Anyone using DOT3 at the track?
05-02-2005, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
Well, of course they weren't as good as you Mach, they were driving BMW's 
The RX8 felt very nice out there and I was the only one at the school (out of about 120 drivers + many instructors) who brought one out to track it. There was someone there with a red one but it never saw the track, probably friend or family of one of the students or instructors.
I must say that the STi, E39 ///M5, E46 ///M3 and S4s, were able to take me on the straight aways. One of the E46 ///M3 had a really good driver and the STi driver was probably better than me. The Evos had poor drivers so I owned them all day.
By the end of the weekend I was passing the E36 ///M3s and 330Ci ZHPs...
It was funny when it started raining bad, I ended up passing all the E46 ///M3s. All that power is nice but only if you know how to control it...
05-02-2005, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
Lucky! I was getting pwn3d by c5 vettes and z06's when I was out there, not a lot of lower HP cars
05-02-2005, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 124Spider
A tip on the pictures. Driving pictures look more "live" when you can see some evidence of motion, either from wheel-spin and/or background blurring. The way to do that is to set your shutter speed, if you can, at around 1/100 of a second. If you're following the motion of the car carefully and smoothly, you get a sharp picture of the car, but you get the evidence of speed, also.
05-04-2005, 04:25 PM
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I ran Hawk HP+ on my fronts, I havent found anyone who makes rear pads for the RX yet. I was very impressed with the braking performance of the Hawk's, they just dust like crazy and are very loud in street driving.
05-04-2005, 05:13 PM
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The EBC Yellowstuff R pads look like they would be good for the track. Looks like $200 for front and rear: http://www.perfectbrakes.com/products.asp?cat=2214
05-04-2005, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
I think I need to get more tire and power before I need to do any more brake upgrades
05-04-2005, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
I have those Hawks and I'm running DOT 4 motul fluid
05-04-2005, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
must.....have.....more.....track......time
But I figure that, between entrance fee, gas, some coaching perhaps, and amortizing expendibles like brakes, pads and rotors, it costs about $500 per track day, so I've got to ration them.
05-04-2005, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
Wow spider, my track weekend cost me $350 plus whatever gas was. I can see how good of a deal that was.
Fee: $175
Coach for an hour: $75 (this is optional, but useful)
Brakes: $60, more or less (brake pads cost something over $300 for a full set of race pads, and last no more than five track days)
Rotors: $30 (just a guess, since I've not yet killed a set, but I'm still fairly new at this).
Tires: >$100 (A set of track tires, mounted, costs at least $800, and lasts only a few track days.
Gas: I get about 8 mpg on the track, and generally get 150-200 miles in a track day (over 200 if the weather is good). At $2.80 a gallon, that's $.35 a mile
That all adds up! That's a big reason why I autocross--it's a lot less seat time, but it is challenging, and much less expensive for those of us who do it fairly casually.
05-04-2005, 09:25 PM
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by the way, my father used to have a few 124 spiders when I was a kid. He really loved those cars but has since moved on to his true love, Jaguar E types (and any Jag actaully).
05-04-2005, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Machan
by the way, my father used to have a few 124 spiders when I was a kid. He really loved those cars but has since moved on to his true love, Jaguar E types (and any Jag actaully).
My first car was a 1969 124 Spider, and I later had a 1978 (both very used when I bought them). They were great fun to drive, but an exercise in frustration to own (mostly because something was always broken).
At least I graduated to a Honda, which actually works; while I really love the old E-type roadster, I don't know that it was a paragon of reliability.
05-04-2005, 09:56 PM
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too bad all the tracks i really want to run on are very far away from WI. I would love to check out Laguna Seca, Thunderhill and Watkins Glen, but all over a day of driving away 
05-04-2005, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
too bad all the tracks i really want to run on are very far away from WI. I would love to check out Laguna Seca, Thunderhill and Watkins Glen, but all over a day of driving away