Goodwood in my ST

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

I had a great day there back in August, weather was fantastic all day long. Had a few good tussles in the ST, lots of lightweight, blown, and grippy cars, huge fun.

This is the first of a few that will follow

Scrooge · Sep 5, 2015

The glare of that bloody dashboard!!! Drives me mental.

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

Scrooge said:
The glare of that bloody dashboard!!! Drives me mental.

Aye, it's a PITA.

Scrooge · Sep 5, 2015

Nice driving as usual, M3 didn't take long to reel you in on that straight.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the videos.

Me and @RyG had a few straight line blasts the other night, considering his car has suspected timing issues (£90 invoice for cambelt change, rough idle, completely flat then the most aggressive 5k kick I've ever felt) it kept with me fairly easily.

Detail Chris · Sep 5, 2015

Scrooge said:
Nice driving as usual, M3 didn't take long to reel you in on that straight.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the videos.

Me and @RyG had a few straight line blasts the other night, considering his car has suspected timing issues (£90 invoice for cambelt change, rough idle, completely flat then the most aggressive 5k kick I've ever felt) it kept with me fairly easily.

Needs stage 1 map, really comes alive! Do it

DrR · Sep 5, 2015

I'd love to take mine on a track, think it would be amazing fun.

Glare on the dashboard is dangerous imo, I quite often drive blind because of it.

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

Here's another...impressive for an allegedly standard engine...

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

This one was a bit too close for comfort

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

I had another crack at the Golf

Cub. · Sep 5, 2015

Nice. I love goodwood.

Mr Burns · Sep 5, 2015

I'd love to do Goodwood purely because I love the Revival weekend. What's a typical fast lap there? I've always wondered how modern hot hatches compare to the historic racing cars. Fiesta looked quick and stable!

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

My best laps are 1.37.6 in my 172 Cup (stripped, soft sticky tyres, epic brakes) and a 1.39.1 in my ST MP215 (standard other than DS2500s on the front axle).

I'll make sure to note at the revival meeting in a few weeks what they get around in.

Mr Burns · Sep 5, 2015

It's next weekend I think...

Detail Chris · Sep 5, 2015

Tidy mate! How do you rate the ds2500 compared to Oem? Had any pad break ups yet?

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

Detail Chris said:
Tidy mate! How do you rate the ds2500 compared to Oem? Had any pad break ups yet?

I never found the originals lacking in bite or power...but they were just too grabby. The DS2500s with their lesser response when cold are much much better and far easier to modulate on the road.

The DS2500s on track were solid all day long...not one hint of fade but then Goodwood does give them lots of time with fast flowing air to cool between stops.

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

...and one more...I've watched all my sessions like this now and have learned a huge amount for when I'm out next. What was it Jackie Stewart said? "Don't press the throttle until you can be sure you can stay on it"?

Detail Chris · Sep 5, 2015

MarkCup said:
I never found the originals lacking in bite or power...but they were just too grabby. The DS2500s with their lesser response when cold are much much better and far easier to modulate on the road.

The DS2500s on track were solid all day long...not one hint of fade but then Goodwood does give them lots of time with fast flowing air to cool between stops.

Yes they are grabby. Might be something to look at next.

Also how do you run esc on track, in sport or all off?

MarkCup · Sep 5, 2015

Detail Chris said:
Yes they are grabby. Might be something to look at next.

Also how do you run esc on track, in sport or all off?

Get them from George 172 (RTR parts) - he sorted me with a set and they've transformed the day-to-day drive...it's only when they're gone that you really realise just how bad they are!

I ran the ESC in sport all day this time out. I played about with gentle mid-corner lifts throughout the day to get the back moving and it never cut in. It was only on my last session, on the last corner of the day that I tried to properly hang the back out and the ESC jumped in and stopped play. Was quite subtle though...the flashing light on the dash was what made me realise.

I'm very comfortable with its on-limit behaviour now so next time it'll be off all the way.

Inequality Street · Sep 5, 2015

Scrooge said:
Nice driving as usual, M3 didn't take long to reel you in on that straight.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the videos.

Me and @RyG had a few straight line blasts the other night, considering his car has suspected timing issues (£90 invoice for cambelt change, rough idle, completely flat then the most aggressive 5k kick I've ever felt) it kept with me fairly easily.

I thought the complete oposite, I struggled to keep with you! (I did have an exhaust in the boot tbf)

MarkCup · Sep 6, 2015

This was very unusual...normally get through a whole day without seeing one, on this day we saw seven!

MarkCup · Sep 6, 2015

Huge fun had going against this MX5, no idea on the spec but it was proper rapid

MarkCup · Sep 6, 2015

Mr Burns · Sep 6, 2015

MX-5 Didn't look very rapid, you passed it easily enough. Mine wasn't particularly slow on track and that was standard power.

MarkCup · Sep 6, 2015

Prawn and his very very rapid A3

MarkCup · Sep 6, 2015

Mr Burns said:
MX-5 Didn't look very rapid, you passed it easily enough. Mine wasn't particularly slow on track and that was standard power.

He knew the track, knew the lines, normally once I'm past someone at Goodwood I'll get away because there's a place or two they're not comfortable with. He was on it all the way round. Watching him bounce and weave behind was a laugh.

Mr Burns · Sep 6, 2015

They're awesome. Was more fun than my Megane is on track.

imprezaworks · Sep 7, 2015

Love you camera views mark

Mr Burns · Sep 12, 2015

Lotus Cortina's are lapping around the 1:30 mark, and classic Mini's around 1:36... Bloody impressive if you ask me!

MarkCup · Sep 12, 2015

Mr Burns said:
Lotus Cortina's are lapping around the 1:30 mark, and classic Mini's around 1:36... Bloody impressive if you ask me!

Very!

brisa4984 · Sep 12, 2015

i enjoyed watching all of these..! nice stuff!

MarkCup · Sep 19, 2015

Here's the entire day in 20 seconds;

and 10 minutes;

imprezaworks · Sep 19, 2015

love your videos mark, wish i had the patience lol

imprezaworks · Sep 19, 2015

Car looks to go really well too. Ive driven a friends and they are a cool car

MarkCup · Sep 19, 2015

imprezaworks said:
love your videos mark, wish i had the patience lol

I've learned a huge amount this time around working with four cameras and a separate audio field recorder but it's a huge task still pulling it all together.

Annoyingly I'm trying to justify to myself another three cameras which will make it even harder.

imprezaworks · Sep 19, 2015

so seven cameras in the car at once? i strugle with just one and even then its crap, ha ha.

MarkCup · Sep 19, 2015

Yep. I need some external footage too, then I might be happy...

imprezaworks · Sep 19, 2015

be great to see.

Ali · Sep 23, 2015

Nice videos Mark! You'll need to give me a run next time I'm down!

Goodj · Sep 23, 2015

Must remember to fire my dashcam up more often

Goodwood in my ST

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