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Norwell circuit (gold-coast)
TheMiniMan - January 5th, 2011 at 02:19 PM

had a spin (well,, a few sessions) around Norwell circuit a couple of days ago, tested a few things like different tyres, different tyre pressures, wheel alignments, & wing hight/angle adjustments,,, & only a few days earlier we had played with the cam-timing as these R1 engines tend to stretch their chain quite a fair bit from new, so , seeing as my engine has done about 20.000 ks , we cranked the cams back to somewhere near where they`re supposed to be

the end results being very positive indeed, we`d found that the tyres we like,(feel good) are the better ones, we`ve hit upon a good pressure for them, our initial wheel alignment settings were spot on, & also found the best low-&-High speed wing settings,,, (to the best of our ability & equipment atm)

here`s one session from the in-car camera,,, sorry about the horrible camera angle & wind noise, we`ll sort that next time out, maybe Lakeside practise session in late January

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLKFJZRArpU


TheMiniMan - January 5th, 2011 at 02:23 PM

oh & yes i know i have plenty of track left to play with but i needed to try to drive each session as much the same as the previous (for our testing to be somewhere near as accurate as we can get) so please don`t have a go at me about not using all the track,,, it only means i have plenty of time up my sleeve :-) & apparently 58secs is wicked fast around there anyways :-) so i`m pretty choofed
when you watch the video, i have HEAPS of room to go WAY faster :-)

hangin for another fangin even more now :-)


dangerous - January 5th, 2011 at 03:25 PM

Awesome dude!
Nice racing suit!


TheMiniMan - January 6th, 2011 at 12:36 PM

yeah i know, i`m a naughty boy, i was going to put it on but it was sooo hot & Bobby (Pauls Mate that runs the show) said he didn`t mind if i didnt wear it

I should give you a yell when we go down there next, you`re not too far away from there & i`ll give you a spin around in the thing yeah?
It could be scarey tho Dave,,, you might actually learn how to turn corners :-) :-) :-)


tayloredvw - January 7th, 2011 at 12:05 AM

have you got any photos?


TheMiniMan - January 7th, 2011 at 10:07 AM

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/trommie/23-1.jpg


matberry - January 9th, 2011 at 07:45 AM

Well done Matt, another tyrack to conquer. :)


TheMiniMan - January 14th, 2011 at 06:04 PM

Keen to see what it`s like at Grafton ???
:-)

edit> OOOOOh, Valla/Ralliegh :-) :-) ;-)