Thursday 30 October 2014

Tsukuba Circuit Track day October 2014 筑波サーキット



I went to Tsukuba Circuit on the weekend.

先週の土曜日筑波サーキットに行ってきました。

I wasn't necessarily there to try and do personal best times because I know I am really at the limit of these tyres especially at this size, so am really just waiting for them to die so I can upgrade to something better, probably ADVAN AO50's.
So I really just wanted to enjoy driving the car around a circuit again and not let myself get too rusty.

今使ってるタイヤは限界に来ているからなくなるのを待っているだけです。次はたぶんADVANAO50にするかな~。。。
とりあえず楽しくはしてきました。

I had a few issues, one rear seat mount bolt kept coming out and my last 2 sessions were conducted with the seat flopping around half the time...oh well. I also had both front guard inners come loose and they both need replacing as the front sections were munched by the tyres lol

One thing that was quite obvious was that I really need to upgrade to Track spec Brake pads at least in the front now as I am having to brake a lot earlier than I really want to, so that is on the list of things to do hopefully before going to a Track again.
I am happy to report that my HKS Oil cooler upgrade worked a treat and the oil temperature never went over 100 degrees celcius so that is an improvement of 20 degrees.

シートのボルトが取れちゃって、シートが動いていたせいで全力で走していないです (^_^;)
ブレイキパッドも、いい加減にレース用にしないと。。
でもHKSオイルクーラーをつけたおかげで、油温は20度ダウン!


Getting food for the trip to Tsukuba.    行く前のコンビに



Looking evil and ready to go!    準備完了























It was a very hot day for this time of year, so used Ice Packs between sessions.






My friend Hiro and I chasing Lotuses and RX7's.


Some cool video from my second session!


Friday 24 October 2014

久しぶりにMINE’s

I needed to take the car out for a drive to check it over and make sure all is good for a Track day at Tsukuba on Saturday.



Decided to go for a run down the coast near my place and ended up going past the legendary MINE'S Tuning shop which is not so far away. Haven't been past here for a while so stopped for a quick look and a couple of photos  (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

久しぶりに、近くにあるMINE’sの前を通りました。