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Bettley
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18th Oct 10 at 10:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My first track day at oulton park tomoz, i cant wait, corsa is nearly ready now just need some oil and fuel

wish me luck and some advice
Robo C20Let
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18th Oct 10 at 10:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fair play gezza have fun
Phillips_91
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Location: Blackpool. Drives: Sapphire Black Mk4 Astra 1.8
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18th Oct 10 at 10:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good Luck
AK
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start slow..... dont just go flat out on straights and slow on corners.

Work on your corners and try to use the cones (Entry, Apex, Exit) if they have them out. Any bampot can go fast on the straight.

Which layout?

Dont lift off round druids <after initial braking) (think its called that) - its a double apex and you can carry decent speed on exit.

What tyres are you using? Do you have any prefs on pressures?
Bettley
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18th Oct 10 at 10:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have just got some toyo proxey tr1's , and on the road there good , as for pressure just got around 33psi in at the mo :/ i never thought of presure tho
AK
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18th Oct 10 at 10:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
33psi :S Thats pretty high even for road use.

T1R's have fairly stiff sidewalls i think, so you should be good to drop the 'hot' pressure to around 28psi (its not a heavy car)

Best to play about with pressures (bring a guage and pump(compressor)) to find what you like.

Start off with your normal road pressures (I suspect the tyres will get very 'squirmy' quicky) and come in to bleed some air off after a couple of medium to hot laps to your target pressure again. Repeat/Bleed/ReInflate till you find a pressure you are happy with.

Rememberf to pump them up to normal pressure again when you leave the track and your tyres are cold. You will heat the tyres a fair bit more on track.
Bettley
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18th Oct 10 at 10:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok cheers mate, iam really looking forward to it, its a desider weather i keep the corsa as a track car or sell it on after i have had my fun
AK
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18th Oct 10 at 10:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Which layout?
Bettley
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18th Oct 10 at 10:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
of the track? its a full circuit, open pit lane
AK
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18th Oct 10 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ahh

have fun on the banked hairpin
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18th Oct 10 at 10:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
great circuit, very rewarding when you get it right! id deffo recommend getting some instruction for a few laps, made my day there so much more fun
Bettley
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18th Oct 10 at 12:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Here is mine and pageys corsa now ready for the track day

FlamingCorsa
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if i was not working i would have popped over to c how u were getting on, good track :-)

 
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