DTD Trackday

Midnight_EG

6 hours, 40 laps, 140km, 1 tank of petrol...4 warped brake disks, 8 melted brake pads, 1 litre of boiled brake fluid, 3.5 litres of boiled oil and 4 scrubbed to death tyres...but you know what? It's so worth it just for the smile that stays with you all day!

Ahh motors...:pac:

Plug

Cut costs, get the disks skimmed if they are not that bad. Any pictures of the day, much of a turn out/

Midnight_EG

They're bent...no way am I skimming them?

Around 70 people including spectators I reckon...maybe more!

Brilliant day for it too

Gary ITR

Was out there myself today, the car held up well, brakes are all fine and I had track tyres on so back to road tyres tomorrow. Cracking day for it and little Midnight did well too

Plug

Any pictures lads? Or maybe on another forum?

Midnight_EG

Onkle wrote: »

Was out there myself today, the car held up well, brakes are all fine and I had track tyres on so back to road tyres tomorrow. Cracking day for it and little Midnight did well too

Thanks Onkle...still raging I didn't get a spin in your car

Still had amazing crack in the SiR...tbh it's the first time it's ever been pushed hard into any corner at all, let alone on a track!

Plug wrote: »

Any pictures lads? Or maybe on another forum?

I'm sure D4Dphotos.com will have them up soon...or else independent DTD photographers will

Can't wait to see my personalised reg plates in some pics :P

Gary ITR

Plug wrote: »

Any pictures lads? Or maybe on another forum?

There'll be some soon, Knifey_spoony has some in car video too

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Thanks Onkle...still raging I didn't get a spin in your car

Still had amazing crack in the SiR...tbh it's the first time it's ever been pushed hard into any corner at all, let alone on a track!

Ya you should have just grabbed a run with me, I took quite a few people out today

Midnight_EG

Onkle wrote: »

Ya you should have just grabbed a run with me, I took quite a few people out today

I had loads of people with me...I think I made some poor lad walk home with a puddle in his socks :P

I also think my passenger side Jesus handle is ready to fall off from being held onto so tight...along with the passenger side seat bolsters :pac:

Midnight_EG

Pics thread on DTD here. Need to be a member to view them.


Be darlings and put me as your referrer if you do sign up? :pac:

Ardennes1944

Onkle wrote: »

There'll be some soon, Knifey_spoony has some in car video too



Ya you should have just grabbed a run with me, I took quite a few people out today

what car does thou drive?

Midnight_EG

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

what car does thou drive?

Onkle drives an Integra and Knifey_Spoonie drives a Celica.


Both mint cars...and both great on the track today with their damn triple 8's ¬_¬

Ardennes1944

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Onkle drives an Integra and Knifey_Spoonie drives a Celica.


Both mint cars...and both great on the track today with their damn triple 8's ¬_¬

dc5?:D

Midnight_EG

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

dc5?:D

Better...a modified DC2

Big Nasty

This obviously isn't the 'training' thing that y'all were talkin' bout last week!:eek:

As they say, pics or GTFO!:D

Midnight_EG

MCMLXXV wrote: »

This obviously isn't the 'training' thing that y'all were talkin' bout last week!:eek:

As they say, pics or GTFO!:D

Five posts above yours


Here's my car anyways!

Big Nasty

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Five posts above yours


Here's my car anyways!

I thought you said you had to be a member to view them so didn't bother - tried now and I'm in!

Tefral

How did you manage to do so much damage? What pads and disks you running?

The worst that has happened me on a trackday is the paint on my Calipers boiled off.

Midnight_EG

cronin_j wrote: »

How did you manage to do so much damage? What pads and disks you running?

The worst that has happened me on a trackday is the paint on my Calipers boiled off.

Standard discs...the original ones...and OEM pads which were hardly going to last long anyway!


I was going fairly balls out for my own abilities to be fair...and I needed a brake setup anyways!

Big Nasty

cronin_j wrote: »

How did you manage to do so much damage? What pads and disks you running?

The worst that has happened me on a trackday is the paint on my Calipers boiled off.

You obviously weren't going fast enough!:pac::pac::pac:

Tefral

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Standard discs...the original ones...and OEM pads which were hardly going to last long anyway!


I was going fairly balls out for my own abilities to be fair...and I needed a brake setup anyways!

Ah i see now, friend of mine had his pads seize to the disk after braking off the backing. Standard motorfactor ones dont stack up. I see Japserviceparts.com do Hamp ones. I had Vttr Grandsport on mine, did 2 trackdays and a years driving before i had to change them.

Fair play, you dont know your car till you do a trackday. Its amazing how much you learn about how it handles.

Midnight_EG

cronin_j wrote: »

Ah i see now, friend of mine had his pads seize to the disk after braking off the backing. Standard motorfactor ones dont stack up. I see Japserviceparts.com do Hamp ones. I had Vttr Grandsport on mine, did 2 trackdays and a years driving before i had to change them.

Fair play, you dont know your car till you do a trackday. Its amazing how much you learn about how it handles.

I'm very very surprised at how well she handles the redline in 2nd coming around a corner :P

I'm thinking of getting Kev (32Tuning) to bring me in some PasswordJDM Track performance front and back disks

Tefral

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You obviously weren't going fast enough!:pac::pac::pac:

Maybe... ha ha heres a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa8zVEJjvuw

Midnight_EG

D4D have photos up here.

None of mine yet

Gary ITR

It's ok.. Mine is there :pac:

That quad lamp Race Spec Integra dropped it's oil all over the track, I nearly cried, I love that car

Midnight_EG

Onkle wrote: »

It's ok.. Mine is there :pac:

That quad lamp Race Spec Integra dropped it's oil all over the track, I nearly cried, I love that car

That TG Engineering Civic nearly took me out at 140kph...literally missed me by about a foot before the chicane :mad:

That pic of the 96 spec and two 98 spec Tegs is brilliant!

Midnight_EG

Anddddd my car is now up


About 5 photos of it so far...woo :P


And yes...my reg plate DOES say Midnight_EG! :pac:

Gary ITR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFuG04oflTM

Midnight_EG

That looked awful slow...VTAK not kick in, yo?




I joke :pac:

Midnight_EG

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Knifey_Spoonie drives a Celica.

Is that the silver one in the pics?
Half thinking of buying one of them again.

Midnight_EG

RoverJames wrote: »

Is that the silver one in the pics?
Half thinking of buying one of them again.

Bright yellow :P

Midnight_EG

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Balls I would have dropped down for a few laps if I had known it was on.

I was sitting in the briefing wondering if you were there :P

iphone4g

What's the story with doing one of these trackdays,can you use any car I like to see what my one would be like?

Midnight_EG

iphone4g wrote: »

What's the story with doing one of these trackdays,can you use any car I like to see what my one would be like?

Depends if it's a private or a public trackday...todays one was private.


What car do you own? And yes, you can use any car.

iphone4g

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Depends if it's a private or a public trackday...todays one was private.


What car do you own? And yes, you can use any car.

How do you get to go on a private one?

The car is an Opel manta, 2.0 turbo calibra engine 290/300bhp

Midnight_EG

iphone4g wrote: »

How do you get to go on a private one?

The car is an Opel manta, 2.0 turbo calibra engine 290/300bhp

Join car owners clubs and websites...organise a trackday...

iphone4g

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Join car owners clubs and websites...organise a trackday...

Thanks,what the cost and amount of cars allowed per day?

iphone4g

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I`d advise doing a few before organising one, you would be surprised how hard it is to tie 20-25 people down to one date! Check the Mondello website for the next public track day.

I will check that out,thanks.would be nice to drive it hard again

Conor_M1990

iphone4g wrote: »

How do you get to go on a private one?

The car is an Opel manta, 2.0 turbo calibra engine 290/3000bhp

most be one ****in quick manta so

iphone4g

Conor_M1990 wrote: »

most be one ****in quick manta so

Fixed that,would be nice all the same:D

Gary ITR

I promise I'll wash my car before the next track day. Pic with thanks to Anto at http://www.d4dphotos.com

We were advised at the start of the day to block our own reg plates, turns out insurance companies are getting arsey about claims against cars that have been used on track. I'm telling ya it's getting harder and harder to have fun in this country. No wonder people are emigrating in their thousands

Was just looking at pics of that on d4d.com

JimmyCrackCorn

Me trying to get out of the way

Eoin

iphone4g wrote: »

How do you get to go on a private one?

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Join car owners clubs and websites...organise a trackday...

I've cleared this with the mods:

I helped this guy out with his website a while ago: www.trackday.ie - he organises track days in Mondello (and might expand to other tracks as well).

I don't gain anything by plugging his site at all - just thought it might be of use to people looking to go along to an organised track day.

Gary ITR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Sure thats just dust from the gravel trap at turn 1

My car had no off's yesterday ya cheeky fecker! There was a Civic in there on the 3rd lap though :pac:

Midnight_EG

Not me, before anyone asks :P

No offs either!

Midnight_EG

I was pushing her on seriously hard alright!