Hi all.
Well i went to Oulton Park today just for something to do and watch the folks race round in their cars. It was quite relaxing actually. Then i got approached by a guy who started asking me about the brakes and the GTT brand
Turned out he was an instructor there, and we spent a good 20 mins talking about my car and the work it had had done to it. He was quite amazed actually. He then told me why i wasn't on the track....
....so 15 mins later i'd paid and had my helmet on and was on the track !!!!
It was occasional drizzle and over cast, and no dry line to be found. But the car handled so well. After a few laps of tyre and engine warming it was WOT in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th all the way round for a good 10 laps at a time.
This is the first time i've used the new GTT Porsche brakes on track, i knew they were good, but they really stood out from all the other cars when it came to late braking - truely excellent. Clear, pure, definate, and no fade every time, again and again. Not that smelly either (perhaps the ceramic pads?)
The car felt solid (it's got all but the rear strut fitted) and braked very true. Handles like a dream and got some good twitches and slides when i wanted them. I knew exactly there the car was and were it was going to be, nothing was a suprise
Power wise? i kept leaving the GT3 from 2nd gear out of the chicaine and keeping paces with it up and over the long straight leading up to knickerbrook - the Exedy race clutch and flywheel with the Quaife ATB diff makes a massive difference!!
So i enjoyed racing the westfields, a GT3RS, and GT3, and a handfull of scoobies. It's got to be said that this every day driver car stood at the top of the field with the best of the pack all afternoon. I even noticed that some track side photographers kept following my car when i was in a group of others, so i guess it looks the part too
I didn't wave though
120 miles later... and on the way home..... no wheel wobble, brakes true, no steam, no judders, same as on the way there this morning. A car that can perform like this on track and off track - testament to design.
Excellent work Roland
Looking forward to the Stage 4 Head now, and perhaps some R888's for summer
..... and new rear brakes, and the IC spray, and the rear strut too.
PS. a wet/damp track is so much more interesting than a dry track, and you can still get tyre screech! many people were spinning and failing to brake.... trying to use OEM parts when clearly they were not fit for purpose. One guy even had major sparks flying out of his front calipers (like a fire work)... i think he'd worn through his pads ... it was an L reg golf.
PPS. I am going back again on the 30th Wednesday
.... this time with my father
and some octane booster
Cheers,
Karl.