Andy D
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| posted on 28/4/11 at 10:49 AM |
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Rockingham trackday
Have just booked onto Easytrack's Rockingham day, 14th May. It's a 103db day, open pitlane, £185
I've done a couple of trackdays there in the past, and really rate the circuit. It has some challenging corners on the infield, and of course,
you get to play at Tom Cruise for a bit on the banking. 
Anyone else fancy it?
Easytrack's website
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 28/4/11 at 02:19 PM |
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never realised it was a 103db day. could be borderline for me althouigh i think i should be ok
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 29/4/11 at 08:12 PM |
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H chaps
i will now be joining you the day,
hope to see you in the pits and on track,
could not see that you can reserve a garage or is it first come firstr taken?
see you then
sean
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Andy D
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| posted on 30/4/11 at 11:49 AM |
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Hi Sean, I'm not sure about garages... Are you taking the MNR? .. it looks
Shall see you there. 
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 30/4/11 at 04:49 PM |
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yep will be in the mnr hope i have solved the suspension issues by then,
cheers
sean
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Andy D
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 09:08 AM |
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Anymore for some Rockingham action?
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 07:18 PM |
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just booked .
apparently it was 103db limit last time i was there so i should be ok.
andy, just about to email you
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catman
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 07:52 PM |
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ive been many times and never had a static noise test
Ed
caged supersix
Carbon/GRP
210 bhp silvertop
190 lbft
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 08:09 PM |
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bit like anglesey then.
it was 2 years ago when i was there, can't actually remember wether they actually tested me or not
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Andy D
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| posted on 8/5/11 at 03:23 PM |
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Any more?
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Andy D
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| posted on 15/5/11 at 08:23 PM |
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Good day yesterday, the weather was fairly kind to us, with only a slight shower .... not enough to change off slicks.
We had a bit of an early bath though. The header tank had been weeping coolant in the morning, wasn't sure why... no overheating, but after
lunch it got worse. It culminated in a good dump of coolant down the side of the car onto the rear right tyre, resulting in a harmless spin turning
off the banking. Suspect head gasket failure.
Still, can't complain, we got enough good sessions... Rockingham is superb!
Video, me at the wheel, with a spin at the end
There should be another up overnight, Pete deiving.
And some pics.
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 15/5/11 at 09:26 PM |
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will try and get some of my footage up tomorrow, have only had a quick look through it so far.
took the exhaust apart today and there is some packing missing so maybe that's why i got to loud at the end of the day.
don't know how many there is but apparently i triggered the noise meters 4 times on my last lap by about 1db.
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Andy D
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 09:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bigfoot4616
will try and get some of my footage up tomorrow, have only had a quick look through it so far.
took the exhaust apart today and there is some packing missing so maybe that's why i got to loud at the end of the day.
don't know how many there is but apparently i triggered the noise meters 4 times on my last lap by about 1db.
I'm hoping to put up my shakey outside footage from the pit garages roof.. as I say it's a bit wobbly, but the sound is good!
In the meantime, here's some more vid, Pete at the wheel.
Rockingham vid 2
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 05:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy D
I'm hoping to put up my shakey outside footage from the pit garages roof.. as I say it's a bit wobbly, but the sound is good!
would like to here it, seeing how i got a few comments on how well mine sounded
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 07:40 PM |
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hi yep we had a great day, rockingham is now my fav track loved it,
as said weather held for us,
car was improved still some work to do but you guys on slicks were a bit quicker than us so may be getting some slicks soon
thanks for the great pic of our mnr above,
hope to see you on track again soon,
sean
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 08:12 PM |
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was good to meet you mate. definatly is a good track, just need to sort something out to quieten my car down before i go back there.
couple of vids of spins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZH3Vnaq3i8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeVyJmMARCA
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Andy D
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 08:47 PM |
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Drive by vid as promised. Turn up the volume!
Brrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm
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AdrianH
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 08:49 PM |
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What circuit layout did you have, trying to follow vid and not managing to work it out?
Adrian
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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Andy D
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 08:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bigfoot4616
was good to meet you mate. definatly is a good track, just need to sort something out to quieten my car down before i go back there.
couple of vids of spins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZH3Vnaq3i8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeVyJmMARCA
Are you going to put up some longer sessions?
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Andy D
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 08:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by AdrianH
What circuit layout did you have, trying to follow vid and not managing to work it out?
Adrian
Not sure what they call it, but it's the layout that includes the "pif paf" chicane.
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Andy D
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 09:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by INDY BIRD
hi yep we had a great day, rockingham is now my fav track loved it,
as said weather held for us,
car was improved still some work to do but you guys on slicks were a bit quicker than us so may be getting some slicks soon
thanks for the great pic of our mnr above,
hope to see you on track again soon,
sean
Good to meet you Sean, you've a very nice looking car!
Found another pic.. different driver?
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 09:13 PM |
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international circuit 2.5 miles,
cheers
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AdrianH
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 09:16 PM |
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Just managed to follow it International circuit long thanks for that.
Adrian
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 09:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy D
Are you going to put up some longer sessions?
one uploading now.
haven't had much chance to go through it all yet
now up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVeQeI25WK0
[Edited on 16/5/11 by bigfoot4616]
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Andy D
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 07:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bigfoot4616
quote:
Originally posted by Andy D
Are you going to put up some longer sessions?
one uploading now.
haven't had much chance to go through it all yet
now up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVeQeI25WK0
[Edited on 16/5/11 by bigfoot4616]
That's looking good! You can see where your new diff is working well. The old Westy was suffering terminal wheelspin exiting some of the
corners, particularly evident in Pete's session... giving it too many beans! I struggled all day getting it turned neatly onto the oval,
probably going in too fast.
Was a good un though, wasn't it.
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