QR Track Day

[SuperDave]

It never used to be for street registered cars. It started off with race and street cars mixed together.

[soarer21]

Yeah 2008 was the first time they seperated the race cars from the street cars. Apparently there were complaints about the race cars flying past the road cars or something and people thought it was dangerous.

[SuperDave]

Yeah 2008 was the first time they seperated the race cars from the street cars. Apparently there were complaints about the race cars flying past the road cars or something and people thought it was dangerous.

sooks

[soarer21]

Possibly, but when you consider the pink car was upshifting to 5th at the start line which was 215kmh and was still accelerating you dont really want that bearing down on you into turn 1 lol

[SuperDave]

I know that feeling. Do you remember that time late '07 I somehow ended up in the same group as you

But generally you were quick enough to pass me 20m after turn 6

[whitestivo]

i had enough problems with that guy running 58's taking me under brakes at turn 3

aren't soarers heavy, slow... i'm confused

whitestivo

[soarer21]

i had enough problems with that guy running 58's taking me under brakes at turn 3

aren't soarers heavy, slow... i'm confused

whitestivo

I used to have a Z21 Soarer years ago, but that isnt what I raced.

The race car is a Toyota Mark2 JZX90. Some people think of them as Chasers though thats a seperate version of the same basic car.

My Mk2 was fitted out pretty well and the weight was stripped down to just 1250kg with a full tank of fuel.

Add in a reasonably strong 3ltr 2J based engine and some decent tyres and you have the makings of something fun

Bear in mind this is not a road car. Not even close to being road legal.

I took my road going Mk2 out in december and with full weight car, old used up tyres and a stock 1J engine I ran 62.7 on the Sprint track. My Pink car could do a standing start on the sprint track and still come in seconds faster then that

[soarer21]

For reference, on Natsoft this is the lap times for the Sprint track from August 07

90 John 1:01.7400 0:54.8600 0:54.3600 0:54.8400 0:57.0600

Standing start off the grid, last lap was caught up in lapped traffic

Edited February 24, 2009 by soarer21

[SuperDave]

Is the Mark2 still around? With times like those you could have a crack at the 53.36 set by Russ Newman in his GTR at the Time Attack days.

So what brings you to these parts John?

[whitestivo]

i notice a certain celica on the race sheet for last weekend...

whitestivo

[whitestivo]

as for the soarer owner, you have my respect, i'm still revelling in the glory of cracking 1.05 on street tyres in the sportivo

54 is brilliant and it's a toyota

whitestivo

[Supercharged TRD]

I notice that most people were slower by 1 or 2 seconds this time round. Was the track wet?

[SuperDave]

The dipper and crossover had water in them, and then a high powered R32 dropped it's guts coming into the crossover, which Corey is very pleased about , so oily and wet in the slow stuff. I was only 0.5s down :P

[soarer21]

Is the Mark2 still around? With times like those you could have a crack at the 53.36 set by Russ Newman in his GTR at the Time Attack days.

So what brings you to these parts John?

The Mk2 is currently in a shipping container in storage. Will be reborn again later when I have the funds neccessary to do what I want to with it. I have the concept in mind, with drawings and I have the mechanical ideal in my head but its going to take quite a few dollars to achieve it. As much as I spent on it in the first place in fact just to get it how I envisage. With the specs I have in mind, I should be able to mince Russ's time.

As for here, well JP asked me about what times I was doing the other week, and said there were people here discussing race times and Im always interested in race stuff, as opposed to general discussions about what size amp to use on a 12in woofer... or how big a chrome rim will fit on my honda.

Thought I'd start off by seeing if I could get myself flamed for a quick time without mentioning the cars exactly ;) But no-one bit before you and JP spoiled the party lol

Ah well, at least I have my road car too so I have a valid input since the pink car truly isnt a good yard stick for a road car.

Whitestivo, thanks for that. Damn right its a toyota, and on top of that its a full original floorpan too. Has no space-frame chassis bits anywhere. It also has factory front and rear ends, and even the rear brakes were only Supra 2 piston calipers on genuine supra rotors. Gearbox was an unmodified toyota R154 etc. No dog gears or anything. Got to love toyota engineering I say.

[SuperDave]

As for here, well JP asked me about what times I was doing the other week, and said there were people here discussing race times and Im always interested in race stuff, as opposed to general discussions about what size amp to use on a 12in woofer... or how big a chrome rim will fit on my honda.

Thought I'd start off by seeing if I could get myself flamed for a quick time without mentioning the cars exactly ;) But no-one bit before you and JP spoiled the party lol

Ah well, at least I have my road car too so I have a valid input since the pink car truly isnt a good yard stick for a road car.

You should have picked a different name to the one on Toymods then

A new crowd has slowly moved into the sprints, while the old crowd has got over it or moved up. I'm hopeing to move up next year, see how that goes though :P

So the Mark2 is hopefully going to become more track car then before then? How it was could have made a mark (no pun intended) on the Superlap event.

[soarer21]

As for here, well JP asked me about what times I was doing the other week, and said there were people here discussing race times and Im always interested in race stuff, as opposed to general discussions about what size amp to use on a 12in woofer... or how big a chrome rim will fit on my honda.

Thought I'd start off by seeing if I could get myself flamed for a quick time without mentioning the cars exactly ;) But no-one bit before you and JP spoiled the party lol

Ah well, at least I have my road car too so I have a valid input since the pink car truly isnt a good yard stick for a road car.

You should have picked a different name to the one on Toymods then

A new crowd has slowly moved into the sprints, while the old crowd has got over it or moved up. I'm hopeing to move up next year, see how that goes though :P

So the Mark2 is hopefully going to become more track car then before then? How it was could have made a mark (no pun intended) on the Superlap event.

Yeah, thought about that after but ah well.

The pink car was really a track only car anyway. It was rather highly modified.

All the doors were gutted, all the windows were 3mm lexan except the windscreen, all heater and aircon equipment removed, sound deadening removed, custom fuel tank etc.

It's planned for a come-back with more bits stripped out to lighten it more, better brakes, much bigger wheels and tyres under heavily modified guards, 6sp sequential and a 3.4ltr engine etc.

It's coming back as an even more full-on Sports Sedan basically as I plan to take it up to the leading Qld Sports Sedan drivers in the next couple of years. Hopefull contest the 2011 season. Man that sounds a long way away...

In the mean time a friends buying an IPRA corolla that I will get to drive too