Howi

Dear Moderators,

It's that time of the year again and SRTA would like to ask for you for your permission to kindly grant us a small space on your forum. As before, we will keep things clean and have everything related to SRTA here in 1 thread. If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know and we will be more than happy to comply with your rules.

Thank you so much rx8club!

Howi

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Dear racers,

SRTA would like to thank all of your for a successful 2010 season. We had a great first year in 2010 with 4 events in which our participants enjoyed their own AiM Sports lap timer, ample track time for test and tune and an official time-attack at the end of every event with prizes for the top racers.

The end of winter marks the half way point of racing's off-season as we move into spring. SRTA would like to invite all of you to our 2011 events at Mosport DDT. The 5 events scheduled for 2011 are:

May 22nd, 2011
June 26th, 2011
July 24th, 2011
August 21st, 2011
September 18th, 2011

We hope to bring you an even better experience this year with lessons learned from the 2010 season. SRTA always strives to be friendly and helpful, encouraging a welcoming atmosphere while maintaining the competitive nature of motorsport.

Please see our redesigned website, http://www.sigmatimeattack.com , for more information.

If you have any questions regarding SRTA, please feel to contact us by:
Phone: 1 416 848 6822
E-mail: info@sigmatimeattack.com



We're so proud of our 2011 promotioanl video! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXuXsH6xbFc

REV-illusions

iTrader: (3)

I'm in for as many events I can possibly make it out to.

I've talked with a number of you at the end of last season about the track day that these guys put on... and bar none it's the best I've ever been to. Everyone's extremely helpful (both organizers and participants), it's very well organized, and the lap timers actually allow you to see what works in terms of tweaks and driving lines.

If you're going to make it out to a tracking day this year... I'd recommend that you hit one of of their days. If you do... cya there

rx8-druggist

Sweet - I'm so glad you guys are running this event again!

When I signed up for this last year it was only my 2nd time ever tracking my car so I was having a lot of second thoughts about it - after getting out there and meeting everyone though, I wished I had signed up for more than one day !!!

Its a very well run event and accommodating to even the most n00b of drivers :D !

(Hey Rev - lemme know what dates you were thinking of signing up for... cls is going to sign up with us as well !)

rdiep

I want in too! This is my first time being on a track so i'm going to need some guidance on what I need to do to prep and how the events work.

Howi

Too kind Rev, too kind.... Thank you so much for coming out last year, and I'm so glad to hear that you had a good time. I'm sorry I couldn't make it out the last event in 2010, as I was stuck on a business trip in Los Angeles, and missed the opportunity to meet you guys.

A little update, my brother and I both got some money together and got ourselves an RX-8! I mentioned to you last year that I was shopping for one, and wow! WHAT AN AMAZING CAR!!! It has that strong familiar, FD RX-7 feeling, but at the same time, completely different. You can definitely tell they're from the same family. Can't wait to bring both the 7 and 8 out this year!!! I got quite a few things to learn for you guys!

Thanks RD! Although I wasn't there that day, our members couldn't stop telling me about all the drama that day. You RX-8 guys really worked with the weather and stole the show! I was ecstatic to hear the results that day, and the amount of fun we had. I felt so proud.

I can tell you one thing for sure, 1:19.xx is definitely not a shabby time in the rain; sure beat a lot of our experienced racers. Not n00b at all RD....


Great! We have a driver's checklist on our site so it may help you a bit there. Definitely don't forget to bring the last item on that list.

Seriously though, the only requirement at SRTA is a DOT approved helmet, as well as a car that's safe (we'll perform a quick tech on every car). Since this is your first time tracking, especially for a rotary, I'd recommend the following:
- pre-mix your gas a bit
- be sure to bring a lot of extra fluids, engine oil, coolant etc.
- bring some extra coolant hoses of various sizes, if you have any.
- Gloves (that's one hot engine bay....)
- Small fire extinguisher. We have more if you need it, but hopefully you won't. :P
- Silicone
- Duct tape
- Everything else you would normally bring to a trackday: tools, tire pressure gauge, sunscreen, jacks, towels.... etc.

Do any of you RX-8 track veterans have anything else to add to the list?

Thank you very much everyone!

Howi
SRTA

REV-illusions

iTrader: (3)

Assuming that I manage to get my transmission fixed in time I'll be at the May 22nd event. I'll likely do every other event at the very least, but will try to hit all of them depending on cash flow.

Congrats on the purchase, what year did you buy?

As for what else to bring, you pretty much have it all covered. Others will be bring jacks, torque wrenches and what not (I finally got mine over the winter) so you should be fine there.

Oh, a jerry can full of gas couldn't hurt either. I got a little carried away after the results last year and when I was taking druggist for a spin I had the car go into limp mode after a hard left 'cause I was so low on gas. Was funny, the fuel gauge was at about a 1/8 when I first went out... then down to almost nothing after a lap or two... the fuel gauge lies... and my car farts too many flames (I still don't have a picture of that yet!)

REV-illusions

iTrader: (3)

PS: Scottish and RXckless... you'd both better get your asses out to these events as well!

scottish

iTrader: (1)

my ears are burning.yup im up for one of these just need to check the dates.just ordered my new coilovers so should be intresting to see what there like.

REV-illusions

iTrader: (3)

sweet... which set did you go with? I'm looking forward to installing my sways this year... try to get rid of some of that rollie pollie action.

waNkLeR

which track at Mosport do you guys use ?
Id gladly trade track time to work as an instructor either in the cars or chalk talk
PM me for a list of events ive worked at if you are interested

sounds like a blast !

c_ls

iTrader: (3)

REV, if you get the larger swaybars, I HIGHLY recommend stronger endlinks. I just found out last week that my rear endlink shattered and I have no clue when it happened since the car was stored in November :s

That being said, once I get my new endlinks I'll be in for this. Probably all the dates if I have time.

RXeckless

iTrader: (5)

Might do one this year, Chris which one are you going to! I need some regular track time before I attempt one these to really get the feel of the FD. Only issue I have is I hate the DDT!, I know they also hold them at TMP as well.

REV-illusions

iTrader: (3)

Yeah man... I know... managed to pick up a set of Progressive sways... going to be ordering Evo-R endlinks shortly. Nice and beefy, relatively quiet, and like half the price of the ap. I haven't actually ordered them yet.. so if you wanna buy together to see if we can get a discount.. lemme know.

Like I said before.. as long as I can get my car in order, I'll be there for May 22nd. You'll learn to like the DDT dude... plus there are acouple of other FD drivers there who could likely give you some pointers with the car

c_ls

iTrader: (3)

I'd be in for that. Where are you planning on ordering from? I was thinking of raceroots.

REV-illusions

iTrader: (3)

I was thinking the exact same thing... plus some SS lines.

JDK

Who wants to be the fastest RX8 on the track, lets talk....
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...09#post3895009

c_ls

iTrader: (3)

I was thinking about those too. And I'm gonna need new pads for sure. Any thoughts on the HP Plus?

I had all three of those in the cart on their website and was about to order but decided to wait since there's still a couple of months until I can take the car out. I've got other things on my mind too. My ride height is all messed up from my coilover install and I need to get balanced and aligned.

REV-illusions

iTrader: (3)

Hrmm.. HP's are pretty good.. I went with the ceramic which are suppose to be about the same. Still my preference is the EBC green's. The only problem with them was they dusted like a ****.

JDK

http://canalignment.com/

Best in town...well out of town, HWY 5 & 6, well worth the drive.
Hawk HP+ are great street/ track pads.

Chad D.

iTrader: (19)

Well, well, well. I'm going to book a day or two off. Let me know what day is the best. I've got my coilovers getting rebuilt, advans getting shipped, some autoexe stuff coming from Japan and some asses to beat on. lol!
I need a new helmet too, broke mine snowboarding on the street and sideswiping a cordoba!

Chris_Bangle

iTrader: (2)

HP+ is not the best pad out there. Best to keep oem or whatever for the street and swap proper track pads for the track. HP + are noisy and dusty on the street and don't hold up on the track, DDT does require some braking unlike the big track.

I use carbotech xp10 / xp8 - you can go xp8 all around. You can also leave the xp8s in all summer long if you feel like it. Had some good experience with cobalt pads.

Check out this Eric Meyer post on brakepads - https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/hawk-brake-info-188727/

And if you are new, stay da **** away from r comps, you will go faster but learn allot less - they can hide allot of negatives.

If anyone wants a good school at the DDT to get some basics which you can latter develop in tracking days - check out the Hanson school.

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Chad D - Northern BMW is doing a 3 day race school / track school in Mid Ohio April 4-6 if you are interested. Good value and lots of track time. PM me if you interested.

Chad D.

iTrader: (19)

I really want to go to this but, I might not be able to get any time off because I am spending a week in the mountains for DGRR. Money will be tight at that time too because I have to get new tires for my new rims, endlinks*, and JIC magic is going to send me the bill around then too. If there is anything after Victoria day I'm game. I will have my **** together and 3 weeks of vacation time to work with.
I'm not counting it out but it will be tight. Thanks for the heads up Lev.

Howi

It's an '04 Titanium Grey. It's puuuuuurty...

Oh yes, definitely the torque wrench and jerry can. Be sure to re-torque the lug nuts multiple times that, and the jerry can will really help the pre-mixing process. Thanks Rev.

My FD is the same. I've gone on the track with about 1/4 tank, but hits fuel cut. However, since I'm not competing in pro-level road racing, I can live with pumping gas a little more frequently. :P

PM'ed.

We would love to having some quality coaches on our site to help some of our racers get a jump start.


I agree. The majority of our racers did not think much of the DDT, but were totally blown away by how much you can learn or have fun there. When the clock is ticking, it becomes a completely different environment. SRTA members actually think the DDT is a very technically track, and since we're usually quite busy at our events and don't get much track time, I'm embarrassed to say that none of us have quite figured out the track yet....

Although the speed is not up there, but we definitely find the DDT much more challenging than the typical straight-turn-straight-turn configuration, such as Dunnville or Shanny Fabi.

Yes, I believe quite a bit of RX-7s will turn up on our first event as well. We will probably have make a it mandatory to wear gas masks on May 22nd lol....


You wore your car helmet snowboarding?! You don't find it too heavy?

Please be sure to purchase a DOT approved helmet for track events.

Thank you so much for the interests everyone!

Howi

Chad D.

iTrader: (19)

I was snowboarding on the street behind my friends awd volvo.

I marked the last four on my calendar.

Howi

lol....