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07 August 2010, 08:49 PM
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Trout at Ten of the Best
Went along to the practice day today for some sprint experience. The top car today gets a free entry for tomorrow as an invited car. Running standard road geometry, Pilot Sport Cup tyres for the first time (Geez they are scarily free of grip when they are cold!).
Nice and clean ready to go
Stickered up and ready to run.
Results at the end of the day.
Beaten by one car - a pro-tuner stripped out special Evo with over 700bhp. The car that was third (over 500bhp) did nearly catch me at the very end of the day with 41.74s. Absolute top day out and great experience wet and dry. Excellent value for £40.
The next sprint days are August 22nd and September 12th.
Back again tomorrow as I qualified as an invite car!
Nice and clean ready to go
Stickered up and ready to run.
Results at the end of the day.
Beaten by one car - a pro-tuner stripped out special Evo with over 700bhp. The car that was third (over 500bhp) did nearly catch me at the very end of the day with 41.74s. Absolute top day out and great experience wet and dry. Excellent value for £40.
The next sprint days are August 22nd and September 12th.
Back again tomorrow as I qualified as an invite car!
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even beat John Felstead who is a driving god 
08 August 2010, 11:34 PM
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Totally standard GT3 with road geometry. As standard these run 381bhp and 284 lb ft.
Never had mine dynoed although these numbers seem reasonable.
Never had mine dynoed although these numbers seem reasonable.
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09 August 2010, 12:05 PM
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I wonder what the cost involved in getting an EVO or scoob to do thaose times compares to a cost of buying a second hand GT3 with some sticky tyres? Bearing mind the running costs of the GT3 might be cheaper (less likely to blow up or or munch its gearbox ).
That Talbot Sunbeam posted an impressive time
).That Talbot Sunbeam posted an impressive time
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09 August 2010, 12:06 PM
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On Sunday I made a mistake of doing all my runs first thing as in previous years the queues for handling were horrendous after lunch.
The track was 1-2s faster in the afternoon as the dust had been cleared off and there was a nice layer of rubber that had been left by the Evos and Jonny Milner in his Celica. Also the corners tend to get 'smoothed' off as cones are knocked out and not quite returned! I might have even broken into the 39s.
Ah well - lesson learned. Back next year
The track was 1-2s faster in the afternoon as the dust had been cleared off and there was a nice layer of rubber that had been left by the Evos and Jonny Milner in his Celica. Also the corners tend to get 'smoothed' off as cones are knocked out and not quite returned! I might have even broken into the 39s.
Ah well - lesson learned. Back next year
09 August 2010, 12:06 PM
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The Talbot Sunbeam was awesome.
On Sunday I was interviewed by the 'telly' and they asked me why I would bring such an expensive car to TOTB!! I was thinking that cars like the Banana have probably had more spent on the engine and box alone compared to a relatively 'old' 911.
On Sunday I was interviewed by the 'telly' and they asked me why I would bring such an expensive car to TOTB!! I was thinking that cars like the Banana have probably had more spent on the engine and box alone compared to a relatively 'old' 911.
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09 August 2010, 01:29 PM
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It was a typo. You know fine well the car is standard. 
Cups were very good when they were warm. Pilot Sports probably better cold.
Once the Cups were hot the grip was fabulous, easier to hold in a slight drift without the backend getting lairy.
As it was hard to get the tyres hot on the Sunday it would have been good to have even softer tyres. When Andy Forrest changed tyres to super softs for the afternoon he was immediately 2 secs faster. At least half of this was tyres.
The Evos run very soft tyres.
Cups were very good when they were warm. Pilot Sports probably better cold.
Once the Cups were hot the grip was fabulous, easier to hold in a slight drift without the backend getting lairy.
As it was hard to get the tyres hot on the Sunday it would have been good to have even softer tyres. When Andy Forrest changed tyres to super softs for the afternoon he was immediately 2 secs faster. At least half of this was tyres.
The Evos run very soft tyres.
09 August 2010, 04:08 PM
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Good God man!! It is a GT3.
The only electronic aids it has are air con and the radio.
Six speed manual box, no electronic aids, no traction control, pure RWD bliss!
The only electronic aids it has are air con and the radio.
Six speed manual box, no electronic aids, no traction control, pure RWD bliss!
09 August 2010, 05:32 PM
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Well done Trouty me old mucka! 
Showed those Japs a thing or two
Shame I forgot all about it....
Anyway, you'd be way faster than me in mine - even with a near 100 bhp deficit.
The turbo's just aren't made for the track what with the weighty 4wd (and the driving non-God that pilots mine
)... and the crappy Pirellis I've just had fitted.
Showed those Japs a thing or two
Shame I forgot all about it....
Anyway, you'd be way faster than me in mine - even with a near 100 bhp deficit.
The turbo's just aren't made for the track what with the weighty 4wd (and the driving non-God that pilots mine
)... and the crappy Pirellis I've just had fitted.
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