First and last time I do budget...

[Bluebeard]

Every Clio i've taken on track has had decent brake pads and decent tyres. (PE2's, P Zeros, R888s) This time we decided to use what we had lying around rather than spend money.

Today, I did a track day with standard spec brembo pads and T1R tyres. After just 2 x 15 minute sessions, this is what we were left with... The pads on one side literally fell apart. The other side was fine still but this one not so much. The T1Rs just have way too soft a side wall for track work! lol..

We ended up driving to halfords to get a new set of Halfords brand cheap pads (Which were actually brilliant!) and we swapped tyres around to make sure we didn't get a blow out...

Doing things on a Budget does not make sense!!!

 

[Mr R.]

Love the pads, good effort....lol

 

[.GAZ.]

I've got A048's for my trackday next Sunday, been using Toyo road tyres for the last 2 years.

 

[Jaff.]

Buy cheap buy twice

 

[Bluebeard]

Buy cheap buy twice

​I wanted to meet you today but you left as we got back from the petrol station.

 

[Adamm.]

Lol at that tyre sidewall.

 

[McGherkin]

8/10, good effort.

 

[Bluebeard]

The toyos, despite being not very good for lap times y0, are great fun. The car moves all over the place, we were laughing all day!

 

[imprezaworks]

Glad I opted for ado8's lol

 

[Jaff.]

​I wanted to meet you today but you left as we got back from the petrol station.

Gutted was looking around for you (and others) but I didn't spot many. Spoke to Matt W and let him take the st for a spin, spoke to 2 others and the Godspeed guys (my mates are friends with Ben which I didn't know) and I spotted chip fixing a trumpet on that mentally loud red Clio lol.

i would have stayed longer but my mates were getting bored and wanted to go.

 

[Matt W]

Gutted I didn't see Daniel either, although I was looking for someone that looked like his avatar.....

 

[Chip-mk1]

Shame you didn't introduce yourself jaff. Would have been nice to meet you.

 

[Meek_racing]

I see some gold/black paintwork... is this my old car?

 

[Jaff.]

You were too busy laughing at a broken trumpet mate, thought it best to leave you to it lol.

​

 

[Bluebeard]

I see some gold/black paintwork... is this my old car?

Sadly not mate. Your old one is at the back of a very long queue of clios we have! Lol.

 

[Meek_racing]

Was hoping Berty would be back on track soon...

 

[Chip-mk1]

You were too busy laughing at a broken trumpet mate, thought it best to leave you to it lol.

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Barge in next time mate.
Lucky escape the trumpet bolt didn't get ingested.
quite a quick car now that one since the cams, had no trouble getting away from our RB and the williams trophy although comically Dewis was all over him in the pikey corsa thrown together from leftovers for pennies!

 

[welsh.Z.S.]

lol top effort dude

 

[Jaff.]

Yes very lucky! It was a quick car I was quite impressed with it tbh.

the corsa was pretty cool too, sounded nice but it looked mega unstable in the corners lol. Watched it through the first set of corners a few times and it looked very "edgy"

 

[Poopensharten]

T1-R's are pish!

 

[TimR26]

Always disagreed with people that say standard pads are good enough for track work.

And I thought the sidewalls on my Goodyears were bad LOL

 

[DaveDreads]

I destroyed my Brembo pads in the first session,
they went from a high bite point to the pedal being on the floor within 15 minutes.

I just drove all the way home without touching the brakes until I was in Coventry city centre,
the pedal does nothing now. lol

​So in short Brembo pads suck balls.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Don't slow down as much for the bends. They last longer then. Lol.

 

[Greeny.]

Never seen tyres that bad :/ Surely to fold that much they couldn't of had enough pressure?

 

[Jay Payne]

Nope, thats pretty normal on 'Road tyres' if you drive them hard. sidewalls not intended to corner at 80mph+

 

[imprezaworks]

Would that not depend on the track? I've used road tyres before and they have been crap, but fine

 

[Greeny.]

Nope, thats pretty normal on 'Road tyres' if you drive them hard. sidewalls not intended to corner at 80mph+

Fair enough, mine started to do this on my last trackday and I had f**k all grip through the corners, think that could be more to do with the lack of decent wheel alignment now though!

 

[Jay Payne]

Would that not depend on the track? I've used road tyres before and they have been crap, but fine

Yes, depends on layout and surface. Seen/had that happen at places like Mallory, Oulton and Llandow. But never places like Donington or Silverstone. From our experience Donington is very easy on tyres

 

[imprezaworks]

I need to try harder at oulton lol, never had an issue

 

[Chip-mk1]

Llandow is a grippy surface and proper punishes the pass side. Like a mini castle Combe.

 

[AdDaMan]

My P-Zero Neros have sidewalls that are blue from overheat and thats just from a late night road test! Wouldn't hold up on track at all i dont think..

 

[Jay Payne]

I need to try harder at oulton lol, never had an issue

Me and Tony did this to a set of Prada Spec2's at Outon once. Proper sh1t tyres.............

 

[imprezaworks]

Guess it depends on race driver.

 

[JP83]

Impressed with my Nankang NS2's.
Already done about 13,000 miles, done llandow and still have about 3mm left.

 

[Bluebeard]

Never seen tyres that bad :/ Surely to fold that much they couldn't of had enough pressure?

25 psi cold, 35 psi hot. Checked before and after every session.

 

[MrDave]

​I wanted to meet you today but you left as we got back from the petrol station.

Shame you didn't introduce yourself jaff. Would have been nice to meet you.

You're not missing much. Think welsh leprechaun with a bumfluff beard.

 

[Jaff.]

You're not missing much. Think welsh leprechaun with a bumfluff beard.

Just because I'm not a lanky f**k like you doesn't mean I'm a leprechaun

my bumfluff is getting manly now... Carefull