect, I just needed to learn how much they can brake from +220 km/h (+135 mph) to ~75 km/h (~45 mph). Never felt brake fade during the runs. All the engine temps were awesome. The oil reached 114ºC and the IC never went above 30ºC that I recall of.

Can't wait for the next event! :driver: In Estoril there are only 4 events per year, though...

dansmith180:
Nice one mate, glad you enjoyed it. Can't wait to get mine back on track for the first time since all the new mods.

Shoduchi:

--- Quote from: dansmith180 on February 09, 2016, 04:27:05 pm ---Nice one mate, glad you enjoyed it. Can't wait to get mine back on track for the first time since all the new mods.

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Yeah, now I fully understand what's all about the excitement of doing track days. :driver:

dansmith180:

--- Quote from: Shoduchi on February 09, 2016, 04:36:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on February 09, 2016, 04:27:05 pm ---Nice one mate, glad you enjoyed it. Can't wait to get mine back on track for the first time since all the new mods.

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Yeah, now I fully understand what's all about the excitement of doing track days. :driver:

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Haha, yeah before I did one I thought they might be overrated but its such a liberating experience to just have a racetrack to basically do whatever you want on  :evilgrin:

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