Post 779124 by stribo on 2015-07-25 17:27:20
I went to Trax last weekend with Modified Car Driver, had a great day, the weather turned out lovely, and there were plenty of nice cars there.
First the Volvos:

I went to Trax last weekend with Modified Car Driver, had a great day, the weather turned out lovely, and there were plenty of nice cars there.
First the Volvos:

I think the V40 lives somewhere near me... I've seen it a couple of times now... Plans for 2016 then??
I also took my car out on track, had a blast, and I found some footage on YouTube:
[video=youtube;ylP3tX2MSho]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylP3tX2MSho[/video]
For any of you that question how hard I was pushing, here are my front discs afterwards:
They got so hot, when I stopped back on the stand that the centre caps distorted, and fell off. :O
Got a couple of good pics of the car out on track:

[QUOTE=JUDGENINJA;779128]I think the V40 lives somewhere near me... I've seen it a couple of times now... Plans for 2016 then??[/QUOTE] Yeah, deffo want to do it again next year. :D
Looked like a good day out, just a damn shame too amyn things fell on the same weekend. Thanks for sharing the pics :)
[QUOTE=The Flying Moose;779137]Looked like a good day out, just a damn shame too amyn things fell on the same weekend. Thanks for sharing the pics :)[/QUOTE] Yeah, still don't know why they moved it.
[QUOTE=stribo;779144]Yeah, still don't know why they moved it.[/QUOTE] From looking at the Silverstone website it seems Trax was dumped in favour of the Renault World Series
[QUOTE=LiamT4;779184]
What the hell is going on in that e30s engine bay??[/QUOTE]
Lots lol
[QUOTE=stribo;779188]Lots lol[/QUOTE] You ain't kidding. Two turbos, looks like two banks of cylinders so maybe a v8? But whats sat in the middle linking up to the FMIC?
[QUOTE=LiamT4;779201]You ain't kidding. Two turbos, looks like two banks of cylinders so maybe a v8? But whats sat in the middle linking up to the FMIC?[/QUOTE] Looks like the plenum (but best not start that debate in this thread.... :D )
Apparently its a Chevy small block v8. Build thread http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-car-projects-builds/224930-bmw-e30-v8-tt.html
[QUOTE=stribo;779131]For any of you that question how hard I was pushing, here are my front discs afterwards:
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Don't we think it's about time you took these under performing brakes off and fitted some bigger brakes :)