Castle Combe Open Pitlane Trackday - 28th April

[JD]

Wow, my trackday mpg was in the mid teens but that was with standard fuelling

I wonder if I could just about get another set of wheels in the car.

[Race Idiot]

You might have a chance if you took out the passenger seat, but it would still be a real squeeze. I managed two wheels in the passenger seat ages ago, but in retrospect it was far from safe.

I did see someone driving a 2 with two wheels in the boot and I think it had a cord strapped around the spoiler to the towhook to keep it shut. But still not very safe imo.

I never bothered calculating the mpg, all I remember was looking at the fuelgauge at about 3pm and going OH S**T!

I didnt have a problem with brakes, but then with the setup on my car i'd be worried if I did! It will be interesting to compare with some other 2's tbh.

[vinp182]

Not sure about Castle C because ive never done a track day there but every track ive been to you are allowed to reserve a pit garage for around £20

[Mullen]

...I never bothered calculating the mpg, all I remember was looking at the fuelgauge at about 3pm and going OH S**T! .

Hehe yeah that's pretty much our reaction at much the same time.
The tank was brimmed for the drive there from Bristol & the low fuel light came on as we hit Bristol again on the return journey.
I think we did 5 or 6 sessions of 15 mins or so in total.
There is a garage just down the road from the track but it was about 4 ish anyway so we elected to call it a day rather than get more.

[JD]

Sounds like I'd be better to just pop the track wheels on for the day.

[Ben]

My track MPG at Bedford was somewhere around the 9-10mpg mark in my mk1 SC

[Shmed]

I normally brim the tank and take two jerry cans with me

Tend to need. at least one can four the day, then put the other in before traveling back.

Dread to think how much the green beasty will use...

[Race Idiot]

Booked up now!

[Ben]

[pistol pete]

[Race Idiot]

Am I going to be the only MK2???

Also I ended up buying a couple more pictures from my last day

[Ben]

Nah, looks like there will be at least a couple more with any luck. Either way we'll have a mk1, mk2 and mk3 - it's pretty entertaining to see how their dynamics differ on track

[Race Idiot]

Oh great the cars started to smoke on hot idle Think its the turbo

I might have to cancel if I cant get it fixed on time.

[Ben]

[Race Idiot]

Hopefully should have enough time to sort it, I do have a hks td05 turbo kit kicking around at lukes.

But I realy hope its just that, i'll have to wait till the weekend to find out

[pistol pete]

keep us informed..
hope its not too serious
looks like there might be another mk3 coming too

[Ben]

Who's the other Mk3, Pete?

[pistol pete]

MEERRRkk off of the mk3roc

he started his track car same time as me but hasn't been on track yet, he is also taking a different approach of spending a fair amount on it..
new springs, expensive pads, rogue seat mounts, full underbody bracing, braided lines, expensive wheels and tyres..
looks good, but ill prob still have just as much fun

look forward to seeing it on track looks very cool

[Race Idiot]

Argh, annoyingly the car has gone back to being fine again. Shaft play seems fine and got luke to compression test it and got a nice 12bar across all 4 cylinders.

Consensus is still turbo, so i'm just getting the gaskets to swap the td05 on.

Edit: also noticed one of my rear calipers is sticking

[JD]

Right, it's official, I got other commitments.

I'm oot.

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