Hampton Downs - The Countdown

[Kiwi XTR2]

Starting to look like a real track now. If you squint hard enough.

From 11/2/2008

[Esprit]

• salivates*

going to kick some pretty serious arse I reckon this time next year we'll be trackdaying at the place

[Kylie]

Those Esses look mean, I can see my rear hanging out on each and every single one of them Time to add LSD me thinks

[Esprit]

Kylie said:

Those Esses look mean, I can see my rear hanging out on each and every single one of them Time to add LSD me thinks

You need to get Memphis a new plate. One of the following would suffice:

D1 LTS
D1 350



And nah, don't bother with an LSD, just weld it up the spider gears, should be sweet bro!

Skidz on!

[GravelBen]

Good too see it coming along. Should be similar happenings down here before too long, we're working on the LT survey for the 'Motorsport Park' here. Haven't seen or heard anything much about the design side of things yet though.

[Kylie]

Esprit said:

Kylie said:

Those Esses look mean, I can see my rear hanging out on each and every single one of them Time to add LSD me thinks

You need to get Memphis a new plate. One of the following would suffice:

D1 LTS
D1 350



And nah, don't bother with an LSD, just weld it up the spider gears, should be sweet bro!

Skidz on!

um whats D1 for...?? Its a Monday ok

[Esprit]

Kylie said:

um whats D1 for...?? Its a Monday ok

D1 is kind of like the top-level competition for drifters... kinda like K1 is to kickboxing I guess "D1" is often used as an acronym for drifting.

[Kylie]

You have felt where the handbrake is and you know its NOT going to happen. The car is safe from the "D" crowd

[GravelBen]

Kylie said:

You have felt where the handbrake is and you know its NOT going to happen. The car is safe from the "D" crowd

Just slam it down a gear or 2 under brakes without H&T thst should have a similar effect in a mid-engined car

[Kiwi XTR2]

GravelBen said:

Kylie said:

You have felt where the handbrake is and you know its NOT going to happen. The car is safe from the "D" crowd

Just slam it down a gear or 2 under brakes without H&T thst should have a similar effect in a mid-engined car

Or as I discovered, just adjust the brake bias to 100% rear

[GravelBen]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

GravelBen said:

Kylie said:

You have felt where the handbrake is and you know its NOT going to happen. The car is safe from the "D" crowd

Just slam it down a gear or 2 under brakes without H&T thst should have a similar effect in a mid-engined car

Or as I discovered, just adjust the brake bias to 100% rear

Show-off

Is it easy to adjust while driving or do you have to stop to tweak it?

[Esprit]

GravelBen said:

Is it easy to adjust while driving or do you have to stop to tweak it?

It's on-the-fly adjustable but sometimes adjusts itself (usually badly!)

[GravelBen]

My brake bias is on-the-fly adjustable as well. I have this lever beside the gear lever which I can pull up to temporarily move the brake bias to the rear

[Esprit]

GravelBen said:

My brake bias is on-the-fly adjustable as well. I have this lever beside the gear lever which I can pull up to temporarily move the brake bias to the rear

GLOL!

The one time I drove Graham's car its bias was self-adjusting.... it adjusted itself between real braking and imaginary braking!

[Kiwi XTR2]

Esprit said:

GravelBen said:

My brake bias is on-the-fly adjustable as well. I have this lever beside the gear lever which I can pull up to temporarily move the brake bias to the rear

GLOL!

The one time I drove Graham's car its bias was self-adjusting.... it adjusted itself between real braking and imaginary braking!

The Westie knows who its Daddy is and tries to kill any pretenders.

[GravelBen]

Is imaginary braking when you think "I'd really like to stop about now" ?

[Esprit]

GravelBen said:

Is imaginary braking when you think "I'd really like to stop about now" ?

With the voice of Obi Wan "(Gravel)Ben" Kenobi in my head saying "use the force George.

[GravelBen]

If you were racing in GT3 cup it could be 'use the Porsche'



Quite looking forward to getting on a track at some stage now that I have a car more suited to it. The fun/$ ratio really must be almost unbeatable.

Edited by GravelBen on Tuesday 26th February 01:39

[Esprit]

GravelBen said:

If you were racing in GT3 cup it could be 'use the Porsche'



Quite looking forward to getting on a track at some stage now that I have a car more suited to it. The fun/$ ratio really must be almost unbeatable.

Edited by GravelBen on Tuesday 26th February 01:39

I've always said, at the (large number of) trackdays I've been to, the guys with the biggest smiles are always those driving MX5s and MR2s. To be able to have that much fun for that little outlay is very cool.

[Kiwi XTR2]

GravelBen said:

Quite looking forward to getting on a track at some stage now that I have a car more suited to it. The fun/$ ratio really must be almost unbeatable.

These guys do a good trackday PlayDay On Track

They're doing Ruapuna for $80 on Saturday 26th April





and stop spamming up my Hampton Downs thread !!!