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benji

12-12-04, 06:55 PM

it was ace. good to meet some new people off here and to see some old faces again. had some good off's, and had a few good tussles. i got some vid's but 1 is 256mb long and the other 2 are 128mb long, so i'll have to figure out how to make them smaller before i put them up. after today i've decided to stick with my 1400 instead of moving up to a 1600 in the future. couldn't catch karl but i got past scott in his 2.0l 16v. also suprised a few people when i told them it was a 1400.

Adam

12-12-04, 06:57 PM

Ave you got any pics of the day mate.

General Baxter

12-12-04, 06:59 PM

i got past scott in his 2.0l 16v.

he had new coil overs for that he was not used to it, thats why ;) :lol:

Philsutton

12-12-04, 06:59 PM

Sounds like a good day out, shame i couldnt make it but i needed to sort mine out for next year then i can try to do some trackdays

Philsutton

12-12-04, 07:00 PM

he had new coil overs for that he was not used to it, thats why

yeah yeah..... nothing to do with his driving abilities then :lol:

benji

12-12-04, 07:01 PM

no pic's but got some vid's, how do i compress quicktime movies?

Adam

12-12-04, 07:03 PM

no pic's but got some vid's, how do i compress quicktime movies?
Not sure mate, are you on broadband.

nathan.

12-12-04, 07:05 PM

yeah it was nice to meet a few faces. some good track action.

that mk1 astra was fooking quick!

krobinson

12-12-04, 07:06 PM

but i got past scott in his 2.0l 16v

haha, scott wont be happy 8)

Keith

benji

12-12-04, 08:03 PM

no pic's but got some vid's, how do i compress quicktime movies?
Not sure mate, are you on broadband.

yep, but the vid is 256mb, and i can't edit it as the program i have don't like it

NovaNeil

12-12-04, 08:16 PM

Well done guys (Benji, Scott, Karl) You were all kicking ass today! :twisted:

Karl just gets quicker and quicker.... (apart from when you let that Mi16 205 past Karl!! we were shouting at you from the pit wall not ot let him through.... good battle you had! :lol: )

Scott...... at last your car looks stable :) No more looking like its going to roll over! Nice one mate! Also it sounded/looked spot on!!!

And Benji you crazy guy :o I was waiting for you to come out of the chacain forwards..... but oh no you exited backwards!!! :D Nice one mate! Couldn't believe how quick you were lapping... must be those new Avo coilovers :wink:

Well done guys... it was great watching you! Hopefully i'll be joining you early next year!

Neil

Snowface

12-12-04, 08:22 PM

nice 1 benji. i've decided to keep my 1.3 till at least the Insurance runs out Next Nov. Got Uni coming up aswell so shouldn't spend a lot on car when it won't be used.

Try Winziping the movies. Might work. How long is the 256mb one?

benji

12-12-04, 08:39 PM

6 min's. i want to compress them so i cam upload them on my site. win zip's no good for that is it??

chers neil, after coming out the esses backward's i chased that astra turbo round the rest of the lap then lost it again at mcleans. brake's are warped, car need's washing aging now. probably leaveit till next year. and the lifters sound like they are gonna die at any moment. i used ?70 worth of fuel and cooked at least 2 of my tyre's, probably 4, they need a good looking at.

all in, it was a good day

srs1

12-12-04, 08:52 PM

i seriously need to get my engine done up.

i will be joining you all on as many tracks days this year as posible.

sounds like an awsome day again.

scott.parker

12-12-04, 09:08 PM

but i got past scott in his 2.0l 16v

haha, scott wont be happy 8)

Keith

LOL nah it was good,his car out handles mine through the coners,100% spot on his coilovers made it fly through,and fair play to him(but i hadent done the track before)

Oh and i only had the rear shocks on,not full set up of the coilovers...

though i was quicker then the astra gsi turbo so im happy :P
hey ask chris,he was well impresst with my driving,so phil if you think your upto it bring it mate,lol

We timed a few laps too...

Benji 1.34 no passenger (sorry edit..with passenger)
Karl 1.38 no passenger though he may have gone faster later,we didn time it all day.

A orange and white race car(sorry no idea what it is as it kit car) benji you might know the one im on about mate..
It did a 1.12 lap :o

Oh and mine was 1.36 with passenger(i was being pushed by a festi all the way round he didnt like the fact i was quicker down the sraights) :lol:

So in all i loved the day,car felt ace..as i only fitted the rear shocks at 7.00pm the nigh before,i had no idea what they would be like,but i can say i was flyig roung that track..best day in a long time i carnt wait to do the nerburgring now..

scott

benji

12-12-04, 09:11 PM

i had a passenger all day

General Baxter

12-12-04, 09:12 PM

i carnt wait to do the nerburgring now..
scott

ill be there :lol:

Adam Moran

12-12-04, 09:37 PM

Jim

12-12-04, 10:02 PM

Excellent stuff guys. Glad you all had a good time.

Jim

scott.parker

12-12-04, 10:04 PM

Well done guys! Bet you had an ace day :D

It must be a good feeling nailing your car round the track knowning you "spannered" it to what it is :wink:

I look forward to Castle Combe in April !! (is that right Neil?)

Ad

This is taken of the pvg site mate

The dates for next years Castle combe Action Days will be Saturday April 23rd and Saturday September 10th. The September date is new and replaces previous years June dates. We'll have a stand at both of these days. Entry tickets and track time will be available here, in the members section.

scott

-Bruce-

12-12-04, 10:18 PM

sounds like a top day lads!! i realy want mah car out now and this shite weather to go away!!

bruce

Riggy

12-12-04, 10:20 PM

sounds like you guys had a top day :lol:

will be joining you all soon when the xe is built :lol:

benji

12-12-04, 10:55 PM

i'll be doing load's next year. i want to do cadwell park next. i need some new brake's first though. i'm definatly sticking with the 1.4 now. you should of see brett's face(astra gte16v stripped and cage) when he asked me whatit was and i showed told him a 1400 :D

Adam

12-12-04, 10:58 PM

burgo

12-12-04, 11:13 PM

just post the vids up any way forget the tight arse's without broadband

karl Rowntree

12-12-04, 11:13 PM

Good evening all, i am not going to say too much as ive just got back from a 5 hour session at the pub! First thing me and edd (mk1 golf) did when we got back was go straight for a beer :lol:

Was an amazing day and dont think i will stop buzzing for another week, hows about next sundays track day anyone? :lol:

Car was yet again brilliant not a single problem all day apart from a new set of tyres, a lost set of mudflaps and a spin at 80 mph :o still no damage.

My fastest lap was 1.32, the same as edd in his mk1 golf. The 2 best races i had were with firstly the mk1 astra which was identical speed wise to mine then a half hour restle with the mi16 205! Turned out it had throttle bodies/diff etc so was happy i kept with it, top owner aswell :wink:

Neil, i p***ing myself laugthing every time i pasted the pit wall watching you guys egg me on, you made me rev it past 8000 rpm! :lol:

Top day! Karl

benji

12-12-04, 11:17 PM

are you going next week? i might try and get the last bit of life out of my breaks and tyres

scott.parker

12-12-04, 11:23 PM

yeah though you might have got a fast time latter in the day mate,as you wer flying round with your mate edd (who at one point almost set his car on fire.red hot manifold) top guy,three wheels most of the day,lol

Oh karl do you ahve any pics from today? not the ones of your cars :D

And did you see me pull up along side you on the A42..beep beep,lol trailler queen :lol:

scott

Riggy

12-12-04, 11:57 PM

are you going next week? i might try and get the last bit of life out of my breaks and tyres

pmsl the lads addicted lol :lol:

scott.parker

13-12-04, 12:03 AM

are you going next week? i might try and get the last bit of life out of my breaks and tyres

pmsl the lads addicted lol :lol:

lol he is,he revesed up the pit lane to get some more fule,whent back onto the track and only got one more lap in :lol: looked funny though,benji runnig up and down the pits with his bike helmet on looking for fule,lol

scott :D

burgo

13-12-04, 12:06 AM

lol please say that is in one of the vids

benji

13-12-04, 07:40 AM

chris was filming all day so he might of got that.

i know he got a vid of me coming in after a session and my engine sounded like a bag of nail's, on the last few lap's the lifter were complaining if i revved it over 7k and int he pit's they sounded fucked. so i filled it with oil and went back out :D didn't cure the problem, but it shut them up for a while, and i wasabouve 7k again

karl Rowntree

13-12-04, 01:35 PM

Well ive just woke up and realised i am 3 hours late for work and i feel like death so i wont be going in today :lol: Every damn part of me hurts and i got cramp 4 times in the night! Guess i am not the spring chicken i used to be.

Really was a brilliant day and yet again i learnt loads about my own driving skills. Benji was well quick, i saw him coming up in my mirror on my out lap and thought i best get a move on! managed to get away but i got a little to confident and had a bad spin onto the grass. Some of the driving skills of the other cars there left a little to be desired i.e the the guy in the TR7 who WOULD NOT let me or edd past.

It was edds first track day and in a car we had just built so he really was enjoying it. LOL at his molten hot manifold and system!

Was really good to gauge our own cars against others, my bigest grin of the day was when i flashed the yellow GT porsche out of the way, not once but 5 times :lol:

Neil, me and the guy in the pug were having so much fun. There was nothing in it between us though mine had a little more on the straights and he had more on the bends. We kept taking it in turns to leed and try each others lines, he really was a top guy, along with many other drivers there that gave us alot of respect.

Benji, i was only joking about going again :lol: Think i need to give the car a rest for awhile mate :wink: I tell you what i am going to have to get busy on my escort because the nova isnt going to look so mint if i keep this up, the front end is covered in stone chips after yesturday! Oh well all in the name of fun.

Karl

dan_mk1

13-12-04, 01:48 PM

Sounds like a good day lads, benji get them vids up!
LOL @ scott being overtaken by benji! Have it boy!

scott.parker

13-12-04, 07:14 PM

Sounds like a good day lads, benji get them vids up!
LOL @ scott being overtaken by benji! Have it boy!

LOL well it was more a case of me letting him through,i pulled of the line as he had more speed coming out of the bends,if i didnt i could see him hitting me (mad ass driver) :lol: ask chris he was in with me..and lets face it if i wanted to drive like the TR7 owner or the audi tt driver,then i would have just kept getting in his way,as i lost him on the straights every time.

scott

karl Rowntree

13-12-04, 08:41 PM

come on scott just admit it, the 8v had ya :lol:

scott.parker

13-12-04, 09:34 PM

Humm we shell see what happens once the front coilover bodys go on,i take it benji will be going to most if not all pvg evets,come on karl that guy in the sri turbo astra said to me,god mate yours is well fast what you done to it,i said fairly standard just full system clutch and filter..

I pushed him a bit and he got the back end in the mud on Redgate a few times,lol i did once he was in front of me,chris was in the car with me then made us both laugh,it sild out as i toched the mud :P

scott

karl Rowntree

13-12-04, 10:45 PM

respect where respect is due scott i think is the point :wink:

I had to work my arse off to get away from benji when he came up behind me and it was only when i was hitting the high notes i started pull away from him. To be honest i probably would of had more fun driving his car, i bet its awesome round the bends and at the end of the day its a 1.4 and that deserves a pat on the back for being anywhere near us :wink:

Karl

benji

13-12-04, 10:50 PM

cheers lads. i've watched the vid of me chasing you scott, and the difference on the straights is a hell of a lot, on the road i wouldn't get near you. the same applies to the astra turbo, on the corner's he was holding me up, but come to a straight and i was left behind. i think it's my tendancy to brake later than is phisicaly possible that keep's me on the pace

karl Rowntree

13-12-04, 11:18 PM

scott.parker

13-12-04, 11:18 PM

but i got past scott in his 2.0l 16v

haha, scott wont be happy 8)

Keith

LOL nah it was good,his car out handles mine through the coners,100% spot on his coilovers made it fly through,and fair play to him(but i hadent done the track before)

That's what i said karl,i couldnt belive the difrence he had so much more speed through the corners then i could take through,as you know karl it's hard to keep the power on without lighting the fronts up too much,allso tomuch power i found through the croner just made more and more understeer..dont get me wrong im not dissrespecting benji's car or his driving,he's got more skill then me (as he sould he's been round more track then i ) and that car of his is spot on it was just so much quicker going into and exiting out of corners/bends..

Benji i hope you can sort them videos,would love to see them poperly mate,if you can do a copy,and your not working bring one to the mk meet,i will give you a replacement tape,etc..

scott

scott.parker

13-12-04, 11:21 PM

I think thats where your car is well suited to a track like donnington benji as there are only really 2 parts you can really get your foot fully to the floor. You had alot less weight to stop and you were probably carying less speed down the straights, combined with the weight difference around the craners etc its what makes your car so damn quick.

Alot of it is down to the type of track (is the car suited to it?) and the drivers abilitys (do they no the track)

If you do change your engine benji dont go for a 2L mate, just my opinion though mate :wink:

Yeah i dont think i would chose it again,if i had though more about it,and knew what i do now..

Funny i have now defently got the track bug...im getting some mad ideas of making a track only car..

Nova with 1.6 16v on carbs,or TB's..hehe and a nice trailor.. :lol:

Karl you seen this on pvg?

http://www.pvgevents.net/Donny/D1.JPG

lol nice foot pump mate :wink: :lol:

scott

karl Rowntree

13-12-04, 11:30 PM

:wink: I wasnt having a dig scott, it just sounded as though you were making a few excuses along the way. Trust me, fitting your front shocks will probably make no difference to the way the car would go round donnington, its just the characteristics of a 2L nova. In my opinion you have a good set up now with just the rear sorted, as all i use on mine is a standard spax sport kit with coil spring 60mm rear springs. Its because the rear is so stiff that the back steps, its all about balancing the car on throttle.

Above is all just my opinion, everyone drives in there own way :wink:

Karl

karl Rowntree

13-12-04, 11:33 PM

Damn you found the photo of me, i look good dont i :lol: :oops:

Thats what you look like after an hours sleep :lol:

Cheers scott

Karl

scott.parker

13-12-04, 11:37 PM

No i know you wernt mate,i was making some excuses,some with good reason to. :D

Im sure the more tracks i do the more im going to learn about my car,and how far i can push it,and as i just put,im so tempted to spend more on just a car for track only.. :P

Did anyone get any pics of my car,or me going round the track?? the only one i have seen is this one that matt took..

http://www.pvgevents.net/Donny/D2.JPG

Bird poo and all.. :lol:

scott

benji

14-12-04, 07:53 AM

i got a vid of you, but your only on it for half of it :wink: i'll sort out the vid's for mk. i should be there even if i am on call.

karl, i'll be sticking with the 1.4 although next on the list is a diff and slicks

MARTIN KELSON

14-12-04, 08:37 AM

Hi all,
Sounds like Donnington park was top day had by all. Never driven around the place but been loads of times.
Mate of mine building a track car so going to get my arse in gear and join you more next year thats ok?
Well done all and have a good christmas everybody.
Cheers

karl Rowntree

14-12-04, 11:51 AM

Nice one benji, a set off slicks once up to temp will knock a hell of alot off your time.

Hi martin, i think we have quite a few track days coming up next year with the club so should be a great year. Your car would be perfect for donnington, ideal set up in my opinion.

Karl

OllyTB

14-12-04, 05:57 PM

http://www.mintylamb.co.uk/temp/migcut.wmv
heres the vid of a few people who were there, sorry for the poor quality,
this is from in my mk1 astra as mentioned by Karl

Dar

14-12-04, 06:26 PM

Just watched the Vid. Nice one :twisted:
The car sounds loooverly!

OllyTB

14-12-04, 06:37 PM

cheers matey

scott.parker

14-12-04, 06:51 PM

lol i remeber you saying the camrer kept spinning on the mount..still looks ok though,love the bit wher you over take me justaffter starkeys bridge,you can see my car from side on :P

Grate bit when benji locks up just into old hairpin bend,lol.. and then you catch me up again at the end..

Godd video mate,and love your astra,think mk 1s are so much nicer then anyother astra..lovely sound them tb's make too.

scott

Dar

14-12-04, 06:54 PM

Its got me watching all my in car footage of the trackdays I did this year.

I must make the effort to get my lazy butt to that track next year, it looks great to drive.

scott.parker

14-12-04, 06:58 PM

Its got me watching all my in car footage of the trackdays I did this year.

I must make the effort to get my lazy butt to that track next year, it looks great to drive.
It was my second really full track,and first full day out on track,and i loved it loads,think it has to go down so far as my best car related memorry.. :D

scott

OllyTB

15-12-04, 08:46 PM

benji

15-12-04, 08:55 PM

i see what you meen about the camera spinning. i'm still trying to sort my vid's out.

scott.parker

15-12-04, 08:57 PM

cheers scott, glad you enjoyed it even if it was a bit big and poor quality,
Thanks for the comments about the car, you need to get the breather modified on yours though lol or more people will be sailing through the chicane admiring the smoke lol,

Funny i was going to do the mod to the iner rocker cover(there was a feature in total vauxhall that showed you) they showd how to mod it to stop oil over spilling when connering hard,well when i was doing mods to the car i though,hu i wont ever need that,when will i be useing the car that hard,lol..

scott