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| Eastern Creek - 25th April
2007
Eastern Creek Raceway is located in Sydney's west and is a circuit I know very well as I used to go for bike trackdays with mates every month for quite a few years. I started going when I first got my licence on a 250cc, and the last bike I used on the track some years later was a 1997 Suzuki GSXR750 on which I could hit 250km/hr down the straight. This was the bike in between - a Honda CBR600.
The circuit flows very well as it was designed for the 500CC GP bikes which it hosted from 1991-97.
The day was run by Circuit Club with instructors available from Driving Solutions and together they made the day run very smoothly and kept the sessions turning over quickly. I'll definitely be back for their next Eastern Creek day in August. I've actually put my stock intake cams back in, leaving the 265 degree exhaust cams installed as I needed the torque from 3000rpm and up, whereas the 265 degree intake cams are really only better above 5000rpm. I'll post comparison dyno charts soon. Photos & Video I didn't get many photos but I did have to take one of the number I was given... hehe
There are a pile of photos from the day by the track photographer right here.
I did get some in car footage however, so turn up your speakers and enjoy. At the 200m board where I was braking on the straight I was hitting 7000rpm in 4th which is 200km/h.
This one was from earlier in the day when the track was still damp (it was raining in the first session). My mate Garth is driving the Corolla in front which has a 20-valve 4AGE, which combined with the lightweight car makes it pretty quick around a circuit.
Even though it rained in the morning we did get a couple of dry sessions in so we had to adapt our driving style to the conditions. Fun day all round which is what it's all about. |
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