Donington trackday sw20 mr2 turbo spin

First session of the day on a new setup which resulted in a LOT of oversteer. Ended up locking the rears which span me.

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• Donington
• trackday
• sw20
• mr2
• turbo
• craners
• spin

[NateNizz]

Awesome video.  It's nice to see an MR2 being raced on the track rather than the quarter mile. Just out of curiosity, are you driving on aftermarket rims and tires?

[b3set]

On that trackday I was running Volk TE37s (16") with Bridgestone SO2 road tyres. I've moved to Kumbo V70a's on those wheels (track tyres) and got another set with road tyres on.

[xyster101]

Nice driving! That was a lot of over steer you had there.  My MR2 is not that bad, do you have a lot of extra hp? My turbo sounds like yours, love that sound. I have done a few track days and also looped my car too, although I went off the track a lot more.

[b3set]

Thanks :) The oversteer was the result of playing with the geometry (loads more front camber) and not softening the rear damping to compensate. I like a car to oversteer, that was just a bit much!

HP is fairly stock, it's been dyno'd at just over 300 with a nice fat torque curve.

[sprigs]

aww dammit i really wanted to see you over take that s2k

[b3set]

The S2000 and I have had many duels. Later on that day, once I'd sorted out the damping he fell off trying to follow me through crainers :) My car was quicker that day, but with a few mods he kept me honest round rockingham!

[LeviathanGuero]

Finally a video of someone that can drive an MR2 the right way. Sucks about the spin, looks like its because you lost balance because of the S2000 braking hard.

[plwls]

oops, friend of mine was driving the neon red caterham r300 race car. Great track.

[GovernmentGuy]

MR2s are great!!

[tallica1988]

Brake and gas weight transfer then spin time lol. Nice driving tho, u were pushing it!

[JZZ31]

Fantastic.