So I've not updated about the ring etc.
No videos yet but I promise to get atleast one out.
So,
First long trip on my own map, managed 36.5mpg on the motorways of Europe doing a minimum of 70mph the whole way. Was running it alittle too lean for my liking though so I doubt I'd manage that figure again but it is possible for a 400hp b series to get over 36mpg, which I think is really good!
So we get there and manage 2 laps out on the Friday evening, that's a good start, last year I didn't even make it onto the track before the car had broken down. Two yellow flags out on both laps iirc but the conditions where dry and good. In the past I'd fly right through a yellow flag for the sake of a laptime, I guess I'm just growing up abit now as the laptime meant very little to me this year.
@B16Swt got his first lap of the ring that evening so I was happy to have shared that with him, maybe i can get you guys that lap.
The next evening the track was drying out all day from a raceway that was taking place. That meant as the track opened for tourists it was a good portion dry, again yellow flags and patchy areas of wet track. We met up with
@Paintballer3000 and spent the day/evening with him, always good to meet other ek9ers.
Sunday was the same story really, half wet, half dry, yellow flags and traffic.
Monday it was wet all day but we camped out at brunchen(youtube corner) and waited too see if the track dried out.
We where rewarded for our patience with about 2 hours to go the track was drivable, still patchy but majority dry without a huge amount of traffic, yellow flags out still but massive fun was had in that last 2 hours. I think I did about 4-5laps in that time!
I take massive pride in saying the car ran faultlessly the entire trip and I've no complaints about any part of the car at all tbh. Gave Sam his first shot of vtec turbo and also a taste of what he has too come with his build. Needless to say he's excited about getting his finished, if you've not seen it check his build thread out!