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Do driving suits expire? My friend is trying to recruit new for Lemons/ Chumpcar and I would love to not buy a new suit. I think mine is SFI 3.2.
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No but from what I've seen, tech doesn't like it if you've avoided washing it long enough that it's probably flammable from being dirty. There was this one guy... 3.2A1, A5 or what?
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May 16, 2017 01:05
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Drove my e30 tuned fiesta at Waterford raceway today. Some buddies rented the track and there were maybe 5 cars total on the track at any given time. Perfect weather and group to do my first track day with. Stock all seasons on the fist were singing some songs! I need some real summer tires. I ran the entire track in 3rd and uses 4th on the two straights. Very tight track, longest straight I hit 85-90 mph I think.
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May 16, 2017 01:15
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Signed up for both days at Inde Motorsports Ranch, May 27/28.
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May 16, 2017 02:58
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Seat Safety Switch posted:A Volkswagen dealership is like the perfect place to do pulls. You're definitely sure you're never going to hit anyone. Hah, my friend is a mechanic at the dealer. It's awesome, the owner is super into racing. Has mk5 with a golf R motor that makes 320hp/380ft-lb, and an older mk3 ITB car. And it's an EL front end, 
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May 16, 2017 12:25
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Just signed up for my first ever track day. HPDE June 17th-18th at NJMP. Is anyone else going to that event? Would love to meet up with some people.
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Partial Octopus posted:Just signed up for my first ever track day. HPDE June 17th-18th at NJMP. Is anyone else going to that event? Would love to meet up with some people. See you there! '92 sunburst with the perpetual left arm giving point-by. What are you gonna be driving? Sold the miata?
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May 17, 2017 18:37
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Partial Octopus posted:Just signed up for my first ever track day. HPDE June 17th-18th at NJMP. Is anyone else going to that event? Would love to meet up with some people. Lots of goons going to this one. #3 silver WRX, probably next to the #45 black STI. Come throw things at us.
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May 17, 2017 19:25
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Anyone going to Buttonwillow June 10th? Only 135$ if you sign up this week with https://www.ongridtrack.com. I'll be there with my 280zx.
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May 18, 2017 07:57
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All being well I should be going to my first PDX this Sunday at Homestead Speedway and I'm pretty excited. Hoping I don't mess it up too bad. Anyone ever use a racing sim to prepare for a track? It's not that crazy a thing to do right?
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May 18, 2017 13:32
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whyfeel posted:Anyone going to Buttonwillow June 10th? Only 135$ if you sign up this week with https://www.ongridtrack.com. I'll be there with my 280zx. Hmmm, prices look good. I'm going to add these events to my calendar for later this year.
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net work error posted:All being well I should be going to my first PDX this Sunday at Homestead Speedway and I'm pretty excited. Hoping I don't mess it up too bad. It will help you get a solid knowledge of the tracks layout so no corners will be a total surprise but that's about it. Sims only give feedback visually and through the wheel if you have a ffb one. Actually driving on the track will be a much more physical experience.
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May 18, 2017 19:42
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 I'm trying to install my 6pt schroth 3" bolt-in harnesses in my e30 and the instructions are sparse on details as far as hardware goes Do I need a special type of bolt to make this attachment to the lap belt and the anti sub belt? I'm using vac Motorsports mounts: https://store.vacmotorsports.com/vac-floor-mount-adapter-for-bmw-e30-p2847.aspx with their anti sub belt attachment: https://store.vacmotorsports.com/vac-harness-anti-sub-mounting-bracket-p2106.aspx and lap belt attachments: https://store.vacmotorsports.com/vac-lap-belt-mounting-bracket-kit-p2303.aspx OBAMNA PHONE fucked around with this message at 17:50 on May 21, 2017 |
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May 21, 2017 16:51
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A single Sparco Evo costs about $710 shipped. Two cost $1300 shipped. Still not a bad price, considering they are $800 MSRP in the US. Anyone know of somewhere cheaper and in the US? Edit: holy gently caress, murray motorsport is $539.55 SHIPPED for an Evo. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 23:37 on May 21, 2017 |
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May 21, 2017 23:29
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I survived my first track day and now I'm really good at pointing people by. About how long would you guys say it takes for it to be safe to leave put the parking brake on again?
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May 22, 2017 00:00
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I could probably do something like 650 shipped on an evo, but not 540. But are you sure that's all it will be? No duty, extra delivery fees added on at the end? I feel like it's good to have those head side bolster things on a seat though. jamal fucked around with this message at 02:37 on May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 00:08
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Well, the Ergo has the removable containment wings. I wonder how those fare in a incident. I would also prefer a containment seat, but space is limited in the S2000. Unsure on duty, but no more delivery fees.
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May 22, 2017 00:37
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net work error posted:I survived my first track day and now I'm really good at pointing people by. Did you have a good time? 30 minutes or so. Just park the car in gear or get a wheel chock to keep in your paddock spot. I pull the handbrake on the ND after autocross runs and you can clearly see where the pad was on the rotor afterwards. :x
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May 22, 2017 00:53
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Any of you guys ever run in the Silver State Classic Challenge?
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May 22, 2017 02:13
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Phone posted:Did you have a good time? I definitely had fun and will do it again hopefully. Ended up using wheel chocks and let the car sit for two hours in my parking space at home.
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May 22, 2017 13:41
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net work error posted:I definitely had fun and will do it again hopefully. Ended up using wheel chocks and let the car sit for two hours in my parking space at home. How far is your drive to the track? while driving they will cool off pretty quick so don't get too paranoid. Coming off a hot track, yeah don't use it but if you're driving home and am on the highway for even a few minutes you're probably fine.
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May 22, 2017 16:28
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net work error posted:I definitely had fun and will do it again hopefully. Ended up using wheel chocks and let the car sit for two hours in my parking space at home. Just leave it in gear until the next session. In my Miata I kill the motor while rolling back and let the car roll into my trailer's ramps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fTY4VkX0g Left the track around 85mph.
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May 22, 2017 18:51
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I need some sparco pro2000 covers. Are they really like £200?! I'll just buy new seats if so haha
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May 22, 2017 19:00
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Larrymer posted:How far is your drive to the track? while driving they will cool off pretty quick so don't get too paranoid. Coming off a hot track, yeah don't use it but if you're driving home and am on the highway for even a few minutes you're probably fine. It's about an hour drive back I was just concerned because the pedal still felt a little squishy.
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May 23, 2017 03:29
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net work error posted:It's about an hour drive back I was just concerned because the pedal still felt a little squishy. What pads did you end up getting?
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May 23, 2017 03:47
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You probably cooked the fluid. You don't touch the brakes or set the parking brake because you don't want to leave a big chunk of pad into the rotor as it cools. What car, track, pad, and fluid?
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May 23, 2017 06:18
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WRX with Hawk Street/Race pads. Still had the stock fluid but that will be swapped out soon now.
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I use Project Mu G-Four 335 Fluid in my MR2. It works great. I hear good things about Stoptech STR660 as well.
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net work error posted:WRX with Hawk Street/Race pads. Still had the stock fluid but that will be swapped out soon now. Which ones? The HP+? I found that those only lasted me a few track days. Check them when you get a chance. Might also want to upgrade to stainless steel brake lines, they're relatively cheap.
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May 23, 2017 15:35
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Street/Race is a newer compound - basically DTC30.
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net work error posted:WRX with Hawk Street/Race pads. Still had the stock fluid but that will be swapped out soon now. Yeah, definitely the fluid. I wouldn't be surprised if you cracked the bleeder and was sucking air for a while. What track? The WRX gets up to speed quite fast and you put exponentially more heat into the system when you're braking from 120+ mph. A lot of local guys who are doing laps in their Mustangs or Corvettes usually opt to coast after 135 because braking at 135-140 gives them double the pad life than braking from 150+.
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May 23, 2017 15:51
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mekilljoydammit posted:Street/Race is a newer compound - basically DTC30. Ah I didn't realize that.
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Phone posted:Yeah, definitely the fluid. I wouldn't be surprised if you cracked the bleeder and was sucking air for a while. Homestead-Miami Speedway, configuration A I believe. No NASCAR high banking for me but you get two really fast left hand turn ins that you don't lift for and it was a test of courage for me. I didn't get it to too high speeds since I'm still a novice on track so the hardest braking I did was probably in the 80-90 mph range down to about 30-40 mph or so.
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mekilljoydammit posted:Street/Race is a newer compound - basically DTC30. DTC30 may stop fine, but DTC60 squeaks more and that lets everybody in the paddock know you mean business.
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Roman Rambo posted:DTC30 may stop fine, but DTC60 squeaks more and that lets everybody in the paddock know you mean business. I swear, the DTC60 is so much nicer than the oldschool Blues or Blacks.
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yep, probably just boiled fluid then. Get some high temp stuff in there and you'll be good to go until you exceed the heat range of those pads.
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May 23, 2017 16:28
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I forgot how fat the WRX is, but the pads were probably OK. The DTC-60s are <3. Looking at the configuration... I can kind of see that you're probably on the brakes a lot? I'm not that familiar off hand with that particular track, but you can run into issues if the brakes never get a chance to cool off. VIR Full is considered a high speed fast track with some significant braking events (two 120+ to 45 in a straight line), but there's a bunch of time in-between them, so it's not awful on brakes. CMP isn't nearly as fast, but you're constantly going from 90ish to 45-50 with short straights in between and the track has a reputation for eating brakes. I know you're a novice, so step 1 is getting that fluid out of there and replacing it with either ATE or the good Motul stuff. After that, a pad change maybe... those Hawks are supposedly good to 1200F (but the WRX is 3k+). Definitely change out the fluid.
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Phone posted:What track? The WRX gets up to speed quite fast and you put exponentially more heat into the system when you're braking from 120+ mph. A lot of local guys who are doing laps in their Mustangs or Corvettes usually opt to coast after 135 because braking at 135-140 gives them double the pad life than braking from 150+. I believe this 100% but it still doesn't seem like they're coasting when they pass me in my miata going 35mph faster... At least I have near infinite brake and tire life? 
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May 23, 2017 16:57
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I'm guilty of being a sandbagging fucker with respect to straightaway speeds. I will go fast enough to pass the cars and that's basically it. Except when I forget my rule. Then I go too fast 
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I don't know how you guys in Miatas keep sane. Riding a slow bike isn't bad because there is PLENTY of room to pass someone slow on a fast bike... but not in a car. Seems like it would get frustrating real quick.
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