OcUK Curborough Sprint Circuit - Monday 20th March 2017

Thank you everyone for coming. Glad you guys enjoyed it. Shame about the morning's weather but the dry made up for it later.

Housey, you gentleman, thank you for lunch.
 
Right, not long home myself now.

I went and took extra monies out of from the Co-Op by the owner's house. He wasn't home so I couldn't explain why no signatures on the form, never mind. Like a numpty I got 20min away and realised I gave him the money but not the keys :D So back I went!

Some thoughts from today:

Clarkey - you can drift, boy can you drift. It was fantastic to watch, much more interesting to me than seeing it done at the bigger tracks. Fair play to you sir.
Frozennova - the MX5 was ace. You need nothing more than an LSD and that car will be even better around there. The way you were hustling it in the wet was very impressive! And you were brave letting me/forcing me to have a go!
Housey - already said it, but lunch, thank you very much. I'm certain everyone there was grateful.

Everyone else, thank you all for helping sure the day ran well, for making the most of the weather and having a go and having a laugh doing so. Also thanks to those who ensured everything stayed tidy and left us at the end with very little to do :)

Now my car ! Once it got dry and I got to push, I was not let down. The reason I bought this car vs an older STi became very apparent with the way it felt and handled. I was loving it and I am loving my exhaust setup! In the wet I was surprisingly not as confident as I'd thought I'd be. Tyres and throttle map may be the reason for that but I was definitely not pushing it in the wet like I did my old one. I felt like it wanted to go sideways too easily, but it doesn't help that full boost is achieved at very little throttle in Sport mode. Throttle map tuning will need to take place.

Looking forward to all the videos and pictures :)
 
I literally just clipped that out of a near 3gb file using the GoPro software. But I often use the free version of something called Davinci Resolve.
 
Lmao, no, it was on auto :D

I left mine in auto and it was a lot more tail happy than my old one in the wet. The donuts were in auto too!

I tried leaving the torque vectoring on in the wet too and I could really feel it turning the front in after it began to understeer. Interesting sensation. Then I just turned it all off.

Hindsight I should have done auto and forward a notch to see how that was in the wet. In the dry I did knock it back but still kept auto. Difference was very apparent!
 
Yeah it was, I can't say it managed to deal with my exhaust when I asked Phil to record it for me whilst I revved mind!

My older HD cameras are actually much better, wish I'd brought them instead. I need to get something new.

However, I was very impressed with the GoPro and external mic on the inside of the car though, picked up the sound so much better than the standard GoPro mic!
 
Oh.. I did not see that? Apologies ! Someone else sent me money around the same time and I only noticed theirs! Just checked PayPal activity and saw it.. my bad :(

Guys I'm really sorry for asking for the extra money off you all! I'll get to refunding everyone ASAP.
 
Paying up front is what I would normally do if it wasn't for not being able to guarantee numbers.

If I charge £45 and I don't manage to fill the 15 places I still either ask for more monies or pay the difference myself.

This time I had to put it out to non-OcUK friends to fill the spaces. Which tbh I didn't expect...
 
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