Toyota Sprint Series 2011 - General Banter

Seeing as there's a few of us competing this year I feel a dedicated Toyota Sprint Series thread is much needed (follow the link if you fancy competing! ).

Rounds:

Round 1 	Rockingham Motor Speedway	Sunday		27th March
Round 2 	Woodbridge			Sunday		22nd May
Round 3 	Barkston Heath			Sunday		24th July
Round 4 	Llandow				Saturday	13th August
Round 5 	Croft				Sunday 		4th September
Round 6 	Blyton Park			Saturday 	15th October

Rules & Regulations can be found here

Club representatives ():

Craig Attard in Class A1 Pro with his NA-T 5 speed (Build thread)

Paul Thomas in Class C Pro with his NA Auto (Build thread)

Alex Meade in Class C Pro with his NA 5 speed (Build thread)

I'm a bit heavier than that now, around 98kg! Had a very lazy winter. I keep suspending the personal weight loss programme..

minds at rest....... returns to double cheese burger

With the news that Craig is lighter than I am (and running a more powerful car) my first aim this year is to get under the weight of 95Kg + a double cheeseburger. To do this I have purchased a brand new skipping rope and my first skipping session attempt will be at 5:15 this evening (I have never skipped before..).

with the adition of my double cheese burger i will be gyming it tonight 90k will be a good weight for me i think as im quiet tall. but nevins will literally be shaving a few more pounds off the car

Shaving is not my style dude, Anything that is not needed or essential will be coming out of the car.

If anyone wants any help setting up the car I am up for it at a modest fee, but it would need to be done locally, Oulton or Donington.

Hell of an offer, can I have an emu as well please. I'm still working on sam

Is love to enter if I had more free time and money. How much does it cost after car purchase.?

I'd like to enter my tt but I don't want to strip it out as I use it every day mostly lol and think it would be in a too higher class to be competative

Info is all here mate, http://www.toyotasprint.com/tss/index.php

If anyone wants any help setting up the car I am up for it at a modest fee, but it would need to be done locally, Oulton or Donington.

that is a great offer, i plan on new subframes , arms,bushes , and suspension for next season so this would be great. but as ever money is king, what would be considerd a modest fee ?

Is love to enter if I had more free time and money. How much does it cost after car purchase.?

 

I'd like to enter my tt but I don't want to strip it out as I use it every day mostly lol and think it would be in a too higher class to be competative

There's a 'Street' class this year, basically for road cars (running road tyres) - you would still need a quiet exhaust though. See the Rules & Regulations, unless you've fitted an aftermarket ECU I would expect you to qualify for A3 - Street.

i wish we could run slicks. i think the 2wd cars should be allowed to run slicks to evan up with the 4wd cars

Yeah I just read the rules. I would need a silencer put in as I want to keep the nur

Wonder how competitive a bpu lardy uk auto would be . Maybe I can get that done and try an event. Hum...

I've never driven on slicks but I would imagine a sprint is too short to get any heat into them? The idea is for 'low cost' motorsport anyway - I doubt new slicks are cost effective!

Yeah I just read the rules. I would need a silencer put in as I want to keep the nur

 

Wonder how competitive a bpu lardy uk auto would be . Maybe I can get that done and try an event. Hum...

Give it a go and find out! I don't think it would be too bad, my TT Auto handled surprisingly well on the track.. just a pity about the brakes / wheels / power issues at the time (It's still not completely fixed after those problems I suffered at Thunder Road last year! AEM FIC attempt 2 coming soon..).

if any of you are in hampshire area and need some spanner help on the days more than happy to help

dan

true short runs , i allways used slicks on track until the last track day i did and the difference is huge, im actualy thinking of running some soft bugit tyres as i think they will be grippyer cold , as premiums tend to get up to temp and be better but from cold cheapy softies could be the way , somthing like a primewell or evan a avon zz3 hmm , must look into this

Maybe I'll do the rockingham day if someone reminds me to sort the exhaust in time. It's only down the road

With the news that Craig is lighter than I am (and running a more powerful car) my first aim this year is to get under the weight of 95Kg + a double cheeseburger. To do this I have purchased a brand new skipping rope and my first skipping session attempt will be at 5:15 this evening (I have never skipped before..).

At 80kg I have almost made up for my auto box

It looks like Alan won't be joining in with his NA-T this year, which is a shame. However I have a second driver to make up for it.

Car prep started today.. but the driver prep has again been delayed (skipping rope still hasn't been used ).

thats g0od ,shame about alan ,i would have liked another na-t in the mix , aw well the car is a few days from being ready to run so jus waitng now. :)

i really think you should run your tt..

because it will be awfull being hammerd by you in your na

Haha, I'm going to concentrate on getting the TT6 ready for next year - you'll have had a years practice by then.

I wonder how much difference your big gay wing is going to make...

welli did a test with and with out. i crused at 120 then did some lane changes progressivle sharpening the turn, with the wing i did feelmore confident to go a step further with how sharp i culd whip it , and the rear didnt seem to want to backlash as much when it straightend up so illleave it on and give it a go. the only prob for me will be learning the braking points and optmal enty speed at each track , im looking for this year to set me up to be competative next year

I'm not going to ask where you were doing test turns at 120, but I expect you'll be cornering a little slower on the sprint circuits! I expect I'm going to have to investigate the difference myself this year with the new one as it already has a fibreglass rear hatch and I don't really want to drill holes in it.

Are you still running a W58 by the way?

yes still on the w50but i use the a02b diff from the auto so the final drive is longer . i can leave it in second for quiet long and stay on the power band longer compared to the open na diff i removed.

i also decided to go with the avon zz3 tyres as i think they will work well cold from the line , what tyres do you run ?

on aother note do you find your engine breathes heavy though the cam cover breather when you drive it hard , mine is filling the catch can and over flowing within 2 laps of llandow so thats playing on my mind slightly.

I ran Goodyear F1s for my first year, wasn't too competitive but I was only just starting out and didn't think semi-slicks would make much difference (boy was I wrong). Moved to R888s last year and I'm still on them now - they've worked very well for me but I wouldn't buy another set - the price is far too high.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'breathing heavy' but I can hammer the car around a circuit for 20+ minutes without an issue, generally I only come in because the tyres are overheating. The only issue I have at the moment is my brake pedal tends to go a little soft at the end of a track day but that's never happened on a sprint. I'm actually concerned about how much work it's going to take to make a TT as reliable!