SHIOK!! but absolutely drained when i returned home that evening from PJ.
in the morning, i started playing some football at about 9.30am. the game ended at about 11.40am. the game was actually not too tired itself. but the exhaustion comes from the heat.
i showered within the school premises and then proceed to drive to PJ.
HUGE jam from singapore immigration. and there's actually a LED board telling people that there's a 'Massive Jam Along Causeway' just before u reached the immigration structure. i'm wondering what the hell is that for? since I'm already here and i can SEE that there's a jam.
massive or not. it took me about 40mins to get from the Singapore end to PJ. meanwhile KP was mentioned he took about an hour.
reaching the track, i had to makan 1st. i was hungry again tho i took something before my drive to PJ. but apparently, the drive itself is rather exhausting.
test out the kart. this time on SL5, soft compound tires. the grip is Hugely fantastic! it just stick the kart to the track like glue!
1st session for me, was only 4-5 laps. getting used to the G that kart put me thru. my neck is especially straining over corners. slight vibration on the steering, and the brute strength
needed to turn the kart is rather tiring.
2nd session, i went out again. this time i think i managed about 7 laps? i cannot count. i was trying. after awhile, i had to concentrate on the kart itself. towards the end, the neck is really on the edge of breaking!! i kid u not.. the 1st right turn of the S, i feel the neck going side...still ok then. comes the hairpin... i have to breathe in deep for the pain that it was causing. 2 laps before i come into the pits, Denis Lian caught up with me. i then followed him, watching his line from 4 karts length away. interestingly, i did not learn anything new!!! hahaha not that i'm good, but i figured i was already tired.
Amidst all these, KP finally came out of his shell and gave it a go during my second run. His 1st timing using the 390cc 4 strokes is just over 49sec. Tho the timing was not ideal, the condition was neither 'perfect' too as the engine & tyres are still cold, straight out from the storage. His 2nd session did not go too well too as he has 3 other karts to deal with, 390cc. However, he did managed to do better posting a time of 48.67sec.
after he did his best time of the day, i set for my final run to see if i can smoothen my driving style for this kart. more imptly, to build a good relationship with the kart, have confidence in it. this time, i can only do about 5 laps. my neck is really really aching....
then KP went out for 4 laps in the kart too. i think he enjoyed it too,
i hope ;) (K[p]- YEEP! Enjoyed it tremendously)
conclusions for test session:
1. neck need brutal training. these G force thru the corners is no joke. in race condition, it will only be worse as everyone will try to brake later, and turn harder into corners. so that will need
some serious work out.
2. seating position. needs to be move slightly in front. seat needs to be cushion, probably by an inch or so. hope this will be enuff after i put on the suit, i needed to get....
3. throttle need to be smoothen. at the end of the day, KP made a discovery too that i had suspected. if the rev drop, and then been throttle hard again the kart will 'hop'. the torque
generate is HUGE. and this really needs to be worked. with this practiced, i will think i could have a good kart at hand
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