MK5 Golf GTI
General => Shows, Events and Meets => Track Days => Topic started by: Top Cat on August 08, 2011, 09:20:25 pm
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Any one fancy joining the fun. Looks a decent track and cheap as chips. :party:
It's on a Saturday so weather permitting SteveP and i will be their. :happy2:
http://www.trackdays.co.uk/tracks/blyton_park.htm#
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Track looks good. Loads of run off area as well. Off to see where blyton'park is....
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lincolnshire, already had a look :laugh:
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I move to nottingham on friday and its only 72 mile further north. Might have to llook into this, need new tyres first though as mine are shagged from rockingham on friday just gone.
Loving the location of my new house. Nice and close to rockingham, mallory park, blyton, silverstone. Quality location :jumpmove:
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looks fun, as well as a good drive out there :popcornsoda:
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looks fun, as well as a good drive out there :popcornsoda:
Wel get your arse into gear and come with us. if you cant take your Eddie your welcome to be my mechanic for the day. :wink: :laugh:
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Weather is looking good and still a few places available.
Me and TC are booked on this now :driver:
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:popcornsoda:
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lol @ TC , i may fit in the buckets in your car + your power/weight ratio may take a severe hit with me as a passenger :fighting2:
planning to be there :happy2: either as TC's bitch mechanic or in the damaged eddy :pomppomp:
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Would be good to see you John :happy2:
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It's a fairly sparse location, not far from Kirton Linsey in North Lincolnshire. Like many tracks, it has it's roots in aviation. The area is pan-flat, so there's no lack of run off here. A good mix of corners, and there's fuel for sale in Kirton.
Once had the place to myself & an instructor for a day when I had my scooby. Really good day, the front pads had done 28k and were half worn. 60 miles at Blyton & the other half was done :grin:
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Had a really good day, big thanks to Top Cat and John for playing pit crew :happy2:
The car was just awesome today and the going to slicks was by far the best decision. Here's some photo's of me in action :jump move:
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Need pics of the bath tub and yours is coming on leaps and bounds :smiley:
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Tripoding.... awesome!
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Great first track day in the Lotus today, this track takes a while to get right, it is harder than first appears to nail a lap and although small, it has a good variety of turns and corners. Enjoyable all day long in the great weather. Paid for some pics of my car, which looked ok on the monitor, but once on my mac it appears that 99% of them can only be described as average (sh*te ) :fighting:
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XSP_6832 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56007093@N08/6062676797/) by T0P cat (http://www.flickr.com/people/56007093@N08/), on Flickr
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XSP_7457 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56007093@N08/6063225544/) by T0P cat (http://www.flickr.com/people/56007093@N08/), on Flickr
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XSP_7620 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56007093@N08/6062678409/) by T0P cat (http://www.flickr.com/people/56007093@N08/), on Flickr
on- site food was good quality and the marshals worked hard all day to keep things flowing, there was plenty of room on-track all day long, and for the money i cant fault it. :congrats:
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Looking very good Steve lad how did you find the slicks when you first set off then? I'm gutted I'm missing a few track days but I'm sure as you may well be aware it shall all hopefully be worth it! I hope your off wasn't to much drama pal hate to see issues with fellow forum members on here having fun giving it there all! Did the slicks really transform it for you then? See you at silverstone mate.
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With some "leaning on the them" it took about 1 1/2 to 2 laps to get them working well, they weren't as bad as I thought they might be, however these have seen some action before so I would image brand new slicks would be a bit more lively to start with.
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It was at the "the wiggler" coming out of the exit got too wide and with two wheels on the grass / mud which put it sideways and heading towards the only bit of arnco on the circuit, I managed to catch enough of it with some opposite lock to bring it around to bouce sideways to a halt :laugh: :laugh:
I think the slicks played a big part in being able to stop in time, as at that speed I think road tyre would have slid me into the barrier :scared: :scared:
Got the clutch to do before Silverstone but looking forward to that one, however no slicks allowed on that day, road legal tyres only.
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Ah, all the best people have an off at some point :signLOL:
Glad to hear you got away with it, and both had a good day on track. Certainly looks a decent enough setup they've got there.
Steve - How did you set your car up for the slicks BTW? Looks like you could do with more front camber there??
TC - there appears to be no pictures of you powersliding. Must try harder... :evilgrin:
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It can take some more front camber but have left it in the original setup of 2.5" as it was the first outing for the slicks.
Going to book another day at somewhere like Bedford to experiment some more with the setup
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Gravel traps are for winners :grin:
The caterham guys at rockingham were saying the slucks were scary when cold, but once hot, grip wise the differnce was huge over a semi-slick tyre
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Nice to see you cocking a leg Steve :happy2: was that down to the slicks? Probably not quite as scary going out on part used ones. I may try them when the 888's are shot.
Looks a pretty quick track, another one I'll have to tick off. :smiley:
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what a top day :happy2:
big thanks to TC and Steve for numerous passenger throughout the day. Couldnt of had two more different cars to try.
the bathtub being a bit 'tight' for a man of my poundage, but once in its surprisingly roomy, and the type72 is very well specced
the cars a belter :happy2: and a supercharger whine to die for. TC pushed the car to its limits on its first outing which was impressive.
Steves gti is just silly on slicks, and boy was i glad of the full harness and 'grande' seats.
He hunted down and passed almost everything on the day. As he has said the off was fun , pointing at the barrier I was convinced we were at least going to nudge the armco, but the slicks just jumped to a halt after some nifty wheel twirling.
marshalls even told him to cool it :laugh:
venue would be awesome for a mk5 meet :pomppomp:
p.s. still dont like the wheel colour Steve :grin:
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Nice to see you cocking a leg Steve :happy2: was that down to the slicks? Probably not quite as scary going out on part used ones. I may try them when the 888's are shot.
Looks a pretty quick track, another one I'll have to tick off. :smiley:
It cocks a leg on the road tyres too, the rear suspension is very very stiff :driver:
Next track day we are both at your welcome to put the slicks on yours to see what you think :happy2:
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what a top day :happy2:
big thanks to TC and Steve for numerous passenger throughout the day. Couldnt of had two more different cars to try.
the bathtub being a bit 'tight' for a man of my poundage, but once in its surprisingly roomy, and the type72 is very well specced
the cars a belter :happy2: and a supercharger whine to die for. TC pushed the car to its limits on its first outing which was impressive.
Steves gti is just silly on slicks, and boy was i glad of the full harness and 'grande' seats.
He hunted down and passed almost everything on the day. As he has said the off was fun , pointing at the barrier I was convinced we were at least going to nudge the armco, but the slicks just jumped to a halt after some nifty wheel twirling.
marshalls even told him to cool it :laugh:
venue would be awesome for a mk5 meet :pomppomp:
p.s. still dont like the wheel colour Steve :grin:
Thanks for playing pit crew and ballast, JPC would have been proud :laugh: :laugh:
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i think Jay may be insulted by that Steve :signLOL: , apparently he's lost a few grams since we last met....
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looks like you all had a cracking day, very good to hear your reviews as im looking at doing a track day at blyton as it will be my first one and i think it would be a good place to start
both cars look brilliant
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from a heavily modified GT4 on the day ...
and an old story from pistonheads
PH VISITS: BLYTON PARK CIRCUIT (http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=24056)
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some pics from the day, love the grass shots of both cars :happy2:
Click for album link
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Great shots :congrats:.
TC's car is just porn... The color really suits it well. the Lotus guys really did an outstanding job with this car. And when you think that the looks are backed up by performance it just too good to be true. Again congrats for this car (I just can't help myself not saying these things about this car).
Steve's green wheels look much better in these shots than in the photos from the build thread. I think those shots were shot to close to the car and these shots do the car justice. Very nice!
Nice to see track cars on the track!
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Me and a mate called in for a look on this day, we were on our bikes.
I did have a close look at your golf, very nice indeed. Out on the track, we were surprised how fast your golf looked.
I was sure it had been seriously tampered with, but just the re-map. Hmmm makes me want to swap in the diesel lol
Also what the fook was that red old school race car, the one with the V8 in the back ?? I liked that A LOT :drool:
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It has had a little bit more than a remap :laugh:, but all the same PG's car was ridiculously fast round the track. :stupid: There was a little baby blue Elise their, that was fully set up for track and was blisteringly fast. I got a pax ride with him and he chased down SteveP in his golf. The guy had to drive the socks off to catch Steve up, He was a top driver and that was the fastest i have ever been round a bend in any car and it took all of his skill to catch Steve up. I am still buzzing from the chase now a week later. :notworthy:
As mentioned in another thread, i would like to see a faster Mk5 than the monster with the green wheels. :scared:
And the other car was a Lola built fully by the driver, he kept running out of fuel, it was doing 7 miles to the gallon. :laugh:
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Yep just a little bit more than a remap :laugh: :laugh:
You guys should have come and said hello :happy2: