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At Oulton park today. Extremely greasy but cleared up around 1pm. As ever it is incredible on track and always a conversation piece.
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Car looks good Nath. Notice much difference with the new parts from TDINorth?
Looks so compact in that last shot, love it! Really would like one of these.
Ah I assumed new bits as I recognised the plate on their social media! Just such a good looking car!
At Oulton park today. Extremely greasy but cleared up around 1pm. As ever it is incredible on track and always a conversation piece.
Looks superb!
I went to book the day a week or two ago, was fully booked, put my name on reserve list and Tuesday I got a space open up, but I just looked at weather and thought track will be cold and wet all day so would just be annoying so skipped it, bit miffed considering you say it dried out around 1pm, oh well. Was it a busy day or was there a few drop outs?
Had Donnington to myself a lot, was the only good thing as most people too scared to go out, but I must say I was wishing the Exige was on PS4S or a dedicated rain/wet tyre.
4.4m is pretty compact and dyno wise Litchfield use Maha so if there is a dyno that can, it will be theirs.
Some professional photos from the day, enjoy.
Looks good!
Does the NSX give you the impression it could do it all day, every day Nath? Any signs of weakness? Is it on steel or ceramics? One thing I do like about the Exige just gives the impression that it can do it none stop.
Car is on carbon ceramics, no signs of fatigue in the car and could be pushed harder than I do. I’m alittle annoyed as my go pro ran out of battery later in the day, so I’m left with my earlier/greasier runs on cam but none of maximum attack sessions. Shame.
The only issue I got was the “braking power reduced” after a few consecutive sessions. Although it didn’t feel reduced, I played it safe and came off for them to cool down.
The NSX is a heavy beast, 1750kg so those brakes have a hard time of it.
Hyundai's headlight game is all sorts of weird!Posted in the EV thread too, but just got this a couple of days ago! Loving it so far.
The trick with ceramics is ensuring they are properly cooled off before parking up, always try do at least one coolin lap, ideally two, I know early Porsche ceramics and Ferrari ceramics suffer from heat and de-laminate. The 458 will need new brakes potentially next year, around 13k all round, but thinking I will go surface transforms as they don't have same issues and last 2-3x longer and are around 10k for a full set.
Yeah they cool down pretty quick, one lap driving casually and letting people past and the warning disappears.
Surface transforms? You've lost me Do you mean steel brakes?
Nope, surface transforms make ceramic brake disc, but they are quite a big improvement over the original equipment Brembo that most manufacturers use. Quite a few GT3 RS guys have removed their factory ceramic disc and replaced with these simply because they take track abuse far better and offer superior braking performance. As for me they cost the same / similar to Ferrari but for a big uplift in longevity and performance. The one weakness the 458 has is the ceramics though good, could be better and they wear pretty fast on track. 488 was a major improvement in braking performance.
https://www.surfacetransforms.com/