PCGB Track Day Oulton Park - Friday 29th October - Page 4 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK

Anyone going?...

Yup

Unfortunately not this time !!

I’m pretty local, own a Porsche, eager to track it, but not a member of the club… Is it REALLY worth joining?

If you intend to track your car 2-3 times a year then yes you will get your fee for join back on first occasion. PCGB pricing is competitive compared to the big TD organiser

Are there any spaces?

Nope, it's fully booked.

I'm going in my 996 turbo...hope it doesn't rain

I live just up the road. Is it OK to come down in my little Cayman and mooch about the pits?

53x11 said: I live just up the road. Is it OK to come down in my little Cayman and mooch about the pits? Yep - it's free of charge for spectating

I wish! Was sold out before I'd (dis)organised myself to book. Have a good 'un T!

Purple Man said: Are there any spaces? Worth putting yourself on reserve list. People do drop out at the last minute.

Twinfan said: 53x11 said: I live just up the road. Is it OK to come down in my little Cayman and mooch about the pits? Yep - it's free of charge for spectating Check first to see if spectating is allowed. It hasn’t been at some circuits because of covid.

53x11 said: I live just up the road. Is it OK to come down in my little Cayman and mooch about the pits? It looks like I may just do that too.

Wollemi said: Check first to see if spectating is allowed. It hasn’t been at some circuits because of covid. It's definitely allowed I was at Silverstone and Donington with PCGB in August so know first hand.

FWIW and IMHO at Oulton, as far as spectating goes, as a point of order/etiquette, leaving the row or two immediately behind the pit garages for the participating cars makes life a lot safer and simpler.

What time does it start? I may pop over for a bit of spectating.

I'll be there spectating in my Focus ST Edition so come say hello. Hope the track clears quickly after the storm due from 3pm today until 8am tomorrow.

Thanks twinfan

Cars will be on track from around 9:00am for sighting laps followed by an open pit lane. Lunch is 12:30pm to 1:30pm, the track closes at 5pm. Edited by Twinfan on Thursday 28th October 09:04

I will try and drop in at some point. Will probably be found applying novice stickers to TDT's GT4 in the garages.

BubblesNW said: I will try and drop in at some point. Will probably be found applying novice stickers to TDT's GT4 in the garages. Have you go any spares you can send my way? I need them waaaaaaaay more than T!

At Oulton now. TDT’s GT4 sounds insane and is giving the GT3RS’s a run for their money 😍

Great

Might see you at one with your old car next year, already did PCGB Snetterton & Castle Combe days in it, Goodwood on Monday!

Shame I couldn't get over to say hello, domestic issues and rogue builders intervened

My day was at the behest of the NHS ... thankfully not me !

Weather really came good after lunch. Loads of pics to download. Fave cat of the day and TDT working the brakes hard into the first right hander

53x11 said: At Oulton now. TDT’s GT4 sounds insane and is giving the GT3RS’s a run for their money ?? I heard it and was wondering what exhaust has it got on it?

Didn’t go. RS4 had a puncture and the fridge died. Turned out to be an expensive day…i bought a beer fridge for the garage whilst we were at it….. and a fresh microwave.

I bobbed down for an hour but there is only so many cars my 7 year old can look before declaring extreme boredom! The Miami blue 991 gt3 seemed to sound so much better than everything else to my ears. Nice to see something different in the form of a 928 doing some laps as well.

We could here TDT's Gt4 most of the way round the track from the pit wall, sounded amazing. Afternoon was so much better when the track dried out.

kemik77 said: 53x11 said: At Oulton now. TDT’s GT4 sounds insane and is giving the GT3RS’s a run for their money ?? I heard it and was wondering what exhaust has it got on it? T's car does indeed sound epic, I could hear it screaming from inside mine! I seem to recall it's a standard silencer but with 200cel sports cat headers, however it has a modified intake which is a big part of the change in sound from standard. If I'm wrong, I'm sure T will correct me in due course

Twinfan said: kemik77 said: 53x11 said: At Oulton now. TDT’s GT4 sounds insane and is giving the GT3RS’s a run for their money ?? I heard it and was wondering what exhaust has it got on it? T's car does indeed sound epic, I could hear it screaming from inside mine! I seem to recall it's a standard silencer but with 200cel sports cat headers, however it has a modified intake which is a big part of the change in sound from standard. If I'm wrong, I'm sure T will correct me in due course Thanks for the kind comments guys… the car is a lot of fun! The exhaust system is based upon a race header design, equal length runners with motorsport collector, mated to custom 200cell catted over axle pipes and this exits via an M&M Valveless (Quiet) Muffler, with X-pipe tips. I did originally still have OEM PSE but it was actually louder in a different way, very brassy, so had to change it. With the M&M Muffler and X-pipe, the tone changes as you get up the revs. Measured at 103db @4k, yesterday at Oulton, it was a 105db day. And that was with the open tips. My turn-down tips would knock a few db off for quieter days, so happy about that. As TF says, aside from the exhaust system, a major contributor of the change in sound is due to the GT intake system I have on the car.

103dB? I can believe it! Mine was 90dB which I was very pleased with, it means I can do quiet days as it's no louder than stock

53x11 said: Weather really came good after lunch. Loads of pics to download. Fave cat of the day and TDT working the brakes hard into the first right hander Have you got a link for anymore pics? Full-res versions? I’d like to re-use if that’s ok?

Wetter than an otters pocket today in Cheshire again so will have a day uploading the pics from my camera. Will upload JPEG but do have RAW files if anyone wants to play in photoshop.

I once took a Toyota Yaris GRMN to the Oulton PCCB day ... it noise tested at 75db ... 1000 times less noise energy that the 105db limit !

What date is this.?

29th October...last Friday.

Hope this link works. Ended up with 200(!!) pictures uploaded. https://photos.app.goo.gl/thcP27QYYfgZs8XS9

Thanks for sharing those.

Nice one, some lovely ones in there

Fantastic - thank you so much! Were you the guy(s) in the Ultimate Green mk2 Focus RS? If so we meant to come over as Mrs Twinfan was drooling over your car

LOL. Nope. I was in my ‘oops I’ve bought a bit of a basket case’ Cayman that I parked well away from the quick stuff

No worries, the guys in the Focus had a camera too. I was striaght in front of you in garage #7, you should have come over and said hello

I've just had a look at that album and there are quite a few pics not showing that I can see in the album No idea why but its missing some good Pit shots of TDT;s car. Try this link https://photos.app.goo.gl/thcP27QYYfgZs8XS9

TDT said: Thanks for the kind comments guys… the car is a lot of fun! The exhaust system is based upon a race header design, equal length runners with motorsport collector, mated to custom 200cell catted over axle pipes and this exits via an M&M Valveless (Quiet) Muffler, with X-pipe tips. I did originally still have OEM PSE but it was actually louder in a different way, very brassy, so had to change it. With the M&M Muffler and X-pipe, the tone changes as you get up the revs. Measured at 103db @4k, yesterday at Oulton, it was a 105db day. And that was with the open tips. My turn-down tips would knock a few db off for quieter days, so happy about that. As TF says, aside from the exhaust system, a major contributor of the change in sound is due to the GT intake system I have on the car. Just watched Grant's videos of you two enjoying Oulton. Great driving and your car sounds fantastic mate.

boxsey said: Just watched Grant's videos of you two enjoying Oulton. Great driving and your car sounds fantastic mate. I could hear TDT’s car from Grant’s video

boxsey said: Just watched Grant's videos of you two enjoying Oulton. Great driving and your car sounds fantastic mate. Cheers matey... hopefully will get to see you on track again next year also. BrotherMouzone said: I could hear TDT’s car from Grant’s video I posted an in-car video to IG (p1_tdt) from the same session that Grant posted. I'll upload some of my laps to YouTube later and add the link here.

Twinfan said: Were you the guy(s) in the Ultimate Green mk2 Focus RS? If so we meant to come over as Mrs Twinfan was drooling over your car That would be me and my mate James It's always so nice the car gets such positive attention even in the company of much more desirable metal Despite not being a Porsche owner (yet!) I'm always made to feel very welcome and had a thoroughly enjoyable day chatting to quite a few people including Paul in the Crayon GT3 RS and Brian with his new Alpine. Was yours the yellow 718 GT4 with the red OMP rear tow strap? I'll be sure to introduce myself next time! ian_md said: I'll be there spectating in my Focus ST Edition so come say hello. Hope the track clears quickly after the storm due from 3pm today until 8am tomorrow. Lovely car! I spotted you and intended to come over but you'd gone before I had the chance sorry.

AdrianFRST said: Twinfan said: Were you the guy(s) in the Ultimate Green mk2 Focus RS? If so we meant to come over as Mrs Twinfan was drooling over your car That would be me and my mate James It's always so nice the car gets such positive attention even in the company of much more desirable metal Was yours the yellow 718 GT4 with the red OMP rear tow strap? I'll be sure to introduce myself next time! Yep, that was mine. The offset black stripe over the top is a bigger giveaway than the tow loop Definitely come over and say hello if you see me out and about anywhere

Quick video of some fun laps in the afternoon once it dried up....

Nice video and driving! The car sounds great and very 'angry' ...what have you modded?

Great video, wish I stopped until the end now, track really dried up.

Always baffles me why cars indicating to let you pass forget to lift off the throttle. Great driving. Seems it's only oil spills on Craner Curves at Donington that seem to slow you down.

LaSource said: Nice video and driving! Cheers and means a lot! … could say that you’ve been a bit of an inspiration! LaSource said: The car sounds great and very 'angry' ... what have you modded? Almost.. Everything! Chassis-Suspension Manthey-Racing Arm Package for OEM suspension which includes: -991 RS Lower Control Arm Inners, -Longer steering rods -991RS Caster Arm with solid bushings -Adjustable Rear Toe Arms. Manthey-Racing Brake Pads Front/Rear Manthey-Racing Braided Brake Lines PFC V3 Steel Brake Rotor 380mm Front/Rear KW Clubsport 3-way as per 981 GT4 MR DriveTrain/Engine GT Intake System - comprised of larger volume plenum and larger volume intake runners. 82mm Throttle Body, Custom equal length long tube race headers, with 200cell Cat integrated over axle pipes M&M Rear Muffler & x-pipe with tips and additional turn down tips BMC Airfilters.

Digga said: Always baffles me why cars indicating to let you pass forget to lift off the throttle. Great driving. Seems it's only oil spills on Craner Curves at Donington that seem to slow you down. Cheers Digga! Car is really dialled in on the KW CS 3-way now, been fine tuning the settings and it’s in a lovely place now.

TDT said: Digga said: Always baffles me why cars indicating to let you pass forget to lift off the throttle. Great driving. Seems it's only oil spills on Craner Curves at Donington that seem to slow you down. Cheers Digga! Car is really dialled in on the KW CS 3-way now, been fine tuning the settings and it’s in a lovely place now. You preferring the passive KW setup over the PASM then? Still faffing on suspension spec for mine. Hopefully will get in your way on track again next year.

TDT said: boxsey said: Just watched Grant's videos of you two enjoying Oulton. Great driving and your car sounds fantastic mate. Cheers matey... hopefully will get to see you on track again next year also. You too. Couldn't get on this one so had to do Donington a couple of days earlier which was dry and great fun. But am still booked on for the RS day at Oulton next March.

Where do you book the RS day, I keep looking on PCGB but can't find anything

simonsti said: Where do you book the RS day, I keep looking on PCGB but can't find anything Its a MSV event. So you’ll need to keep checking on the site if you’ve not been on before. Previous attendees sometime get a direct contact and bookings from 2021 cancelled event have been automatically transferred to 2022.

Digga said: TDT said: Digga said: Always baffles me why cars indicating to let you pass forget to lift off the throttle. Great driving. Seems it's only oil spills on Craner Curves at Donington that seem to slow you down. Cheers Digga! Car is really dialled in on the KW CS 3-way now, been fine tuning the settings and it’s in a lovely place now. You preferring the passive KW setup over the PASM then? Still faffing on suspension spec for mine. Hopefully will get in your way on track again next year. PASM absolutely has its place... as it allow the car to be able to try to be usable for road and track... and Porsche calibration is generally very very well judged and strikes decent balance for most people - and it gets better with every generation. But yep - I prefer the passive setup over the PASM - the main point being, that I can more carefully dial the car in for how I use the car - really sharpening it for that purpose, and then for the road, if i wanted, i could loosen the rebound control a little, at the turn of a dial... but I have generally left it as is - as there is no penalty on the roads that I drive.

Thanks T. I think the key benefit of good, adjustable passives is not necessarily changing setting all the time, but getting them finely tuned in the first place. The adjustments are worth making for tracks or conditions that are outliers. I certainly find this with 3 and 4 way mtb suspension.

TDT said: LaSource said: Nice video and driving! Cheers and means a lot! … could say that you’ve been a bit of an inspiration! LaSource said: The car sounds great and very 'angry' ... what have you modded? Almost.. Everything! Chassis-Suspension Manthey-Racing Arm Package for OEM suspension which includes: -991 RS Lower Control Arm Inners, -Longer steering rods -991RS Caster Arm with solid bushings -Adjustable Rear Toe Arms. Manthey-Racing Brake Pads Front/Rear Manthey-Racing Braided Brake Lines PFC V3 Steel Brake Rotor 380mm Front/Rear KW Clubsport 3-way as per 981 GT4 MR DriveTrain/Engine GT Intake System - comprised of larger volume plenum and larger volume intake runners. 82mm Throttle Body, Custom equal length long tube race headers, with 200cell Cat integrated over axle pipes M&M Rear Muffler & x-pipe with tips and additional turn down tips BMC Airfilters. Aw - glad to have pulled you along Wow - that is everything! Just missing shortened gears That is a great set of changes. The KWs must make a material difference for track use.

Another video from the day that I found. Great to have some external footage. First time I’ve really heard/seen my car go around a circuit. A few of us feature….

Nice find, T

Tyrone's car certainly sounds very crisp !