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danny_dub
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4th Jul 11 at 21:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Had a fantastic long weekend at the Ring. Weather was perfect, really hot afternoons for extra grip

We even went out in an M3 Ring Taxi which was out of this world! 160mph and parts of the track with some high speed drifting thrown in for some fun! The driver was in charge of M Power testing for BMW, he really knew how to drive! Also went out on a closed track so we had the whole thing to ourselves

Lots of very fast cars there and quite a few crashes!

Chuffed to bits with the corsa, just shy of 1000 miles in 4 days, with 4 laps of the ring pretty much flat out and the only thing that went wrong was the gear linkage got funny when the car got very hot. I lost the top part of the box (gears 1, 3 and 5) It happened twice and fixed itself both times. Anyone know what this could be?

Chassed an M3 for the most of a lap and a scirocco TSI couldnt get past me The powerflow sounded amazing flat out with, even better when it was red hot!

Bring on 2012!!


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Chris C
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4th Jul 11 at 21:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sounds good mate, awesome picture !!!
Phillips_91
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4th Jul 11 at 21:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lovely car what engine/spec you running?
Lee Wilson
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Good work!
danny_dub
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Running an C20XE with a decat. Have standard airbox on FK coilovers with a rear ARB. Wilson you gotta come next year!
Phillips_91
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What are the FK coilovers like? any good for handling? how low have you gone on them?
VegasPhil
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4th Jul 11 at 21:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well done Dan. Pic is awesome.

Kept stalking you for fb updates/pics lol.

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VegasPhil
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4th Jul 11 at 21:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Maybe your clutch cable might need adjusting for the gear prob.

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danny_dub
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Yeh the FKs are good, car handled superb on track. Stuck to the corners really well. I bought the car off wilson and he has had them for a few year iirc.

Phil - When I had it in 4th and 5th had gone, I could move the gear knob nearly into 2nd and it would stay in 4th. Really weird. I know the boxes are very tight but I could stir it like a bowl of food!
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your gear problems are most likely to be(through my own personal experiance)

the rubber bush in the centre of your shifter that sits on your gearbox gets hot and causes a jelly like gear feel- to fix get a nylon insert from lmf.

this is why when it cools down you can get gears
Chris F
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4th Jul 11 at 22:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I need to get there next year!
Lee Wilson
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Jealous . I'm going next year for sure. Glad the corsa behaved. Looks amazing.

What birchieboy said about the gears sounds spot on
Ian
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spikedjack
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Awesome! im off in about 3 and a half weeks and seriously cannot wait!

is the ring taxi worth it? saw them when i was there last year but they were e60 ///M5's when i was there?

[Edited on 04-07-2011 by spikedjack]
Graham88
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Awesome, brilliant pic of your car there too! Glad you enjoyed yourself. I'm off there on Friday, can't wait
Steve
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I thought ring taxis now were skodas
Ojc
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I kept Seeing you go around. You were with couple of lads with Focus Rs mk1 I was suprised my Mini had the legs on the one with the silver wheels.

Heard you all pull out the petrol station yesterday morning
Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
I thought ring taxis now were skodas


M3's
danny_dub
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Yeh that was me! My other mate went with his clio 172 cup. Dont think I saw your mini, but then again there were so many cars to look round!

The ring taxis have just changed from the M5 to the M3. The driver preferd the M3 too.
Graham88
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They have M3's now? I didn't think they long got the M5's! M3's are better though, can't wait to see them going round
Ojc
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Hi
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
They have M3's now? I didn't think they long got the M5's! M3's are better though, can't wait to see them going round



Think they are those special edition orange ones with the boot spoilers now from last time we were there. Run by a different company too iirc

Corsa looks good out there :thumb:

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
Graham88
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Ah the M3 GTS? Even better!
birchieboy
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They are white when I went out there a few weeks ago
Ojc
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Yeah same livery as before, just M3's

One of them was drifting, the other wasn't.

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