i went for like 2 hours, it was so hot. what engine was in it, i thought you went pretty good. the evo's and the bug yer fast
Its all over for the yr now. I ended up 3rd in 2u class for the yr was coming 2nd by a point but got beaten by .22 of a second by the guy that was one point behind me. Has been a good learning experience for me being my first yr.
There is a hillclimb on at kempsey this sunday. We need more corollas at these events come on guys.
I drive a yellow T-18 number 78.
i went for like 2 hours, it was so hot. what engine was in it, i thought you went pretty good. the evo's and the bug yer fast
So hot fucking i hated it i blew both tires on my tralier on the way home spent 3 hours by the hwy was the worst. I just have a standard 2tg engine yeh that bug is crazy fast. My build thread is in my sig.
Last edited by stouty; 26th November 2009 at 08:37 PM.
hey mate do u remember wat times the commos were doing at kempsey.
ended the day up there with a 31.5. my favourette track forsure.
Not much of a fan of ringwood even no i did a 36 on street tyres,cars not really suited to that track
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Sorry moved about 4 times since then I think we were about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way down the field. thats were we normally ran.
Ringwood is a very technical track, get it right and you will handle other tracks better, it runs a similar suspension set up to what you would for King Edward park
At ringwood I ran a high 36 in a poorly setup LC torana and all the wrong lines. later got to a low 37 in a stock 6 cyl auto VK (taxi pack too so it sat a little higher) commodore on old roadies off my dads car. Ringwood can be frustrating and seem slow but you learn a lot about car placement and throttle control. It was also setup to run with a minimum of people. how many other tracks can you think of that need just a starter and one flagman
Went to first event for the year was at ringwood park. Moved up into Improved Production car is now log booked.
Hit the armco heading into the top corner, went in too fast and just couldnt quite get it around. Nothing major smashed parker light, fairly large dint in bumper and worst took about 5 20cent size chunks out of front rim and scrapped all around rear rim. Only cosmetic stuff so could have been worse.
Finshed 3rd with a 35.94 so was pretty happy havnt driven for about 4 months, god damn VW beetles are fast.
Kempsey in a couple weeks then bulahdelah the following week 28th march.
thats a trick off camber corner corner (hell there all tricky) cant go in too fast, accelerate to early and you understeer too late and you loose heaps off time too hard in the corner and you spin as it changes camber coming out. I remember talking to Peter R about it one day and he said get the lines and power right and it can be good for up to 1/2 a second!!!!
have a think about your approach to the dip it sets you up for coming out ( as your suspension will normally be compressed fairly hard making steering hard) and into that corner. get that wrong and you have no hope of getting the top corner right which will muck you up for the next left hander which will muck you up for the right hander around the tree. be careful going into the dip too get it wrong and your in the armco at the start of the corner.
If you want to be fast around Ringwood spend your money on suspension and lastly on the motor.
Ringwood also teaches you to think your way around a track, as I got older and reflexes slowed (and I got slower cars) I actually got faster as I thought more about what I was doing instead of just going for it.
So what date and where is the next one as i would love to check it out
hopefully join up aswell
Here is the page there is membership forms and a calender of when events are on.
Anyone doing the first round of the Tri-Series at kempsey on the 25th of April???