It was a stinking hot day in the 30s, so we had to be very wary of thermal overloading for both the cars and drivers!
The car performed well throughout the day and was absolutely fantastic on the straight bits pushing everyone it encountered.
The brakes I had to be cautious with as they were cooking within 3 or 4 hot laps, so I tended to brake 50-75 metres earlier than on the V8 track car to try and prolong their life each stint.
Handling-wise it took me a lot of time to get used to it as it tended to understeer initially followed by oversteer and I really struggled the find a fast balance into/through/out of corners - I'm more used to the go kart like handling of the V8 Soarer and it showed through the twisty bits where I lost a lot of time.
The only minor issue all day was the shifter starting to become difficult to select gears and finally coming out of the housing and leaving me stranded in neutral on the track.
A tow back to the pits followed by a strip down and no broken components were found.
I cleaned and refitted everything and the change was dramatic with a nice tight and short shift - I wondered why it was so loose previously in it's movement and unlike what I recalled.
It's amazing that all 4 bolts unthreaded some 10mm each and decided to let go on the track!!
Within 45 minutes I was back out on the track better than ever.
A few vids of the track day firstly from within the car and then from Damo following:
A short turnaround for the next track day, a twilight event at Eastern Creek this Thursday afternoon.
A shorter "to do" list this week - fit HIDs, fit a Sparco drivers seat, wheel alignment, fit Hawk track pads which arrived on Friday and an oil change and I'll be set to tackle a new track!
A few random pictures of the day I came across on the web
A few random pictures of the day I came across on the web
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