GMballistic Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) Not sure if anyone else from here attended this but today I went to Castle Combe for the "Performance car" action day. It was a great day out albeit a little "chavy". Still there was lot's of action to watch on track including some drifters and the odd Zed. There was a whole host of car clubs there and lot's of different makes but mainly Fords, VWs, Subarus, Mazdas, Mitsubishis and the odd Audi. Tbh I only saw three 350Z's, one 240Z and one R35 GTR so a pretty poor showing from Nissan although I did also spot a Micra in the car park but I'm not counting that one. Some spotted Zeds.... This one below was on airbags I'm sure as otherwise he'd have had to have the Zed brought in by helicopter drop as it was so low. Old school representative below. Also spotted some, shall we say interesting wraps on a couple of Audi R8's. Ignore the women ~ atleast I think they're women. So the main reason for me going to this event was to get the Zed on track for the first time. It was only £35 pre-booked so I thought I'd give it ago. I decided to take it "fairly" easy as it was my first time on track in the rwd Zed and last thing I wanted to do was crash it for the amusement of the watching crowds. Also Castle Combe has recently been resurfaced so I was just finding out what the grip levels were like after that ~ much better is the answer. [media] [/media] I did let a few people pass who seemed to be hell bent on overtaking in the corners even though we were told not too and some people driving stripped out sheds (blue Ford Escort being the main offender ~ gave him a wide birth). Saw 128mph down the main straight the one time I looked and my quickest lap was 1min 27secs from timing it off the video afterwards so not a bad average speed of 75mph. Hope you enjoyed reading this & the pics/video. Oh and my car with the Invidia Gemini exhaust system & Berks De-Cats registered 92Db @4.5K rpm from 0.5metre which passed the sound regulations but when I came in after being on track I was told I had registered 101Db as I drove by the pit lane so was told it was too loud. They re-checked it and when I revved above 5K rpm it was close on 105/7Db from 0.5metre away. Luckily I only wanted to go on the once. Edited April 26, 2015 by GMballistic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Some cool pics and vid - looks like a good day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I have to say that kid's face sums up my feelings about the three cars in the photo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Cool vid. Looks a bit more manic into the bends than the couple I've been on! I was bricking it in my daily, which I'm sure you can relate to I quite like the look of those two ladies... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richf Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 We had three Nissans on our Clubstand , two r33's and one 370 Saw you on track , looked like you were having fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zedd Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Good pics & vid GM Engine sounds sweet and I'm glad the zed behaved herself on track. Looks like you enjoyed yourself with half decent weather, and a few chavs thrown in for good measure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodyboarder81 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Great little vid and getting quicker and quicker with each lap Got to grow some soon and get on track with mine ...... Just worry it will show up all the flaws with my road set up suspension and tempt me into coilover etc !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 That looked utter chaos the first couple of laps, good to see you didnt get caught up in it and let them get on with it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Why is the V10 plate on the V8 R8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I saw a gun metal one on the track and thought Hmm he's taking it easy 3rd lap in he really started opening the taps after quarry rise. Once up in the higher revs the zed sounded glorious. I'm going. To assume that was you... I moved down to the straight after quarry rise to get some video footage but by the time I got there the session was up. My zed was there too. Didn't Track it. Too scared! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Right at the start of the day. Someone drove past me in a Gun metal 350 and gave me a thumbs up near one of the entrances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodyboarder81 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Why is the V10 plate on the V8 R8? Ha ha I thought that ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Nice drive and cool down lap - and can't blame you for staying clear of that Escort 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 We had three Nissans on our Clubstand , two r33's and one 370 Saw you on track , looked like you were having fun Totally missed that as I didn't see a 370Z at all that day. What was the Clubstand? Oh and it was good fun. Great little vid and getting quicker and quicker with each lap Got to grow some soon and get on track with mine ...... Just worry it will show up all the flaws with my road set up suspension and tempt me into coilover etc !! Yep that's the safest way to do it. Build up the speed gradually as everything (tyres/brakes) gets up to temperature nicely and you start to find your limits. It was also the first time I'd used the Zed on track so needed to gauge how the car handled the fast bends as well as how much grip was available with my tyres & the new surface at Combe. Last time I was on track there was 7-8 years ago and it was in a fwd Mondeo ST24 so a totally different animal. I saw a gun metal one on the track and thought Hmm he's taking it easy 3rd lap in he really started opening the taps after quarry rise. Once up in the higher revs the zed sounded glorious. I'm going. To assume that was you... I moved down to the straight after quarry rise to get some video footage but by the time I got there the session was up. My zed was there too. Didn't Track it. Too scared! Yep that was probably me. Supposed to be in a 12:45 session but it was more like 1 o'clock by the time I was on track. Pity you didn't get any video as I would of liked to have seen that. My Mrs did film from Camp corner but it was with my mobile phone so is shockingly bad footage. @ everyone else ~ Thanks for all the comments and hope you enjoyed the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valy Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 you just assume is a v8 ... might as well be a v10 ... great looking cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Only very brief but you can hear that V6 wail, That was the point I decided to move to the straight instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Very surprised the Escort wasnt black flagged, they generally dont like that kind of driving, maybe as it was one session they didnt have time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 you just assume is a v8 ... might as well be a v10 ... great looking cars! Look at the blades: They're the V8 ones. It needed the bigger blades for the bigger intake/cooling requirements for the engine. The exhaust tips can be changed, but no way you'd put the smaller blades on. /R8 geek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 you just assume is a v8 ... might as well be a v10 ... great looking cars! Look at the blades: They're the V8 ones. It needed the bigger blades for the bigger intake/cooling requirements for the engine. The exhaust tips can be changed, but no way you'd put the smaller blades on. /R8 geek Having checked the specs (not being an R8 geek ) the exhuast on the silver wrapped one is a bit of a giveawy that it is a V8 as they are hardly likely to have changed the V10 tips, as on the adjacent car, to V8 tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Why not? The twin tips look much better than the ovals, IMHO. I'd do that if it were mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Only very brief but you can hear that V6 wail, That was the point I decided to move to the straight instead. Thanks for that. Even though it was brief you can still nicely hear the V6, ...even over all the other cars & tyre screeching. Very surprised the Escort wasnt black flagged, they generally dont like that kind of driving, maybe as it was one session they didnt have time. He was on at least 3 different sessions from what I saw of him so that's why I didn't understand why he wasn't pulled aside for his driving. It was a really busy day though for track laps and seemed a little undermanned to me. Oh well at least I & everyone else seemed to avoid coming together with the rust bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 The escorts hooned around drifting all day, no one stopped them. An old BMW did the same and nearly caused a couple of accidents and even had an off. Driving like that puts me off standard sessions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 The escorts hooned around drifting all day, no one stopped them. An old BMW did the same and nearly caused a couple of accidents and even had an off. Driving like that puts me off standard sessions Totally agree their driving was dangerous at times but unfortunately for whatever reason they got away with it. I think next time I do a track day I might have to just stump up a bit more cash and do a proper one like Keyser/Ekona/Brillo/Ken etc do. Probably be more fun then anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Why not? The twin tips look much better than the ovals, IMHO. I'd do that if it were mine Yeah, but you're just weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Just to add, well I said it was a bit "chavy", ....just noticed two of my Rota center caps have been pinched so that just goes to prove it. Unlikely to have happened here last night where I live so must of happened at Combe whilst the car was parked up. Bl**dy thieving scum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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