Thanks for the update. I have an autox tomorrow and my 2nd track day in 2 weeks and was wondering how things are holding up!My last track day was done on stock pads, Motul 600 fluid, and shields firmly intact! My brake pedal was very mushy since my pads were dangerously low. I was careful with the brakes.
So, I just bought a full set of SS lines from Hel USA, I'm buying a set of new OEM pads, sending my old pads to Porterfield (for R4 compound), and removing my heat shields. I'll investigate some brake cooling duct options too.
I expect to do all of this before our track day at Big Willow on 3/29!
I'll let everyone know when the Porterfield pads are available!
Track Day: Extreme Speed Track Events (WSIR:Horse Thief Mile)
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Kind of a side note... I'm trying to find pictures of my Grandfather specifically (these are of a friend of his during the same time) but track racing is in my DNA... he did Formula Vee racing back in the day (Formula Vee was a popular lower-cost alternative to Formula Ford or Formula BMW, using 1600cc VW engines):
Add me to the list of people who can't wait on the Porterfield padsI'll let everyone know when the Porterfield pads are available!
Just to clear things up, I still like Motul 600. I just wished I bought the newer Motul 660 instead. I totally boiled the stock Ford stuff -- it's fine, but probably about 500 deg F boiling point. That just isn't high enough for me (my driving style). Maybe I'll be more gentle on the brakes as I better learn the car.
Anyhow, If I still have a mushy pedal after installing my SS lines and new pads, then I'll complain. So far, it has been good to me on many cars.
Here's a video clip from HTM:
The quality isn't the best, but it's all I have for now. I'll need to change the angle to avoid windscreen and dash glare (and poor audio and shakiness!). It's done with Harry's Lap Timer GP on my iPhone 5s.
This fun lap featured an M3 along with a pair of Lotus cars! The black Exige was very fast, it was driven well and had great power to boot. Anyhow, I caught and passed the white Lotus on the next lap. Despite the traffic, I was only a couple seconds off my fastest lap of the day.
The quality isn't the best, but it's all I have for now. I'll need to change the angle to avoid windscreen and dash glare (and poor audio and shakiness!). It's done with Harry's Lap Timer GP on my iPhone 5s.
This fun lap featured an M3 along with a pair of Lotus cars! The black Exige was very fast, it was driven well and had great power to boot. Anyhow, I caught and passed the white Lotus on the next lap.
Despite the traffic, I was only a couple seconds off my fastest lap of the day.
That's just crazy talk!
I just noticed an interesting comment on YouTube about the "d bag in the beemer". Now, I'm not in the habit of defending Bimmers, but he didn't do anything wrong.
For reference, this "slow M3" was about four seconds a lap faster than the fastest car in the Green beginner's group (a modified FoST). That's a big gap on this track.
Incidentally, that same FoST posted a video of him passing one of our FiST. He didn't say anything about the other FiSTs that were faster than him.
For reference, this "slow M3" was about four seconds a lap faster than the fastest car in the Green beginner's group (a modified FoST). That's a big gap on this track.
Incidentally, that same FoST posted a video of him passing one of our FiST. He didn't say anything about the other FiSTs that were faster than him.
Ha, yeah -- it was danger close.
That black Exige was legit. I have several laps with him. I'll look for the lap where I overtook the white one. Also, there's a great lap with a very nice Boss 302. Even with my crappy microphone, it sounds great.
I often miss my old S2000. It was/is fast on pretty much any venue, but our FiST makes it sporting on the tighter tracks. The FiST is simply easier to drive to/at the limit than a S2K -- no two ways about it. I don't think I can beat a well driven one at Big Willow, but I have kept it pretty sporting at SoW and HTM. In fact, I was faster than all of the S2Ks or Miatas for this particular day. We're talking about drivers again, of course. Would Randy Pobst be faster than me in that S2K (or my own FiST?!)? You bet! Plenty of other ordinary guys are faster than me too.
The "David and Goliath" factor is part of the attraction. When I caught that built "RS*R" Boss 302, it was satisfying. My self-delusion isn't complete enough to believe that my car is actually faster. We're having a good time!Wash: Yes, but you were totally fine. I watched many of your laps and you were courteous (way more than here on the forum even) and didn't hold anyone up.
That guy just had some youthful exuberance. He's no different than most of us when we were younger. Something about being in your 20s... Anyhow, nothing to go trolling the FoST guys about. It reminds me that the two groups share a common make, but have vastly different drivers. I'm okay with that.
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