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Oulton park 11th August track day
skydivepaul - 2/8/06 at 07:26 AM

Anyone going to oulton on the 11th?
I'm booked in for the day. 105DB open pit lane.
Should be good

linky
to track days website.


gingerprince - 2/8/06 at 01:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by skydivepaul
Anyone going to oulton on the 11th?
I'm booked in for the day. 105DB open pit lane.
Should be good

linky
to track days website.


Nope but I'm there in November with ARDS training so any tips you pick up beforehand would be cool


OX - 2/8/06 at 04:07 PM

damn it ,it says its fully booked ,i'll ring them tomorrow to see if any one has dropped out


skydivepaul - 3/8/06 at 09:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by OX
damn it ,it says its fully booked ,i'll ring them tomorrow to see if any one has dropped out


did you manage to get booked in OX??


OX - 3/8/06 at 10:12 PM

they have put me on the reserve list ,as soon as they let me know i'll let you know. i hope they find a couple of spaces as im getting excited allready lol


skydivepaul - 3/8/06 at 10:18 PM

Good news hope you can make it. I am entertaining three employees from my current sponsor "dowshu electronica" and it is their first time on track................i said I'll take it easy

I have pre emptied the next event for them and i have already said if they want to bring more people next time, then i will need to take another car and driver along to accomodate them. If they go for it they will pay for the track day for the "other car". I am sure some of you guys on the forum wouldnt mind taking a few passengers round Oulton park for free if the day was paid for you? any takers please form an orderley queue


richijenkin - 3/8/06 at 11:17 PM

Im up for it.. will probly go anyway and take some pics.
I tell loads of people that I'll take em round if they turn up. Good job they dont all turn up cus I only just manage to give 4-5 people a ride sometimes.


OX - 4/8/06 at 04:37 PM

yea ,im happy to take any one round .just tell them to bring a neck brace as after 14 or so laps around oulton they dont come in it again hehe


richijenkin - 11/8/06 at 03:18 PM

Good to meet you dude.. shame I couldn't stay any longer. Managed to get 1 pic of you though before you came into the pits to sort your clutch cable. See at the next track day.
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skydivepaul - 11/8/06 at 08:23 PM

Cheers Rich it was good to meet you.
I wish that the clutch cable dropping was the only problem i had. we went out for two good fast sessions in the afternoon with no problem. on our third and final session about four laps, we were coming out of cascades when i noticed we had no power. tried gearing down but all i got was lots of horrible noise. i managed to coast around for about 1/4 lap but came to a halt at the hairpin. i have no oil or water loss but the car will hardly turn over

i fear for the worst, major engine bottom end fcuked. not sure but i suspect big end by the noise i was getting with the motor nearly seizing.

my next event is olivers mount hillclimb next sunday but that is looking very doubtful at the moment.
I will report back on the damage once the motor is stripped down


Tim 45 - 11/8/06 at 10:12 PM

Wow, what camera were you using?


richijenkin - 13/8/06 at 07:48 PM

ooooo pants that dude. I have a 5jj engine with a knackerd crank... we might be able to make one engine out of them??


skydivepaul - 13/8/06 at 08:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by richijenkin
ooooo pants that dude. I have a 5jj engine with a knackerd crank... we might be able to make one engine out of them??


cheers rich..... i have a spare engine with a knackered 2nd gear that i pulled out of the car earlier this year. i am hoping i might have enough bits to make a good un. If i need any bits I'll give you a call.
cheers

Paul