Had a trackday at Knockhill yesterday. Was my first trackday since all the suspension and braking changes so was pretty excited to see how it differed. As a complete and utter surprise, the weather was glorious. Cold but sunshine and blue skies all day!
Anyway, the car behaved brilliantly. What a difference the KW Clubsports make. It's unreal! The car was so composed and balanced, it was lovely. I didn't even feel the need to tinker with any settings, kept the dampers set as per KW recommendation, so middle setting for everything. I just played about with tyre pressures and that was all. I was running Nankang NS2-Rs on my track wheels, and for the money you pay they were decent. By no means as good as MPSS but for circa £300 for a full set, no complaints here.
There were some nice cars out there, and other than the 6-700bhp time attack Evos, there wasn't anything that was really any quicker than the Z. I split the day with my friend Clark, who knows how to pedal. We had a really good battle with a Golf R. It was a tiny bit quicker than the Z in a straight line but slower in the corners. We also had an epic battle trying to keep a GTR at bay. Had him behind us for a couple of laps but you just can't get away from its stupid, straight line speed.
A couple of vids from the day. Excuse the wind noise as I stupidly left the open back cover on the Gopro.
1st session - the pace picks up at about 2.40 in;
http://youtu.be/P-_SqAvN0N8
2nd session - Clark driving with some epic lapping the a Golf R and then a GTR. Only wish I had a rear facing camera for the GTR laps.
https://youtu.be/fRiJZ5Kj_r4
Enjoy :driving:
Anyway, the car behaved brilliantly. What a difference the KW Clubsports make. It's unreal! The car was so composed and balanced, it was lovely. I didn't even feel the need to tinker with any settings, kept the dampers set as per KW recommendation, so middle setting for everything. I just played about with tyre pressures and that was all. I was running Nankang NS2-Rs on my track wheels, and for the money you pay they were decent. By no means as good as MPSS but for circa £300 for a full set, no complaints here.
There were some nice cars out there, and other than the 6-700bhp time attack Evos, there wasn't anything that was really any quicker than the Z. I split the day with my friend Clark, who knows how to pedal. We had a really good battle with a Golf R. It was a tiny bit quicker than the Z in a straight line but slower in the corners. We also had an epic battle trying to keep a GTR at bay. Had him behind us for a couple of laps but you just can't get away from its stupid, straight line speed.
A couple of vids from the day. Excuse the wind noise as I stupidly left the open back cover on the Gopro.
1st session - the pace picks up at about 2.40 in;
http://youtu.be/P-_SqAvN0N8
2nd session - Clark driving with some epic lapping the a Golf R and then a GTR. Only wish I had a rear facing camera for the GTR laps.
https://youtu.be/fRiJZ5Kj_r4
Enjoy :driving:
I think Knockhill and Croft are the only two UK circuits I've never driven so need to make the effort to get up there at some stage this year. Will watch the videos later on.
