More on gear oil

I'm currently using this gear oil "Motul Gear Competition MT Oil 75W-140". Was out in the car tonight meeting Richard in Autobacs in Odaiba and for the first part of the drive I had to really work at slotting the car slowly into gear. The first shift was surprisingly hard to do. I don't usually rev the engine until the oil comes up to temp so it also takes quite some time before the gear oil heats up too. But when it did, the shifts were back to silky smooth. I guess this winter I can expect more of the same thing regarding this particular oil. It definitely works differently to the other oil where even when you first hop into the car, the shifts were pretty good. Still, I'd much rather smooth shifts when its heated up on the race track.

Got front/rear brake pads on the ready also. I was looking at my remaining pads tonight and I think after my next run on Tsukuba they will be spent. I'm going to install the new pads myself and will have to do so before Fuji. Should be fun. I think I have all the tools I need now. Going to go with Project Mu HC+ pads again as they are serving me well.

Also a mate gave me a lend of his "Driftbox" so I'm looking forward to getting some data out of that from my run on Tsukuba. I'm quite curious about my corner entry speeds and how consistent I am.