Goodwood in my ST

[MarkCup]

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]

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

 

[MarkCup]

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

Aye, it's a PITA.

 

[Scrooge]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[MarkCup]

This one was a bit too close for comfort

 

[MarkCup]

I had another crack at the Golf

 

[Cub.]

Nice. I love goodwood.

 

[Mr Burns]

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]

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]

It's next weekend I think...

 

[Detail Chris]

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

 

[MarkCup]

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]

...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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[MarkCup]

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

 

[MarkCup]

 

[Mr Burns]

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]

Prawn and his very very rapid A3

 

[MarkCup]

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]

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

 

[imprezaworks]

Love you camera views mark

 

[Mr Burns]

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

 

[MarkCup]

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]

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

 

[MarkCup]

Here's the entire day in 20 seconds;



and 10 minutes;

 

[imprezaworks]

love your videos mark, wish i had the patience lol

 

[imprezaworks]

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

 

[MarkCup]

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]

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

 

[MarkCup]

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

 

[imprezaworks]

be great to see.

 

[Ali]

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

 

[Goodj]

Must remember to fire my dashcam up more often