KH SIDC Today

[ChrisG]

Greg,

I was in the white R. I hope nothing I did caused your problems?

Chris

[bigrichi]

cambell wrote

"Trying hardest - Richie (your not trying if you don't spin.....thankfully I wasn't trying )


the spin you seen was only a small one

dunno the name of the corner but spun off at the wee uphill chicane into the gravel backwards
bloody still findin gravel on the inside of the car and i have many new rattles

[Andy G]

No, it just has the Lotus sports exhaust that came standard on CRs. Seems to be a lot louder and free flowing than the standard though.

It had wee blue flames coming out at one point down through Duffus and in to the chicane - was very cool

That might have been part of the reason for the 85 litre fuel usage - thats still making me laugh

[meatball]

I saw a few of yours......

[Pedro]

I'll try and get round to begging a few pax laps next time too...Kenny, I hear you are a very experienced driver, and good to sit in with, hint, hint..

more than welcome mate

Nice one Kenny, I'll come say Hi next SIDC day @ KH

[mac]

I've been trying to think of what to post for a couple of days now and all I can come up with is:-

Gutted.

I was having the trackday of my life, when out of the car waiting for it to cool down I was like an excited puppy sniffing heat. The track was providing grip everywhere and I thought I was going as quick as I ever have at KH thanks in no small part to the input of a certain N McKean. Even when I was out in the Atom with Mr G I was thinking I wanted to get back out and drive myself!

Then the tyres. Whoever was in the white 111R was ahead of me whilst I had Jamie (Hi Jamie btw ) as a pax. We were hitting the chicane flat in 3rd and the 111R dabbed the brakes. I lifted and the car took a wee dive left and there was an almighty crunch. Damage aint too bad and as Mr Shooomer said, you wear it with pride! Would've made a great photo - anyone catch it?!

Then engine death. Not much to say really but sounds like some terminal non-maintenance from me ... how fecking hard is it to check the oil!?!

Cracking day out, the scooby and evo etiquette was the best I've ever seen not holding up anywhere and moving over at the first opportunity. Huge thanks to John for organising.

Off to tear my hair out (again). Any more piccies of my wee car ? Black (numberplate-less) S1.

Cheers guys

You Ironsided your engine? Oh man, that sucks - I really feel for you. There's no worse feeling in the world than when you know it's your own fault. Here's hoping it's only a few shells and that you got it turned off quick enough.


Mac

[Andy D]

I had a great day on Saturday, weather was perfect and definately not as forecast! The car felt really planted after I played around with the tyre pressures and it was intresting to drive my mates yellow Honda S2000 as a comparisim. Managed about 100 laps and loved every minute of it . Cheers to Dan at JPS for the new brakes

Richie.....you'll be finding gravel in that car for months to come.....so nearly the save of the day but judging by the smile on your face you had a ball.

[ceejam]

Greg, gutted you had engine problems after the wee bump!!

Car was going great IMO!

Was good to meet some of you guys (Gregm Andy, RDH, McKeann, Stew) , I WILL be out on track with mine soon.

Mayb next time I'll be about for longer and speak to more of the Lotus folks!

Seemed a good day, pity I had other things on (got home at 7 on Sunday morning!!!)

[flat-planedCrank]

Hi all,

Some shots from last Saturdays SIDC trackday :

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Lots more non-lotus shots from the trackday on pistonheads - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=509971

Cheers.

[Modena Scotland]

Great shots!

[xcl]

A bit late I know, but work has kept me away from SE since last weekend.

I had a fantastic time on Sat, with the exception of spinning out in front of Tut (whilst heading backwards kept thinking if this was going to be "the" gravel trap which the briefing said would flip you ) but all good. I believe there may be some evidence of this floating about .

It was good to meet everyone, and hope to repeat the experience soon. Unfortunately looks like won't be able to make the next SIDC as I'm already booked on an off-roading challenge for that weekend (slightly slower paced - we usually manage about 2 miles in a day and a half up a very boggy mountain on the west).

Thanks to everyone for their advice and encouragement. Think this might be a bug that stays in the system for a while, grin certainly has .

Jon

[The Admiral]

Had great fun, despite the car being a little down on power due to leaky H/G

Quite a few Lotuses/Cats on my usual epic vid lol

Cheers

Rog

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 6451668560

[tut]

Looks like we did a fair bit of lapping together Rog..........

tut (yellow Elise, N3 TUT)

ps That was some sound that my car made when I was coming past. Sounded like induction as opposed to exhaust.

[The Admiral]

Hi Tut!

Yeah your car was going really well - was great fun having a wee play

Cheers

Rog

[tut]

Not a lot you can do about the bug Jon, cept enjoy it.

That was a nice little spin going down Duffus, was not sure at first if it was you or Mass, but no prob, adds to the adrenelin.

Stewart got the whole sequence, so you could ask him for them. He said that he did not post them to save your blushes, but we all spin at times, so no reason not to share them.

tut

"Thanks. That is the first of a serious of 11 but thought better of posting them to save the blushes of the owner.

Stewart"