Sport or Touring with DSC and TCS for track days?
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Sport or Touring with DSC and TCS for track days?
For those of you have track day/road racing experience, would I be better off with the Sport trim or the Touring trim with DSC and TCS for doing track days?
I don't know how invasive these systems are, and I'm wondering if I should opt for the Sport trim to avoid them (though the car will be a daily driver as well...)
Thanks for your input.
I don't know how invasive these systems are, and I'm wondering if I should opt for the Sport trim to avoid them (though the car will be a daily driver as well...)
Thanks for your input.
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For those of you have track day/road racing experience, would I be better off with the Sport trim or the Touring trim with DSC and TCS for doing track days?
I don't know how invasive these systems are, and I'm wondering if I should opt for the Sport trim to avoid them (though the car will be a daily driver as well...)
Thanks for your input.
I don't know how invasive these systems are, and I'm wondering if I should opt for the Sport trim to avoid them (though the car will be a daily driver as well...)
Thanks for your input.
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DSC is completely useless for you on a track day, either on the track or on a twisty road it will make you seriously slower, on a track especially where you can usually see around the corner and you know nothing is coming the other way, you'll never ever want to use it
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I'm 6 ft 1 and I wish I hadn't gotten a sunroof - I have to move the seat really far back when I've got a helmet on, and even then I have to crank my head to the side. Plus it adds weight. Plus I open it about 10x/year because it's so loud. Looks good, though.
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I've test driven two cars, both with sunroofs so I know to avoid the sunroof. So now I'm trying to decide if I want an 06-08 sport model, or an 09 GT without the sunroof.
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For those of you have track day/road racing experience, would I be better off with the Sport trim or the Touring trim with DSC and TCS for doing track days?
I don't know how invasive these systems are, and I'm wondering if I should opt for the Sport trim to avoid them (though the car will be a daily driver as well...)
Thanks for your input.
I don't know how invasive these systems are, and I'm wondering if I should opt for the Sport trim to avoid them (though the car will be a daily driver as well...)
Thanks for your input.
My experience happened at the Glen on a driving school/open track day. I was in the advanced group and had quite of experience driving there. Over the "s"'s the car started to feel unstable where it never had been in previous years. I only lasted until lunch on the 2nd day before noticing that lost all rear pads.
The DSC was warying out my rear pads and causing the car to be unstable. After replacing the pads and turning off the DSC, the car became solid as a rock.
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I say get the model with DSC. The "Performance Package" (which was the Sport model until '07) comes with DSC, foglights, and HIDs, all of which are nice on a daily driver. The traction control is fully defeatable for track work, and the weight penalty for all of this is less than 10 pounds.
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i am 6 ft. and will not fit with a helmet if i were to have a moonroof. in fact i had to take off a small vent spoiler on top of the helmet to fit in the car. it does bump the side top when i do turn my head.
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Anyone know if it is possible to modify the mounts on the seats to lower them? There is so much open space under the seats. I'm 5'10" and only have about 0.5-1" of head clearance when I'm sitting in a comfortable position. I'd love to track my 8 but dont want to have to drive it with a gangsta lean to fit in there with a helmet.
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I've done some searching on that topic and the vague answer is yes, maybe.
I've seen some mentioning of seat brackets that mount to the sides of the rails and not the tops. However I have not found a thread with "the" answer to adding more headroom. There is some suggestion that a race seat will sit lower than a stock seat.
I really want to sit in an 09 R3 and see how the Recaros are on the headroom issue...
I've seen some mentioning of seat brackets that mount to the sides of the rails and not the tops. However I have not found a thread with "the" answer to adding more headroom. There is some suggestion that a race seat will sit lower than a stock seat.
I really want to sit in an 09 R3 and see how the Recaros are on the headroom issue...
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I've done some searching on that topic and the vague answer is yes, maybe.
I've seen some mentioning of seat brackets that mount to the sides of the rails and not the tops. However I have not found a thread with "the" answer to adding more headroom. There is some suggestion that a race seat will sit lower than a stock seat.
I really want to sit in an 09 R3 and see how the Recaros are on the headroom issue...
I've seen some mentioning of seat brackets that mount to the sides of the rails and not the tops. However I have not found a thread with "the" answer to adding more headroom. There is some suggestion that a race seat will sit lower than a stock seat.
I really want to sit in an 09 R3 and see how the Recaros are on the headroom issue...
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