North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

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North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Marcus_uk » Tue 17.11.2009, 13:28

Ive just signed up for the LoT activity day at North Weald for this Friday, Its only £25 and the weather looks ok:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... day=Friday

Would be good to get another Elan along, you know you want Friday off work!

http://www.lotus-on-track.com/lotshop/i ... cts_id=460

Has anyone been before?
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Dave Eds » Tue 17.11.2009, 14:46

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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Monty » Tue 17.11.2009, 19:40

Love to do a North Weald day but it`s a long way for us northerners and suprised your going down, although i`ve heard it`s a great day
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Marcus_uk » Tue 17.11.2009, 20:20

I'm down in Ipswich that weekend anyway... so I just made it a longer one :D
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Rice crispy » Tue 24.11.2009, 15:19

Marcus_uk was the day any good ? I'm thinking of doing the December one (not sure about the weather)

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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Marcus_uk » Tue 24.11.2009, 16:18

Yes it was a great especially for the £25. There was only about 12-15 cars when i went so the organisers arranged one large track instead of two smaller ones but there was still a decent amount of track time. Half the fun is going for a ride in other proples car anyway.

It rained a little in the am, but held off in the PM. I actually prefered it a little damp, as it meant i could get used the car at lower speeds, plus it was easier on the tyres.

I might join you on the 12th... I had that much fun. Last time I waited to get a 5 day weather forcast before I booked my place so ill probably do the same again.
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Rice crispy » Tue 24.11.2009, 18:05

Marcus_uk, thanks will wait on the weather as well I think, don't fancy swimming round instead :lol:

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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Marcus_uk » Wed 25.11.2009, 00:29

Here are a few photos of the day

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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Rice crispy » Wed 25.11.2009, 23:25

looks fun :D they still have 8 places so will keep an eye out

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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby tonny006 » Fri 27.11.2009, 23:15

Hi Marcus,
I can see why you were looking at your suspension.
It looks as crap as mine was.
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Marcus_uk » Fri 27.11.2009, 23:56

This is after I replaced the rear shocks with pro techs!

The car handled really well, much better than before, took me by surprise to be honest as ive heard they can be a bit of handful in the wet. Im doing 80+mph in the photo with the body roll, and the slide was down me not being brave enough and keeping my foot in... i got it right next time round though.

Kept up with... an beat some of the vx220 and elise guys... i didnt however come close to the times of the guy who was on a test drive of an Evora !! ;-)
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby tonny006 » Sat 28.11.2009, 10:26

You can see from the photo that the back end is too soft.
I've done 3 trackdays in my car and was really happy with the handling untill it is put into extreme conditions and found the rear springs compress too much,like yours in the photo.
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I have fitted some uprated springs on mine and am testing it at Mallory Park next weekend.
Marcus_uk wrote:This is after I replaced the rear shocks with pro techs!

The car handled really well, much better than before, took me by surprise to be honest as ive heard they can be a bit of handful in the wet. Im doing 80+mph in the photo with the body roll, and the slide was down me not being brave enough and keeping my foot in... i got it right next time round though.

Kept up with... an beat some of the vx220 and elise guys... i didnt however come close to the times of the guy who was on a test drive of an Evora !! ;-)
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Marcus_uk » Sat 28.11.2009, 11:48

I'm happy with the car as it is, and cant say I thought the rear end was too soft (its set a little lower than stock). If anything I need to get some better rear tyres to keep up with the fronts.

Let me know how you get on with the stiffer rear springs, i use my car everyday so dont really want to stiffen it up anymore than it is already.

What tyres are you using btw?
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby tonny006 » Sat 28.11.2009, 16:46

The car feels much the same on the road and is not too harsh.I will let you know what i think of them on the track.
I've got spare wheels with Hankook RS2 track tyres,They are much better than standard road rubber.
I am thinking of getting some 17" wheels so i can use Toyo R888
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Let me know how you get on with the stiffer rear springs, i use my car everyday so dont really want to stiffen it up anymore than it is already.

What tyres are you using btw?
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Marcus_uk » Thu 03.12.2009, 11:13

lansledj wrote:Marcus_uk, thanks will wait on the weather as well I think, don't fancy swimming round instead :lol:

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Im not going to be able to make it this time im afraid... Its the works Xmas party that day and ive already paid! :cheers:
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Rice crispy » Wed 11.05.2011, 20:35

Ive put my name down for next Friday at North Weald :burnout: looking forward to pushing the car around, anyone else going?

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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Steve A » Wed 11.05.2011, 20:37

How Much is it ? :poke:
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Rice crispy » Wed 11.05.2011, 21:57

Steve £40 is what i paid as a member of club lotus see http://www.clublotus.co.uk/events/club- ... -days.aspx

Be good to see you there. :D give them hi-specs a good thrashing :D
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Great day :burnout: first time ive been in a car and spun at 75-80 mph :shock:. Thoroughly recommend booking this day to learn about your car in a safe enviroment.

Showed the elise's mk1 and 2 a clean pair of heels on a slalom with 2 long straights, was 2nd quickest when i left that part of the track (did a 51.46 compared to an exige 49.8 quickest elise was 3 secs behind me) so was very happy :D

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Tried to persuade me to do CC next weekend but not got the funds really :(
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Re: North Weald Activity Day 20/11/2009

Postby Steve A » Sat 21.05.2011, 12:30

:clap: well done flying the flag for the M100 :burnout:
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