May 24th No Speed Limits Wanneroo

[OUTAtheBloo]

Ive booked myself in to have a go at Wanneroo Raceway on May 24th. For those other ls1er's interested in having a go..
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Would be great to see more of the LS1 crew involved. Far to much rice at this event, and some are really quick too :driving:

Dan

[saj]

Well done Dan. Once yourve done it the first time there will be no stoping you. Theres nothing better than the look on the ricers faces when an old ute rounds them up:bravo:

[Kris78]

I guess I better come and watch.....

[BruteSS]

I guess I better come and watch.....


Bugger watching, Drive:driving:

[OUTAtheBloo]

Well done Dan. Once yourve done it the first time there will be no stoping you. Theres nothing better than the look on the ricers faces when an old ute rounds them up:bravo:

Are yes shane, but my old ute doesnt have a nice 402 in it :lol:

Im sure ill do ok, do you heel and toe in your ute mate, Ive never tried. Im guessing its a must on the circuit, if you ever want to Improve times?

Dan

[Kris78]

Bugger watching, Drive:driving:

I do straight lines.. not corners!

[6LtrLimo]

I do straight lines.. not corners!

thats what benny cousins says..... ;)

[HOT LAP]

Im sure ill do ok, do you heel and toe in your ute mate, Ive never tried. Im guessing its a must on the circuit, if you ever want to Improve times?

Dan

Remind me next time i see you and i can teach you so you can practice before you come up.
Its not an absolute must to heal toe if your only going slow but it helps.
Reason? helps the car not to do compression lock ups on down changes because they cause big spins and lots of broken gearboxes

[OUTAtheBloo]

That would be a great help Justin, hopefully my size 12 feet dont get in the way :driving:

Dan

[EXCESSV]

Remind me next time i see you and i can teach you so you can practice before you come up.
Its not an absolute must to heal toe if your only going slow but it helps.
Reason? helps the car not to do compression lock ups on down changes because they cause big spins and lots of broken gearboxes

excuse the dumb question but can you actually heal toe a commodore with the positioning of the pedals???
lots of guys complain about the positioning of the pedals that make heal toe not possible/too hard

[HSV Listy]

I have tried it even with racing boots with the leather on the sides. On my car the brake pedal is to high up to get to the speed pedal to push it down to get revs and I have size 16 feet. Other models may be different.
Good luck with the event.

[saj]

I have tried it even with racing boots with the leather on the sides. On my car the brake pedal is to high up to get to the speed pedal to push it down to get revs and I have size 16 feet. Other models may be different.
Good luck with the event.

Its a lot easyer on the track when your useing maximen pedal pressure. The brake pedal sinks far anough to make it the perfect hight for heal and toe down shifts. Like every thing, practice makes perfect.

[yella terra]

yeh im gonna come up and watch Bloo/Shane/Craig smash it round the track!

[BruteSS]

excuse the dumb question but can you actually heal toe a commodore with the positioning of the pedals???
lots of guys complain about the positioning of the pedals that make heal toe not possible/too hard

I find it too awkward to heel and toe properly so I use the ball of my foot to brake and roll my foot/ankle sideways to blip the throttle with the outside edge of my foot.

[HOT LAP]

excuse the dumb question but can you actually heal toe a commodore with the positioning of the pedals???
lots of guys complain about the positioning of the pedals that make heal toe not possible/too hard
Yep peice of piss
as saj said practice makes perfict its somthing i practice every day on the streets

[OUTAtheBloo]

I fitted up the fire extinguisher today, so off to the tyre mob tomorrow to get my camber kit sorted and im all ready to rumble !

Now to decide whether to dial some negitive camber and caster into the ute ...

Dan

[HOT LAP]

Now to decide whether to dial some negitive camber and caster into the ute ...

Dan

ask for the caster to be as far foward as they can go without fowling anything.
and as much camber as they can get.

[OUTAtheBloo]

I got the camber kit sorted out (it was rooted) apparently a poorly designed one. Kerry Wade fitted the new one and dialed in -2 camber in the front, forgot to ask about the rear, i presume the same. The ute drives alot better now, and amazing how nice it is to corner..

Bring on the 24th :yahoo:

Dan

[saj]

Dan, did you get Kerry to put maximin caster in as well?

[OUTAtheBloo]

I asked him to, i presume he did shane.

[OUTAtheBloo]

Tonight is the event ! I can't wait

If anyone wants to come along for a look see, its only $5 entry. Theres a feild of around 25 cars, alot of V8's this time :thumbsup: There is also still room for anyone wanting to come up and have a go, can handle up to 50 cars so just sign up tonight if your interested....

Dan

[UD_LOSE]

I was just about to ask if you guys were still going :)
see you down there :driving:

[Tre-Cool]

Good luck Dan, hopefully no one will try and trade paint with ya.

[OUTAtheBloo]

I had a great time !

With some expert help from Justin (Hotlap) I started the night around the 1m19's as you would expect someone who doesnt know the circuit, or circuit racing. By the end of the night i was out there by myself, and got down to 1m05:5.

Very happy for my first time out there, on street tyres. I recommend everyone give it a try. I had no one try and swap paint with me, all the guys out there were brilliant. Lots of faster cars, fastest car of the night was around the 55 second (this is all on the half track, approx 1.6km)

Would love to do it again, maybe look at doing the november or december events, and have a go at the full track.

Dan

[vscorsa]

The half track is that the same as the super kart track?

Sounds like you had a ball.

[Mungrel]

Sounds like it was a great night,
wish i'd managed to get there.

Any pics from the event?

[OUTAtheBloo]

The half track is that the same as the super kart track?

Sounds like you had a ball.

I believe it is. I had the time of my life.


Sounds like it was a great night,
wish i'd managed to get there.

Any pics from the event?

The next event is the 5th of July, im doing my very best to aviod it :lol: very adictive.

No pics, but would be great if they did both pics and video of the event.

Dan

[dattoman1000]

We should be there for July 5 if we get the car ready in time

[Mungrel]

I believe it is. I had the time of my life.



The next event is the 5th of July, im doing my very best to aviod it :lol: very adictive.

No pics, but would be great if they did both pics and video of the event.

Dan

5th of July eh? I think i might need to get down there!
Hope my standard clutch will take the abuse :confused:

Hey Dan, how did your ute like the cornering? No oversteer or anything?
Have you got a hardtop?

[OUTAtheBloo]

5th of July eh? I think i might need to get down there!
Hope my standard clutch will take the abuse :confused:

Hey Dan, how did your ute like the cornering? No oversteer or anything?
Have you got a hardtop?

I didnt have trouble with oversteer, I was pretty careful with throttle control (not that im running massive hp). Biggest thing you notice is understeer, especially when trying hard into corners, so the front tyres got a hammering :lol: Doing the negitive camber and caster was well worth it.

I have a hard top too, dont really care about removing it, theres more in the car when the driver gets better he he.

You only use 3rd and 4th gear on the track, so I couldnt see why the stock clutch should have an issue, your not smashing the clutch like at the drags. Just depends on the amount of HP your running I guess, dont let it stop you from having a crack, more LS1 Utes the better

Dan