Bedford, 26/4th

[ForceIndia]

Just a few pics from today. Vids will follow once I've sorted them!

"Stop skidding"

 

[Fletcher]

Nice selection of cars.

I thought you had sold the 172 Warren?

 

[Fred@BTM]

no he decided he wasn't gay afterall

 

[jordan172]

nice pics

 

[Gaz_]

Any of you lads actually work?

Ace pics!

 

[Fred@BTM]

that's why i did a 14hour day on sunday gaz

 

[ForceIndia]

Any of you lads actually work?

Ace pics!

Don't hate the player........

Top day, great mix of cars as well. Shame a few had tiny-penis syndrome.

 

[Gaz_]

that's why i did a 14hour day on sunday gaz

f**k that!

That 197's ace, oh why did i sell mine?? Rash decision ftl

 

[ForceIndia]

f**k that!

That 197's ace, oh why did i sell mine

It's the only 197 I've come across on track and rated. Helps that Ste has no fear. Literally none. He's a wee bit scary imo:evil:.

 

[Fred@BTM]

aye its quick is the red bus!

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Nice pics!

Nice to see you chaps again, awesome day for it! Had loads of fun

 

[Mr Burns]

LOL @ the picture of me getting told off! I don't understand why they had a problem with me deliberately getting the back end out at 90mph in 4th :S

Totally agree with Warren, so many big egos out there... Twice the power and half the talent!

Was a wicked day, great selection of cars and some great little battles. I really need to get some track tyres, these road tyres just aren't enough lol.

 

[Curley]

Did you get a passenger ride in an Atom then?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^ No one did I think, they were a bit funny about it. A lot of people asked, but they never came back to us to say we could come out.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Evo was good though.

 

[Steve]

How was the black subaru doing?

He's selling it & buying an evo

 

[Mr Burns]

How was the black subaru doing?

He's selling it & buying an evo

The RB320? ...Holding me up! lol

New to the circuit was his excuse lol, tbf that thing does shift on the straights

 

[RussZS]

Steve, he wouldn't let Ste past at all and blocked him a couple of times! Once quite aggressively (at the bottom of the pit straight). He was definitely holding him up through 90% of the circuit, with the exception of the longer straights, but even then I was amazed how well the Clio stuck with it - very few cars were realistically quicker on the day!

It was my first trackday, and being Ste's passenger was a bit of an... eye opener! Lol! I can't remember everything, but he got past some pretty impressive machinery, including: M5, GT3, Focus RS, S2000, M3, etc. The most impressive for me was the FQ360, which was over the course of a couple of laps, along with the 4 lap encounter with the white 200 Cup - they were pretty evenly matched!

Ste - thanks for taking me dude, was a pleasure! I did s**t myself a fair few times, but it was awesome

Nice pics Warren, and good to meet you.

Is that KOK Clio on here?

 

[Gaz_]

So. On the track how do the MK2's fair against the MK3's? I always thought my 197 was pretty handy tbf, splitting hairs?

 

[Mr Burns]

Both are very similar in perfomance. As you'd expect the MK2 has weight to it's advantage where the MK3 has the better stability and stopping power. The 197 is more planted with better brakes as standard and gives you the confidence to drive harder, but it's lardiness and lack of torque compared to it's older brother even out and major differences.

 

[RussZS]

You did get past a 182 without too much bother - I think a lot of it is down to how 'committed' the driver is, and Mr Burns is VERY committed/a 'hooligan', lol!

You can see the difference in stopping power though, and the day just highlighted to me how much of a difference handling and brakes really do make. Power is just pub ammo.

 

[Gaz_]

Agree its mainly down to the driver. Was interested to see what the actual difference was between MK's

 

[Mr Burns]

At a guess I'm slightly quicker in the 197 than I would've been in my old cars, having said that though it depends on the track. A tight-twisty course may swing in the MK2's favour. The 197 definately feels happy on track, I had a ride with Warren (cheers btw) and the weight advantage is more the obvious. From past experience me and Warren (both stripped out and on coilovers) are very similar on track. I need to get some decent tyres like 888's to see how much better the grip is then, as my main issue is controlling the oversteer/understeer. Bit of lift-off oversteer never hurt anyone though

 

[Jay Payne]

Untill they tell u off

 

[Mr Burns]

Untill they tell u off

Haha true

 

[Mr Burns]

Here's a shitty clip from mine, the camera kept switching itself off... Stupid piece of s**t lol.

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[Brett]

The 197 quick on track. One of my fav 197's along with Kev's.

 

[ForceIndia]

So. On the track how do the MK2's fair against the MK3's? I always thought my 197 was pretty handy tbf, splitting hairs?

As ste said tbf. Tricky to compare though, because I imagine we're running quite different setups suspension wise.
I'm currently running a bit of toe out, as I love aggressive turn in. But it does sacrifice some stability under braking. I'm going to try some toe in next time out. Could be quicker, but I won't stick with it if it's less fun!

 

[Mr Burns]

You got any footage Warren?