been a while since i've done an update, unfortunately this one is going to be a tad sad.
track prep for winton, installed a SABELT 6pt harness and stripped some of the interior from the back. I only ran it as a 4pt on the track because 6pt was going to crush my balls.
was soo excited hitting the track again, until 20minutes from winton we hit a kangaroo, my friend was driving my car, the kangaroo was running right to left and we tried to swerve right to avoid it, unfortunately the kangaroo stopped and we swiped it... fender gone, headlight gone, foglight knocked out, bumper cracked....
some friends helping out with emergency repairs pumping the guard out.
ohwell, we were at winton, might aswell run, least i get more air into the intake.
session 1: it was a non timed session and it was quite low temp and slippery on the track, mainly just tried to accustom myself to the track again, although i did spin out on the back of the track, left 90* corner. ended up doing a 2.03 but didn't really care.
session 2: went pretty good, felt abit slow as i was overtaken quite abit, got maybe 1 or 2 good laps in but i span out on the left 90* after the corner, had a few issues with that and span again on the 90* right after that, decided i was pushing too hard so i backed off and waited for the track to get more heat. got a 1.56.3, beat my old PB by 0.3 but i was displeased.
session 3: things started to get better and i got into the rhythm, as the track got grippier i started feeling more confident in attacking the corners, ended up getting 1.53.xx with the left 90* still being an issue, started taking a wider line but loosing heaps of speed.
session 4: started pushing hard with the car and no real issues other than the left 90*, ended up with a 1.52.xx but displeased because i wanted a 1.50!!!!
session 5: all or nothing, pushed the car as much as i felt it could, unfortunately had a small spin on the 90* again, by this session the brakes were almost gone and i had to brake earlier than in the previous sessions and i knew i had to get a quick lap in before it all gives up on me. ended up with a 1.51.6.. I think if I pushed one session sooner, or skipped a session to push it on the 5th session, I would have easily made 1.50.x or maybe into the 1.49.x as I lost alot of time on braking.
still had alot of fun! beat my pb by 5 seconds, .... big thanks to the exe crew for putting such a great event, JAK workshop boys helping me build the car, Simon, Eason for the emergency repairs and Nam for helping me drive the car up!
Now the real challenge beings as i'm rebuilding the AE111, fender has already been ordered, i'm thinking of putting the AE111 on a diet to get some free KW out of it, going to start looking for some semi slicks to put on my track wheels... I wonder what the future would hold..