Afternoon all

[Crunchie Gears]

Good video

That is a big airbox does your engine like fresh air

[AdamR]

Thanks for the warm welcome gents!

Yes, great to speak with you earlier Mark, it'll have to be banter for now but definitely gonna keep an eye out for the Northern roadtrip

The instructor didn't have an intercom, hence all the finger waggling. To be honest it wasn't that useful as I know Oulton well and by the time he has chance to sense what the car is doing, give the signal, the driver to read the signal and act upon it you'd have to be taking it pretty steady for it to work (if that makes sense). An example of this is at 5:56 in the video where I lift off the throttle before he tells me to, then get back on it at the exact instant he says. If I'd have reacted to the instruction, rather than preempting it, we'd have been grass cutting

A better way IMO would be to do a couple of laps, come in and have a chat, then go back out (and repeat where possible). Or for the instructor to drive your car so you can see the lines (and what it's capable of if you don't mind him / her giving it full beans). I have done a little bit of informal instructing before and the 'lightbulb' moment when someone realises what their car can do is amazing! The best ones are low powered, well-handling cars like MX-5s (which I also race - another video for anyone who has nothing better to do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZ0RdI2QN0), you can keep up with some pretty 'hot' machinery from carrying good corner speed.

Wingco - thanks. It's very much a '20ft car', looks fine from 20ft... It's no show queen, that's for sure! Spec wise, the main bits are a red top engine pushing out about 250bhp at the fly, Sierra LSD, BGH Type 9 box, Protech shocks, ARBs front and rear, 888s, fibreglass shell seats and a few carbon bits. I can't take credit for the parts selection but I have had it mostly to bits and re-built it since it came into my ownership a couple of years ago. In terms of track instruction relating to road driving - the only thing I've noticed is that I tend to look ahead even more than I did. It's one of my bad habits on track (not looking far enough ahead) so I've been really conscious of working on it. It's very worthwhile providing you can find an instructor you get on with and who knows kit cars.

Mad house? I'll fit right in

Haha, yeah the airbox is kinda big - the cabbage cannon is it's nickname. Very handy for reducing drive-by noise though given most tracks tend to have strict limits now

Anyway, thanks again and see you in the rest of the forum