2008/09/07 11:26:21
Dave
simo

g'day,I love these things ,yours is doing very well to,just a question,as Im considering buying a track car in the near future,was there a lot of difference in times and handling between the 4wd turbo,and your car,with the mods you have done?

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!
2008/09/07 14:51:49
Simon
quote:
Originally posted by jimmy

simo

g'day,I love these things ,yours is doing very well to,just a question,as Im considering buying a track car in the near future,was there a lot of difference in times and handling between the 4wd turbo,and your car,with the mods you have done?

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!



It really wouldn't be fair comparing my times to those of the 4WD TX3 in this instance, as it was Nick's first ever sprint, running on really crap tyres, and it was seriously wet, which resulted in him being 20 seconds off the pace.

With regards to which one to buy, well that's entirley up to you, but I'm really happy with the handling of my car given how little has been done to it. Obviously any turbo car has a greater potential for power production than a NA one, but in the case of a 4WD TX3, you then need to really start looking after the gearbox as they're not a cheap item to replace/rebuild.

At the end of the day, I guess it all comes down to how far you want to go and what class you want to run in. Mine is a daily driver, so I try to keep it within a standard/improved/road registered type class.
2008/09/07 17:20:12
KIZZA
good result simon you got to be happy with that. who owns the red rs? I have seen it around my area alot.
2008/09/07 22:43:45
Paul Dunstan
If you're after a track only car then this would be a heap of fun...

http://www.bmsc.com.au/forums/buy-sell-rally-cars/16823-f-s-gtir-pulsar.html
2008/10/07 10:04:56
Simon
Hey Kieran,

The red RS belongs to a guy named Matthew, who is an RSOCVic club member. Think he lives around your way, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was him. It's his daily and usually runs on gold FR17s.
2008/10/07 17:21:35
KIZZA
thought so, looks real nice. I will be joining the rsoc in the coming months 2 mate but I want to get at 1 of my Escorts up and running first. ill be in touch when its closer, sorry for the hijack.
2008/07/15 17:16:42
Simon
Had a great day at Winton with GDUB and Chippa666. It was bitterly cold and there was a sprinkling of rain, but otherwise relatively incident free (just don't get me started on a certain blue Mk2 Escort!).

It was Marc's (Chippa's) first ever sprint and he did really well running a 1:53 on pretty ordinary tyres!

GDUB improved his times again, as did I, albeit by only 0.2 seconds . But, it was good enough for third in class so I can't complain. More horsepower needed me thinks!

Many thanks to the guys (and girls) for making it a very enjoyable day, and particularly Marc for all his help packing up.

2008/07/15 18:39:38
2lt_Scort
Simon,

Always interested to read about your track days.

What sort of track days are they? Is it open to public for practice on certain days? Pay your money and go have fun sort of thing?

Rhys
2008/07/15 19:46:34
Simon
Hey Rhys,

The Winton Sprint series is run by Winton themselves, rather than by a club who has hired the circuit. It's basically a case of fill in your entry form, nominate which class you want/are eligible to run in, and send it off with payment. Then you just turn up on the day in time for scrutineering, a 15min practice, and the drivers briefing.

Most sprint events will allocate groups, and you run in the same group every time. Winton just call it by session, so you just line up whenever you like. It's good that way as you can run with your mates if you want to. Once everyone has completed their first session, they call the second one and drivers can begin lining up again.

The first timed session at Winton has around 8 cars lining up single file at the start/finish line and are released one by one at 8 second intervals, running one standing lap followed by two flying laps. Every subsequent timed session has around 16 drivers starting 2 by 2, and it's then a drag race to the first corner. This time it's one standing followed by three flying. We had four timed sessions in total.

At the end of the day they take your fastest standing lap, and add it to your fastest flying (doesn't matter if they were in different sessions) to give you a total time. This is how the final standings are worked out for each class.
2009/06/10 21:09:37
Dave
simon
how is your tx3 going you still got it?any updates on its/your progress??

I finally pick one up(kh2 TX3 NA) to make a track car.
what springs and shocks did you use? from the photos your cars doesnt appeear to have alot of body roll,have you replaced the suspesnion bushes??

cheers
Dave
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