OPL at http://www.llandow.com/ on the 14th September. Not the biggest or most challenging circuit, however it is only £80 for the day.

There are spaces available if anyone fancies joining me.

Mine may be ready for this Dave, will confirm either way in a couple of days...

On my honey moon.. Should be up for one in oct though. Get your practise in there though. Seems vey cheap

I maybe up for this if the RAF can pull there finger out and get me back

Didn't know there was a cicuit so close to me . I would definitely be up for this in the BM but will be at the Nurburgring in the 924 that weekend

I'm tempted. I even have a helmet (I'm a biker).... hmmmm, to take the car or the bike????

Mine is only an NA, albeit mapped to 170bhp so could be fun, though my rear suspension might not be up to it.

Do you need any special changes to the car for the track day?? AND, what if you've had no race training other than watching Top Gear and Moto GP?

Right, I've got a day paid for up Llandow which I haven't done yet as the car hasn't been ready. Its getting mapped next week so I'm going to see if I can jump onto this one...

Booked on - 400horse vs 600horse

Nice one!....thought you were banned

Ban got lifted, it'll be nice to see 400 ft/lbs VS 490 ft/lbs on track.

Trying to get some track slicks for my stock 16's for some front end traction

Well at least you will see him coming Dave

Cars looking good Paul

Well shes nearly done.....

How to freshen up your Coupe

I think that looks great.

Been looking at the pictures on fb too.

How is it running Paul?

Here's 0.7 bar and going to be mapped next week, another bar to go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01kpV794jw

It feels a strong 300 horse

That's cracking Paul!!!

You must be pleased. Hope the mapping goes smoothly. Look forward to seeing the results.

Heres the finished product and the track day info...

http://www.llandow.com/?page_id=50

I've flat out cocked all the image tags up

The detail on that wrap is fantastic!!

How much did it cost for the wrap?looks wicked

Well, I had a fantastic day yesterday! It was great to meet Bruce01, and to see Flea and puntoturbo again.

It was my first ever track day, and I had a heady mix of nerves, adrenaline and excitement from the moment I woke up. I of course placed myself in the novice category, and had 2 excellent sessions in the morning. I couldn't have been happier with car, and in all honesty the performance was cartoon like compared with the rest of the field

Llandow is a very small circuit at just under a mile, is oval in its overall shape, with a series of quite tight corners thrown in for good measure. I spent the sessions in 2nd and 3rd and gave the brakes a fair amount of abuse at the end of the 2 "straights", so much so that I boiled my brake fluid at the end of the second session. Fortunately, Bruce was in the paddock and was able to manhandle my car to a standstill.....cheers Bruce

The track surface is quite bumpy in places causing the car to loose traction at high speed, particularly on the pit straight. So (explanation to girlfriend!!) the track was bumpy, and all of the low gear acceleration put significant strain on the car, which ultimately meant that 3rd gear is now somewhere in the outfield......darling I managed to limp the 35 miles home, missing 3rd of course, but was delighted not to have had to phone for recovery.

All in all the driving experience was fantastic and I can't wait to do it again, but this time on a track where I can experience more of the cars performance, and one that is more conducive to the coupes setup.

As for the gearbox, well this may be the opportunity to move away from the Tilton (earthmover) clutch I have been waiting for.

Excellent You'll certainly be able to stretch it's legs at Castle Combe

Glad I came over Dave. Your car is awesome mate.

Fair play when Dave got a feel for the track (being as tight as it is) he was howling around there.

I think a nice set front brake conversion would really be needed if you're going to be running Coombe though Dave, you'll be pulling 150 plus down the straight's and not realising how quick the corners come up on you.

Yesterday apart from the mishap at the end for every two laps you seemed to be passing about 5/6 cars. Impressive as we all know how well the 20v's don't like tight tracks with their heavy front end. Good effort for your first one! I'll ring you now

Will the car be ready for the day at Combe late October Dave?

Llandow looked a little too small to make it a worthwhile participation for me really!

Not sure yet Dan. I need to decide whether to just replace the gearbox and start stockpiling spare ones, or to carry out further modifications.

With car or without car pop along all the same

we'll just pile the boot full of gearbox's Dave, which Leighton looks into a stronger build

550 bhp in a coupe with stock calipers and rotors...... that's brave!!!!

I'd be very careful on tracks with longish straights - I'd be suprised if you could brake flat out for more than a Lap at a time somewhere like Bedford GT.....you'll hit 170 or so down the straight there with that power.

Good discs, pads and some cooling ducts/ tubing they will be fine