Mx5 Mania Track Day

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:05 pm

JimmyJ5 wrote:SM, any chance of getting a copy of some of those pics? In particular im after YEW92X (red NA with black number plate) and YBG B0Y (BRG NA). Id love a copy of them. I can fix u up with the cost of cds and postage etc. Also if there are any of a blue/green XY falcon and a red Alpha that would be tops!

I have ones of both the mx5's but none of the falcon or the alpha(unless they are in the background) I'll see how many pics I have of the 5's

Sasso wrote:Awesome shots! So thats what happened. Whats coolant have to do with a broken gearbox? what happened to the poor white car?

He thought he had a broken gearbox, it turned out to be a broken heater hose that dumped all his coolant, the shots are of the coolant coming out of the white car then of Ajay locking up as he goes over it

Ajay · Postby **Ajay** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:33 pm

Some GREAT shots there mate..

thanks to everyone who came out, good too meet some of you (and get lapped by most of you) hope everyone had a ball!..

stay tuned for the next mania day.. ..SSSKKIIIDD PAAAANNNN!!!

Ajay

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:11 pm

SM wrote:
JimmyJ5 wrote:SM, any chance of getting a copy of some of those pics? In particular im after YEW92X (red NA with black number plate) and YBG B0Y (BRG NA). Id love a copy of them. I can fix u up with the cost of cds and postage etc. Also if there are any of a blue/green XY falcon and a red Alpha that would be tops!

I have ones of both the mx5's but none of the falcon or the alpha(unless they are in the background) I'll see how many pics I have of the 5's

Thanks SM, its much appreciated. Just let me know how much and ill send u some $$$.
Jimmy

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:15 pm

Sasso wrote:That red NA on page 5 looked like he wanted to do a little hill climb.

Was attemping a scandinavian flick which would hopefully see me into the next corner. Turns out the five wanted to do some landscaping instead!

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:30 pm

Sasso wrote:The best part about the new track is when you come around turn 1 (the kink) there are 2 dead straight tyre marks of someone locking up for about 20 meters that starts just when you are meant to turn and continue off the road and on the dirt. Its classic, like something marcus would do. Was that anyone from here? if so, thanks, I use the marks as a guide to my braking point now.

Now my mark has been left on Wakefield forever. Well, at least until they resurface it anyway. I'll have to keep an eye out for them next time and see whether they do help as brake markers. Obviously it didn't work the first time, but second time lucky?

Ajay wrote:stay tuned for the next mania day.. ..SSSKKIIIDD PAAAANNNN!!!

Ahh good. Have been keen for one of these to practice controlling the car sliding. With all the rain we've been getting, I've been thinking some controlled practice would be good. Perhaps I should start looking into LSD's...

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:57 pm

Sasso wrote:You've been practicing sliding uncontrollably in the rain?

Depends on what your definition of 'sliding' and 'uncontrollably' are

Nah, it's more that when it happens by accident when I'm twitching the steering a little too much instead of going smooth (when not paying attention ie in peak hour traffic just trying to get to work and still half asleep [yes, it makes it sound like I don't pay attention on the roads, but I do, really!] ), the car can flick it's back out a little bit, and although I always catch it, I'd like more practice at it so I can catch it better without having the car twitch back to straight.

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:20 am

I think i have some of the evo not the MR2 though

kula · Postby **kula** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:26 am

so whos got times!?

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:49 am

kula wrote:so whos got times!?

there was no timing, but I think sasso was doing some unoffical using his mobile

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:09 pm

kula wrote:so whos got times!?

No official timing was done, only some stopwatch work on mobile phones.
It was too hard trying to get a clear run with all the traffic and put down something meaningful. I managed to get a couple of laps into the mid to high 13s before brake problems surfaced.

The new surface is nothing like Iâ€™ve dríven on before. Itâ€™s like driving on garnet paper. The D01s that normally end up with globs of melted rubber on their surface, ended up as smooth as a babyâ€™s bum.

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:47 pm

It was a good day. It was busy on the track though, with lots of cars in each session. Like the other have said, it was hard to get a clean lap (in my case, not so much that I was overtaking slower cars, I was one of the slower cars getting out of the way of the faster guys :oops:

)

Thanks to Mania for organising

Ajay wrote:stay tuned for the next mania day.. ..SSSKKIIIDD PAAAANNNN!!!

YAY

I'm there

Let us know when its on Ajay :mrgreen:

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:54 pm

I can't see any pics of your car in Alex's photos Ian? Or am I just not paying attention?

kula · Postby **kula** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:56 pm

Did anyone time David Rs car?

how much faster is he on the new surface?

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:22 pm

marcusus wrote:I can't see any pics of your car in Alex's photos Ian? Or am I just not paying attention?

I think Alex might have been driving in the same session as I was, so he may not have been behind the camera when I was on track.

-alex · Postby **-alex** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:39 pm

idb000 wrote:
marcusus wrote:I can't see any pics of your car in Alex's photos Ian? Or am I just not paying attention?

I think Alex might have been driving in the same session as I was, so he may not have been behind the camera when I was on track.

he may still have shots, in fact he most probably does, hassel him about it