Aarons Track Project

[aaron86]

I'm gonna have a few more track days @ blyton and my local airfield that I hire and see how I get on before I change again, prob will just change wheels to get the 300mm to fit.

 

[daveski]

That was my plan, ended up just getting tyres for my 15s. I'm sure 280s will be fine anyway.

My first day is the 7th March, should be a laugh.

 

[Scott134]

I'm gonna have a few more track days @ blyton and my local airfield that I hire and see how I get on before I change again, prob will just change wheels to get the 300mm to fit.

Out of curiosity, how much does it cost to hire an airfield?! Do you group together with others, or run events of some sort? Sounds like a good idea though!

 

[aaron86]

I hire my local airfield that mintex use as there proving ground I usually get a few people together to split the cost and it works out cheaper than a tank of fuel. I don't hold events I just go there to test upgrades before I take the car to track days, it is a good airfield though with 2 runways that you can go flat out on (I've had 130 on the clock with a tail wind) it makes a good circuit and its really handy.

 

[Scott134]

That's an awesome idea! ... I now have to find one near me that I can rent! :lol:

 

[aaron86]

Just a few updates
Old exhaust

Powerflow back box and race tube

OMP lower strut brace

My £3.20 bucket seats

 

[aaron86]

Also ordered some braided brake lines and a tow strap, will give me something to do in the morning.

 

[oli8925]

I really want to do exactly what you're doing at the moment. Dirt cheap 1.7, strip out, a few choice niceties, enjoy. I'd want Melina Blue or Panther Black too, looks really nice. Is it staying road legal?

 

[aaron86]

It would be road legal if I put it through mot & taxed it. I am planning to get it back on the road but at the moment I'm quite happy with just going to tracks and giving it a boot full then upgrading it for the next event.
I said from the start I am going to do it on a budget and I have stuck to that so won't be going mad with upgrades just keeping it simple, affordable and most of all fun :grin:

 

[Scott134]

Good work Aaron. That's a bargain pair of seats!! Well done.

 

[aaron86]

Got round to fitting the braided lines today and give her a quick wash and starting to look at track days again think I might try Elvington as its the closest any been there before?

 

[aaron86]

Spent a few more hours in the garage today and after reading through pumajays project decided to cut some holes in the rear bumper

 

[PumaJay]

looking good :grin:

 

[aaron86]

Thanks mate learnt as lot looking your thread , with track days in mind I've downloaded Harry's lap timer app for iPhone so I can record videos and keep as record of lap times, really impressed with it and I will load a video on YouTube later highley recommend it to anyone.

 

[BigAl]

Looking good mate! I do like a trackday car! :grin:

 

[Nas]

Looks sweet! I think I'm to give pumajays rear end weight reduction program a shot too, did you get rid of the entire internal support frame too?

 

[PumaJay]

i just got rid of the bottom half, you'll need the top half of the frame to keep the bumper in place, if you remove the lot theres no mounting points for the bumper, you just need the top 2 bolt mounts and the 2 that pop in on the side

 

[PumaJay]

thats where i cut across and then uses some tiger seal round the edges to hold it all in place

 

[aaron86]

Cheers guys
As above but under the red line is there is another two mounts I just simply cut around these coz I didn't want to take then off to find I needed to keep them on. I also bonded around the cut using tec7 just to make sure it stays nice and rigid, if u look at pumajay project thread there is a more detailed guide.

 

[PumaJay]

you can cut that lot out, its stong enough with just the 2 mounts.

as long as you use plenty of sealer it'll hold nice and tightley