11/6- Queens Birthday VW Track Day @ Winton

[vwthunder]

Yeah that is really bad, was looking forward to being out on the track with you

Who am i going to chase now, what was your best lap Tommie

[Tommie]

Not sure Troy, think high 1:40s maybe 1:47 or 1:48 Really cant remember. Yours?

[vwthunder]

Not sure Troy, think high 1:40s (maybe 1:47 or 1:4 Really cant remember. Yours?

1:49

Car should be heaps faster now, havent really played around with the V3's yet, it will be the first chance to see how they are on the track

[kaanage]

Unfortunately I'm most likely going to have to pull out of running the car on this day.

The car has some unforeseen suspension issues. Unfortunately someone didn't do their job properly and due to the short time notice the issues will not likely be rectified in time.

I could enter, but it has been recommended that I do not. It's simply not worth the risk. You need to enter these days being confident in the car, and now I am not.

Oh %#$%@#% They've had MONTHS to fix your car and it still isn't right??
This totally sucks (especially as I was going to use you as a target to try and get my times lower )

I will drive up on the day though and cover the event for my blog.

Wanna come up with me on Sunday afternoon? I'll need some company to stay awake after Sandown.

Not sure Troy, think high 1:40s maybe 1:47 or 1:48 Really cant remember. Yours?

1:47.6570 according to Natsoft
Troy, you got down to 1:49.4330, just pipping Paul on 1:49.6050

I was back at 1:54.9300

[Tommie]

Not looking too good for the weekend. Dan (Lucky13) and I can't get the Mk1 to run properly. Installed another fuel pump and a surge tank, but the car doesn't want to idle at all.
Had a brake booster that was leaking, replaced that tonight, and now the car's breaks are stuck. Gonna call it a night and try again tomorrow. Really don't want to miss the track day.

[vwthunder]

Not looking too good for the weekend. Dan (Lucky13) and I can't get the Mk1 to run properly. Installed another fuel pump and a surge tank, but the car doesn't want to idle at all.
Had a brake booster that was leaking, replaced that tonight, and now the car's breaks are stuck. Gonna call it a night and try again tomorrow. Really don't want to miss the track day.

Come on, you can get it done.
I have quite a bit to do tomorrow, play around with the brakes a little more, suspension settings, take out back seats, give a good going over the car

[kaanage]

Dan (Lucky13) and I can't get the Mk1 to run properly.

Geez, why did you bother bringing out a mechanic from Germany if he can't sort Mk1???

Seriously, though, if Dan can't get it working, there must be something serious amiss - that guy knows stuff about VWs that most service centers wouldn't have a clue about. Really hope you guys get it sorted and make it up.

[Tommie]

Sorry boyz I am out.

[kaanage]

We HAVE to get a decent sized VW group up for a track day in Vic sometime

Seeya ontrack, Troy - we're it

[minifreak]

Pitty only two of you will make it today..
leaving myrtelford at 7am or there abouts so troy and i will see ya soon...

[vwthunder]

All over, was a nice day, weather was great tho cold, huge turnout.

Suprised how many cars were there, from formula fords (i think it was) to ex V8 supercars. First sesson out the second lap a commodore span and couldnt get started again and had to be towed back to the pits, so the whole session was on the amber caution.
Later in the afternoon there were to many cars on the track and all bunched up which was a bit of a pain in the bum.

Only got one decent session and my brakes felt crap, was going into corners way too hard and having the rear come around on me, some corners i was pumping the pedal to make sure the brakes were still there.

Bit disappointed, but i have only just got the brakes on the car and no time to really test them and make sure everything is perfect. Didnt really need bigger brakes, for the track it would have been better to spend $$ on decent tyres.

So my car is torn between a street/show, or a street/track car, just have to decide what I want to put money into. I know with a LSD and semi slicks, it should be a weapon around winton, should be lol

[kaanage]

Yeah, a bit disappointing for me too as I couldn't quite match my previous best time despite having improved braking. I could try to blame it on tyre degradation but at the end of the day, I'm probably at my limit.

An LSD (or rather a TBD) is definitely on my shopping list as traction out of the slow corners is really an issue.

I also killed another Advan in my last session

[vwthunder]

I also killed another Advan in my last session

??? What did you do to it and how

[kaanage]

I came in from my last session and found the driver front was deflating (you could hear a hiss when up close). It must have happened near the end of the session else it would have fallen apart like the others I destroyed - maybe when I moved offline to let someone pass and drove over the çrap that gets pushed off the race line

There were bits of wire from the steel belt stuck in the inside shoulder and what looked like a small hole where you could see a bundle of wires inside.

I wouldn't get too disappointed by your time, Troy - you were basically driving a car with unsorted suspension, brakes and engine mapping given all the mods since last year. From the timesheet, your last session was much more consistent (and all very close to your best time) so I'd say your driving did improve.

[Lucky13]

I get it to run, but not in one hour and one day before.
actually I didn´t know that it´s not idling until i picked it up to fit the surge tank. Just got the surgetank fitted at the night before I left.

Geez, why did you bother bringing out a mechanic from Germany if he can't sort Mk1???

Seriously, though, if Dan can't get it working, there must be something serious amiss - that guy knows stuff about VWs that most service centers wouldn't have a clue about. Really hope you guys get it sorted and make it up.