A night at the Homebush Skidpan, a 125, a 130 and an Audi A4

[Taymaishu]

Much fun was had by all.

Including yours truly, obviously:

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Loved it.

[woosh]

haha, yes... was a fun night indeed!

Still mucking around with camera settings as you can see... was a good opportunity though to practice some night photography.

Where's the g-force graph alex? :P

[d3syd]

Looks like fun. Was it on private property?

[Taymaishu]

Originally Posted by d3syd

Looks like fun. Was it on private property?

Won't answer that question

[d3syd]

Originally Posted by Taymaishu

Won't answer that question

LOL

(it was on a private skid pan with safety marshals and ambulances on standby, right?)

[Zuzu]

Originally Posted by d3syd

Looks like fun. Was it on private property?

Depends how you define private...

That road looks very familiar Alex..

[Taymaishu]

Originally Posted by Zuzu

Depends how you define private...

That road looks very familiar Alex..

I'll confirm that there was a level of safety measures in place at the time.

I'm trying to get my G-force graphs and the 0-100 graphs uploaded, may have to be tomorrow

Oh it looks familiar Joe? Hahaha... Fancy that!

[adrian@vishnu]

Hi Tay,

Have you ever done any events at EC skidpan. I am a member of the WRX club and do events there all the time (4-6 a year) in my other car (WRX with around 400hp):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVe7IyEn3EY

It's really not that expensive, and much safer and you can do it without the stress of someone calling the cops on you. I am pretty sure the BMW club does some events down there.

-- Adrian

[WOPALX]

Originally Posted by adrian@vishnu

Hi Tay,

Have you ever done any events at EC skidpan.

-- Adrian

+ 1 on the EC skid pan. The one at Oran Park (closed now I think) is fun too but not nearly as car safe as the EC one.

If there was about 15 people interested we could organize a group booking for a day on the pan at EC, it's awesome fun.

[adrian@vishnu]

Originally Posted by WOPALX

+ 1 on the EC skid pan. The one at Oran Park (closed now I think) is fun too but not nearly as car safe as the EC one.

If there was about 15 people interested we could organize a group booking for a day on the pan at EC, it's awesome fun.

Count me in... but which car would I use?!?!?!

[Taymaishu]

Hey Adrian,

Nope - never did on OP or EC Skidpan day, but they look great!

PS - Is that an MY98? Beautiful handling mate!

Alex

PPS - You must come to our meet on Friday night, ALL OF YOU!

[adrian@vishnu]

Originally Posted by Taymaishu

Hey Adrian,

Nope - never did on OP or EC Skidpan day, but they look great!

PS - Is that an MY98? Beautiful handling mate!

Alex

PPS - You must come to our meet on Friday night, ALL OF YOU!

Typically a day like this with the WRX club costs around $60. For your $60, you would 15-20 runs like that timed as it is a competitive motorkhana. In addition we normally set up two identical courses and have a head to head shootout... often I can get another 10 runs in that. It does not sound like much, but that is quite a bit... probably a total of about 20-30 minutes driving on the day.

I would expect to pay more for a privately organised day (2-3 times more), but get more time on the 'pan'.

That is my MY98 track car. It is registered, but only used on the road when the 135i is at a workshop or something.. or once a week to work to keep the battery up (tiny lightweight battery). There is not much of it that is MY98 anymore..... 2.5L sleeaved and closed deck block, sti cams, ported heads, FMIC, AVO400L turbo, headers, exhaust, 06 STI 6 speed box and rear R180 diff with plated centres (makes it handle like that when sliding), coilovers, 343mm front brakes, race dash etc.!! It handles great on the skidpan. It is very predictable and I can do continuous 2nd gear donut slides the size of the skidpan, or figure 8s. It is a great fun skidpan car, and pretty handy around the main track as well, and can do 11s at the drags to boot!!

-- Adrian