Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

A quick call to Donington confirmed I was okay to use a motorbike helmet so I picked up this RST 'Fusion 2030' too:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/398.JPG

Looks well now iain glad its been trouble free for you since the rebuild.

Me too, no breakdowns yet, just the oil burning issue to resolve but for this summer I'll keep topping it up with oil.

This is part of the reason I haven't updated my WIP recently too, new daily ride to replace the Volvo I had:

http://iainel.co.uk/BMW/IMG_3060.JPG

Better set up for drifting? lol I spy a 6 cylinder, diesel?

Diesel, pah lol 525i - 2.5L 6cyl petrol.

I've been looking at the diesel variations for tow car/daily use, don't have the spare wedge for a thirsty petrol lol

How did the track day go?

Trackday went very well indeed, the car performed great. Back end steps out lovely mid corner (even got a drift on going down craners lol) and the diff works wonders for powering out of the bends.

The guys at Circuit Days were top notch and had it all running very well.

Car had a few glitches - seemed to drop oil pressure for a second every so often when idling. On track the two biggest let downs were brakes (smelt very bad after the 2 straights after 7-8 laps) and the tyres.

With Nova Ian in the pit garage:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/399.JPG

Put myself a Novice sticker on lol

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/400.JPG

Wonky tyre wear:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/401.JPG

So I'm now pondering braking upgrades (spaced out 256 calipers and bigger disks, V6 calipers or Wilwood/AP/Compbrake setup...) and will be investing in another set of wheels and some (semi)slicks me thinks.

Oh and it used 0.5L of oil during the course of the evening session. Not great but could be worse lol

Good stuff.

My 288 setup has never let me down on track.

What brakes are you running at the mo?