The "Get Fielder On The Track" Thread

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Be careful with second hand lids, They can look ok but be knackered. I heard all sorts of horror storys from when I had a bike of second hand ones splitting apart with a heavy knock because they'd been bashed before.

I second that.....the helmets are designed to take one large impact and then you have to get a new one or it will fail totally on the next big impact.

[Fielder5757]

^^ thanks for the heads up, i hadnt thaught of that.

I just got back from ordering a set of cross drilled brake Disks and greenstuff Disks, So that should be two items to cross off the list. All i need now are a set of gass shocks, a helmet and a oil change....unless theres anything im missing off that list?

[VeeDubGTI16v]

reading some things, greenstuff might be a bit soft for trackdays, redstuff are more suited have you put the battery in the boot? bit more weight balancing and you need a mount for the camera

[Horney]

Hey Fielder!

Right you've had good advice on the helmet and brakes I agree with all here on those, the greenstuffs should be fine for track day use. Red's would be better BUT they take a while to reach operating temperature and if you want to continue using the car as a road car you may find that they scare the living poo out of you around town as they never get hot enough to be as effective as standard pads.

Insurance is really quite simple. Track days are on private property and all people taking their car on track do so at their own risk. If you stack your MKII into the back of someones Aston Martin then Boo Hoo them because you have no legal obligation to pay a penny for the damage. With insurance on your car it only covers YOUR car. So again if you hit the Aston then the insurance company would cough up for your motor but nowt for Mr Rich Boy, that's his look out and he shouold have his own insurance. Now this is all well and good protecting your car but there is something far more important to protect. YOU. I would highly recommend insurance just so that if you have a big off and hospitalise yourself that you have a policy that covers your medical expenses etc etc.

Track days are awesome fun and once you've done a few you'll be well and truly bitten by the motorsport bug. If you're anything like me you'll then want to get into ome grass roots competitions. Hill CLimbing and sprinting is a great way to start and armed with the Blue Book for competition regs you can quite easily and without great expense be racing against other people for real money and trophies.

Nick

[VeeDubGTI16v]

to solve the pad problem ive got a set of green for everyday use and im getting a set of red just for trackday use, best of both worlds ive heard of people wearing new greenstuff pads out in one day of track use i suppose it depends how you drive, and golfs are a lot heavier than minis if thats what your basing it on

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to solve the pad problem ive got a set of green for everyday use and im getting a set of red just for trackday use, best of both worlds ive heard of people wearing new greenstuff pads out in one day of track use i suppose it depends how you drive, and golfs are a lot heavier than minis if thats what your basing it on

Ah......there nothing like a bit of lead foot breaking to slam you into the windscreen

[Fielder5757]

thanks for the advice on insurance, its been helpful, looks like it wont be a necsity, i might get it if im on a track, but as im still learning i think ill be on the airfields for a while.

A little update on the motorsport front. The brakes are here next to me, should be going on tomorrow while the cars having a full service and the cooling system sorted. the bolt that holds hte disks in has snapped so it has the be drilled out, Im looking at getting a set of gass shocks then the car should be all set as far as the basics go, After that i think it will be time for a racing bucket at some point and acctually getting the car to the track.

If anybody has any more advice feel free to post it up. If anybody has any more recomendations for more parts to get then it would be appreatated 

[Golfgal]

meh i just clicked this and you lot talking about fielders helmet 

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[Fielder5757]

LOL, dirty girl!

Back on track, cars back all serviced and shiny sporting its nice drilled disks. Pics to come