We had to be at the track by 10am. The event area is simply awesome. Contractors were busy setting up the grandstands, the concrete barriers were arranged in place and huge sacks of sand were placed behind the barriers to make sure safety is maintained in case of an accident.
We were told tickets were sold out for the 2 day event. They are expecting 12,000 spectators per day. Awesome. Tickets not cheap too. After conversion, it’s about RM250.00 a pop.
The Quartermile crew arrived shortly after 10am, and we started unloading the car and equipment while other teams arrived throughout the morning.
Practice started in the later part of the afternoon. Practice was supposed to start late morning but the contractors were not done with the course setup and props, so practice was delayed and cut down to 30mins per group.
All in all, I got only 15mins worth of practice time on friday due to a faulty gearbox. The track was bumpy on the straight and 3rd gear kept popping out just before initiating point which made it super difficult to drive unless I steered with 1 hand and the other holding the gear stick. So we decided to make a swap with the spare HKS dogbox BUT…… as they were connecting the propshaft, they realized it didnt fit! The spare box was a newer variant and required the NISMO output shaft. We were also out of luck as no one had a spare unit available.
So we had to for go the last 15mins of practice and re-fitted the old box for saturday. Top Secret had a OS Giken close ratio box available, but we could only collect it on Saturday morning and ready for Sunday’s competition.
As a team, we decided to use Saturday as additional practice time in preparation for Sunday.
