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<blockquote data-quote="Stani1029" data-source="post: 795344" data-attributes="member: 3383"><p>Brakes are eventually completed, and so is the knockhill track session! couldnt have done it all without my mate Glen ☺️</p><p></p><p>Checking the weather for the days leading up to knockhill it was forecast rain that morning so i was expecting a damp but hopefully drying track as the 3 hours went on.</p><p></p><p>So with the air filter being so exposed and possibly having to drive the car in the rain i decided to plate off the front bumper, it got sprayed black but dont have photos of it and it is only a temporary measure</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]76450[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>On the morning of the trackday i checked the car over, topped up fluids, bled the brakes for a final time and filled glens boot up with tonnes of stuff ? we set off to the petrol station for some v-power and already the rain was quite heavy! With having no heating in the car the windows were steaming up and water was splashing inside as i dont exactly have all the holes plugged in the floor or in the wheel arches</p><p></p><p>I stopped by halfords for some rain-x anti-fog and was a little sceptical about it working. We decided to apply it at the track so continued on the way, the weather started to clear up on the way and it was looking positive! I signed on and we had a walk about the paddock looking at some very nice cars. About 15 before the 2pm start the rain come on and it just got very heavy for the next hour and a half. We applied the anti-fog to the driver and passenger window as it states not to apply it to plastics.</p><p></p><p>I headed out on track and i was slightly nervous not knowing what to expect, a few cars went by and i was released from the pits with the green light. First corner is duffus dip and immediately i realised watching those youtube videos means nothing, its so much steeper than expected! I completed a warmup lap and some cars were just far too close for comfort, about half way round my second lap i decided to give it a bit of beef and it was then i realised the car had some sort of hiccup ? i done a third lap just to see and the cut back when coming onto boost was just not worth trying to work through so i brought the car into the paddock in what i can only describe as torrential rain!</p><p></p><p>We all stood in a stand for maybe 20 minutes with no change to the weather so made our way to the restaurant for some brilliant chips and cheese. We watched the rain howl past the windows of the restaurant for a bit and by about 3.30pm it eventually stopped. First thing was to check water hasnt gotten into the air filter and beyond the turbo, checked at the throttle body and it was dry, checked the air filter pipe to the turbo and it was also dry. So ive put the problem down to maybe wet/damp electrics</p><p></p><p>Got back out on track and had plenty of fun, the hiccup eventually ironed itself out even with so much water being splashed up from the wet track. I recorded my laps using Harrys laptimer petrolhead edition and its such a good app, i managed 37 in total! my best being a 1:18.11 here is a video of this lap (you can see and hear the acceleration when i actually show some boost against the mini at the end) ??</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]76452[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]eS9f6GccLrw[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>I basically had no traction on the straight and corners and as you can see if i pushed slightly too hard around a corner there would be over and understeer due to the wet track. Overall i think that lap time is decent for a first timer and in those conditions, i reckon i can easily take 10 seconds off that! here is a 10 minute video of the last few laps before the session ended</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]71dzsmUvTrs[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>The brakes held up really well in the end so upgrading has certainly put my mind at ease, enough of me blabbing on now…</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]76451[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stani1029, post: 795344, member: 3383"] Brakes are eventually completed, and so is the knockhill track session! couldnt have done it all without my mate Glen ☺️ Checking the weather for the days leading up to knockhill it was forecast rain that morning so i was expecting a damp but hopefully drying track as the 3 hours went on. So with the air filter being so exposed and possibly having to drive the car in the rain i decided to plate off the front bumper, it got sprayed black but dont have photos of it and it is only a temporary measure [ATTACH type="full"]76450[/ATTACH] On the morning of the trackday i checked the car over, topped up fluids, bled the brakes for a final time and filled glens boot up with tonnes of stuff ? we set off to the petrol station for some v-power and already the rain was quite heavy! With having no heating in the car the windows were steaming up and water was splashing inside as i dont exactly have all the holes plugged in the floor or in the wheel arches I stopped by halfords for some rain-x anti-fog and was a little sceptical about it working. We decided to apply it at the track so continued on the way, the weather started to clear up on the way and it was looking positive! I signed on and we had a walk about the paddock looking at some very nice cars. About 15 before the 2pm start the rain come on and it just got very heavy for the next hour and a half. We applied the anti-fog to the driver and passenger window as it states not to apply it to plastics. I headed out on track and i was slightly nervous not knowing what to expect, a few cars went by and i was released from the pits with the green light. First corner is duffus dip and immediately i realised watching those youtube videos means nothing, its so much steeper than expected! I completed a warmup lap and some cars were just far too close for comfort, about half way round my second lap i decided to give it a bit of beef and it was then i realised the car had some sort of hiccup ? i done a third lap just to see and the cut back when coming onto boost was just not worth trying to work through so i brought the car into the paddock in what i can only describe as torrential rain! We all stood in a stand for maybe 20 minutes with no change to the weather so made our way to the restaurant for some brilliant chips and cheese. We watched the rain howl past the windows of the restaurant for a bit and by about 3.30pm it eventually stopped. First thing was to check water hasnt gotten into the air filter and beyond the turbo, checked at the throttle body and it was dry, checked the air filter pipe to the turbo and it was also dry. So ive put the problem down to maybe wet/damp electrics Got back out on track and had plenty of fun, the hiccup eventually ironed itself out even with so much water being splashed up from the wet track. I recorded my laps using Harrys laptimer petrolhead edition and its such a good app, i managed 37 in total! my best being a 1:18.11 here is a video of this lap (you can see and hear the acceleration when i actually show some boost against the mini at the end) ?? [ATTACH type="full"]76452[/ATTACH] [MEDIA=youtube]eS9f6GccLrw[/MEDIA] I basically had no traction on the straight and corners and as you can see if i pushed slightly too hard around a corner there would be over and understeer due to the wet track. Overall i think that lap time is decent for a first timer and in those conditions, i reckon i can easily take 10 seconds off that! here is a 10 minute video of the last few laps before the session ended [MEDIA=youtube]71dzsmUvTrs[/MEDIA] The brakes held up really well in the end so upgrading has certainly put my mind at ease, enough of me blabbing on now… [ATTACH type="full"]76451[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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