Track day preparation

[display2u]

Hi Group,
as a complete novice to track days ,can anyone in the group give me any idea how much fuel,oil,tools to take and any other useful items. Mark

[ross.mcw]

Allen keys and a few spanners are useful, but hopefully, I'll persuade someone to drive down with me so I'll have a bunch of tools.

Cable ties, insulation tape, etc are useful.

Take a top up bottle of oil, although I doubt you'll need it - but more importantly check your oil and fluid levels before the track day.

Petrol - if you can lay your hands on the big army style jerry cans, fill em up and bring em as it'll save you hassle filling up between sessions.

A decent tyre pump and pressure gauge are handy to have as most of your useful chassis tuning will come from playing with tyre pressures in my experience.

You shouldn't have to worry too much - your engine should be fine - the usual issues are tightening things up that shake themselves loose.

Cheers, Ross.

[ross.mcw]

...oh and an OS map of the track so you can find the best line....

[display2u]

Thanks Ross,
I managed to get a Brian James trailer for £30 a day to tow mine to the track,I thought that was very reasonable,I wonder if he's got any jerry cans??
It worries me a bit when you say things work loose ! have you had any part of you car fail or fall off at a meet?
Looking forward to meeting you and bruce on the 27th,Lets hope its a dry day. Still havn't heard whether the factory is coming yet,only contact has been an email about a new cover they have developed,did u get that?
Mark

[ross.mcw]

Yeah, got that one, looks cool, but a bit pricey.

I'm sure you'll find that some random things will work loose, but don't worry too much - you just need to do a cursory check round things before going out.

It's never caused me any major problems.

Cheers, Ross.

[Bruce Fielding]

Frankly, don't worry about bringing that much, Mark. Between us and the others at the day, you'll find everything you need in terms of tools and kit... everyone's very helpful. Over time, you can make up your own set that you think will sort out most things. Jerry can full of optimax (and a funnel!) is very useful, though.

Let's start a separate thread about Ariel accessories... I'll do it right now!

[badge70]

Hi you lot,

Being pretty sad, we will turn up with a 4x4 full of tools and bits and pieces.

Anyone with the mark 2 and the sports pipes might want to be equiped with a Supertrap or the like for the SPL test, we failed at Bedford Auto and only ended up doing three laps!!!!!

Have fun and see you all there.

Julian

[display2u]

Hi Julian ,thanks for the tip although I find it worrying that you failed the noise test,where can I get a quieter exhaust from? one that preferably bolts straight on and is not going to break the bank (or the engine)
Regards Mark (ps I have a mk2)

[bruce fielding]

You don't need a whole new exhaust. Just something to silence it a bit. You can buy these purpose built, or something as simple as a metal tube full of wire wool will do the trick just as well. You just have to find a way of fixing it to the exhaust. Search this site for 'dB' or noisy track days or something like that for details.

[bruce fielding]

It's a 100dB day anyway, so you should be OK. However, if you're at all worried, check out www.actproducts.co.uk/trackdays.php They have silencers to to hire for £10 - around £50 to buy. A lot cheaper than a whole replacement system