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[rossma]

would be good to ditch the 'high speed bend' and add on the sprint circuit in the afternoon.

I found the sprint circuit a little harsher on the car than I was entirely comfortable with...

thats not good, which bit do you mean ?

[snoopstah]

thats not good, which bit do you mean ?

There's a very bumpy section that you don't hit on the normal twin circuits, which caused me to be mashing the arch liners and front splitter every time I went over it. It also shook a boost pipe loose (fortunately an easy-to-spot one).

It's also got a much higher percentage of WOT than the other circuits, which combined with it being longer and the bigger queues (as there's only one circuit running instead of two) meant that the car was getting *very* hot even if switched off as soon as you rejoined the queue, and that was in December.

It just made me feel *slightly* uncomfortable, compared to the two shorter circuits which are pretty easy on the car.

[Bargi]

thats not good, which bit do you mean ?

There's a very bumpy section that you don't hit on the normal twin circuits, which caused me to be mashing the arch liners and front splitter every time I went over it. It also shook a boost pipe loose (fortunately an easy-to-spot one).

It's also got a much higher percentage of WOT than the other circuits, which combined with it being longer and the bigger queues (as there's only one circuit running instead of two) meant that the car was getting *very* hot even if switched off as soon as you rejoined the queue, and that was in December.

It just made me feel *slightly* uncomfortable, compared to the two shorter circuits which are pretty easy on the car.

I went in May this year and found similar to you, the larger part of circuit where the loops are really bounced the car around, they had jack on hand an I hardened up the rear shocks which helped a lot.
Standard shocks/hight will have no problem and if you've not dumped your suspension you will be fine though.
It shouldn't put people off though, the day is brilliant fun and massive value for money.

Best is watching people going round the circuit and then they let Andy take their car and watching him spank it round (if you're precious about your car make sure you tell him that before hand though!)

[snoopstah]

I went in May this year and found similar to you, the larger part of circuit where the loops are really bounced the car around, they had jack on hand an I hardened up the rear shocks which helped a lot.

That bit's OK on the larger circuit, but sometimes after they've run the large and small circuits for a while they set up a circuit at the end of the day (seems to be called the 'sprint circuit') that uses the entire area of both of the other circuits. It also a bit near the start that you don't ever drive over for the rest of the day and that's the area that seemed to punish the car a bit more than ideal.

The rest of the circuit is bumpy for sure but nothing to be concerned about.

It's not a major problem by any means -- at worst just slow down for that section a little. Trouble is I'm too competitive to do that

Edited by snoopstah, 01 July 2010 - 11:14 AM.

[rossma]

i know the bit you mean, mine is quite low and i have hit the number plate on it a few times (i just take it off now). There is a big bump near the start of the sprint circuit too. as you said, the other 2 circuits are perfectly ok though.

[styles]

I love the bottom twisty circuit. I could do that all day and has a quick turn around. When they setup the 'msa' circuit I hate it. I do one or two laps then go. It takes ages to get on!

[snoopstah]

I will let this poll run until wednesday next week (30th June) and then confirm the date with the most days with Carlimits

*cough*

[RobNA]

I will let this poll run until wednesday next week (30th June) and then confirm the date with the most days with Carlimits

*cough*

BLAH! Done. The date is confirmed for Sunday 31st October. I will wait for it to be live on the Carlimits website then start a new thread for people to book through

[RobNA]

I suppose I should round this off with a link to the booking thread

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