Big discs on my Bemani Cup: track action.

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First time out with the Tarox vented and grooved 20mm greater diam discs and Ferodo 2500 pads in stock callipers. (You can see pics of them >here< )

Worked quite well

Posted up a short track vid on Google. It was a little airfield in Germany. On the way there, saw 258kmh on the autobahn � only had a short stretch and was still not maxed out when my turn-off came.

First clip shows how some take no prisoners on european track days. Instructions are front car can hold its line and those behind must choose safe place to pass. “Safe” means different things to different people! Personally I prefer to hold back if it could get tight. It’s not a race and you have to pay for your damage…

Dropping some coins under the seat just before I went out on track was not the best thing to do � as you can hear in this clip!

Second clip shows a neatly driven 111R with Exige suspension and geo with very grippy Bridgestone semi-slicks. I got past him purely because of the S/C’s extra grunt and the great brakes letting me kill the speed.

Last clip shows the autobahn on the way home � only got up to about 240kmh before I had to slow for traffic and tunnel with 100kmh limit. Still considerably better than the M6 though!

Vid:


>here<

Also had a passenger ride in a 240R Cup that had the Tarox discs too. Not as fast as mine, but certainly quieter. The latest Bemani kit has a new map that adjusts the valve timing at a lower rpm, so it is less hectic and also quieter according to reports.

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Interesting viewing - your car goes very well

Those cones reminded me of squirrels

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The best bit is that the car is sponsered by KFC!!! Cool Man.

With me its the other way round, I sponsor the Kernel on a daily basis.

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I sponsor the Kernel on a daily

Is that some kind of techy-computer joke Sean

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Some interesting undertaking manouvres on corners by the Krypton Exige Surely those cones should have all been upright instead of strewn about on their sides?

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Some interesting undertaking manouvres on corners by the Krypton Exige

That’s what I meant by “not taking any prisoners” � I kept out of it.

Surely those cones should have all been upright instead of strewn about on their sides?

System they use is that the inside corner of each gate is marked by a cone lying next to the upright cone. Personally, I would prefer colour coding, eg. blue for right and yellow for left cone of each gate � preferably with a big black R and L respectively! But then I suppose it would mean making yourself look even more stupid when you still get it wrong in the heat of the moment!