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Good start to the new year
- TomK
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Good start to the new year
Albeit for a slightly sad cause we all had a great day today at
silverstone. Murky, slippery, fun conditions!
If only every crappy saturday could be spent doing this..!
Great fun, good to see Fishy Dave and his E30 race car, sadly no M with him, but he managed to get pretty sideways anyway!
Did I mention it was slippery
Happy new year all
silverstone. Murky, slippery, fun conditions!
If only every crappy saturday could be spent doing this..!
Great fun, good to see Fishy Dave and his E30 race car, sadly no M with him, but he managed to get pretty sideways anyway!
Did I mention it was slippery
Happy new year all
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Good start to the new year
I can think of nothing better to do on a gloomy day-looked like a lot of fun!
On a side note, how does the SS race exhaust stack up against the airbox in terms of volume? Always hard to tell from videos.
On a side note, how does the SS race exhaust stack up against the airbox in terms of volume? Always hard to tell from videos.
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Good start to the new year
Probably the best trackday I've done in a long time. It's really fun having no grip I've rememberedbeanie wrote:I can think of nothing better to do on a gloomy day-looked like a lot of fun!
On a side note, how does the SS race exhaust stack up against the airbox in terms of volume? Always hard to tell from videos.
The SS & CSL combo is a tricky one. Part of me hates the SS, it's obnoxious to say the least, and I definitely loose the purity of the CSL induction sound. That's what I miss most about it, it covers the real bellow of the induction from low revs. At high rpm it does sound fantastic though in the car, and in effect balances the rather iloud induction noise from the csl box.
I often think about putting the stock exhausts back on, since I don't need to use the car in town much the SS will stay for the moment.
If you asked me which noise I could choose between the two, it would 100% be the CSL box.
That vid probably sounds more exhaust as the mic is located fairly back in the cabin.
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Good start to the new year
Thanks! That wasn't the case all the timebuzyg wrote:Slip sliding away. Well held Sir
sure dave will be along soon with the evidence!
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Good start to the new year
I thought it sounded a little raspier than I'd expected, in fact, if I didn't already know you had an airbox I wouldn't have known it from the video! Anything that gives an airbox a run for its money volume-wise must be pretty damn loud
I've toyed with the idea of an exhaust for mine but I'm not sure I could live with the constant noise as you can't really drive around it on these cars. At least an airbox gives you half an option....well, kind of!
I've toyed with the idea of an exhaust for mine but I'm not sure I could live with the constant noise as you can't really drive around it on these cars. At least an airbox gives you half an option....well, kind of!
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Good start to the new year
yes, there's no getting away from the fact that having a 'race' exhaust is on the whole embarrassing. The CSL box does allow you to sound completely stock, at low throttle input
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nice - I noticed your anglesey vid, how'd you go about getting time on there? Would love to go and run around that track, looks epic.
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- TomK
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Yes it's a great track, get yourself down there. Worth the journey with some nice roads and scenery close by.jimmybell wrote:nice - I noticed your anglesey vid, how'd you go about getting time on there? Would love to go and run around that track, looks epic.
Both times I've been there I went with Javelin, though I'm sure there are some other TDOs who use that track.
http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/track ... ry&path=69
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Good start to the new year
buzyg wrote:Slip sliding away. Well held Sir
Nice driving!
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Looks like so much of fun... well driven sir
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Oh yes Although once again the camera is vibrating like crazy which is really annoying. i have ordered a new phone mount today as i want to stick with using my phone with the lap time overlay. I think I won the spinning contest with just the one versus your two, although having you on board at the time perhaps counts double!TomK wrote:Thanks! That wasn't the case all the timebuzyg wrote:Slip sliding away. Well held Sir
sure dave will be along soon with the evidence!
I'll get some video posted in the next couple of days before I leave for Autosport. A very enjoyable day overall.
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And I thought Torvill and Dean had retired.Fishy Dave wrote:Oh yes Although once again the camera is vibrating like crazy which is really annoying. i have ordered a new phone mount today as i want to stick with using my phone with the lap time overlay. I think I won the spinning contest with just the one versus your two, although having you on board at the time perhaps counts double!TomK wrote:Thanks! That wasn't the case all the timebuzyg wrote:Slip sliding away. Well held Sir
sure dave will be along soon with the evidence!
I'll get some video posted in the next couple of days before I leave for Autosport. A very enjoyable day overall.
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Good start to the new year
I've finally put together the clips, mostly sliding around as usual. Good fun against Tom, with a lack of power and use of the wet lines resulting in a pretty close contest.
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Good start to the new year
Looks like you had a great time
I was back in the UK for the first few weeks of the year, I'd have joined you guys if I'd known there was a track day happening at Silverstone...
I was back in the UK for the first few weeks of the year, I'd have joined you guys if I'd known there was a track day happening at Silverstone...
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