Lakeside Laps v.4 - 29 April 2012 (breakfast)

[Scuby_snax84]

105C was my max.

Loving the 3dr manual. Lol

Hopefully our resale is better.

[Candy GTI]

my oil was 115-118...the last one(which is hotter weather)...i read 130-135....but still, no issue at all

Wow 130-135 is getting up there. How hot was that day?

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I so wanted to hear the BMW on the track, but must have been circulating on the other side of the track the whole time!

Yeah same only got to hear it idle off into the distance when it left to go home

[josh182]

anyone got a contact for the lotus owner we have a fight to settle? lol

[josh182]

+1 Clay.

The videos show overly aggressive driving for 'happy laps'. At a previous event they mentioned spacing between cars as well which i thought would be even more relevant for this event. This is definately not a sprint session!

We were all informed to treat the track as a day out driving with your mates. This means checking your mirrors and driving to the conditions and traffic. If you do this kind of driving on our roads, damn, i'd report you to the cops just so i could feel safe. Watching those videos makes me ever so glad i stayed away from the trouble pack.

don.lol haha we drive more violent then that out on our cruzes. become one with the trouble pack. you know you want to!


youl love it. just like you did being out with frazza that last time at springbrook......although they were punished with ecu issues.

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D: I thought the Lotus guy (Lindsay I think it is) was quite nice, talked to him at breakfast. But yeh, best to get our anger out on here than in the real world. At least we went on to oil temps haha.

lol I removed that post cause i thought it was to full on for the forum.ahhahaha didnt think anyone read it but thanks for the reply anyways. hopfully it needed to be said, that confrontation has been on my mind since the laps had to let it out.

[THE_EGG]

don.lol haha we drive more violent then that out on our cruzes. become one with the trouble pack. you know you want to!


youl love it. just like you did being out with frazza that last time at springbrook......although they were punished with ecu issues.

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lol I removed that post cause i thought it was to full on for the forum.ahhahaha didnt think anyone read it but thanks for the reply anyways. hopfully it needed to be said, that confrontation has been on my mind since the laps had to let it out.

All fixed

[josh182]

All fixed

oh you didnt have to remove it.lol but thanks anyways. soooooooooo i see you have bosch spark plugs? dont be surprised if you wake up in the morn to find they are gone haha, I cannot for the life of me find ones that fit my car in brisbane, where did you get them from..lol?

[sam_online]

Seriously?
Mine maxed out at 108 but immediatly went down to 105 and then sub 100 once we pulled off the track.

Wow 130-135 is getting up there. How hot was that day?

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Yeah same only got to hear it idle off into the distance when it left to go home

Mind u mine is k04, and on the track is always above 4k rpm, driving at the edge, so that explain, outside temp if I didnt rmb wrong, 28

[THE_EGG]

oh you didnt have to remove it.lol but thanks anyways. soooooooooo i see you have bosch spark plugs? dont be surprised if you wake up in the morn to find they are gone haha, I cannot for the life of me find ones that fit my car in brisbane, where did you get them from..lol?

They aren't very good, but I got them from the Citroen dealership-apparantly they are standard for the mini cooper but an option for the DS3 being a "citroen racing" add-on that was fitted to my car. Hence why the cooper outputs 90kw standard and the standard ds3 1.6 outputs 88kw. I would recommend spending a few bucks more on iridium plugs. Here's a link for NGK iridium ones, NGK - Euro Car Parts UK (please note these ones are for the mini/PSA 1.6 engine) . I was recommended this website by the DS3 forums. Pretty easy to use, just put in your car on the left and go search.

[seangti]

Mind u mine is k04, and on the track is always above 4k rpm, driving at the edge, so that explain, outside temp if I didnt rmb wrong, 28

true. And it makes a considerable difference if you're shifting on redline each gear or 500rpm short. A lot of heat is generated in that range and on most street style tunes minimally rewards in laps times. The cars I've tracked haven't offered much better lap times by revving to redline, so have got accustomed to shift around 6000-6200rpm, riding the torque and rarely go above. Unless it's a one lap shoot out or battling

[sam_online]

true. And it makes a considerable difference if you're shifting on redline each gear or 500rpm short. A lot of heat is generated in that range and on most street style tunes minimally rewards in laps times. The cars I've tracked haven't offered much better lap times by revving to redline, so have got accustomed to shift around 6000-6200rpm, riding the torque and rarely go above. Unless it's a one lap shoot out or battling

I'm hapi to rev til red line becuz the boost is all the way to red line, but yeah, down side of it will be hot oil LOL

[team_v]

I'm hapi to rev til red line becuz the boost is all the way to red line, but yeah, down side of it will be hot oil LOL

The torque curve is the more important one to look at as it drops off around 5k RPM so staying on boost past that nets less of a performance gain than changing and being in a higher torque band, especially if you hold off until after 6k and go to red.

[THE_EGG]

Sigh the joys of having an N/A engine. Shifting at 6000-6500rpm as max torque is at ~5000rpm and max power 6000-6500rpm. Can't go much higher than 6500rpm though, the car will shift itself once it hits 6900rpm.

[sillywet]

The torque curve is the more important one to look at as it drops off around 5k RPM so staying on boost past that nets less of a performance gain than changing and being in a higher torque band, especially if you hold off until after 6k and go to red.

Unless of course his torque curve starts later than most and he therefore needs to rev it out or risk dropping into a dead zone when he shifts up. That was the case with my last car. You got no advantage going past 4500, but you had to go to 5500 otherwise it was flat in the next gear. This was a V8, hence the somewhat pre-historic redline.

[team_v]

Unless of course his torque curve starts later than most and he therefore needs to rev it out or risk dropping into a dead zone when he shifts up. That was the case with my last car. You got no advantage going past 4500, but you had to go to 5500 otherwise it was flat in the next gear. This was a V8, hence the somewhat pre-historic redline.

I see your point but with a 3000RPM range for peak torque i don't think it will drop out.
Also, i am assuming it's DSG as most of the GTI's and R's are.

[Tobes_WIR35]

I'm more than happy to let someone past me, even if I know that I could be faster than them. Bottom line is that I don't have a spare $50,000 lying around to pay out my lease if my car gets written off, so if someone wants to drive with utter disregard for others, I would rather they do it well out in front of me rather than right behind/beside me.

On the other side of the coin, as others have well said, if you're being held up by someone, take it easy for a lap or two. It gives you a chance to chill out a bit, gives your car a bit of a rest, and best of all, gives you some clear track between you and the slower vehicle.

If I wanted to drive my car above 80-90% I would get a helmet and a suit, pay the bigger dollars and race it in the sprints, and I would urge others to do the same if that's what they want to do.

To me, this event is just a chance to have a spirited drive, and drive the way I might otherwise drive on a windy mountain road if this event were not available to us. Because I would much prefer to drive "spiritedly" within the confines of a racetrack, I very much want this event to continue to remain open to us for that very reason.