EXE TRACKDAY Round 2 - QUEEN's BDAY Mon, 9thJune2008

EXE TRACKDAY Round 2 - QUEEN's BDAY Mon, 9thJune2008

photo by Ross Jardine - www.rossjardine.com.au
i photoshopped the dark headlights and matte black stock rims. i kinda like that look... just cbf doing it in real life... hahaha i'm such a ricer...


my thoughts about this trackday:
the last few times at winton, when i have my mods, i did 1:41.0s PB and was stuck on 1:41s for 4 trackdays... which really frustrates me... so today, since now my car is back to stock, i was expecting to only do around 1:42-1:43s

it was a great day despite the early rain. in my group, the first session was already damped, and the whole day i kept taking passenger, so at first i only managed to do best lap of 1:44s, but near the end of the day i decided not to take passenger just for one session, and surprisingly i managed to clocked 1:41.3s.

one thing that i noted... last trackday, i used street tyres for the first time on the track, and i think from that day, i learnt alot more on how to be smooth yet still aggressive... that probably contribute for today's lap time... i did earlier braking and progressively increase the force instead of trying to brake super late and triggered the ABS, and i managed to get faster exit... which i dunno why...

my laptime with mods (1:41.0) VS with no mods (1:41.3):
- my top speed on the last straight: 170-175 VS 160-165
- braking from 100m marks VS braking earlier coz of the heavier stock wheels.
- left hand long sweeper: 4th gear VS 3rd gear.... i dunno why...
- 3 hairpin at the back: 3rd gear VS 2nd gear
the rest was about the same factor...

so that got me thinking... was all my mods useless >_< color="darkred">anyway, so here is my Winton 3KM lap time record so far
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* 11/12/2006: 1:43.9470 sec (235/45/17 RE55s, APS catback, race pipe, K&N filter, HC+ pads, 37.2kg weight saving, 164kw atw) - first time ever @ winton

* 26/01/2007: 1:42.2420 sec (same mods as above, 164kw atw)

* 11/03/2007: 1:41.3410 sec (same mods as above, 164kw atw)

* 16/04/2007: 1:41.4970 sec (front tyres finished, so i changed to a 2nd hand 225 dunlop semis, i also added RSR spring, 164kw atw)

* 01/07/2007: 1:41.0680 sec (bought 2nd hand from takahasi: 245/40/18 RE55s semis**, 164kw atw) **PB with semi slick**

* 30/10/2007: 1:41.2250 sec (installed Cusco Front Camber arm**, put 'X' pipe on the APS catback, 160kw atw*)

* 10/03/2008: 1:45.9200 sec (stock, full interior trim, street tyres) **PB with street tyres**

* 9/06/2008: 1:41.3000 sec (stock, full interior trim, semislick tyres)


Flameboy In-car in passenger session (wet track)

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Part 2:

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