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They have showers, and I think the nearest hotel is blythe. Camping is the way to go if you're spending the whole weekend. We had like 5 people sleeping in the enclosed car trailer when I went (it had AC).
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jamal posted:They have showers, and I think the nearest hotel is blythe. Camping is the way to go if you're spending the whole weekend. We had like 5 people sleeping in the enclosed car trailer when I went (it had AC). Good to know. NASA AZ does events out at Chuckwalla at least once/year but I don't have a toybox trailer. I just wanted to understand how people sort lodging. When I have a little money to throw at something... I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy a E46 M3 track car like this: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/2002-bmw-e46-m3-trackcar-or-how-to-screw-up-a-dece/88751/page1/ Either that or, if my DD E46 wagon gets totaled, I'm going to buy a wrecked E46 M3 and swap everything over. I'd love to have a wagon as a track car, it's honestly wonderful to be able to drive to events.
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Mar 5, 2015 20:41
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Stardotstar posted:Either that or, if my DD E46 wagon gets totaled, I'm going to buy a wrecked E46 M3 and swap everything over. I'd love to have a wagon as a track car, it's honestly wonderful to be able to drive to events. Wagons are the best track cars if you're not towing it. Wheels and tires and tools in the back is easy. Plus you can sleep in the back in a pinch or between run groups. Also, it is basically automotive trolling.
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Mar 6, 2015 04:37
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nm posted:Wagons are the best track cars if you're not towing it. Speaking of Chuckwalla and wagons, there was a nice Imola E46 wagon on BBS wheels with ZHP bodywork at the house at Chuckwalla today. Also, that is my new favorite track. Very favorable to carrying massive amounts of corner speed.
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Oof. 90lbs underweight. Is plate steel the way to go for ballast? I can very easily mount some plate steel to the OEM bolt holes for the passenger seat. The plan is to make a knockoff of this: http://blog.miataracer.com/2012/04/making-weight-on-spec-miata-east-street.html.
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BlackMK4 posted:Speaking of Chuckwalla and wagons, there was a nice Imola E46 wagon on BBS wheels with ZHP bodywork at the house at Chuckwalla today. I've never driven it and was looking at the track map imagining a 40 ft wide track with no hairpins. Looks like so much fun. Did you have a favorite corner or complex? 
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If you're going clockwise, 11-12 is a pretty fun mini corkscrew then it hits the banked 13, wee Dang now I wanna go to Chuckwalla again Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Mar 8, 2015 06:37
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I'll upload a video of a lap in my last couple of sessions. 8-9-10 is cool because you head up a hill in 8, crest at 9 offcamber, and drop into 10 blind. The entrance to 11 is at the crest of a hill and when you reach the top you see the other riders going around the bowl at 13 in the distance and nothing in between - ultra loving cool. 12 is a downhill corkscrew kinda thing. 13 is the bowl which is fun to carry massive corner speed while being WOT throughout. I was late apexing 16 and treating 17 as a straight while clipping very close the curbing - ran right over it one lap and got massive headshake.  4-5 I treated as one corner, lots of lean angle. I was dragging kickstand early in the day, which I've never done before. Had my suspension set up and all was well, but still, most lean angle and for the longest amount of time for me at any track.
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Mar 8, 2015 07:07
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What is a reasonably priced tyre pressure gauge? Easy to read, flexible hose, and decent accuracy is all I ask.
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Mar 8, 2015 10:02
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Laserface posted:What is a reasonably priced tyre pressure gauge? Easy to read, flexible hose, and decent accuracy is all I ask. I love my joes racing. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0040...i=AC_SY200_QL40
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If anyone else is in the Minnesota area, I'm going up to Brainerd for track days on May 4 and May 31. The 4th is an HPDE run by BIR, the 31st is a Slowpokes event. The friend I usually do track days with sold his car, so I'll be heading up by myself all this year. I'm shooting for six events this summer.Torn Quad Jones posted:I love my joes racing. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0040...i=AC_SY200_QL40 Yup, this thing's great and even has a pressure release button. Non-mobile link.
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Torn Quad Jones posted:I love my joes racing. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0040...i=AC_SY200_QL40 Speaking of tire pressure, my Joes gauge was not reading from 1 tire and sometimes reading from another, I thought it was the gauge but upon closer inspection I figured out the stems not working had little o-rings in them, the stems that worked had those missing. Do I need them in there?
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For those of you that saw our MR2 run at Road America in October of 2014 you may have noted how slow 130k mile 1500cc MK1 MR2 can be. BEAMS will hopefully be ready for April. PM if you want to show up and say Hi at the Low Farm pit so I know what Fedora and Trench-coat combo you may be wearing. Typically with us if you introduce yourself and need help with something (parts, welding, oh shits!) we will see what we can do.
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Passed NASA comp school and did my first two races. Forgetting everything I learned in HPDEs and saying 'gently caress the guy behind me' is kinda hard. I also set a new PB at VIR during qualifying. 1.1s better than my old time with 100 extra lbs of ballast in the car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Ygy_egE3Q Just need to work on 'not being slow as poo poo' and finish prepping the car.
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Mar 25, 2015 02:19
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Anyone have anything to say re: ST coilovers? For a 2007 VW GTI that will be tracked and autox'd. TIA.
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It's a decent shock, basically a KW V1, and not one of those super stiff, no-travel setups, but you get no adjustment and they aren't really rebuild-able like the v2/v3/clubsport etc. Rear spring rates tend to be a little soft, especially for track/auto-x. Those plus swaybars and a decent alignment I think would be pretty acceptable for everything you want to do though without spending a bunch of money. I'm probably going to put STs on my car pretty soon because my struts are getting old and the ride is a little harsh, and the price is right. Koni shock sale is going on a little while longer, but even with that they are still a little less than konis plus a ground control kit. Also I can get all this stuff (minus GC) if you're looking for pricing.
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jamal posted:It's a decent shock, basically a KW V1, and not one of those super stiff, no-travel setups, but you get no adjustment and they aren't really rebuild-able like the v2/v3/clubsport etc. Rear spring rates tend to be a little soft, especially for track/auto-x. Those plus swaybars and a decent alignment I think would be pretty acceptable for everything you want to do though without spending a bunch of money. I'm probably going to put STs on my car pretty soon because my struts are getting old and the ride is a little harsh, and the price is right. Thanks. If you can somehow beat $750 CAD for the ST's shipped into Vancouver let me know but it seems like a really unbeatable price. I'd like to put more money into the suspension at a later date but I have a track day coming up in April and the car just doesn't feel safe with the stock suspension. Also coming from that 98 STI I'm feeling way down on power and want to save some money for a stg 1 flash as well. Thanks as always for the help.
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Nope, they cost me more than that with the current exchange rate. About the best I could manage is that in USD to the border. If an American company quoted you that I have a hard time believing they aren't losing money, or maybe calculated the exchange rate wrong. That's only $600 right now. jamal fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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FatCow posted:Passed NASA comp school and did my first two races. Forgetting everything I learned in HPDEs and saying 'gently caress the guy behind me' is kinda hard. I also set a new PB at VIR during qualifying. 1.1s better than my old time with 100 extra lbs of ballast in the car. Nice job, actual racing competition is awesome. I was looking into what kind of lap times my go kart can punch out at VIR, and found some guys doing 2:12's in them, which is pretty wild. Here's me blasting around here in oz.
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jamal posted:Nope, they cost me more than that with the current exchange rate. About the best I could manage is that in USD to the border. It's a local shop clearing them out and it's a deal for a local VW forum. If they weren't on sale I'd be looking at another setup.
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VelociBacon posted:I'd like to put more money into the suspension at a later date but I have a track day coming up in April and the car just doesn't feel safe with the stock suspension. Also coming from that 98 STI I'm feeling way down on power and want to save some money for a stg 1 flash as well. Thanks as always for the help. I'd honestly recommend you try a track day with the stock suspension. I took my A3 with sport suspension (same as yours) out and while you'll be doing a lot of tragic understeering I wouldn't call it dangerous. The only thing to worry about is that if you get one rear wheel off the ground on a hard corner it can tend to oversteer a little which is a little unexpected from a FWD car.
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8ender posted:I'd honestly recommend you try a track day with the stock suspension. I took my A3 with sport suspension (same as yours) out and while you'll be doing a lot of tragic understeering I wouldn't call it dangerous. The only thing to worry about is that if you get one rear wheel off the ground on a hard corner it can tend to oversteer a little which is a little unexpected from a FWD car. I understand what you're saying but this won't be my first track day and I really would feel more comfortable without the body roll. Don't get me wrong, I still plan on going even if I can't get on coilovers in time. I actually found a line on some bilsteins (b14) with 10k on them so hopefully that works out.
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VelociBacon posted:I understand what you're saying but this won't be my first track day and I really would feel more comfortable without the body roll. Don't get me wrong, I still plan on going even if I can't get on coilovers in time. Fair enough. I didn't realize you'd been out with it before and wanted to be reassuring. First time I went out I was on nearly bald snow tires which I turned to dust If you do find some new parts please report back. The suspension on the A3 is starting to feel worn and I've been hunting around for an upgrade myself.
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8ender posted:Fair enough. I didn't realize you'd been out with it before and wanted to be reassuring. First time I went out I was on nearly bald snow tires which I turned to dust I haven't been out with this specific car yet. I'll let you know what I find.
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First track day of the year is coming up for me (TrackDaze open track at summit point, wv). What is on your checklist of things to do before heading to the track? I check fluids and pressures and clean all the loose objects out of the car but I was wondering if there is anything I'm missing.
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eriddy posted:First track day of the year is coming up for me (TrackDaze open track at summit point, wv). Brake fluid change, pad check/swap with track day pads, and all the other stuff you mentioned.
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Is it worth having a set of rotors to go with track pads?
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Laserface posted:Is it worth having a set of rotors to go with track pads? Yes, the pads bed onto the rotors so just have a set that goes with them. You don't need fancy rotors either, unless you are heating and beating the hell out of them. For my Miata I just have a set of Hawk Blues and some NAPA rotors with 3 track days on them.
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Honestly I don't bother. Track pads are basically brake lathes when cold. Swap them on the day before, by the time I get to the track the street transfer layer is gone. They bed in within a session. Then drive home and it wears off the track pad layer. I use OEM pads for the street which don't really need a bedding in. But I do that because my m3 requires removing the calipers to swap rotors. If you don't have to do that, absolutely buy a cheap set of centric blanks for the track.
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Laserface posted:Is it worth having a set of rotors to go with track pads? I think so. On my car, it's only an extra two bolts to swap the rotors out when I'm changing the pads anyway. Seems worth it.
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Crustashio posted:But I do that because my m3 requires removing the calipers to swap rotors. If you don't have to do that, absolutely buy a cheap set of centric blanks for the track.
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eriddy posted:First track day of the year is coming up for me (TrackDaze open track at summit point, wv). Fluids, tire pressure, brake pad and rotor wear, tire wear bar status, visible rubber bushings/connections in the suspension. Remove everything from the car. Clean windshield, rear-view, and side mirrors spotless.
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jamal posted:I can't think of a way you wouldn't have to do that. Usually it's just two big bolts. Err, yeah I meant caliper mounts themselves which are annoying on my e36 and I had an incident with not retightening correctly (luckily not AT the track), so I stopped removing them. Never had any weird bedding issues since.
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Will be doing this thing: CHUMPCar - Landjaeger Classic @ Road America - 04/18,19 Low Farm Racing - Car #378 - 1986 Toyota MR2 If you wish to chat me up look for the tallest guy in the pit for our team that is not driving. We are AKA Slow Farm Racing on FB.
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We will be there as well, #87 Butter My Waffle, 1992 e36 325i. I'll know this afternoon for sure but we are likely going to be very short staffed so I was thinking about pleading here for help in the pits.
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In case anyone else is in my general area, reg is still open for our first 2015 track day, it's at Mission Raceway, just outside of Vancouver BC and it's happening April 26th/2015. It's a pretty good shakedown track, slow by comparison to a lot of others but it's a great track to work on agility.
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User Error posted:We will be there as well, #87 Butter My Waffle, 1992 e36 325i. I'll know this afternoon for sure but we are likely going to be very short staffed so I was thinking about pleading here for help in the pits. quotin myself: We finished! We spent more time in the pits than we should have due to a couple of stupid issues, but we didn't crash it or blow up the motor. Road America is a loving awesome track. A friend of mine who helped crew our last race came through at the last minute, and I recruited a local SCCA guy and dragged along my roommate. I'm annoyed with myself for not prepping the car better but I couldn't have asked for better weather, a better track, or a better crew.
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That's awesome man. I'd love to get into some pacific NW chumpcar action.
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For west coast crap can, check out Lucky Dog Racing. Just started up and already has decent schedule posted for this year. Experienced locals will recognize most of the staff. More sensible rules and customer service than chumpcar but similar goals. Also mexico Rosarita Beach street circuit on Halloween  . Sounds like a heck of a party.
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