I know South City was inspired by some streets in London.

Quote from N I K I :

If you want to get even faster, I think you should get back on more brake force and use different braking technique.
While braking blip, or apply about 10% throttle whole time.
(Check WR, or my HL)

Nice time anyways

P.S. Look at Mo1, damn Ks demo driver drove 1:12.73, but I remember him from XRT demo days xD

You could run around the track with your foot on the throttle all the time, OR you could increase your diff's a little, which is usually why people use part throttle to keep the differential from unloading, and run slightly more brake bias to the front so you can drive like a normal driver. Hopefully when brake fade is introduced this will prevent people from riding the throttle...

You could get a faster time by increasing the braking force, just remember to let off the brakes more before a turn-in to prevent a lockup and get good at blipping the throttle on downshift.

I just want to point out that a COT car for any given speed will have over 2.5 times more energy than an F1 car that will need to be dissipated.

I don't have a degree in physics so I can't accurately comment, but I would have to say that was one wicked crash and I am glad he's alright.

Congrats Tristan sounds like you had a blast. Hopefully you can pull it off again.

I am happy to be a mechanic for a wekend if you would have me. I grew up around tools and shops. With the military I have the discipline to use the right too for the job. I probably take 50 pictures a week at work I just have not been around racecars for years, and never around a single seater.

Ajp71 would be your best bet though I would think. Would understand totally if you didn't want me, American's do tend to be 'abrasive'

:edit: Doh Ajp71 already said he couldn't make it... and a new lap record!

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Dodge Viper GTS-R

http://infynyteon.iespana.es/1998gt2.jpg

Quote from Mike Bingo :

Just out of curiousity how many ginger people will be attending???

Depends on how many boxes of cookies I bring with me

Quote from Dru :

WOW - the broadcasts are great!

gotta love the helicopter cam and noises

=) now that sounds familure =)

Quote from JasonL220 :

i'm still locked out, it not to big a deal as i've got the skin stuff, also i look abit silly with me apprantly drivering 2 cars . Looking forward to racing :heyjoe67_

Please respond to my PM and we will get your account unlocked

Quote from tristancliffe :

DOT5 is Silicon based, which is MORE compressible than Polyglycol fluid. Your brakes will feel worse.

It does NOT absorb water, so the boiling point will remain pretty constant after several years. But if additional water is introducted then that will boil at 100°C, giving you no brakes anyway.

Some seals can be damaged I think, but the main problem is that it's less lubricating, so the seals wear more, and the fluid is more prone to airation, so it's REALLY hard to bleed.

DOT5 tends to not eat paintwork, but you have to be a bit stupid to spill it on your car anyway.

Only a complete muppet uses DOT5 fluid, because it's rubbish.

Cheers for the clearup, all I heard was rumors. Your statements tend to revolve around facts so

Racing Dot3 for me here, Wilwood 570 Dot3. Which reminds me... I could another change out again.

Quote from Tomtheman70 :

Damn. :o

LFS has really taken off.

What would you expect? =) Quality products will attract people =) Considering that very little promotion is done and this 200,000 was virtually created by word of mouth says something I think =)

Quote from tristancliffe :

DOT4 fluid boils at 230°C dry, so it cannot be 'one of the best fluids money can buy'. DOT5.1 boild at 270°C, and it's considered rubbish for anything in a racing environment.

The brake fluid you quoted is not DOT4. In fact I doubt it's DOT rated, but if it is, it will get a lower rating because of increase hydroscopic action.

What IS the deal with DOT5? I heard it has really good resistance to compressibility and heat resistance, but because it's silicon based if there is any water in the system at all it will separate and give you a boiling point of 100degrees =)

I have also heard that it damages seals, especially in a system that has already had Dot3 or dot4. You know anything else or any information I have inaccurate?

Quote from BaDfiSH07 :

Graham Rahal wins St Pete Grand Prix! amazing hes the same age as me

http://m.floridatoday.com/news.jsp?key=66032&rc=ne

Must be nice to have a connected family =)

Grats to him, sounds like he is on a promising career!

Quote from JasonL220 :

I can't access the forums either, and my name appears twice in the drivers list

Will look into it. =)

Quote from Stang70Fastback :

Note to self: Do not steer to right on left-hand oval track.

If it was only that easy =)

Quote from STROBE :

Just a heads up, there appears to be a problem with the chat box on the CTRA website. I made the mistake of opening it, and everytime I try and close it, Firefox crashes. It's taken multiple attempts at restoring Firefox sessions or starting new ones, to actually get back to the CTRA site in a form that won't crash Firefox again. :-/

Odd, I have never had the problem....

Quote from Stang70Fastback :

Completely off topic now but still related. Say, for instance, that I was looking to buy a new car RIGHT NOW, and was very, VERY interested in the new Diesel Subaru Outback sold in the UK. How complicated would it be to bring a car like that stateside. Are safety requirements and such vastly different, or would it take very little to get a car like that certified to drive in the US? Or is any of that even necessary? I've always been curious what the complications would be of buying a European car for use in the USA.

If you want to drive it yes it will have to have the lights converted and few other things to have it road legal. If your bringing it over for parts no you don't have to. You will have to pay an import duty though. It depends on the make of the vehicle and I wouldn't be able to give specifics, sorry. A conversion company probably could help.

Last edited by Christopher Raemisch, Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:16.

Yay :dance:

Seems healthy to me, now just to get those demo people over to S2 =)

Quote from sam93 :

Well thanks for saying they were copper was what I said but Christopher Raemisch must of read my post wrong as I said they used to made with copper but no longer.

They ARE made with copper, just something around 1-5% of what they normally were, they are COPPER plated which means the outside is still 100% copper or a type of copper alloy, by definition copper MUST be present...

Last edited by Christopher Raemisch, Sat, 5 Apr 2008 08:37.

Quote from sam93 :

No, they used to use actual copper in them, but they haven't for years only found out the other day. Obviously for health and safety reasons they changed it. I know that it was copper because my step mum said if you weighed in a old 1p coin what was actual copper it wouldn't even be worth 1p it will be worth less.

Whoever gave you that information is wrong. They are copper-plated steel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4900524.stm

Quote from ajp71 :

Maybe because they're copper plated?

=) That thar be the reason =)



I think Edmunds sum these cars up properly.. "...in French etymology, which reveals that "MR2" pronounced phonetically en francais sounds like the word for…excrement..." =P So in France these cars are only called MR.

Seriously though they seem good cars, just hope you have another car to get groceries or to do any errands in because you won't get much of anything in that car. Could have a bit more power I suppose, but with MR maybe less power is a good thing.

Last edited by Christopher Raemisch, Fri, 4 Apr 2008 22:07.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Good lad. If there's one thing I can't abide it's subtlety. Oh and sarcasm. I'm from Yorkshire; I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say.

I love you more than I love any pig - and that's sayin' summat.

Gotta love people from Yorkshire =)

Quote from Shotglass :

i dont remember having a personal vendetta against you so i supposed that wouldnt pose a problem
however apparently the only "london" airport i can get to cheaply is stansted

=)

That works too, long as you chip in for fuel =)

Quote from Becky Rose :

Just to confirm it is still my intention to be there, i'm just not in a position to pay as i'm currently on sick pay for another month or two, i'll be fine by then though.

=) Hopefully you can make it =)

Still working on finances here, bought tires and road tax this month so that was 500 pounds =/

Quote from AlienT. :

Yep, You were looking too fast last night so I've arranged for you to be removed

Shh you weren't supposed to say anything

You're added again, the forum gremlins were at it again...

Quote from tristancliffe :

It's Tristan.

But a) I was joking and b) it doesn't cost that much for a crate on a ship between the US and here - we do that quite regularly for customers cars, and they can be unloaded at Lotus, where they have a ramp for such things!

If you do RORO it cost me $900 to ship from the New York to Southampton. There were other costs like shipment to NY and safety conversion, but the transport itself was really cheap. At least it was for me, thinking about it, it's been a year ago this week that I drove my car off the dock =)

A container shipment IIRC is about $2000, that was the cheapest I had seen IIRC.

Quote from Shotglass :

sounds lovely but both the ferry and the petrol to go the ~600km wont be cheap
plus i dont know what kind of car ill have once i earn my own money



iirc ryanair offers cheap flights from frankfurt to newcastle (did apparently as i cant find any on their site) and air berlin has cheap ones from here (nuremberg) to london
too bad trains to frankfurt are sure to be stupidly expensive

I don't know where you stand with me personally but I am happy to pick anyone up from the airport in london or gatwick.