been to the ring this weekend had an awesome time and some photographers got some great pics of me drifting
cool! i guess there isn`t many places that are safe to drift if your not awesome due to the crash barrier. How was the ring for normal driving?
did 2 laps in the wet and 6 in the dry was very dangerous in the wet as car was pushing on straight everywhere due to the 2 way diff in the dry was great but car was getting hot by end of lap and tyres going off
the car shat the gbox completely a few weeks ago so i got a replacement s14a one otherwise on the ring running fine made a dodgy noise when it came off one lap a tad hot-110degC sounded like crunching gears or some kind of whine-maabe from the valve timing gear??????? but this stopped. i didnt do any further laps in case i wrecked it, no problems on the way home though car defo needs better cooling, maybe some holes in bumper and if that doesnt work, a koyo rad. one big fault is the car was losing coolant from the expansion tank due to the open breather system, is there any fix for this as i was topping it up every lap. Brakes were perfect once i put ferodos on. managed a lap in the low 8s so car is quick round the track, but next time i will put some road legal slicks, rollcage and harder springs so i can stay with those rapid porsche GT3s. Karan ps gpt ureself an e30 yet?
shitty about the gearbox! i am sure with some semi slicks you could suprise a lot of stuff! cant you just swap to a different tank with a breather valve at the top? i got no car at the moment (or none worth mentioning) as i am leavin the country on the 6th.
Karan hows it going mate How much did the ring trip cost all in? Its something I'd like to do next year.
i was at the ring the weekend before you and got some cool pics from the VLN race. also managed to get some laps in a e30 318is race car. very impressive stuff. see sxoc for pics http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=245510
its 280miles from boulogne to ring, so thats just less than a full tank then 56 euros for a 4 lap package £35 breakdown cover for europe my car was using about 9 litres of fuel a lap running about .9 bar in the dry we stayed at a great hotel from where we could see a section of the nordschleife 25 euros a night ferry crossing £65 return with speedferries so not oo much really for the best weekend EVER!!! Karan
nice pic! thats true, we had a rain-line training earlier the year, its amazing how fast you can drive if u use the rain-line whats the right word for it? rain line, wet line was your hotel the "Hotel an der Nordschleife"? edit, you sied great hotel, so it must be the dorint :-) cheers Martin wich day have you been driving? 21st? 22nd? maybe i can find some more pics of ya
Ring rocks Do you have an oil cooler on the car? Can make a big difference in your temps. I also don't run water cooling to the turbo Helps keep temps down by cooling the oil seperatly.
yeh thats the right hotel! no i need an oil cooler for sure! i was driving on the 21st and 22nd, if u could find some more pics that would be great as i dont really know where to look cheers Karan
those pics are taken at "flugplatz" you can jump here this here is "adenauer forst" popular place for spectators, because loads of drivers who don´t know the ring are going straight on in this 2nd gear BLIND left hander. And some do drift here edit: and another one: you only did a couple of laps and that much pics af ya car, not bad cheers Martin
The guys over at Fast Classics say this.... If you go as a passenger, camping, it can be done on £160, for 3.5 full days lapping, so slightly less for a weekend ish. If you drive, it works out to £160 + £12 a lap + £6-8 fuel a lap. An unlimeted Jahreskarte: (Full caendar year, unlimited laps) currently reside for £524, which is a Bucking Fargain, which I will be saving hard for. If you plan to do more than 60 laps (which I have proved is quite easy in 2 trips), then go for this to save money. I'm definately going to try to go next year, all just depends on finances at the time
i will got there again this year. but i only have been 3 or 4 times this year - too much drifting-venues :-) there are a couple of trackdays aswell, "DSK" for example, you´ll pay 120 GBP for 1 Day / 1h cars - 1h bikes - 30minutes to cleans the track from bikeparts and bikerparts - 1h cars ... someone from here who wants to go to the ring again this year? its not that much traffic when weather is cold/wet cheers Martin
