Hi,
I've uploaded some photos from Mondays Eastern Creek track day in Sydney, my first track day in my S3 (2002 APR program). I did about 40 laps in total in 6 sessions, wore away at least half of my front Bridgestone S03's (which were new), nearly a full tank of optimax, and over 150km of hard driving
And had one hell of a good time. I started out with lap times of 2:18 and ended up at 2:11, with plenty of room for improvement, he was doing 2:06.
I found that tire pressure was critical, I started out with 44/42psi cold, but that ended up being 56psi after the first two rounds, it was getting pretty nasty to handle, I dropped the pressure back to 44/42psi and all was well again.
I discovered first hand that you do not under any circumstances start braking after already cornering, the rear end just steps out, but is easily controllable by taking your foot off the brakes. I also discovered that you can corner a lot faster than you think you really can, and that you should drive with the revs above 4000 at all times, never get off boost, ever.
Photos in my Gallery
You can look at photos of the rest of the cars plus mine here photos at eastern creek at the photographers website.
Cheers,
Edward.
I've uploaded some photos from Mondays Eastern Creek track day in Sydney, my first track day in my S3 (2002 APR program). I did about 40 laps in total in 6 sessions, wore away at least half of my front Bridgestone S03's (which were new), nearly a full tank of optimax, and over 150km of hard driving
And had one hell of a good time. I started out with lap times of 2:18 and ended up at 2:11, with plenty of room for improvement, he was doing 2:06.I found that tire pressure was critical, I started out with 44/42psi cold, but that ended up being 56psi after the first two rounds, it was getting pretty nasty to handle, I dropped the pressure back to 44/42psi and all was well again.
I discovered first hand that you do not under any circumstances start braking after already cornering, the rear end just steps out, but is easily controllable by taking your foot off the brakes. I also discovered that you can corner a lot faster than you think you really can, and that you should drive with the revs above 4000 at all times, never get off boost, ever.
Photos in my Gallery
You can look at photos of the rest of the cars plus mine here photos at eastern creek at the photographers website.
Cheers,
Edward.
