EXE CREW TRACKDAY
30th September 2007
winton 3KM track
this will be my last one for this year unless i can find a way to source new sets of semis (mine is finished). 
or maybe its time to set a lap time on street tyres since i got few spare lying around in my garage...
the new mods this time is cusco front camber arm, it gave me front -2.4 (up from -1.4 with RSR spring) and i set the back to -2.1 (up from -1.2). this mod made me corner harder with penty of grip at the front, but the trade off is i had to be very precise on my driving. i had to choose the correct line. in the past, even if my line was off, i can still corrected it without having the back loose... this time, the car is more tempramental but agressive at the same time. turns in very2 sharply which gives big grin on my face every single time...
since last trackday, i tried to start using 3rd gear on all the corners except for long left sweeper (turn 3, i use 4th there). i was able to corner very smoothly and my turn 7 is alot better now (thx to kenny, i stole this from him the last time i sat on his car )
since i fixed the APS exhaust, by putting the X pipe on the APS, i got alot more mid range and i was able to get plenty of torque on turn 4-5-6... although i lost 4kw atw with the Xpipe, but the car overall felt alot stronger...
i lost it few times coz my tyres are getting slippery, but thx to shaun and mic, the amateur drift practice and skidpan (thx kev) really helps... i unconsciously saved the car few times... i guess sideway is not as scary as it used to be (but still enough to make me hold my breath for few seconds)
everything seems alot better and i can drive alot smoother... but somehow my best lap time, is still abit slower than my previous time... maybe there is something that i do that still wrong... i believed that a better driver might be able to do 1:40 in this car, as the current setup is near perfect compared to my previous setup... i'm running out of ideas... i tried to be consistent and tried all different sort of stuff... at the end of the day, i had to give up coz i got very low thread left on my semis. it is getting dangerous as i lost it at turn 9 coming onto the last straight before the S bend and nearly hit a wall (someone put dirts on turn 9 at the last session)... massive lockups and big flat spot is what i got ...
but 4 trackdays in the 1:41s means that i have maxed out my ability to go faster. the problem now is to find which bad habit that i did, that creates the 'barrier' for me to go faster... 
i failed to reach my goal to be in 1:40.XXs but i wont give up... i will practice more and hope one day i will get there... lol
i was going to install the next mod if i break my PB this time, but now since i didn't, i had to punish myself and left that mod lying around in my garage for a little longer.
*thx to noojin for the nice photo...
my Winton 3KM lap time record
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* power dropped, but the car is alot faster, more torque and better overall... no more back pressure loss...
** new stuff / mods
*** personal best
detail individual lap time from 30th sept 2007
practice session: had to end early coz it was red flagged, couldnt get a clean lap...
1:49.2910
1:42.5240
1:44.0150
1:48.9530
session 1: i had Jerry / JDMZ33 as passenger, this was a good session, i got few clean lap
1:51.2800
1:42.1140
1:41.3520
1:42.1290
2:00.7060
1:42.3840
1:41.9860
1:44.1880
1:41.7720
session 2: was my best session. i had no passenger and the last 2 session, i got no interruption whatsoever
1:49.0880
1:44.2420
1:41.5810
1:42.1600
1:42.4000
1:42.9640
1:41.6970
1:41.2250
session 3: had Luke as a passenger, this is my favourite session, with 4-5 car battle in the last few laps... never got a clean lap but its so much fun!! the back of the car getting loose and the tyres had not much grip left...
1:50.5970
1:42.9630
1:42.1600
1:43.7110
1:42.6620
1:44.9250
1:54.7280 *spun off turn 6, ripple strip hit my cross member >_<* 1:44.7700 session 4: had lionel as a passenger. this session is my worst, i had massive flat spot from previous session, and then i drove out to check what noise it is, coz i thought my wheel nuts was loose. then after i drove back, i got another massive spun down the straight, nearly hit the wall... 1:47.6400 1:44.4720 3:57.7420 *had to get out to the pit, and check the car* 1:55.8530 *massive spun, turn 9 was dirty, someone must've came off and flick all the dirt into the racing line* 1:45.4000 *had to slow down on turn 9* 1:45.1420 *had to slow down on turn 9* 1:46.7340 *had to slow down on turn 9* 1:46.9080 *had to slow down on turn 9* 1:45.3640 *had to slow down on turn 9* thx for reading, i will post some pictures soon... it will take me some time to saved up for new semis, so next one, i would use street tyres (since i got few spares in my garage already)... more photos: http://flickr.com/photos/14475808@N02/
i started recording in-car video on session 3 and my battery finished 2 lap of 4th session. youtube only allow 10min max per upload, so i had to choose the best 10min... which is session 3 from the 3rd lap... it get insteresting towards the end where 3-5 cars together bumper to bumper... where most of them left me on the straight, some even left me on the corner... (T_T) give me more power oh dear lord...
so here it is, My Video from session3 from the end of 3rd lap :
Link
sorry for the initial D background music... i can't help it!... 
my inpirations! and my noisy passenger kept screaming, i can't help not to yell too... BANZAI!!!!!!!
the best laptime results for all cars on the day:
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30/09/2007.WIN.P1
and this is the individual times from all the cars on the day: http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30/09/2007.WIN.P1.I
other vids from the day:
Group A - http://youtube.com/watch?v=omvSDTA8I80
Group B - http://youtube.com/watch?v=GF3EowAkF7M
Group C - http://youtube.com/watch?v=iH1WmepOmEw
Group D - http://youtube.com/watch?v=BRYhemjlsZk
Group E - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MgCpB0Xzkk
Recovery
1 year ago
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