Knockhill, Saturday 11th September 9am - 1pm

[sKunk]

Awesome day! Weather was crap (suprise) but it didn't piss down so that's not too bad I guess

Best 'off' of the day went to my mate Keith in the red 97 turbo which caused a red flag. A little to hot into Hislops(?) and he hit the gravel at a hell of a pace. Had to get the tyre guys to remove the tyres from the rims to get all the stones out Thanks guys

My biggest moment was 3 corners into my first lap (surprise, surprise) when cold tyres caught me out, kept it on the black stuff though. Managed to get sideways at the hairpin a few times as well

Managed to give ormiboy and his mate a blast around the track which was loads of fun. Very good passengers, even when I made mistakes

Called it a day when I was under a quarter of a tank left. £42 of Optimax got me 60 track miles

So..... when's the next track day?

[trance]

Yeah good morning just ashame about the bloody weather!!. Lost my back at end about 3 times!!!. After replacing two worn out front shocks yesterday for today i noticed by back ones were also shagged!!. Wet plus worn rear shocks equals arse out action!! . Good day but bit pissed with the car. Just means need to get it right for next year then!!. Thanks to john for organising it.

cheers

gregg

[billyboy]

ANOTHER GOOD TRACKDAY.MANY THANKS TO BRIAN FOR TAKIN ME OUT IN HIS NOBLE.WAT A CAR.THANKS TO THE GUY IN THE RED SCOOBY WHO ENDED UP IN THE KITTY LITTER AND CUTTING IT SHORT.MMM NOBLE.ANOTHER CAR TO ADD TO MY LIST WEN I WIN THE LOTTERY.

MY 98 TERZO

PPP PERFORMANCE PACKAGE

PRO D SUSPENSION PACKAGE

SOME DAY I WILL BE BRAVE AND MY CAR OUT ON THE TRACK

[sKunk]

Yeah, thanks to those who organised the event

[the squiggle]

Talk about WINDY,Force 10 from Navorone and that was just the noise from my exhaust

Highlight of the day was COULTY muffing the Noble, now no disrespect to the Noble owner{nice car mate}. Noble twin turbo circa 350bhp against 95 STI with unknown horse power but properly mapped/setup Coultys STI was actually pulling away from the Noble on the straight, i couldnt believe my eyes as well as pass every Lotus/Subaru/Caterham on the track, although the Aberdeenshire P1 would have made an intresting proposition

[Climbs to the top of a mountain wih a loud hailer]

The Coulty mobile is the best bang for buck Scooby in the West of Scotland WELL DONE MATE

[strolls down the mountain chuffed]

A shining example of what a properly setup/mapped car can do in the real world

Pleasure to sit in with you,Coulty and watch all those dials and guages dance for Scotland

Pleasure to meet and chat with the usual suspects

Playsatan----first shout on that roller bearing beauty if you upgrade

Cal i want a hurl in that Type R next time mate

Andy i want a shot of that V9 as compensation for sitting about for an hour while you were detained

Good day all round if only Knockhill could up sticks to a less exposed part of Scotland

Grant

Cal get that footage up of Coultys car please

[willie]

All from the hairpin. I you want an orginial please email me

Knockhill photos

[dougster]

If Coulty's heid wisnae big enough in the first place!!!!

He's lucky the old wagon wasn't out as everyone knows the 5 doors are faster and handle better!!!

Also happy to host any mpegs taken (although not too big!!)

[scuba dou]

Good Stuff Willie, thanks for that

[jamie_wood]

A rather poor day for me as the car played up a little. Blew a hose of from the front mount and couldn't get it tight again as the clamp was stripped

Never mind, it was only a test run for her as its the first time she has really been opened up, and it was only just remapped yesterday( a measly 310bhp, goddam turbo!).

Brakes were non existant after a few laps and with me having the front struts off the other week it was all over the shop cause it aint been set up yet

Man I miss my RA

Any one want to buy a Buggy with 300+bhp?? LOL

Jamie

[dad]

<< ANOTHER GOOD TRACKDAY......THANKS TO THE GUY IN THE RED SCOOBY WHO ENDED UP IN THE KITTY LITTER AND CUTTING IT SHORT.... >>

... eh that will be me then ... certainly didn?t mean to come off

cost me a hour popping wheels off to get the gravel out of the alloys and excavating the other half ton of cr@p from the brakes ....and the brake ducts.... and the underside...... certainly not my intention.

I landed 12" from the barrier after spinning out exiting the chicane, not exactly what I planned

Apologies for cutting the time short to the rest of you guys, but finding the limit sometimes means going over the limit!

That was my first track day and what a belter! still not wiped the Scooby smile off my face since I got my first Impreza 4 weeks ago and I?ll not be able to sleep for couple of days .....I?m wired

And I think I understand the handling of the car a lot better now

Big thanks to all the friendly Impreza drivers who made the day sweet (not forgetting the other cars too!)

And also to AWD in Perth for a great job on the new brakes and service , running like a dream

[ANDYJDMSTI]

dougster,

missed your call as phone died and had the fuzz in front of me.

am sure they are following me about!!!!!!!

[ANDYJDMSTI]

Grant,

that is some exhaust you have m8. was pissing myself on the drive back as it sounds like a thundering v8, scaring people!!!!!

[the squiggle]

<<

Cal i want a hurl in that Type R next time mate

Andy i want a shot of that V9 as compensation for sitting about for an hour while you were detained

Good day all round if only Knockhill could up sticks to a less exposed part of Scotland

Grant

Cal get that footage up of Coultys car please >>

Still waiting on a reply Andy

[sKunk]

<< cost me a hour popping wheels off to get the gravel out of the alloys and excavating the other half ton of cr@p from the brakes ....and the brake ducts.... and the underside...... >>

Ouch

[ANDYJDMSTI]

Grant,

sounds fair enough m8

[the squiggle]

Sometimes dreams do come true

Will sleep very soundly tonight looking forward to it mate

Grant

[spooks]

Yeh good day, bit cold and that but hey its KH were talking about

Good to see everyone etc ta to AWD for the diagnosis, Cal for the run in the R..........that was gid

Grant that exhuast of yours is wicked mate I could hear ya , and I was at the front of the pack Oh BTW wasnt sure what cafe yeh meant so just kept driving, next time you lead LOL

Was starting to get disillusioned about scoobs, starting to fancy a change an all that but after seeing Andy's ...............well I dunno, got some goodies on that bad boy

Cya all soon

Spooks

[the squiggle]

Im lined up for a shot of that bad boy .............

Mental note to self

{Dont shut up about it till your in the driving seat 1st gear engaged and the clutch on its way up}

Grant

Spooks,

Its imy.

Grant's exhaust is cool....... innit???

also, we thought you gave up going to the cafe after seeing the traffic on the kincardine bridge!

we all split anyway...... traffic too frustrating!

PS - can you activate your private message? Go to "Profiles" and activate your "PM".

[cdowling_bm]

Very cool time at KH today. As a SIDC virgin, I thought I would take the old Leggy up and see what the Impreza bretheren were putting down. Despite the typical Knockhill weather, it was a cracker of a day the people I met were equally so. I'll have to make sure my nerve and the twin-turbo is up for a thrashing next year.

Charles.

[zeolite]

I had a good day. The highlight of which was seeing Rosie's face as she went out in Jonathon Neale's caterham

Thanks to AWD for the check and it looks like I wil have to open the bonnet of my Scoob l

[spooks]

PM activated noo

Ian if your opening the bonnet mind and oil yer release Sorry couldnt resist

Spooks

[the squiggle]

<< Very cool time at KH today. As a SIDC virgin, I thought I would take the old Leggy up and see what the Impreza bretheren were putting down. Despite the typical Knockhill weather, it was a cracker of a day the people I met were equally so. I'll have to make sure my nerve and the twin-turbo is up for a thrashing next year.

Charles. >>

Pleasure to meet you mate

Im sure that Leggy Twin Turbo could show the Imprezas a thing or two

Grant

[Wooosh]

<< although the Aberdeenshire P1 would have made an intresting proposition

[Climbs to the top of a mountain wih a loud hailer]

>>

That P1 would be me then Which Scooby was coulty in?

Anyway, great day out, some very interesting sideways action going into duffus and also over the top of the chicane. Thanks to Cal for the passenger lap which I really enjoyed. I also got some good footage of almost every car there which I can send out once I sort through it all.

I almost had an emergency when by batteries fr my key fob died on me in the pits, so I couldn't start the car. Thanks to dougie for letting me borrow your batteries so I could nip into Halfords in Dunfermline to get some new ones. Panic over.

Also thanks to JohnS for your time and effort in organising a great day.

Kev

[DR Motosport]

Another great day organised by John, many thanks.

Day started with a damp track, so took it easy with the RE-70's, didn't want to kill them as they were only a week old.

Then a nice dry line appeared so on when the slicks, and the fun began.

Got a great run on the Noble through the chicane and passed it into Clarks, then quite easily pulled away from it.

Passed most things, and certainly nothing passed us today.

Come to think of it, from all the SIDC days this year, the only thing to pass has been the Radical - but it wasn't there today.

Used a full tank plus a 5 gal jerry can, so maybe 80 laps.

David

2002 JDM STi

[CAZ1562]

Sounds like another excellent day out Well done again John Stewart.

I WILL be on track as soon as 2005 arrives. The car was re-mapped yesterday down south and is pretty much det free upto 6000 rpm, a few tweeks still required but I'm sure that will have vanished by next weekend. Get the brakes sorted and then its TRACKTIME

Nice clear pictures Willie (just a shame some neds spraypainting skills are poor on the white plates at the front )