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Old 05-06-2006, 11:01 AM
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A couple of weeks ago I spent the day at Portland international Raceway for a performance driving class. Including 4 20min lapping sessions with one on one instructor.

It was loads of fun. I would recomend it to all here.

Here is a short vid of one lap near the end of the day.

http://home.comcast.net/~vw20sc/pics/PIR_1_lap.mpg right click save as
Old 05-06-2006, 11:30 AM
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I wanna try that
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cool vid...!

what kinda camera mount did you use?
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I don't remember his brand, but it'* what inspired me to fab mine up.

Mike, we need to see your speedo and tach! Get that camera farther back or put a wide-angle lens on!
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The mount is from ECS tuning and clamps to the head rest posts.

I have tries to get the cluster in the view with out much sucsess. The instruments are in a bit of a cave and have been too dark to see on camera. I still have one other camera position to try.
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Temporarily add a white neon tube above the gauges for daylight.
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What were you driving? That looks fun as hell.
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Man, I want to get out on a road course so bad!
It looks like so much fun.
And what were you driving? (x2)
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Mike is a co-worker of mine.

He drives a VW Jetta. 4-banger. With a Neuspeed Eaton M45 conversion. Got boost?
He'* got headers, custom heads, PCM, and a few other goodies. Including water/methanol injection.
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What he said. ^

The track is Portland International Raceway in (suprise) Portland Oregon.
I was there for a high performance driving school. http://www.prodrive.net/driving_school.shtml


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