Some Time Attack pics @ Oulton Park, today...

[Darren S]

Good day out at Oulton Park today, though the weather was really screwed up. One minute it was....

The next it just chucked it down! When I first got there this morning, most cars were struggling with wheelspin. Very quick rises in revs followed by the compulsory wastegate chatter.


It was very difficult to judge who had the faster cars because of the warm-up/cool-down laps that nearly all the cars did. Purely off acceleration alone, the RC Developments cars looked to be on top...

They also brought down their Nissan R35's - of which the white one in particular looked stunning.

And one of the Daddies was parked outside.

The pit lane was busy pre-race starts...

And the garages full on (mainly) Jap track weapons.

And a very rapid Zen Scooby. Probably on the pace of the RC cars, imo...

There was also a rapid Celica out on track. It was turbo'd for sure, but I think it was also 4x4 as well...

An Elise and TVR crept in.

Out of Knickerbrook....

A lot of the racing seemed close - the Evos and Scoobies having the edge in braking and acceleration, whereas the Skylines and Supras seemed to be a little outclassed at Oulton. Maybe if there were more straights, or out & out speed sections like at Snetterton and Thruxton, the tables might have been turned.

D.

 

[Dan R]

Running AST's on the fensport celica i see

 

[ukaskew]

Good pics, love the White GTR and Celica Interior.

Is this fun to watch, out of interest? Caught some of it on TV once and it was pretty dull/confusing, with cars constantly either warming up or down etc, was like a really odd lengthy qualifying session.

 

[Darren S]

Running AST's on the fensport celica i see

Could be. What are they?

Good pics, love the White GTR and Celica Interior.

Is this fun to watch, out of interest? Caught some of it on TV once and it was pretty dull/confusing, with cars constantly either warming up or down etc, was like a really odd lengthy qualifying session.

In all honesty, it's probably best viewed as a showcase - of what could be achieved with a donor Jap car and a fat wallet. The rate of acceleration of some of the cars was amazing - it really does give you some idea of how tough those internal components must be.

A couple of cars seemed to be damaged slightly, but the only retirement I saw was a ScoobyClinic Impreza that looked like its turbo had blown.

D.

 

[cat171]

How nice is the interior of the fensport celica ?? Wow !! :approve:

A lot of very nice machinery there, it looked a great day out

 

[Darren S]

How nice is the interior of the fensport celica ?? Wow !! :approve:

A lot of very nice machinery there, it looked a great day out

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that! Complete MoTeC display on the dash and sequential gears as well. They must have pumped some serious cash into that motor. :approve:

D.

 

[Dan R]

Could be. What are they?

Good pics, love the White GTR and Celica Interior.

Is this fun to watch, out of interest? Caught some of it on TV once and it was pretty dull/confusing, with cars constantly either warming up or down etc, was like a really odd lengthy qualifying session.

In all honesty, it's probably best viewed as a showcase - of what could be achieved with a donor Jap car and a fat wallet. The rate of acceleration of some of the cars was amazing - it really does give you some idea of how tough those internal components must be.

A couple of cars seemed to be damaged slightly, but the only retirement I saw was a ScoobyClinic Impreza that looked like its turbo had blown.

D.

There defo AST's. I asked curtis and he yes thats what they are using. Using there solid top mounts too. They are the sportline 3's. top ones

 

[Darren S]

I presume ASTs are the suspension, Dan? I don't know much about them!

Is it definetly 4x4 as well - or just rear-wheel drive?

Cheers,
D.

 

[cal46]

Running AST's on the fensport celica i see

thats pic is of the rear and the fensport celica is rapid remember it from TOTB last year. so who won? and how did fmp get on?

i wanted to go but had to work

 

[MaLicE]

fensport celica runs the old model celica gt4 engine and running gear...

they also had a 5 door celica that did 10sec quarter miles...

 

[cat171]

^ did they not have a five door black corolla with a mad engine in it too ?? (or is that the car you mean ?)

 

[duncansharp]

^ did they not have a five door black corolla with a mad engine in it too ?? (or is that the car you mean ?)

Yeah same engine and running gear pretty much transfered to a new shell. There rebuild pics and info on their website www.fensport.co.uk
Awesome car!!

 

[cat171]

Yeah second car down on their site,

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FENSPORT COROLLA GT4, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2.0L TURBO, 4 WHEEL DRIVE, 3SGTE ENGINE, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]200MPH & 650BHP"[/FONT]

Woah !!!

 

[Addz]

that lives just round the corner from me, gets used as a road car too!

 

[rich_h]

Some really good pics there.

 

[Ian_182]

Great pics

 

[Lewis_S]

those new skylines are lovely specialy in that white !

 

[Peperami]

Some lush looking cars there mate.

 

[snick01]

A couple of cars seemed to be damaged slightly, but the only retirement I saw was a ScoobyClinic Impreza that looked like its turbo had blown.

D.

yehh something came off it, looked like a jubilee(SP) clip on the last corner ,maybe a pipe come off somewhere, made a high pressure sounging pop when it came off....

i was stood right near that forst pic most of the day, were you near the purple evo 9 i think with the reg "EVO 6 BAD"?

and anyone know what happened to the civic that crashed and the evo too?

 

[Darren S]

Some really good pics there.

Great pics

Cheers chaps!

A couple of cars seemed to be damaged slightly, but the only retirement I saw was a ScoobyClinic Impreza that looked like its turbo had blown.

D.

yehh something came off it, looked like a jubilee(SP) clip on the last corner ,maybe a pipe come off somewhere, made a high pressure sounging pop when it came off....

i was stood right near that forst pic most of the day, were you near the purple evo 9 i think with the reg "EVO 6 BAD"?

and anyone know what happened to the civic that crashed and the evo too?

Was that what it was? I did think he was going to get flagged if it had started dumping oil everywhere.

I did see that Evo you mentioned m8, but we parked up near the Fogerty Moss centre - my 182, Rob's V6 and Martin's Celica GT-Four. Wandered about most of the day and managed to get on the pit wall until a marshall asked to see my white wristband. Erm.... haven't got one pal. He was fine about it though.

What was that orange classic looking Scoob? Surely that couldn't have passed the noise limit? Sounded ace though!

D.

 

[Darren S]

that lives just round the corner from me, gets used as a road car too!

Lol! That's one lucky owner! It certainly wasn't shy on track.

D.

 

[Leeshez]

Wow looks like you had fn.

 

[snick01]

I did see that Evo you mentioned m8, but we parked up near the Fogerty Moss centre - my 182, Rob's V6 and Martin's Celica GT-Four. Wandered about most of the day and managed to get on the pit wall until a marshall asked to see my white wristband. Erm.... haven't got one pal. He was fine about it though.

What was that orange classic looking Scoob? Surely that couldn't have passed the noise limit? Sounded ace though!

D.

silver phase 1 v6? seen that up on the hill with another 1*2

 

[Darren S]

I did see that Evo you mentioned m8, but we parked up near the Fogerty Moss centre - my 182, Rob's V6 and Martin's Celica GT-Four. Wandered about most of the day and managed to get on the pit wall until a marshall asked to see my white wristband. Erm.... haven't got one pal. He was fine about it though.

What was that orange classic looking Scoob? Surely that couldn't have passed the noise limit? Sounded ace though!

D.

silver phase 1 v6? seen that up on the hill with another 1*2

That was us.

D.

 

[jon_r]

The amount of money that is being pumped into what is essentially a glorified sprint event (as far as I can tell) is absurd!

Does a car that's entered have to be based on a roadcar?

 

[cal46]

Does a car that's entered have to be based on a roadcar?

i think the car's need to loosly be road legal ie could get an mot if they need 1 witch i can't see any of them doing that lol

 

[fmp_]

good pics.

i wasnt there (competing) due to a nice case of Shingles.

The series is basically time trialing/sprinting. But it has a slightly different slant on it that you have others on track etc.

Its just trying to introduce whats been massive in Japan for the last few years.

Alot of very fast machinery indeed, amazing attention to detail. Although as said, for the Pro class teams, its a case of how much money you have to spend, and which pro racing driver you can rope in!

 

[Timmay]

some good pics there and some stunning cars

 

[Mwindow]

good pics.

i wasnt there (competing) due to a nice case of Shingles.

The series is basically time trialing/sprinting. But it has a slightly different slant on it that you have others on track etc.

Its just trying to introduce whats been massive in Japan for the last few years.

Alot of very fast machinery indeed, amazing attention to detail. Although as said, for the Pro class teams, its a case of how much money you have to spend, and which pro racing driver you can rope in!

Was going to ask how you are doing?

How many rounds have you completed and how are you doing?