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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/04 18:03:32 (permalink)
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3 of us from Adelaide are all packed, will be leaving at 4am Sunday morning.. Hopefully bump into a few others on the way over.  
 
Were all pumped too, cant wait to get there.
See yous all soon.
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/04 22:11:52 (permalink)
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So its all coming together. Mine is finally running but needs a tune up. Tyres are the same ones from 2011 and they were pretty average then but it will be there and circulating.
A Motec tuner will be there to provide some great tales from his dealings with MR2's and Celica's at the Bathurst 12 and 24hr. He is looking forward to seeing all the MR2's back on the track. You will not miss him. He has a Lotus Elaine.
See you tomorrow!
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/04 22:15:17 (permalink)
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Elan?

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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/05 00:05:38 (permalink)
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Whats this guys name?
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/05 00:21:49 (permalink)
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Pat and i got both the cars going, packed and had a few bevies.

Ready for the roadtrip tomorrow. Seeyou guys soon;)

Good to hear your car is going alright Steve.

Now shut up about the V6! Haha
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/05 08:04:20 (permalink)
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The guys name is Neil Trama. You will find him on the Lotus forums and Motec forums. He is also at Lotus trackdays and all the major race meets looking after many of the cars. Yes Admin, a Elan!
 
I have the webber! Also a bunch of food to cook up. The van is packed with the car being loaded at 9:20am then leaving by 10ish. Still need a few things done but it will be there and hopefully sorted by tomorrow.
 
Guess most of you guys are on the road by now. Have a safe trip, see you later today.

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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/05 13:00:21 (permalink)
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Yeah, Neil owns an Espirit I thought.  He has built alot of 2ZZ engines for Lotus owners and race cars.
 
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/05 13:06:00 (permalink)
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Even better!
 

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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/05 14:19:53 (permalink)
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Anybody have a spare harness I can buy?
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/05 21:42:49 (permalink)
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Admin

Even better!
 




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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/06 00:29:52 (permalink)
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I have a harness you can borrow.
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/06 12:08:22 (permalink)
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There's something disturbing about the juxtaposition of the photo of the Esprit, and the talk about harnesses . . .
 
Have fun, and play safe, guys and girls.  Sorry I couldn't make it, I'll just have to console myself with a test day at Morgan Park.

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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/07 20:56:48 (permalink)
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I just got back to Sydney after an amazing 2 days of fun!
 
I didn't get any footage myself, but I'm really itching to see everyone else's footage.
 
There was some amazing driving going on, and it was fantastic to be there to witness so many MR2s being driven so fast and so skillfully. I really enjoyed being a passenger on a few occasions, with drivers who had plenty of trackday experience.
 
I participated in most of the events, enough to keep me very entertained, and I was pleasently surprised that my car had almost no problems, even without turning the boost down at all. There is only one minor problem which is a very slow and harmless oil leak from somewhere, and I think it may have existed beforehand and I didn't realise. I'll have to look into that, but everything else is totally intact. I also noticed that my oil catch can (which has a level sight on the side) went from empty to half full in the 2 days, and that's the first time I've ever seen oil in there. Probably nothing to worry about, just something I randomly noticed.
I was also very happy with how my A2W intercooler setup performed. Each time I returned to the pits after hot laps and one cool down lap, I would touch the A2W core just to see how it felt, and I was amazed to find that it was normally very cool to the touch, even when surrounded by all the other hot parts in the engine bay.
 
With my lack of trackday experience my laptimes were much slower than what my car is capable of, but I'm still reasonably happy with my laptimes when I consider that I'm a total beginner, and I only had normal road tyres unlike a majority of the guys who at least had semi slicks.
During the passenger sessions with the experienced guys, I was pleased to see that I had been taking most of the correct lines, but I simply wasn't as fearless or on-the-limit as they were. Of course that all comes with experience!
 
Thanks to Steve and everyone else who made the event possible.

There is an extensive build thread for my car here: http://www.mr2australia.com/mr2play/tm.aspx?m=18316
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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/07 23:32:55 (permalink)
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I can't really find the right words to say how much fun I had. Except. WAAAAAHOOOOO. AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH. Fun fun scared fun. Wanna do it all again.

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Re:MR2 Trackday Challenge 2014 2014/01/08 07:55:40 (permalink)
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I had a great time too. I discovered last night that none of my GoPro footage worked. The sd card wasn't formatted in a way that the camera liked. Booooo

If any of you have video of my car, can you please upload it to YouTube and post a link to it here? Thanks

Top marks to Steve for organising such a great event!

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