Just got back from a half day at Keevil with Motorsport Events.
Following some last minute cooling system alterations, the old girl had a couple of teething problems, the first being a minor water leak, which was easily fixed by rotating and tightening a clip, the second being a loss of oil, more than likely from the rear of the rocker cover gasket, and that will require some investigation.
Brakes were fine, lasting about 4 flat out laps before fading and requiring only a small amount of cooling to be back on form. I think that some more aggressive discs would help a little there but they're 314mm and designed to fit under stock wheels, so they do pretty well IMHO, based on that.
Anyway, it's a fast 'circuit' and so 300bhp came in useful. There are no less than 3 100mph+ to 40mph- stops in the lap, my highest speed being 115 indicated into a 40mph corner! The other corners are a 90-60 before a chicane and a deep breath 80-90mph entry beast
Overall, the old girl did well, especially considering it's on stock road tyres. She ate standard elises and caterhams for breakfast The tastier stuff was naturally faster but of the saloon and hot hatches there, few were faster and none by much. There were 2 B5 S4s there, one a K03 road/track car and the other a K04 slick shod racer, neither had much on the S2 that couldn't be explained by a passenger, full tank of petrol and intact leather interior Happy days.
Handling wise, the dreaded Audi understeer was there, in the tight corners especially, and this took careful grip management. I'd forgotten the extent to which the track tyres had improved things at ADI in October! Hopefully some new top mounts (eventually) and subnframe bushes will sort things out there w.r.t castor and camber.
Overall, a great value afternoon at £65 and one that will take a little time to get over but well worth it
Following some last minute cooling system alterations, the old girl had a couple of teething problems, the first being a minor water leak, which was easily fixed by rotating and tightening a clip, the second being a loss of oil, more than likely from the rear of the rocker cover gasket, and that will require some investigation.
Brakes were fine, lasting about 4 flat out laps before fading and requiring only a small amount of cooling to be back on form. I think that some more aggressive discs would help a little there but they're 314mm and designed to fit under stock wheels, so they do pretty well IMHO, based on that.
Anyway, it's a fast 'circuit' and so 300bhp came in useful. There are no less than 3 100mph+ to 40mph- stops in the lap, my highest speed being 115 indicated into a 40mph corner! The other corners are a 90-60 before a chicane and a deep breath 80-90mph entry beast
Overall, the old girl did well, especially considering it's on stock road tyres. She ate standard elises and caterhams for breakfast
The tastier stuff was naturally faster but of the saloon and hot hatches there, few were faster and none by much. There were 2 B5 S4s there, one a K03 road/track car and the other a K04 slick shod racer, neither had much on the S2 that couldn't be explained by a passenger, full tank of petrol and intact leather interior Happy days.Handling wise, the dreaded Audi understeer was there, in the tight corners especially, and this took careful grip management. I'd forgotten the extent to which the track tyres had improved things at ADI in October! Hopefully some new top mounts (eventually) and subnframe bushes will sort things out there w.r.t castor and camber.
Overall, a great value afternoon at £65 and one that will take a little time to get over but well worth it
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