whats it like on the track with the low redline?

good. i dont need 2nd gear as much and my third gear pulls heaps well. gear ratios couldnt be better for wakefield. high redline woudl have made it terrible if i lost my midrange. before id be struggling because i woudlnt know whether to go 2nd or third gear. cuz 2nd id come out on red line while third would be just out of my powerband. now its just constant powerband =D

yeah for sure, fish hook in third would be nice

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Originally posted by Vinnny

good. i dont need 2nd gear as much and my third gear pulls heaps well. gear ratios couldnt be better for wakefield. high redline woudl have made it terrible if i lost my midrange. before id be struggling because i woudlnt know whether to go 2nd or third gear. cuz 2nd id come out on red line while third would be just out of my powerband.

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That's the problem I found with my AW11 at Wakefield.

nah fish hook and the last corner is still 2nd gear. the last corner i would like a bit more rpm cuz im pretty much on redline through that one.

going through the 2nd last bend on wakefield is bloody scary though!. usually at about 130 kmph flat out im sliding all four wheels sideways. you just watch the ripple strip coming closer and clsoer and theres nothing you can do except keep your foot down and pray you dont slide too far.

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Originally posted by Vinnny

going through the 2nd last bend on wakefield is bloody scary though!. usually at about 130 kmph flat out im sliding all four wheels sideways. you just watch the ripple strip coming closer and clsoer and theres nothing you can do except keep your foot down and pray you dont slide too far.

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There was a corner like that at Oran Park which was scary but soooo fun!

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Originally posted by robk
There was a corner like that at Oran Park which was scary but soooo fun!

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The blind apex coming over the bridge into the big sweeper.

If you're at the top of 2nd coming out of the final corner you could probably do it quicker in 3rd. When I was driving the Focus I used to use 2nd gear but I had an instructor take it for a spin and he never went below 3rd. Even for the fish hook. It feels slower but it allows you to plant the gas early and the lower revs makes it easier to stabilise the car and you can get a higher cornering speed. I tried his technique and making that 1 change alone saved me 1 sec.

... i drove my mr2 to the meet last nigth and i can hear a whirring noise.. i think i blew my diff. FAIL.

is there any tell tale signs that its my diff and not the entire bloody gearbox?

I have also been advised that the fish hook is a 3rd gear corner.
vinnny..what happened at the track?