My first track day (Croft)

[Graham330cisport]

I will defoe do it again :lol: Had a great time and was amazed how well organised it was, a big thankyou to Nick and his team from the bmw car club for a great day.
Had a 450 degrees spin straight after lunch which woke me up a bit :oops:

Heres a few pics

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http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/Graham540Touring/Croft_14_July_2008_146-1.jpg

[XKaLiBaR]

awesome dude. did you take note of how many miles you did on track? did you need to fill up petrol at all? how did the m5 do against other cars on track?

[Graham330cisport]

awesome dude. did you take note of how many miles you did on track? did you need to fill up petrol at all? how did the m5 do against other cars on track?

Burned a full tank by 4.30pm!! My car was fast on the straights as expected but the e30 M3's were awesome, nothing could touch them.
Was a little surprised how bouncy my car was, Tim and Ian commented on it as well. So its going in to the dealers tomorrow to check out the edc settings.

Cheers, Graham

[peppernick]

Great pics!

You'll find even on the hardest road settings, your shock damping is still too soft for track use.

[SpeedTrap]

Fantastic pictures...did you drop your car at all? I find that with H&R, it helps a lot on corners.

[Graham330cisport]

Fantastic pictures...did you drop your car at all? I find that with H&R, it helps a lot on corners.


No totally stock bud. If I do it (when I do it) again I will be getting a BBK.
How much are new springs?

Graham

[SpeedTrap]

Only about 200ish...got it from Teddy and it makes a big difference...let me know when you want to get a BBK and maybe get it together for a better deal.

Jerome

[zarnd]

looks good mate. woud love to o a track day in the UK, but the exhaust is just too loud to go i think!

cheers

[Graham330cisport]

looks good mate. woud love to o a track day in the UK, but the exhaust is just too loud to go i think!

cheers

It was raised to 108db for the day Alex?? There was a 911 that was pretty loud

[booforty]

Nice pics! Looking to do a track day myself soon

[dxb335d]

Your M5 looks the Nutz going round track mate.


Baris... loving the 18" mate looks proper hardcore with them on...

[zarnd]

how does it compare on the track to your e39 M5?

[Graham330cisport]

how does it compare on the track to your e39 M5?


Alex, I couldn't help thinking all day that I would have loved to have seen and heard my e39 m5 going round that track:(
This one is totally different in all ways, feels more "modern" if you like. I still say though it doesn't feel that much faster high in the rev range as my old one, mind you my old one was screeming at you at 6k revs with the high flow cats and the Milltek!! while this is more refined.

Cheers, Graham

[E46ACS]

I told you not to sell it!!!! :D

[Graham330cisport]

I told you not to sell it!!!! :D

Go boil you head :D

[SpeedTrap]

while this is more refined.

Cheers, Graham
Graham...before you boil someone's head:), get your exhaust and springs sorted, and you will feel differently:)

[Graham330cisport]

Graham...before you boil someone's head:), get your exhaust and springs sorted, and you will feel differently:)


LOL! Private joke mate :p

[Imola]

sounds like a good day, where did you spin ? I had a belter of a spin in a lotus, in the area of your first pic :D

[Graham330cisport]

sounds like a good day, where did you spin ? I had a belter of a spin in a lotus, in the area of your first pic :D

Just after the first chicane! Cold tyres were to blame :p