Went round Brands yesterday.

Phate · 22 Dec 2008 at 17:28

And my god what a blast

Was a 30min session which I went with a load of other ZS guys from a forum.

I've never had so much fun in the car! Got in quite a few overtakes, there were 20 cars on the track at the time, the weather was very kind to us and overall it was simply brilliant!

If you have a spare £25 - I would thoroughly recommend doing it! Didn't have any hairy moments and I was caning it at times and got up to 110mph on the long straight of the indy circuit. Surprised quite a few people and had others coming up to us afterwards saying they weren't expecting that from a 'bunch of Rovers'

Front brakes are now 'spongy' so I'll be fitting new pads asap lol!!

(I'm at the back covered in filth!

) (and the ST was with us as well)

Going for a half day in early Feb with them again and quite frankly I cannot wait! oh yes!

Many Thanks to Overlag for turning up and snapping some images!

agw_01 · 22 Dec 2008 at 17:48

Good effort J! I see a proper Rover there, showing you fancy MG boys how it's done

The camber on those front wheels looks interesting...

Phate · 22 Dec 2008 at 17:50

agw_01 said:
Good effort J! I see a proper Rover there, showing you fancy MG boys how it's done

I overtook him so up yours northerner

- That was a Turbo to! spoke to the driver during the day, fantastic bloke - told him about your car, he said he'd get his arse on RT and look out for you!

The camber on those front wheels looks interesting...

lol. That's on the original arms dude, the adjustables had to come off

- but they are going back on in a day or so

EDIT: For the record the drivers side is fine it's just the passenger side which sits at that angle, doesn't affect the handling though!

Duke · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:02

Looks like you had fun

thepharcyde · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:12

Cool, must do this one day

agw_01 · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:13

Phate said:
That was a Turbo to! spoke to the driver during the day, fantastic bloke - told him about your car, he said he'd get his arse on RT and look out for you!

Yeah, I noticed the number plate (all FDH's are turbos).

/pops over to RT and waves at random people

Phate · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:14

thepharcyde said:
Cool, must do this one day

Seriously dude, its just brilliant. Such a buzz!

Wicksta · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:14

Nice one, it's a great feeling when you get to the bottom of paddock hill bend and your stomach ends up in your boots isn't it.

What happened with the adjustable arms then?

Phate · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:15

agw_01 said:
Yeah, I noticed the number plate (all FDH's are turbos).

/pops over to RT and waves at random people

MSN Fella?

Phate · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:20

Wicksta said:
Nice one, it's a great feeling when you get to the bottom of paddock hill bend and your stomach ends up in your boots isn't it.

Oh yes - specially with your foot to the floor

What happened with the adjustable arms then?

Well they went on fine and corrected the camber as expected - I went to get it tracked and laser aligned, they jacked the car up to start making the adjustments and the bloody drivers wheel fell OUT of the camber adjuster :eek:

Basically theres a plate which sits on top of the adjuster to hold the arm in and the plate was missing for whatever reason. So the garage bodged it so I could drive back and go get my original arms, then had them fitted and had the car tracked/aligned - so it handles brilliantly at the minute, just getting uneven tyre wear - gash

So as it stands another plate is being fabricated for me so I can have the adjustables put back on

panthro · 22 Dec 2008 at 18:22

£25? Thats pretty cheap!

Morba · 22 Dec 2008 at 19:17

looks like you were having fun

good work fella :]

merlin · 22 Dec 2008 at 19:22

Good lad

saitrix · 22 Dec 2008 at 19:22

Who did you get the trackday through? I can't seem to find any £25 sessions. Sounds good!

Sam · 22 Dec 2008 at 19:27

Looks good mate

Must say a trip to brands for 30 minutes must be a bit of a ball ache !!!! i would want a minimum of half a day really

The trackday i did at bedford last month didnt go to plan so i have 50% off the next one so i must get it booked !!!!

Sam

Kitchster_uk · 22 Dec 2008 at 19:31

Nice one, good effort. Like to see people doing track days - I have to thank the MG's on track for letting the MX5's come along to Cadwell Park earlier this year - fantastic days. Glad you enjoyed it

Phate · 22 Dec 2008 at 23:25

Thanks all, and yes we were having lots of fun!

Sam, Brands is about 20minutes max from my place so it's not an issue really

Was good and well worth it! I'm booking up a full day at the beginning of Feb if you want to come along and play with Zeds

Phate · 22 Dec 2008 at 23:26

saitrix said:
Who did you get the trackday through? I can't seem to find any £25 sessions. Sounds good!

Motorvision dude

acevuk · 23 Dec 2008 at 02:37

Phate said:
Brands is about 20minutes max from my place

You must have been caning it - Brands is 'about 20 mins' from mine, and I'm 1 junction away on the M25!! :eek:

And what happened to your N/S foglight?

Give me a buzz next time - might come with you!

Phate · 23 Dec 2008 at 02:42

acevuk said:
You must have been caning it - Brands is 'about 20 mins' from mine, and I'm 1 junction away on the M25!!

Nope, from my folks I'm about 2 minutes from the m25, with no traffic it's 10 minutes to the bridge, and then 10mins if that from there.

And what happened to your N/S foglight?

Look closer, that's the intake for the induction!

Give me a buzz next time - might come with you!

Will do!