dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 25/01/11 03:32 AM Share Posted 25/01/11 03:32 AM I recently received my confirmation letter for my fpv drive day at sandown in April. Just wondering what to expect and if any other members will be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOZ-F6 Member 96 Member For: 14y 8m Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 27/01/11 10:39 AM Share Posted 27/01/11 10:39 AM Hey mate!I went to mine late last year in WA, it was awesome! you'll start with a safety brief (obviously!) then they'll go into understeer, oversteer, apexes and car geometry. once you head onto the track you'll do a slalom with some witches hats, next you'll go onto the brake and swerve @ 60kmph and then the traction control exercise! such an awesome exercise! once that's all done, you'll do a few laps of whatever circuit you're on (that's what we did in perth anyway) and then you'll do a motorkhana incorporating all of what you did on the day through a series of obtacles. the person with the fastest time will be awarded a prize from FPV, in our case it was a hat! its a fantastic day, and you'll have a lot of fun! I learnt so much about what these machines can do and was blown away at the engineering and how it all comes together!good luck, and trust me, you won't be disappointed! enjoy! hope this helps! lemme know if there's anything else you wanna know!-Yoz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/01/11 08:21 PM Author Share Posted 27/01/11 08:21 PM Sounds good so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Member 213 Member For: 16y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth | Busselton Posted 29/01/11 09:34 AM Share Posted 29/01/11 09:34 AM +1 for what Yoz said.. don't be shy to have fun with the rears too.. give it stiiiiiiick bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 29/01/11 10:06 AM Author Share Posted 29/01/11 10:06 AM (edited) I'm a bit scared to do that, diff just died:( pinion seal is stuffed and all the oil came out... Doesn't like movement now :( Edited 29/01/11 10:06 AM by dre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Member 213 Member For: 16y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth | Busselton Posted 30/01/11 06:27 PM Share Posted 30/01/11 06:27 PM Spewin.. how did it come to that? have you been nice or naughty to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Resident idiot. Donating Members 2,068 Member For: 14y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/01/11 08:08 PM Author Share Posted 30/01/11 08:08 PM stuffed if I know what happened.. I smelled something funny, went to ford had a look. They topped it up with oil and away I went new seal on order for Monday.. Long story short I didn't make it home- left a trail of oil from ford to my house. as I pulled up at home it made some terrible sounds and kicked really hard. It's stuffed now :( Sitting at home waiting for tow to dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 10m 13d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 30/01/11 10:18 PM Share Posted 30/01/11 10:18 PM Do yourself a favour, let one of the race drivers take you around the track in your car, you will be amazed how it goes.I've done it twice now, once at calder, once at sandown, both times I have had Luke Youlden take me for a drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbooker Member 25 Member For: 14y 7m 1d Posted 30/01/11 10:55 PM Share Posted 30/01/11 10:55 PM I had a great time - you'll have a ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Member 213 Member For: 16y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth | Busselton Posted 31/01/11 02:11 PM Share Posted 31/01/11 02:11 PM That doesn't sound good, hope they have it fixed for your track day!One thing I regret is not changing my brake fluid to a better fluid like AP 5.1.. Even with 6/4 brembos I had brake fade in the 3rd or 4th lap. Will be changing this at my next service, think race brakes sell it for $20 a bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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