Knockhill - 12th Aug
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Ricardo
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ORIGINAL: Mike58
Nice shots Stuart you have captured the speed of the cars nicely.
Don't think the Ferraris would have troubled your panning skills !
First time I've attended the Porsche day without driving , our cars looked great on track ( the red Fs sounded good)
Nice sideways action Ricardo
cheers Mike _ like to give the crowd VFM & of course the spins were planned[]
Mike
kitchens
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A good day,well the morning was lots of action both on and off the track[] There was a good display of Porsches in the paddock,just a pity they where limited to the morning session .I stayed for the afternoon session but left after the first 10 mins most dissapointing we all know that there are some Feza owners in the forum and can push there cars hard round KH but the ones I say where doing parade laps showing off the metal to the punters,it would have been far better to have ran it as in years past,,perhaps the Porsche owners can contact the powers that be and see if they can get it back to the way it always was .
] There was a good display of Porsches in the paddock,just a pity they where limited to the morning session .I stayed for the afternoon session but left after the first 10 mins most dissapointing we all know that there are some Feza owners in the forum and can push there cars hard round KH but the ones I say where doing parade laps showing off the metal to the punters,it would have been far better to have ran it as in years past,,perhaps the Porsche owners can contact the powers that be and see if they can get it back to the way it always was .
I only made it to Knockhill in the afternoon and so missed the seeing the Porsches. What was the deal taking your car onto the track? Do you just pay or do you need training etc. before being let loose?
I'm pretty tempted to have a shot in mine but no idea how you go about it.
Cheers
Rob
I'm pretty tempted to have a shot in mine but no idea how you go about it.
Cheers
Rob
GreigM
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you just give em the money and on you go - there's no "qualification" as such...
...however I would strongly recommend phoning knockhill and going on their "track day school" as your first outing - I did this and while it doesn't necessarily make you quick (although tuition on your first time out is a good place to start), it does make you safe and understand how to behave around the other cars - a very very good starting point and is the best thing you can do to protect your pride and joy. There were a couple of cars there on saturday that because they didn't know what do to with the other cars on track made slow situations dangerous. Once you know what the other cars are going to do it is not a problem to pass or be passed very safely and helps ensure everyone goes home happy. Fortunately at most trackdays car to car contact is a very very rare thing - people only go home crying due to their own mistakes, so how safe your car is would be entirely up to you.
If you are thinking about it and want to experience how it feels from the passenger seat then give me a shout and I'll arrange for someone to give you a few passenger laps the next time there is a track day. Helps to show that its not as dangerous as people would have you imagine.
Greig - cheers for that.
I've seen track sessions listed on this site before, there was one last Thursday from 6-8 but I had no idea it was a case of show and pay.
I'll keep and eye out for the next one and hopefully see you there.
I've don't know what the old thing will be like on the track - should be an experience though.
Looking at the Porsche's on Saturday - from what I saw mine was the oldest by quite a bit which surprised me.
I've seen track sessions listed on this site before, there was one last Thursday from 6-8 but I had no idea it was a case of show and pay.
I'll keep and eye out for the next one and hopefully see you there.
I've don't know what the old thing will be like on the track - should be an experience though.
Looking at the Porsche's on Saturday - from what I saw mine was the oldest by quite a bit which surprised me.
Next night has been posted on the scottish forum.
Please ( as an owner of an older car myself) make sure you have race spec fluid and good brake pads, you will be one of the few cars there without ABS and severe brake fade and no ABS is truly brown trousers... as me how I know.... Make sure you keep an eye on your tyre pressures also , the will rocket up and need adjusted to optimise the feel of the car.
Your car will age 10 years on one track night .
Take a passenger ride before you go out and learn the lines, it is important..
All the best. Mike
Please ( as an owner of an older car myself) make sure you have race spec fluid and good brake pads, you will be one of the few cars there without ABS and severe brake fade and no ABS is truly brown trousers... as me how I know.... Make sure you keep an eye on your tyre pressures also , the will rocket up and need adjusted to optimise the feel of the car.
Your car will age 10 years on one track night .
Take a passenger ride before you go out and learn the lines, it is important..
All the best. Mike
pish !
it was in fact the pther way around,,, porker boys didnt want the red cars on track with them,,,,,,,, seemingly,,,, there was a specific complaint about a certain porsche driver bullying other drivers to the extent of pushing cars into gravel,,, but i promised not to tell,,,,,,,,,,,
ps,,,, griegs 993 turbo is fekin fast as french connection uk
it was in fact the pther way around,,, porker boys didnt want the red cars on track with them,,,,,,,, seemingly,,,, there was a specific complaint about a certain porsche driver bullying other drivers to the extent of pushing cars into gravel,,, but i promised not to tell,,,,,,,,,,,
ps,,,, griegs 993 turbo is fekin fast as french connection uk
Mike - I'm booked in for Knockhill week on Friday with the Scottish Alfa Romeo owners club. Basically sounds like the same setup - track is booked from 7-9pm.
As for the brakes, the discs/pads have covered approx 2k miles since fitting, discs were uprated drilled but concern is the pads. I cannot remember what I fitted but I've a feeling there were Pagids but no idea if sports or fast road. Looking on the internet tonight, I found front and back EBC reds for approx £80.
I'm pretty tempted to just take my time next week, cover a few laps then pull in it see whats happening.
If things are getting hot then fit uprated pads for the next session.
Pretty tempted to drive up this Thursday just to see whats happening also.
Hi Robb
The brake fluid is more important than the pad compound, normal fluid will boil up very quickly around K'Hill.
Worst you can do with the pads is wear or glaze them, no big deal, .. pedal to the floor with boiled fluid .. big big deal.
Recommended fluids are AP racing fluid , Castrol SRF ( v expensive) Motul and Redline. Go for the highest wet boiling point you can afford ( SRF is 500 degF wet )
Good idea to go to the Alfa day as a tester , check your tyre press after 2-3 fastish laps and reduce them down to your normal road pressures, the car will handle better.
Remember to pump them up again at the end when they have cooled down a bit.
all the best, mike
PS Watch out for the resident K'Hill bully in a white car , his aggresive driving style is becoming the stuff of legend , attached is a pic of what he did to a poor wee Mazda ( big bully in the background )
The brake fluid is more important than the pad compound, normal fluid will boil up very quickly around K'Hill.
Worst you can do with the pads is wear or glaze them, no big deal, .. pedal to the floor with boiled fluid .. big big deal.
Recommended fluids are AP racing fluid , Castrol SRF ( v expensive) Motul and Redline. Go for the highest wet boiling point you can afford ( SRF is 500 degF wet )
Good idea to go to the Alfa day as a tester , check your tyre press after 2-3 fastish laps and reduce them down to your normal road pressures, the car will handle better.
Remember to pump them up again at the end when they have cooled down a bit.
all the best, mike
PS Watch out for the resident K'Hill bully in a white car , his aggresive driving style is becoming the stuff of legend , attached is a pic of what he did to a poor wee Mazda ( big bully in the background )
Ordered 2 litres of ATE Super Blue Racing Fluid today - hopefully get system fully bleeded over the weekend and see what happens from there.
Local motor factor can supple EBC Red pads for a pretty reasonable price but I've no idea how these perform compaired to the Pagid pads.
Local motor factor can supple EBC Red pads for a pretty reasonable price but I've no idea how these perform compaired to the Pagid pads.
i heard his skill of carrying speed through corners saved brake over heating issues,,
i heard that when your brakes boil,, you just use the car in front as a buffer to stop,, ala Mazda picture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
see ya soon gordy,, enjoy fri,,, cant make it,,,, away for weekend,,,,,,,,,
scottie
i heard that when your brakes boil,, you just use the car in front as a buffer to stop,, ala Mazda picture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
see ya soon gordy,, enjoy fri,,, cant make it,,,, away for weekend,,,,,,,,,
scottie
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