My S2000 Weekend/Track day warrior

[Toddxxx]

Haha cheater spec tyres :P
Hoping to get that 1:09 at my first track day next year with the new tyres. Then we can have another battle
Going back to Wakefield after such a long break reminded me just how much I missed and liked that track. I definitely want to get back a bunch more times next year!

[eskimo_firefighter]

Awesome write up and update Pete. Grats with the PB!

Btw, how much fuel do you use at the track?

Thanks Tom!

I use about 3 quarters worth of petrol. Wakefield Park raceway is about 2.2k per lap. I did about 45 laps or so. The S2000 has a 50L tank. So just as an estimate I used about 35-40Litres for about 100km's worth of track driving. Haha.

Glad you had fun Pete! I was envious how flat you could take turn 1 haha.

Thanks Preet! Thanks again for the photo! It's all in the big Voltex wing.

Haha cheater spec tyres :P
Hoping to get that 1:09 at my first track day next year with the new tyres. Then we can have another battle
Going back to Wakefield after such a long break reminded me just how much I missed and liked that track. I definitely want to get back a bunch more times next year!

Good luck Todd, I'm sure you'll be able to do it. Looking forward to more battles indeed at Wakefield. Can't wait, haha.

[eskimo_firefighter]

Bonus Wakefield Park track day video - Following Ben's S2000 for some epic fun, he really got the rear end sliding as I was following him. Also Todd got black flagged this session, haha.

[Toddxxx]

Sorry for holding you guys up :P
i saw the black flag and thought something must've been up with the car

[plAythiNG]

nice vid Peter!

Do you mind sharing your gopro settings too please?

[eskimo_firefighter]

Sorry for holding you guys up :P
i saw the black flag and thought something must've been up with the car

No stress man, it wasn't an issue at all. I bodged that lap up at the start anyways so it was just going to be a dedicated fun lap chasing you and Ben anyway, you should have joined in the fun .

nice vid Peter!

Do you mind sharing your gopro settings too please?

Thanks Alex. No worries, the gopro settings are just 720P @ 60FPS. Most important thing is to turn on the spot meter which decreases the glare off the windscreen heaps!

[PG_DC5]

I use the same settings and also use the wifi app to get the positioning right with my phone. Although it almost always has issues connecting. I also use an external mix that I clip onto the rear bumper (was like 10 bucks on ebay)

[plAythiNG]

Thanks Peter! I was getting shit loads of glare on mine!

[eskimo_firefighter]

I use the same settings and also use the wifi app to get the positioning right with my phone. Although it almost always has issues connecting. I also use an external mix that I clip onto the rear bumper (was like 10 bucks on ebay)

I have a Gopro 4 Silver which has an in built screen/viewfinder so I don't really need the wifi app. External mic does sound like a good idea though.

Thanks Peter! I was getting shit loads of glare on mine!

No worries Alex.

[stienerv2]

Congrats Pete! Glad you had a safe trip up lol

[eskimo_firefighter]

Congrats Pete! Glad you had a safe trip up lol

Thanks Victor! Hope you enjoyed your stay in Melb! I'll visit you NSW some time next year if I ever decide to do a track day at SMSP.

Cusco Oil catch can update.

Just a quick update on the Cusco Oil catch can. According to this blog I had installed this roughly in July this year. 3 track days, one of which was an early retirement and 1 motorkhana day has passed since then. Decided to take a look at the catch can today and it looks like it's doing its job of collecting all of the blow by oil which is great to see. I will be doing a Phillip Island track day soon which consists of many high speed corners which can cause a lot of blow by. The can was filled at about 60% of it's 0.5L capacity which is a fair amount of oil.

Note to self, check catch can more regularly.

[plAythiNG]

Hey Pete, I noticed some of your pics dont load!

Have you had a look at your intake hose / throttle body to see if any blow by is exiting the front breather port too?

[eskimo_firefighter]

Thanks for letting me know Alex, I believe Google Photo's is the issue, I will just go back to using Photobucket.

And to answer your question, no I haven't and I probably should. But at least now I think the puffing of big clouds of smoke is a non issue now. But the real test will be at Phillip Island.

[plAythiNG]

For me personally, Ive noticed with my much slower cornering speeds than you and also on street tyres, I dont have any blowby anymore, by switching to penrite ten tenths engine oil! In addition to 5degree il temp drop in street conditions, and I get about an extra hot lap out on the circuit too!

[eskimo_firefighter]

That's awesome. 5 degrees is a quite a nice drop just by changing engine oil. I should probably look into getting temperature gauges for my car, but I am a little paranoid about loose fittings and sandwich plates from what I've seen in the past.