New track config for Puke

New track config for Puke

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renn68

Original Poster:

281 posts

223 months

Sunday 20th August 2006
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Apparently, there is a new chicane going in between the hairpin and the valley of death - to reduce speeds over the hill - and the work is about 6 weeks away.

Anybody got any other details on this?

Kiwi XTR2

2,693 posts

239 months

Sunday 20th August 2006
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Have heard nothing.

I would have thought the bigger problem is the bump on one of the wider 'drift wide' lines going over the hill. Not really sure exactly where it is but I've hit it once, quite slowly, and it's yikes destabilizing.

Esprit

6,370 posts

290 months

Sunday 20th August 2006
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Damn, well there goes my technique of just planting the boot out of the hairpin and not lifting until the esses!.... Personally I've never found the hill a problem, although not getting the line just right, can throw you into the bumps and things get a little bumpy. The trick is to keep the power on

Will be interesting to see if this is more than just a rumour.

Kiwi XTR2

2,693 posts

239 months

Sunday 20th August 2006
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Esprit said:
Damn, well there goes my technique of just planting the boot out of the hairpin and not lifting until the esses!....

Seriously !?!?!

Not even the bend off the end of the front straight?

In general terms I find Puke a bit too bumpy (for a gross amateur) which would be fine except I'm no good at remembering where they are . . . and then you take a slightly different line and there's a whole new set of bumps.

renn68

Original Poster:

281 posts

223 months

Sunday 20th August 2006
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obviously you're lacking a bit of hp

Esprit

6,370 posts

290 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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hehe yeah, it's a lack of bhp thing rather than an abundance of talent or grip

I do need a slight lift to get the car turned into castrol, but other than that I'm flat.... still entering Jennian at about 180 though h

renn68

Original Poster:

281 posts

223 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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how does it go............you only have enough power when you can lay rubber all the way from the turn on to the longest sraight, all the way to the brake point..........

GravelBen

15,914 posts

237 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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renn68 said:
how does it go............you only have enough power when you can lay rubber all the way from the turn on to the longest sraight, all the way to the brake point..........


"It will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end
of the straightaway in high gear" - Mark Donohue talking about the can-am Porsche 917.

kylie

4,391 posts

264 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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So what can spin their wheels in top gear when you plant it? Top Fuel Dragsters on non slicks?? Thats a scary thought!!

Esprit

6,370 posts

290 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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Kylie,

I seem to remember Walter Rorhl and Stig Blomvqist saying about the Audi Quattro S1 that, even on tarmac the power was now too much... whatever gear you were in, the wheels (all four) would just light up and break traction.

It's FANTASTIC in all the old group-b tarmac rally footage when you see the cars get up on boost about halfway down the straight then they start painting some really thick black lines on the road.

GravelBen

15,914 posts

237 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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hehe you just can't beat group B rallying for pure unbridled mentalism

renn68

Original Poster:

281 posts

223 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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Yeah - they've de-tuned PJ's RS200 to 450bhp for Targa

Esprit

6,370 posts

290 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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renn68 said:
Yeah - they've de-tuned PJ's RS200 to 450bhp for Targa


And at that it should be reliable... I've seen rallycross versions of those in the UK producing more than twice that evil nuts

GravelBen

15,914 posts

237 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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Like this one - Stig Blomqvist's Pikes Peak RS200 Evo



840 bhp, 920 kg - did 0-140 mph in 6.0 sec and 200 yards when testing at 80% boost!(@ 680bhp)

Not exactly slow...

www.mach2racing.com

Kiwi XTR2

2,693 posts

239 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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My mate Phil, who looks after the Westie for me, built these in the UK for Ford.
Rules? What rules?

He also tells a story about being told by a prize tcensoredt . . .

Tcensoredt "Look a RS2000 !!!"

Phil "It's a 200"

Tcensoredt "No, it's a 2 litre"

banghead rolleyes

Kiwi le

262 posts

274 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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Esprit said:
well there goes my technique of just planting the boot out of the hairpin and not lifting until the esses!....


No chance of that in the Londa......well maybe now with the new rubber ? nope to scary !!

As for the RS 2.......litre he he - one of the dream cars aaahhhhh !

GravelBen

15,914 posts

237 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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Kiwi XTR2 said:
My mate Phil, who looks after the Westie for me, built these in the UK for Ford.
Rules? What rules?

He also tells a story about being told by a prize tcensoredt . . .

Tcensoredt "Look a RS2000 !!!"

Phil "It's a 200"

Tcensoredt "No, it's a 2 litre"

banghead rolleyes


rofl A tcensoredt on more than one level - not only the obvious name thing, but they were never a 2.0 anyway ! 1.8 in the earlier ones, and 2.1 in the Evolution versions.

:takesanorakoff:

Kiwi XTR2

2,693 posts

239 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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That's not anorak stuff mate.

However, do you take a riot-shield with you to watch rallycars from the outside of bends?

Esprit

6,370 posts

290 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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Kiwi XTR2 said:
However, do you take a riot-shield with you to watch rallycars from the outside of bends?


That's what girlfriends are for..... gravel-shields

kylie

4,391 posts

264 months

Monday 21st August 2006
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Esprit said:
Kiwi XTR2 said:
However, do you take a riot-shield with you to watch rallycars from the outside of bends?


That's what girlfriends are for..... gravel-shields


hehe Your assuming your better half doesn’t drop in here much or yould be right in the dog box

It’s the new natural way of acupuncture and exfoliating don’t ya know hippy