anybody conquered oulton park

[shane@mbtech]

Wondering if many on here have done oulton, any vids,
most important, how fast round oulton is the csl in the right hands?

[SMD]

Ionly live down the road and was at Oulton today! The CSL is very fast at any track if it has a good driver! I would say around the 1.50 mark!

[neil]

I've gone under 2 mins on ps2's... so with cups on, 1:50 is about right :-D

touring cars go round in 1:44 :hahaha:

[shimmy]

your all havin a lauf you are


dream on! :-D

[shane@mbtech]

your all havin a lauf you are


dream on! :-D

so what time do you think is realistic in the csl then?

[SpineOnABap]

I did about 8 million laps in the CSL many years ago, about 1m58s was quick. There was extra time if you had more talent / less fear, but not 8 seconds LOL

[SMD]

I did about 8 million laps in the CSL many years ago, about 1m58s was quick. There was extra time if you had more talent / less fear, but not 8 seconds LOL

Mine was just a guess! :-D

I have done it in 1.44 on a superstock 600 R6. and 2.08 in our little XR2 race car! :smokin:

Cups, BBK, KW's i would say 1.56 maybe? :whistle:

[shimmy]

i have seen some talented trackday drivers in 997RS struggling to get under 1m 54s

Not sure what Curly did in his CSL a OP but it is his regular track like Eliott, and my guess would be if you top 1m 57s you are doing very very well. good race driver would obviously throw it round a little faster

sounds like 1m 58 on road tyres was a terrific time

cant remember my times last year on my6 only visit there on CSLReg day but in the afternoon when it dried i think fastest was 2m 02s

[shane@mbtech]

i have seen some talented trackday drivers in 997RS struggling to get under 1m 54s

Not sure what Curly did in his CSL a OP but it is his regular track like Eliott, and my guess would be if you top 1m 57s you are doing very very well. good race driver would obviously throw it round a little faster

sounds like 1m 58 on road tyres was a terrific time

cant remember my times last year on my6 only visit there on CSLReg day but in the afternoon when it dried i think fastest was 2m 02s

ive done just under 2 mins in my 7 gta, auto tiptronic, so im hoping ill be faster in a csl,

totally different driving style between the 2, but think csl is more suited to me. if i get 1.55 - 1.58 ill be happy. :beer:

[SpineOnABap]

Yeah, anything in the 1.55 -> 1.58 range (Standard suspension CSL with good brakes and Cups) you'll be going very well indeed. Word of warning though - you'll be proper motoring through Island and Druids... :thumbs:

[shane@mbtech]

Yeah, anything in the 1.55 -> 1.58 range (Standard suspension CSL with good brakes and Cups) you'll be going very well indeed. Word of warning though - you'll be proper motoring through Island and Druids... :thumbs:

love druids, thats where i seemed to do my catching up against the likes of gt3 rs's.

in my auto evo because of the auto, when on and off accelerator, ie the chicanes etc i lost time,,, but in the faster sweeepers i more thanm made up for it.

im just hoping i dont regret buying a csl :rolleye:

[SMD]

You wont regret it mate if you enjoy things like, Trak days at Oulton! :smokin:

[SpineOnABap]

Regret? CSL? NEVER! Well... unless you need to pack 3 kids into the back :thumbs:

Just checked to see if I had my old data-logs (from the Race Tech DL1) but they're deleted it seems, otherwise I'd have uploaded them.

I gave up chasing times. There's this dodgy line where it turns from 'fun trackday' to 'too risky' in my view. It dawned on me that if the BTCC boys are taking Druids at ~100mph, with full slicks and more importantly - full safety - do I really want to be going faster than 90mph in my road car?

Not preaching - just telling how my mind works, especially after having one little 'off' in mine there, which could have been a hell of a lot worse than it was thankfully. I did several thousand laps in the CSL between 2003 and 2005 and that was my safety eye-opener :-D Suddenly I noticed all the close barriers I'd previously given little thought to, especially considering the substantial speeds involved in places, eg Island and the approach to Druids.

[SMD]

I love Island bend! Druids is very fun on the bike, but not bothered about stuffing that! :-D

[shane@mbtech]

my first upgrade will; be brakes, ap calipers pf discs, ill run on standard suspension for this year then upgrade suspension next year,

druids can be hairy, esp in the wet, been sideways round it manytimes, unintentional of course.

ive had a few spins at oulton but in areas not expected,

island i feel is quite stable, problems arise ive seen from people lifting mid corner, you can take island faster than you think, .

my only concern now is the shift paddles as per one of my previous posters.