ha ha ha, I missed zero from the distance, it is 1000 miles and he lives on the continent

Drifting is not allowed BTW.

I drove my Yeti to within an inch of it's life and did melt the tyres a little, but the ridges wore off driving home an they were fine again.

Unless you've got a serious toy I don't see the point of track tyres.

It's just a hassle changing them over and sliding all over the place when it rains.

Drifting is not allowed BTW.

I drove my Yeti to within an inch of it's life and did melt the tyres a little, but the ridges wore off driving home an they were fine again.

Unless you've got a serious toy I don't see the point of track tyres.

It's just a hassle changing them over and sliding all over the place when it rains.

You haven't taken account of Jabo Schumacher, and his unfeasibly hot oil temperatures

HA ha ha - I am Captain Slow with cornering problem

I am staying behind Jabo as he will be looking at the maxi dot!

On a serious note, I have 5 litres of synthetic 5/30 so we will bo ok Jabo ;-)

I'm about to change my 'summer tyres' and will have a set of Ultrac Sessantas in 225/45 18 with 3.5 - 4mm of even tread available for a small fee (buyer collect).

I ruined myroad tyres last time... Sidewalls got destroyed..

Sidewalls? As my first track day was in the wet, I haven't seen any tyre degradation.

I will be fitting the wheels off the Golf again as these are well worn anyway, I will also have the Yellow stuff pads on too.

Were you rolling onto the sidewalls under heavy cornering?

Suggests either under inflated or trying too hard.

I am staying behind Jabo as he will be looking at the maxi dot!

On a serious note, I have 5 litres of synthetic 5/30 so we will bo ok Jabo ;-)

Lol, yes, keeping tabs on fuel consumption and oil temps .

Earlier in the week I picked up a parcel containing 8 1ltr bottles of fresh Castrol Edge Professional Long Life III 5-W30 for a meagre £85 delivered.

Original filter turned up today from VWSpares.

I can share some oil too .

One thing I discovered recently is that at speeds approaching 140mph front goes very light and nervous.

What is the max speed at Bedford again?

Never hear about side walls being ruined on a track. They would have to be severely under inflated to have them damaged by the rims. Other option is ruined suspension bouncing up and down while cornering making the wheel jump up and down chewing up the side walls. As usual there might have been something totally different

It was the corner between the sidewall and the tread of the tyre on the edge. I tend to push hard. They weren't under inflated, just a zealous driver..

What tyre size were they?

205/50/16 i think... Not 100% sure. Normal fab vrs size

That sounds like the shoulders rather than the sidewalls.

They will indeed be the first bits to go

This was Jason's tyre after out hullavington trackday way back when.

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This looks to me like underinflated tyre wear as, if I can see correctly form the photo, the tyre is worn much more on both edges with the edge closer to the camera worn significantly more indicating towards bad tracking me thinks? Unless the tyre was a front one on the left, driven on a clockwise track. Missing shoulder would be a clue here .

Unless the tyre was a front one on the left, driven on a clockwise track.

Yeah this with the addition of 300bhp and a looooong day on track on the hottest day of that summer.

That is why most people think there is something wrong with F1 or BTCC cars when they look at the way wheels are set up - they seem to be "all wonky" . Proper camber setup for the track would prevent that. I suppose not many people change the susp setup when they go for a track day.

Also, on the state of that tyre, it looks much better than than some tyres I've seen around here in a sense that it has not "disintegrated" i.e. chunks of it are not missing. Or has it passed that stage already?

I'll post this again as it's already been buried by two pages of tyre discussion.

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I'll post this again as it's already been buried by two pages of tyre discussion

You can tell Jabo's back! :(

Thread takeover? What thread takeover?

Afraid of some competition in you spamming the forum game ?

Booked in! Can somone please amend the list as in on my phone thanks

ilmor

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2. 11.00am Start of Practice Session

3. 12.00pm Start of timed Laps

4. 13.00pm Event Finished

5. 13.00pm onwards - track side/local pub drinks and bragging

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Jason, you were supposed to book in ....