Wreck to Race.

[Peter Jones]

2012 Season starts soon.

Just filled in the entry form for round 1 of this years VSSC.

Phillip Island Auto Racing Club

Sunday Feb 12.

There's a practice session on the Saturday prior (11/2/12) if anyone's interested.

[Gipson]

is this just the heatshield material that repco etc stock Pete?

[Peter Jones]

is this just the heatshield material that repco etc stock Pete?

Even easier, it's just textured aluminum sheet from Bunnings.

[Peter Jones]

Did a coolant and oil change today and upgraded the oil cooler.

Oil temps have been hitting 120° so we'll see if this helps.

Old 10 row vs new 30 row cooler



Almost as big as a stock radiator!





Filling it up to prime the system.

[Jarred]

good to see white is still getting some attention!

[GoLfMan]

nicely done Pete, good to see the old girl still running like a champ!

[Peter Jones]

Pics from Phillip Island today






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The spoiler got damaged by some debris on the track, I've got a bit of work to do to fix it up again.

Otherwise a great day, pretty evenly matched field and perfect weather.

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Just looked at the official results over on natsoft. I ran pretty consistent 2:09 - 2:10 sort of times today.

Don't think there was much scope for improved driving to pick up much time, that's about as fast as it goes. Analysing the log data will tell me if I could have done any better.

[Driven Threads]

Nice work Pete and great pics Jodie.

Look forward to viewing your footage.

[Jarred]

Good on ya Pete.

Bring on the real race car huh?

[Peter Jones]

Videos will have to wait , I'm in Sydney for work this week.

[cartertronic]

Looks like heaps of fun!

Videos will have to wait , I'm in Sydney for work this week.

Keen to see the latest vid! Is it next week yet?

[Peter Jones]

Is it next week yet?

Almost, have some stills in the mean time.

[cartertronic]

Almost, have some stills in the mean time.

Haha! Some nice shots in there, starting to seriously reconsider my 'street car' project

Track just looks like so much fun!

[dubmc]

hey pete, i remembered you were using green-stuff pads previously.

two questions for you...

1. how did you find them performance wise? and would you recommend them for a street/track mk1
2. do you know what part no. or model i should provide when ordering them (i have mk1 gti front brakes)

thanks mate!

[Peter Jones]

Nope, using the Redstuff pads.

I've got a set of Greenstuff pads for GTI calipers at home, they're about the be fitted to a street car.

I'll look up the numbers and let you know.

Reds are great on the track, last well and don't fade, pulling -1.2Gs under brakes.

Was previously running Mitex Red Box, they stopped OK but they wore out so quick I was changing them every before race day.