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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #75 on: May 31, 2011, 09:08:48 pm »
The 30min tuition made a big difference  :driver:

totally agree and money well spent

glad everyone had a great day  :happy2:

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #76 on: May 31, 2011, 09:10:19 pm »
Bummer... i was expecting it to sheet it down so didnt pop up.  :sad1:

Hows the car steve?

Really good, some ruff edges to be ironed out but was pulling an indicated 140+mph down the back straight so not all bad  :driver:

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #77 on: May 31, 2011, 09:11:16 pm »
 :surprised: Cripes!!  :signLOL:

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #78 on: May 31, 2011, 09:12:14 pm »
i can't believe Geordie used 2 full tanks of fuel today!  :signLOL:


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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #79 on: May 31, 2011, 10:50:37 pm »
Tell me about it! I've got to bloody fill up to get home again tomorrow aswell! But hey what a day, and as said the tuition is money well spent. As you said Steve defo worth it at beginning of a track youve not been on before as you have a starting point to progress on through the day. Good to meet you guys.
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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #80 on: May 31, 2011, 10:58:45 pm »
Im heading down tommorow, so will see yous there Tuesday bright and early. Didn't really want to go down at the crack of sparrows on Tuesday morning so stayin in a hotel. Looking forward to giving this diff a good workout.

Im sure I you going the other way on the m6 yesterday! Lol

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #81 on: May 31, 2011, 11:00:37 pm »
Jpc you probably did pal what time of day was it?

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #82 on: June 01, 2011, 03:30:06 pm »
Good to see you lads yesterday, had a great day, a few laps with some tuition gave me confidence to just lift off rather than brake into some corners, and the straight at 140mph into a chicane jumping the curbs at 100mph  :jumping:

A bit of footage behind The Red Baron and a lap of Bedford.



Mike what settings do you use on your GoPro, mine seems to bright on the outside when filming from inside. It was on Resolution: R2, Exposure: Center Weighted.

On the news today another large glacier has disappeared due to geordie56's right foot  :signLOL:

Neil

 



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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #83 on: June 01, 2011, 04:42:43 pm »
Great video Neil  :happy2: With regards to the GoPro, try having a little less of the roof lining in shot - you may also want to try spot metering. Camera is currently metering for inside the cabin, hence the over exposure of the track.

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #84 on: June 01, 2011, 07:48:47 pm »
Pics are up!

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Geordie

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NeilM

I think i might order a CD for mine. He took some extra ones at the end of the day after having a chat with us.  :happy2:

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #85 on: June 01, 2011, 09:20:41 pm »
Great footage Neil it's come out good! On a side note what we said about checking wheel nuts we all had better make a more concise effort. At the end of the day when I said I thought my driveshafts were sounding a bit clunky, it wasn't them! I phoned matt at vwr who sent me over to kpm first thing in the morning and when they went to take the wheels off he said and I witnessed, 2 were loose one was hanging out and the other two were bloody missing on one side! The other side I was lucky to have all five in. As a result of this Kevin has fitted studs and nuts the same as Neils, could have ended up like that Clio! I had him change my brake fluid while I was there aswell to an ap race fluid. Apart from that what a day!

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #86 on: June 01, 2011, 09:28:00 pm »
 :surprised: :surprised:

Did you not check them before coming down south??

I re torqued all mine on monday. It's all part of checking the car over before heading out on track.

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #87 on: June 01, 2011, 09:29:05 pm »
^^^ x 2  :scared:

CD of my photo's has been ordered  :happy2:

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #88 on: June 01, 2011, 09:47:25 pm »
Need to speak to the photographer about shutter speed!  :popcornsoda:

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Re: Bedford GT Circuit - 31st May Open Pit Lane
« Reply #89 on: June 01, 2011, 09:48:26 pm »
Yeh they were bloody checked and torque up, kevin said it happens to there Full all out race cars so they check them after every session which I I'll be doing aswell! It's just down to the sheer pressures etc in cornering etc.. He said it happens.