Donington 08/03/2008 pics & vids
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:01 pm
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We were booked on full day open pit session at Donington.
We drove down :shock: picking the Skyline up from 'The Garage' en route. 450 miles down, same back :O
Loved the track, and was good to give Fee a feel for it before the TimeAttck first round. She went out with an instructor and Dave Wilkins (GTROC) for some pointers.
No major issues to report on track. Boost pipe blew off, I tried to over rev the car :S and we were then booted off the track at 4pm after out 3rd noise warning. We'd been short shifting all morning, and were gradually building up the pace/revs..... two 101dB strikes and a final 104.5dB Whoopsi. Our bung didnt fit, but it did a good job for the white Bruce Taxis evo
Luckily we were thinking of heading home anyway 
We didnt do any full on laps due to the noise/revs and towards the end the tyres were starting to go off, getting a bit of understeer in certain corners.
some pics and vids
should now work
VIDS:
http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/Doni ... ngton1.wmv - Fee Driving, 58Mb, 8mins long
http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/Doni ... ngton2.wmv - Fee Driving, 22Mb, 4mins long
http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/Doni ... ngton3.wmv - Adam Driving, 65Mb, 11mins long
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Vids were taken fairly early on..... Fee says excuse her squeeky vioce throughout them.
The drive down wasnt as bad as we expected, but the return journey was exiting. In car fire in Dundee :shock: Police and Fire Brigade were along to help. Luckily I had it under control with the extinguisher in the car and a trusty hammer
No major damage... yet. My hands are a bit burnt, the transmission tunnel is dented to buggery from my hammering, the EDFC rear wires are wrecked, and we'll need new battery cables.
What happened : The skyline battery was dead, and not charging.... causing the car to continually stutter and cut out whilst driving. We changed battery from the 911 but it was too big for the skyline battery cage. The battery was sitting in the back, I had to brake hardish, the battery slid forward and the +ve terminal hit the cage. The car cut out mid roundabout, the earth cable went up in flames, the +ve terminal welded itself to the cage.... D'oh
I had to cut the earth using a hammer (10mm cable) and put the fire out. Hopefully the TSC and gyro/g-sensor thingy nearby my hammering are OK.
With a bit of remedial work the car started again, and made it home.
We were booked on full day open pit session at Donington.
We drove down :shock: picking the Skyline up from 'The Garage' en route. 450 miles down, same back :O
Loved the track, and was good to give Fee a feel for it before the TimeAttck first round. She went out with an instructor and Dave Wilkins (GTROC) for some pointers.
No major issues to report on track. Boost pipe blew off, I tried to over rev the car :S and we were then booted off the track at 4pm after out 3rd noise warning. We'd been short shifting all morning, and were gradually building up the pace/revs..... two 101dB strikes and a final 104.5dB Whoopsi. Our bung didnt fit, but it did a good job for the white Bruce Taxis evo
Luckily we were thinking of heading home anyway We didnt do any full on laps due to the noise/revs and towards the end the tyres were starting to go off, getting a bit of understeer in certain corners.
some pics and vids
should now work
VIDS:
http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/Doni ... ngton1.wmv - Fee Driving, 58Mb, 8mins long
http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/Doni ... ngton2.wmv - Fee Driving, 22Mb, 4mins long
http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/Doni ... ngton3.wmv - Adam Driving, 65Mb, 11mins long
right click, save as please
Vids were taken fairly early on..... Fee says excuse her squeeky vioce throughout them.
The drive down wasnt as bad as we expected, but the return journey was exiting. In car fire in Dundee :shock: Police and Fire Brigade were along to help. Luckily I had it under control with the extinguisher in the car and a trusty hammer
No major damage... yet. My hands are a bit burnt, the transmission tunnel is dented to buggery from my hammering, the EDFC rear wires are wrecked, and we'll need new battery cables.
What happened : The skyline battery was dead, and not charging.... causing the car to continually stutter and cut out whilst driving. We changed battery from the 911 but it was too big for the skyline battery cage. The battery was sitting in the back, I had to brake hardish, the battery slid forward and the +ve terminal hit the cage. The car cut out mid roundabout, the earth cable went up in flames, the +ve terminal welded itself to the cage.... D'oh
I had to cut the earth using a hammer (10mm cable) and put the fire out. Hopefully the TSC and gyro/g-sensor thingy nearby my hammering are OK.
With a bit of remedial work the car started again, and made it home.
