Course layout

Well, I went to Bedford Autodrome Saturday for an open pit lane event. I was a bit worried about the weather, but when I woke up in the morning it was a beautiful day. Quite a crowd at this event. They were running the full circuit at 3.6 miles (see image). Word must have got around in the Porsche community because there were about a dozen variants of GT3 RS, Carrera, Carrera 4S, etc. Also, the standard batch of Lotus Elise, but no Exige today. A few Caterham 7’s and an Ariel Atom. A single Ferrari F430 (I think). Oddly absent were the Subies, and Evos. I was the only Skyline.
Nice rides


The Skyline handled very well. It just goes were you point it without too much complaint. I think the Toyo r-compound tyres probably had a bit to do with that. The one thing I had forgot was to get some race pads for the front brakes. I think there are Ferodo 2500’s in there. They held up pretty well, but just didn’t seem to have that quick bite I’m used to in my other car. Top speeds were about 130-140mph at the end of the main straight. But because of the brakes I was very conservative with the braking zones. It is also almost 200kg heavier than my other car.
I was able to hang with the Elises (Elisi?) for the most part. The Porsches were still blowing by me, and leaving me in the dust on the straights. Except for a Boxster S and a Cayman S that I got by. Best lap time of the day for me was 3:09.73.
For the record, this is a ’96 GT-R. This was my first day out in the Skyline, all my previous track experience is in a Mitsubishi Eclipse GT. The car is basically stock internals, stock boost, etc. Mods include an Apexi induction kit, decat exhaust, oil cooler, Toyo R888 (255/40 R17) on OEM wheels. For the next mod, I may have the turbos remapped. Then with a boost controller, I could pump it up for track days but leave it normal during daily driving.

Speaking of decat, I couldn’t get the cat back on as I didn’t have the right parts. But the car passed the static noise check at 97dB (101 max at Bedford).
End result of brakes


Well, I went to Bedford Autodrome Saturday for an open pit lane event. I was a bit worried about the weather, but when I woke up in the morning it was a beautiful day. Quite a crowd at this event. They were running the full circuit at 3.6 miles (see image). Word must have got around in the Porsche community because there were about a dozen variants of GT3 RS, Carrera, Carrera 4S, etc. Also, the standard batch of Lotus Elise, but no Exige today. A few Caterham 7’s and an Ariel Atom. A single Ferrari F430 (I think). Oddly absent were the Subies, and Evos. I was the only Skyline.
Nice rides


The Skyline handled very well. It just goes were you point it without too much complaint. I think the Toyo r-compound tyres probably had a bit to do with that. The one thing I had forgot was to get some race pads for the front brakes. I think there are Ferodo 2500’s in there. They held up pretty well, but just didn’t seem to have that quick bite I’m used to in my other car. Top speeds were about 130-140mph at the end of the main straight. But because of the brakes I was very conservative with the braking zones. It is also almost 200kg heavier than my other car.
I was able to hang with the Elises (Elisi?) for the most part. The Porsches were still blowing by me, and leaving me in the dust on the straights. Except for a Boxster S and a Cayman S that I got by. Best lap time of the day for me was 3:09.73.
For the record, this is a ’96 GT-R. This was my first day out in the Skyline, all my previous track experience is in a Mitsubishi Eclipse GT. The car is basically stock internals, stock boost, etc. Mods include an Apexi induction kit, decat exhaust, oil cooler, Toyo R888 (255/40 R17) on OEM wheels. For the next mod, I may have the turbos remapped. Then with a boost controller, I could pump it up for track days but leave it normal during daily driving.

Speaking of decat, I couldn’t get the cat back on as I didn’t have the right parts. But the car passed the static noise check at 97dB (101 max at Bedford).
End result of brakes
