Well I completed my first track day at Brands Hatch on Saturday, and have to say that I am absolutely hooked. It was great fun and I will definitely be booking more.
The car ran very well but I have a couple of issues that I would like some input with.
The first is an oil issue. The car had a new filter, OEM spec from GSF, and full oil change prior to the event and I constantly checked to see make sure that I was not loosing oil during the day. In the afternoon, when I was actually getting some speed up, I had an issue where the car would burn a bit of oil after Clarks Curve, the long fast right hander. It was only here and it was gone by the time I finished the straight and entered Paddock. I stopped revving to over 5,500 / 6,000 and dropped the speed through Clarks and the problem went away. Is this and oil surge issue and would fitting a windage tray solve it? I have a new oil pump to fit, time ran out during prep, and am happy to get a windage tray and fit everything at the same time, but don’t want to spend on this engine if it is shagged.
The second is the brakes. They worked fine for the entire day, pulling up nice and straight but I was constantly locking up the unloaded rear wheel, I even locked up both rears at one point and gave myself a small wiggle! The fronts never even hinted that they were thinking about locking and continued to work throughout the day. The rears had new callipers, GSF, OEM disks, local auto factors, and Frodo up-rated pads, local auto factors. The fronts had late 16v hubs, spacers and callipers fitted with Brembo grooved disks, GSF, and GSF normal pads. The Tyres were the originals that came with the car, and I cannot remember the make, but they lasted well and keep quite a reliable temp, once warmed up, throughout the day. The pedal had quite a long travel but it was progressive.
Anyone got any ideas? Many thanks,
Jon