What Track Days are you doing in 2009?

[trig]

dapinky is this your Dolly the blue one I've seen speeding around combe?
this one behind my Saab

[GeoffSmith]

Pinky's isn't as refined or tidy as that one - it's a yellow shed on wheels.

Trig, I'm no expert on track days and things, but I reckon you'd go a bit faster if you took those skis out of the sun roof!

[trig]

[dapinky]

Geoff - you're right, mine is a shed...........wanna race?.....lets have a few quid on it.......


Trig,

That blue one belongs to a guy from Hampshire called Jon Jackson......it has a mildly uprated engine (about 160bhp) and is otherwise standard with the notable exception that he is the Dolomite version of Bob Brown and designed a braking system using ford sierra/escort/onion vented discs and calipers to run in a standard Triumph wheel.

The standard brakes are best discribed as 'marginal' for a 130bhp car, let alone a track machine with over 200 (which i why i never complain or criticise the elan brakes - they seem fine to me!) - at Castle Combe it is all about braking, with the uprated brakes my times came down a hell of a lot (about 8 seconds a lap) as i can leave the braking until where it should be, not where i had to start to make sure i could get out the other side of the chicane.

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[chris.t]

Did Brands Hatch yesterday, fantastic day made even better with the great weather. Just booked Goodwood for first saturday in May.

[paulwatkins]

Did Brands Hatch yesterday, fantastic day made even better with the great weather. Just booked Goodwood for first saturday in May.

What car did you do it in Chris?

[trig]

Brands Hatch in December
Is the Elan any good as a track hack? as this is hopefully my intention
How bad are the brakes on the Elan as I was thinking of doing a track session on standard'ish brakes or should I sort the brakes before I go near a track


dapinky , thats no shed I love the old sleepers , I'll look out for your Dolly at Combe , theres another blue Dolly I've seen at Combe driven by a women who wears string back glove's which makes me smile

[GeoffSmith]

Bloody hell Dave, you been scanning the Polaroids again?

[chris.t]

Brands Hatch in December
Is the Elan any good as a track hack? as this is hopefully my intention
How bad are the brakes on the Elan as I was thinking of doing a track session on standard'ish brakes or should I sort the brakes before I go near a track

Paul/Trig I was driving a VX220 not the Elan. I think the elan is ok on track but really requires certain mods if you are going to track it regularly, new seats and 4 point harness for a start would stop you sliding about, never a good idea at high speed. Monty's the best person to ask on that sort of thing. If you're going out there to do some serious elise chasing you're going to be disappointed.

Re the OEM brakes for track use there has been a lot of discussion about this. From my experience I couldn't brake as hard as i would have liked which means i couldn't reach the speeds that i wanted. I also warped disks a lot! I have changed to a 4 pot upgrade, lots of discussion on this too. Maybe experiment with different disks and pads before making the upgrade perhaps, but try the standard setup first just to give yourself a bench mark. HTH

[trig]

Thanks for the good advice Chris, I was going to give the standard set-up a go so I could then appreciate the difference made by upgrades

my Elan needs a power up to make it any fun on track I was thinking Mountain chip and larger exhaust then maybe a turbo upgrade
I used a G-lock seat belt attachment in my Saab and it kept me strapped to the seat in a car that rolled like a ship...

The Elise was always to quick on the track for me but I'm hoping to still keep up with the M3 and pass a few scoobys , pug 205s ect

[JIMBO]

Thanks for the good advice Chris, I was going to give the standard set-up a go so I could then appreciate the difference made by upgrades

my Elan needs a power up to make it any fun on track I was thinking Mountain chip and larger exhaust then maybe a turbo upgrade
I used a G-lock seat belt attachment in my Saab and it kept me strapped to the seat in a car that rolled like a ship...

The Elise was always to quick on the track for me but I'm hoping to still keep up with the M3 and pass a few scoobys , pug 205s ect

Hi Trig,
Forget the powere upgrade, sort the brakes and suspension first. It will be the most cost effective (and safest) way to improve your times.
Regards
Jim

[Monty]

Thanks for the good advice Chris, I was going to give the standard set-up a go so I could then appreciate the difference made by upgrades

my Elan needs a power up to make it any fun on track I was thinking Mountain chip and larger exhaust then maybe a turbo upgrade
I used a G-lock seat belt attachment in my Saab and it kept me strapped to the seat in a car that rolled like a ship...

The Elise was always to quick on the track for me but I'm hoping to still keep up with the M3 and pass a few scoobys , pug 205s ect

Hi Trig,
Forget the powere upgrade, sort the brakes and suspension first. It will be the most cost effective (and safest) way to improve your times.
Regards
Jim

Totally