Sunday Track Day- Pukekohe New Zealand

[NZ_M3]

Was going to take the CSL with the new KW Competition 2 ways ... but they are sitting at a Customs office

So I took the daily drive to the track instead ...

Here's videos of my crap driving

Something went wrong with the upload - fast forward to 0.44s in the first video and 0.18 in the second.

Video 1
http://www.vimeo.com/16165425

Video 2
http://www.vimeo.com/16166153

[Curly]

Sounds nice

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

NZ_M3- have you been Tracking at Pukekhoe for
a couple of years now ?

Racer named Conrad, White E30 M3 was in
the Bastos colours last year before he sold
it, now re-building a 92/93 E30 M3 DTM car.

If you know of him, please tell him that,
The Gorilla says hi, next time your at the
circuit.

I have seen a couple of Conrads in car vids
from Pukekhoe, and the footage from the TV
Race series that was filmed there.

White 2002 Turbo, Z3M, E46 GT M3 IN 2009 I
beleive, RS500 etc, some quite rare stuff all being
driven like they were intended.

Stephen Grelley ? Blue E30 M3 2.7 DTM, Car
EX Bmw France, running in the Piloti Colours,
seems like a lot of the DTM / WTCC stuff
ends up down your way or in OZ.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[azrael]

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

Hi,

NZ_M3- have you been Tracking at Pukekhoe for
a couple of years now ?

Racer named Conrad, White E30 M3 was in
the Bastos colours last year before he sold
it, now re-building a 92/93 E30 M3 DTM car.

If you know of him, please tell him that,
The Gorilla says hi, next time your at the
circuit.

I have seen a couple of Conrads in car vids
from Pukekhoe, and the footage from the TV
Race series that was filmed there.

White 2002 Turbo, Z3M, E46 GT M3 IN 2009 I
beleive, RS500 etc, some quite rare stuff all being
driven like they were intended.

Stephen Grelley ? Blue E30 M3 2.7 DTM, Car
EX Bmw France, running in the Piloti Colours,
seems like a lot of the DTM / WTCC stuff
ends up down your way or in OZ.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

Mr Gorilla, how come your posts are always condensed like a notepad?

And how is your little project coming along

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by azrael

Mr Gorilla, how come your posts are always condensed like a notepad?

And how is your little project coming along

His computer screen is tiny

[DuncanR]

Nice one Tom , you using a GoPro cam? Sounds like the audio track was out of sync with the vid !! in first one ! At one point you were going up through the gears giving it the beans and at the same time heading into a tight left hander . Lovely weather for it too .. are you guys just heading into summer now ? or still in Spring ?

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

Quote -

''His computer screen is tiny''

Hey Lawsy, you try swinging to and
from work with anything other than
a iFone.

''Hands free'' to a Primate on the
move is not an option.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[shimmy]

It does worry me Gorilla that you profess to be a technical genius with cars but still press the return key every line you type like it's a typewriter

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

Shimmy - I am no technical guru, far
from it.

Just that in building up a couple of
project cars you get to learn things
which if it they can be passed on to assist
or help others, then good.

I find that the typewritter ribbon
last longer with the default to the
left.

Its German.

azrael- The E46 Project is on hold
while this one gets completed.

Merc 190 2.3 16v which I have converted
to Rack and Pinion and Coilovers all round.

Some E46 M3 parts, like the 50 mm TB's,
the velocity stacks are from the E46 M3
Air box, as well as the front hubs, and discs,
with 850 4 pot Brembos up front on Hamann
M3 Coilovers.

Was going to use E30 LSD but managed tp
source a DTM AMG 75% lock 3.69 LSD from
a Merc 92/93 DTM Car and its Headers, which
are Inconnel as well.

Be interesting to see what it does when its done.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[NZ_M3]

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

Hi,

NZ_M3- have you been Tracking at Pukekhoe for
a couple of years now ?

Racer named Conrad, White E30 M3 was in
the Bastos colours last year before he sold
it, now re-building a 92/93 E30 M3 DTM car.

If you know of him, please tell him that,
The Gorilla says hi, next time your at the
circuit.

I have seen a couple of Conrads in car vids
from Pukekhoe, and the footage from the TV
Race series that was filmed there.

White 2002 Turbo, Z3M, E46 GT M3 IN 2009 I
beleive, RS500 etc, some quite rare stuff all being
driven like they were intended.

Stephen Grelley ? Blue E30 M3 2.7 DTM, Car
EX Bmw France, running in the Piloti Colours,
seems like a lot of the DTM / WTCC stuff
ends up down your way or in OZ.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

Howdy Gorilla

I don't think there's a BMW enthusiast in NZ that doesn't know Conrad

Yes you are right too about my experience at Pukekohe

Not sure who Stephen Grelley is though.

And you are right ... all the very cool stuff seems to end up downunder for some reason (maybe we lot just like to collect stuff that others dont want )

Originally Posted by DuncanR

Nice one Tom , you using a GoPro cam? Sounds like the audio track was out of sync with the vid !! in first one ! At one point you were going up through the gears giving it the beans and at the same time heading into a tight left hander . Lovely weather for it too .. are you guys just heading into summer now ? or still in Spring ?

Not GoPro Duncan. It's a Lintek LT-350 (actually a prototype, as my friend owns the company and he got me to try it out on the track - it's actually not designed for track use, but rather just a traffic/accident cam recorder - it has GPS data ect and works off google map).

I did notice that the audio and video was out of sync - seems that the video is slower than the sound track (so technically I am going faster than what the eyes are telling you ) - Might have something to do with the way I chopped the recording or the actual upload, haven't figured that one out yet.