26/08/2020 11:11:03 Duncan Wood Merlin Motorsport have a series of videos on driving CC prepared by Mark Hales who you may know from Blyton Park, etc. The link is towards the bottom of their homepage [URL="http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk"]www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk[/URL]

29/08/2020 13:40:07 SlapHeadDiver Thanks Duncan it will be good to have a view before our return to the circuit as it was 2017 when Duncan & I were there last

29/08/2020 16:18:12 Steve Hill Excellent videos. Don't forget that he's driving a front wheel drive.

29/08/2020 16:49:45 nh627 Think the circuit has also been re-surfaced since these were shot.....only 8 more sleeps!

29/08/2020 17:58:33 SlapHeadDiver So if I do the circuit in reverse gear thereby 'front' wheel drive I shd be ok ;) Ah maybe not as then I will be rear wheel steering :confused::eek:

29/08/2020 19:27:16 Peter Macdonald [QUOTE="Steve Hill, post: 19197, member: 8"]Excellent videos. Don't forget that he's driving a front wheel drive.[/QUOTE] Perfect for me!!

03/09/2020 11:14:10 AndrewSmith56 Always enjoy Castle Combe - it was my "maiden" track. New Yellow Stuff pads all fitted, tested and bedded-in, so it will be interesting to see the difference to the old road-going Mintex pads on the track. Fortunately the old ones held out through the Mallory sessions and had 3 - 4mm thickness left, so no damage to the discs. Pretty even wear between front and rear. The Mintex pads and discs were new all round in August last year, and have done 8 track days. Is this about normal? The photographs from Mallory Park were good - it is a good and challenging track and the weather was "interesting".

03/09/2020 11:38:19 SlapHeadDiver 8 tracks days :eek: Are you sure they are working properly? :rolleyes: Or maybe you are not trying hard enough :D See you on Monday all being well :cool:

03/09/2020 13:39:35 AndrewSmith56 [QUOTE="SlapHeadDiver, post: 19214, member: 156288"]8 tracks days :eek: Are you sure they are working properly? :rolleyes: Or maybe you are not trying hard enough :D See you on Monday all being well :cool:[/QUOTE] Thats a good question - possibly not braking hard enough, but with the road pads, they would fade if I got too enthusiastic. So its why I have gone to the EBC yellow pads, as suggested by others in the paddock! I am looking forward to trying them out! Hopefully see you Monday - what happened to you both - car trouble?

03/09/2020 13:50:23 SlapHeadDiver We have Yellows on the fronts at the mo. The new Monster 4's when they arrive and we have them fitted will have Mintex 1155 initially to see how they perform. John R uses them. What happened, ah now that would be telling but rest assured it was my fault not Duncan's. A stupid mistake :oops:, I'll enlighten you on Monday ;)

03/09/2020 18:50:58 Peter Macdonald "I'll enlighten you on Monday"..............This will be good.. I just got that feeling!:D

03/09/2020 19:02:17 SlapHeadDiver Enlightened maybe, have a good laugh.... a virtual guarantee :rolleyes::cool:

03/09/2020 19:05:58 Peter Macdonald [QUOTE="AndrewSmith56, post: 19217, member: 239320"]Thats a good question - possibly not braking hard enough, but with the road pads, they would fade if I got too enthusiastic. So its why I have gone to the EBC yellow pads, as suggested by others in the paddock! I am looking forward to trying them out! Hopefully see you Monday - what happened to you both - car trouble?[/QUOTE] You will notice a BIG improvement in fade resistance Im positive. Just make sure you use Motul 600 or similar high boiling point "race" fluid. You need more than 500ml tho to do a complete change.

04/09/2020 09:01:08 AndrewSmith56 Hi Peter, checked the bottle in the garage last night - Motul 600! Should be OK then, but if I get the time over the weekend I will renew

04/09/2020 10:51:07 Duncan Wood Remember the old adage..."If it ain't broken fix it until it is!". Bleeding the entire brake system on the eve of a track day would count as one can of worms too many in my book, but you're probably crafted from sterner stuff! See you Sunday evening, Duncan.