My 1st Hampton Downs Experience V7 STI

[richm]

Hi Guys,

Thought I would share my first Hampton Downs experience with you from my almost stock V7.

First attempt:

165kph, est. 1:34 s

Second attempt:

175kph, est. 1:33 s

Third attempt:

185kph, est. 1:30 s

What did I learn:

1. My car is slow. 165 atwkw just doesn't cut the mustard. I got overtaken - lots.

2. My tyres actually melted so guess they were working like they should.

3. Heck of a lot of fun and need to go again!

4. There is much room for improvement on the corners before and after main straight.

What my tyres looked like afterward:

[nt_a_foz]

Good fun ay, had mine out there so much fun haha.

Word of warning though id get a baffled sump before going out with any decent tyres.

Many cars have died from oil starvation around here already haha.

[BC5RA]

165kw@wheels is plenty, your GD is just not particularly light.

[2dr]

Nice vids, what camera setup did you use for this?

Cheers, 2dr

[Guest loren]

 BC5RA said:

165kw@wheels is plenty, your GD is just not particularly light.

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Good vids. Tyres look fine to me, all that crap will come off.

[richm]

Hi,

Thanks for your comments - apart from GDs being heavy. At least I can fit the baby chair and pram in the boot!

Films did come off well. It is just a standard sony hand held digital camera, nothing special. I was equally surprised, it did a great job. My thought was that if I crash and write off 15K then at least I want to have it on film!

Thanks for tip about the baffled sump. I would like to do it again, great fun, but I do hate the wear and tear aspects. But then I dislike more those that have STIs sitting in garages not going anywhere. My policy has always been to use it or lose it - that goes for most aspects of life.

The "crap on tyres" is actually my tyres, it will wear away over time, but it just shows how they were punished. My abs was coming in at most braking points.

"evl sti" (or similar) was there also in his V8, although he was out each time I was in so didn't meet.

nt_a_foz, I was one of the slower cars there, what lap times did you have?

[chrisjunkie]

Hey man sounds like so much fun! From what I've heard, WAAAYY too many big end bearings have been claimed at Hampton Downs, even with baffled sumps. Just be aware that it could happen next time you go.

Otherwise, awesome vids!

[kamineko]

cool vids. its an awesome looking track, can't wait to try it.. will prolly study your vids first tho ;p

that blue wrx was getting out of shape in try3 :

[richm]

Don't study mine! check out "hampton downs r33 skyline hd with telemetry" for a professional. The V4 wrx is Brad from Subtech. He had a lot more speed than me. There were some accidents there; he was definitely pushing the limits, that was a big twitch.

[Joker]

see told ya you dont neeeeeda baffled sump - it didnt go bang!

good stuff!