Elvington Dec 11th

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blot

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1,308 posts

244 months

Tuesday 16th November 2004
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Having got serious withdrawl symptoms of only one track day since Croft..

Taking the Ren 5 Turbo out for last of the year hoon on Sat 11th at Elvington, anyone on here going??

www.javelin-motorsport.co.uk

and only £89!!

plus 10 tyres 60litres of optimax 2 tins of fuel additive 1ltr break fluid new set of pads.......

tvrbob

11,187 posts

262 months

Tuesday 16th November 2004
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This sounds very interesting. My new wheels and tyres will be with me by then so I can afford to scrub off the last bit of flesh from my old tyres.

Folks this is open pit lane. It dosn't get any better.

Byff

4,427 posts

268 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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Argggh! Despite my saying:

"I'll only do one trackday a year for fear of breaking something"

I'm seriously tempted.

If my mate is free to come along, that'll double the pressure. If the wife finds out, I'll be in the dog house.

bilton_d

605 posts

273 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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Most track days at Elvington don't use the full straights and just have a short blast and cone the rest off. I will email them to see though. Byff if i can get down we can see which is quicker 4.2 or 4.5 from mid range and top etc. It would be good to get a side by side test

MickC

1,041 posts

265 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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I'm interested.

Elvington is one of the 'Airfield' type tracks isn't it? I've heard these can be quite hard on the tyres - anyone confirm/refute? Unlike Bob my tyres should be good for another 6K - unless wrecked by trackday, of course


TVRs round a track in the rain may be a bit

Cheers
Mick

tvrbob

11,187 posts

262 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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Mick

I've done Elvington once. Yes it's agressive on tyres and you need to have more caution because the grassed areas are not level. That said the tarmac areas are much wider than at Croft so there are only a couple of places where where grass comes into play. The track they normally lay out is small and twisty so this is more about cornering and not high speeds.

bilton_d

605 posts

273 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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They arn't using the full circuit just coned areas here is there responce

" It will be a coned circuit of approx 1.7miles in total length.
Running a circuit with 2 mile straights would see an awful lot of blown motors"

Byff

4,427 posts

268 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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If it's raining, it'll be like a skid pan day. Great fun!

You never know, there might be snow even - yey!

Shame they can't use just one of the 2 mile straights so we can have a little comparison Darren. As it is, yours will be faster round the twisties with the uprated springs/shocks.

cougersafc

539 posts

243 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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Im getting my motor back hopefully monday, its at Kent getting the engine done, will def have it back for this one, although I wont be putting it under any uneccassary stress would be good to come along for the day, where is this???

tvrbob

11,187 posts

262 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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cougersafc said:
I wont be putting it under any unnecessary stress
When the adrenalin builds up there's no way you'll be able to hold back

cougersafc said:
where is this???
Just east of York

cougersafc

539 posts

243 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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Ive had open wallet surgery this week... might have a couple of blasts you never know..

blot

Original Poster:

1,308 posts

244 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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bilton_d said:
They arn't using the full circuit just coned areas here is there responce

" It will be a coned circuit of approx 1.7miles in total length.
Running a circuit with 2 mile straights would see an awful lot of blown motors"


LOL went a couple of years ago to a TVR day there, all I can say is that the RAC salesman should have moved from outside Birchwood Services and parked half way down the main straight :-D

Done quite a few days with Bookatrack and Javelin at Elvington, always great fun due to no arnco to worry about. Can be a tyre eater if it's dry, depends how much fun you have of course!

grahamw48

9,944 posts

245 months

Wednesday 17th November 2004
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cougersafc said:
Im getting my motor back hopefully monday, its at Kent getting the engine done, will def have it back for this one, although I wont be putting it under any uneccassary stress would be good to come along for the day, where is this???



Take the Hull A1079 turnoff on the A64 York ring road.

As you exit the roundabout, turn almost immediately right (Elvington/Howden road).

Follow the road, and the airfield is a couple of miles along on the righthand side (Yorkshire Air Museum Sign).

Hmm - may go too.

froggie

896 posts

249 months

Saturday 20th November 2004
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OH AH,I WUNDER IFF I CAN BLAG A DEMONSTRATOR Z350 OR RX8 OUT OF THE DEALERS FOR "TEST DAY"
MIGHT WORK OUT CHEEPER THAN USING THE CERBY,ESPECIALY IF ITS RAIN OR SNOW,ICE WOULD BE NICE MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A BALLET!

dexy

373 posts

261 months

Saturday 20th November 2004
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i may be up for it ,got one side of the outriggers welded hopefully the other 2 morrow ,could do it 2nite buts its too cold and the kids wanna go to the pics so they win .
neil

wendyg

2,071 posts

250 months

Saturday 20th November 2004
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Checked diary, definately no go, I'm afraid. I'll be spending the day stuffing my face with great food and glugging copious amounts of falling over water. Shame