HSD's do 8:25 full lap at the Nurburgring

[PhilMorrison]

One of our customers: Dino Rockstroh out on his first lap at the ring. He's confident he would have improved on this time, but unfortunately he suffered from exploding S14 gearbox syndrome.


from Driftworks Ltd on Vimeo.

[SteA]

A smooth 8.02 bridge to gantry time on his first lap of the ring Excellent stuff, he is obviously a very good driver, but it would be interesting to know if he has been out on track there as a passenger? He seemed to know where the track went........ whatever a big

Specs of car and details of the driver would be interesting

[jim_s13]

outstanding bet the porsche drivers were suprised when they saw him coming past lol For that to have been his first time out he must have sat and learnt the track maticulously. Well done that man

[PhilMorrison]

Doh, sorry , I didn't mean that to be misleading. He's a very competent driver that has driven the ring before, this was just his first lap out that day

[DaveV]

What's the car spec? Power etc?

[PhilMorrison]

Basically Driftworks suspension, and the cars running 298bhp at the flywheel.

[Mark]

Basically Driftworks suspension, and the cars running 298bhp at the flywheel.

Bloody hell, so not even a big power car

to that man

Anyone here timed themselves at the ring to compare

Would be interesting to see him go round with a different suspension setup to see how much was down to him and how much was down to the setup

[DaveV]

Basically Driftworks suspension, and the cars running 298bhp at the flywheel.

Impressive

[PhilMorrison]

Bloody hell, so not even a big power car

to that man

Anyone here timed themselves at the ring to compare

Would be interesting to see him go round with a different suspension setup to see how much was down to him and how much was down to the setup

Oh there's no doubting the guy can drive . I think he's highly competitive at drifting as well, and doesn't change the setup between drift and grip.
He's one of many customers who have come to us with expectations of having to spend serious money on suspension, and have been incredibly surprised to see how well our suspension performs. If I remember correctly it was choice between our coilovers or KW Variant 3.

[sideways14a]

Naa this cant be right.. everyone knows sx's cant handle...

Great times, a great driver and a great setup

[sprout]

Awesome

[Scotty_s13]

Awesome

Can't wait till i go next year now...

[JulesS14200]

Thats proper impressive for a sub 300bhp s14, good driving skills too!

What did he overtake before the 2 porsches, was it a NSX?

[tomo1]

Fair play thats a committed lap! And also hardly any traffic.
Big balls going into "foxhole" at that speed.

[JulesS14200]

Fair play thats a committed lap! And also hardly any traffic.
Big balls going into "foxhole" at that speed.

Which bit was the foxhole?

I liked the jump about 7 mins 40 in!! That must have taken some bollocks to fly over that then have a right hander just after!

[SteA]

Basically Driftworks suspension, and the cars running 298bhp at the flywheel.

Do you know what tyres he was running?

Bloody hell, so not even a big power car

to that man

Anyone here timed themselves at the ring to compare

Would be interesting to see him go round with a different suspension setup to see how much was down to him and how much was down to the setup

The only timed laps I did at the Ring were during our first trip, in the most horrendous weather conditions, the day Kev wrote off his S13, and that was about 10 minutes. I havent timed myself over the last few years as I wanted to get used to the track first, on my final day last year I felt comfortable pushing on but didnt time it, so I expect this year after a few days familiarisation I will put in a few fairly quick laps, I doubt it would be anywhere near as quick as that though If anyone wants to lend me a discrete dogcam then we might be able to get some footage

Petes Time Attack S14 is over with us too

[PecaSX]

Sorry guys for a bit of OT, but if you'd like to see how the Driftworks suspension performs on a different track, check out my vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXjnTVtEu5g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA_mzUBKIyk

The car is S13 stage 2 on toyos R888 and gen. 1 DW coilovers

[Grim]

Bloody hell, so not even a big power car

to that man

Anyone here timed themselves at the ring to compare

Would be interesting to see him go round with a different suspension setup to see how much was down to him and how much was down to the setup

be interesting to see the power curve. i think a lot of the time a car with 'only' 300bhp but with 'only' 300bhp for a lot of rev range is faster than the big power cars that are very peaky.

add to that the fact you can actually use all 300bhp whereas the big power cars sit and sulk then spin their wheels and try to kill the driver.

rather good lap

[PhilMorrison]

Do you know what tyres he was running?

He describes them as just normal summer tyres, not sure what brand, but no semi slicks.

I've done the Ring once in my M3, and I can't wait to get back. Everyone always asks what was your time, and my answer is: "I don't give a fcuk, I was to busy crapping my pants" . The place makes you feel completely and utterly insignificant, and I won't be timing myself there any time soon. I think if you wanted to though, a vid cam is a very good way to do it, as you're not actually looking at a timer.

[smiths14a]

Great vid He really knows the track well. he's flying. My Xbox basic track tuition is ongoing but one day ill make it over there...