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Trackday Snetterton 21st April 2015

  • Sep 30th. 2015
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Trackday pictures from Snetterton on the 300 circuit. The day was organised by OpenTrack, with superb photographs by Tony Harrison.

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Track Day September 2014 Snetterton

  • Oct 13th. 2014
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Having been away from the track for too long, a track day came up with Open Track www.OpenTrack.co.uk at Snetterton on the 300 Circuit on Monday 29th September 2014; it was a late addition to their calendar.

Unfortuantely track time during the day was limited in the morning due fog delaying the start. Visibility was down to below 50m, meaning you couldn’t see the marshalls’ post or the lights or from one end of the pit lane to the other, so sighting laps couldn’t get underway until 11am once the fog had lifted as it wasn’t safe to go out. But once the fog lifted track time got underway, and it was a dry, busy morning on track. The afternoon brought some light showers. The ambient air temperature was good at around 15 degrees C, meaning inlet air and water temperatures were fine all day.

One additional change had previosly bew made to the gearbox oil cooler, and after monitoring on track the highest temperature recorded was 109.8 degrees C which is a huge improvement over the 125+ which was seen with no gearbox oil cooler fitted during similar track sessions.

There were still some fantastic pictures of the day, taken by Tony Harrison.

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Thanks to Tony Harrison for the On Track Photographs © Copyright Terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

Track Day November 2013 Snetterton

  • Nov 7th. 2013
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The final Track Day for 2013 was at Snetterton on the 300 Circuit with Open Track www.OpenTrack.co.uk on Monday 4th November 2013.

As usual Snetterton weather provided everything during the course of the day! Dry, bright, sunny, wet and damp. Great to get out on track for one final time, and looking forward to the closed season changes to the car, which will bring high improvements for 2014 to what is already an ultra capable track day car.

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Thanks to Tony Harrison for the On Track Photographs © Copyright Terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

Track Day September 2013 Snetterton

  • Sep 17th. 2013
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Trackday at Snetterton on the 300 Circuit with Open Track www.OpenTrack.co.uk on Sunday 15th September 2013

A changeable day; dry, bright and sunny in the morning and damp occasionally wet in the afternoon.

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Thanks to Tony Harrison for the On Track Photographs © Copyright Terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

Track Evening June 2013 Snetterton

  • Jun 12th. 2013
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Another outing at Snetterton, this time a track evening on Monday 10th June.

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Track Evening organised by OpenTrack www.OpenTrack.co.uk
Thanks to Tony Harrison for the on track shots © Copyright Terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

Track Day February 2013 Snetterton

  • Feb 20th. 2013
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First track day of 2013, a dry, bright, sunny but cool Snetterton Circuit. Sunday 17th February.

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Track Day organised by OpenTrack www.OpenTrack.co.uk
Thanks to Tony Harrison for the on track shots © Copyright Terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

Track Day November 2012 Snetterton

  • Nov 6th. 2012
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After the remaining modifications were carried out during August and September, November was the ideal opportunity to get back out on track; Saturday 3rd.

The changes for the latter half of the year consisted interior improvement, suspension alteration and rear brake improvement. The interior changes have seen the addition of the Safety Devices rear half cage, Sabelt 4-point harnesses and Recaro Pole Position seats to help with stiffening the vehicle’s shell and improving driver comfort. The extra suspension improvements include a damper change to Bilstein B8 spec which were fitted with new DAP lower, stiffer ‘Race’ spec springs and the rear brakes have been replaced with a vented and grooved 292mm kit, which will help with preventing the rear end going light under extreme braking.

A cool, and on occasion wet November day was the ideal chance to test out the car again and see what a difference the changes have made. The most noticeable changes to the chassis have come from the new dampers and springs improving the handling and road holding, but matched to this is the reduction in flex in the chassis due to the roll cage; the chassis is much stiffer which has helped with turn-in and the new seats and harnesses are not only more comfortable but as a driver you are held more securely with no movement, unlike factory seats and 3 point road seat belts.

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Track Day organised by OpenTrack www.OpenTrack.co.uk
Thanks to Tony Harrison for the on track shots © Copyright Terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

Track Evening July 2012 Snetterton

  • Jul 30th. 2012
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The first track outing for the car was Thursday 26 July 2012; a track evening at Snetterton on the 300 circuit. The majority of the changes had been made to the car namely the Intercooler rework, addition of the Pro Alloy water radiator, turbo rework to K06 specification, the front brakes have been enlarged to 356mm, additional front brake cooling added and the front suspension bushes upgraded. The car has also had a 4 wheel chassis alignment carried out. The car ran on factory dampers with DAP road springs and the standard front seats and 3 point seat belts were still fitted along with the factory spec 278mm rear brakes.

This was an ideal opportunity to give the car a shake down and see how it performed, prior to further modification work.

The car performed faultlessly over the sessions run, it was a hot sunny July afternoon with the ambient air temperature at around 24 degrees C. Despite the heat coolant an inlet air temperatures were kept well under control and the front brakes were superb, offering excellent stopping ability. Looking forward to the next track day and the future mods.

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Track Evening organised by OpenTrack www.OpenTrack.co.uk
Thanks to Tony Harrison for the on track shots © Copyright Terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

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