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No you don't need track tires. I mean, yeah if you have some really crap all-seasons, I could see getting a set. But if you have any acceptable stock tires, then no.
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Admirable Gusto posted:I wonder if anyone who's familiar with Laguna Seca would please critique my lap: looked fine to me, and I know, because I do a lot of iracing, so you know I'm good (Don't make me fraps a lap because I will). Also, I'll join speedventures in Fontana sometime once my car is broken in. I want to go up to Laguna Seca some time in the next 5 years... gotta do that. Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Jul 12, 2012 |
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Jul 12, 2012 03:44
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Gonna check out the speedventures track day at Fontana tomorrow, won't participate since my car isn't broken in yet, but it should be fun/hot/possible rainy (not fun) etc.
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Seats, plural? You guys are such generous hosts.
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Aug 29, 2012 21:48
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aventari posted:Any SoCal peeps be interested in a track day this Sat or Sun at Autoclub Speedway? I still only got 3,000 miles on my car lol. I might do Autocross but ehhhh.
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Infineon is one of my least favorite tracks in iRacing. Do you only ever see half of the track in real life?
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Nov 14, 2012 00:15
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aventari posted:So I'm doing this track day on the 16th Sunday, it may rain a bit but that just means a lot of drifting This weekend, drat... How do they run theirs? Speed ventures has color coded classes, do they work similarly? General question: If your car is brand new, what do you really need to bring to a track day? Brake fluid and pads and tools to change those? Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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Dec 11, 2012 00:07
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Popped my tow hook on https://www.dropbox.com/s/2qytoctfg5qek4d/2013-01-14_15-51-50_367.jpg Ready to track it next month
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Jan 15, 2013 16:04
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Good buy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eteHH-0cx04 If I got luggage, an Ez-Up and toolbox, I don't wanna lug an 80 pound floor jack around (or a $300 40 pound racing jack) in my trunk on long distance trips to a track.
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Running my first track day at Auto Club Speedway. Pretty perfect weather, fun stuff. Assload of cars here too
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Feb 23, 2013 22:50
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the poi posted:Who's running it? Speed Ventures. I've had my car for 5500 miles and thought "Mehhhh the stock suspension is fine, its the track package" A few laps around a track change that thinking in a hurry.
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Feb 24, 2013 02:51
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SlapActionJackson posted:Resist the urge to mod the car and upgrade the nut behind the wheel first. I was fine, I don't wanna say it but I'll say it, thousands and thousands of laps in iRacing made me feel pretty comfortable on the track watching for other cars and focusing on my line and brake points etc. The downside to racing internet cars is they are internet race cars, not street cars with stability control and ABS etc. So I was super cautious with the gas in slow speed turns because what an iRacing C6R can do with a flick of the gas pedal is embedded in my brain. Next time I will at least try to get stability control to kick in just once so I can find what limit the car will let me turn. That will probably be in the Andretti Hairpin  I was in a god drat fast beginner's group too. I'm comparing our times with previous meets and we were definitely quicker.
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From my first track day experience i'd say you just need a set of grippier pads (mostly so you keep your daily driver pads longer). I didn't even put on my rear Hawk pads because my car is clearly so front biased. If you're just going to do that one day ever I don't even think i'd worry about pads, just be prepared for fade.
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Mar 5, 2013 18:17
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eriddy posted:One of the worst things about track days is just having that constant background thought of "oh poo poo I hope nothing happens this my daily driver." Keep traction and stability control on?  My car feels like the motor has died when those kick on and I've gone past the danger slip angle, itd be very hard to wreck it unless I was trying to.
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Does Chuckwalla have fuel on site or am I going to pay assfuck dollars at the only gas station 25 miles away?
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Speaking of pitstops, I'm down to about 35 minutes at changing my front brakes. We can make that an even 30, boys.
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Can you wire a train horn to your brake pedal for that day?? I need to get an exhaust setup... don't want to get kicked off Laguna Seca with their 102dB limit. You think this comes close to that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQh5D2fvoG0&t=100s
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Admirable Gusto posted:Isn't Laguna 92db most days? I dunno, my track event was 102 when I signed up, now its 105dB.
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May 11, 2013 06:48
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Huh that's cool but I guess I'll keep my exhaust stock, but my day doesn't look too exotic: http://www.speedventures.com/events/attendees.aspx?id=-1999999232 But the next day might be interesting: http://www.speedventures.com/events/attendees.aspx?id=-1999999231 That's a lot of slots without their cars listed. I'll head back to the track for a couple hours to look around.
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I was at Laguna Seca for the first time this weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ1tPjgpAT8 Couldn't get any good footage because my mic came unplugged, so all I got was my first session with me coasting into braking zones too much and being really slow at the corkscrew. I don't know if my tires are poo poo (Pirelli P-Zero) or if I just need to air up the fronts a lot like someone suggested on a mustang forum to stiffen the sidewalls, but it was getting loose after a couple laps, that's the bonus footage at the end of the video.
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You got a bit of free time on this straight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVyvYulpSE&t=290s Not my video Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Sep 7, 2013 |
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Sep 6, 2013 20:19
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Is 9am and already 90 degrees at Auto Club Speedway. I think I'm just gonna do one session and leave before it gets hot as balls. edit: Did 2 sessions since the first was crowded and really slow (shown in video, only got one decent lap in). I was actually passing people today, that's a new thing, definite sign of improvement. My goal was 2:10 or lower today but finished with a 2:11. This video shows a 2:13 with a little traffic and me lifting for a debris flag, otherwise I think I have the 2:10 pace down. Just need to get more agressive with the throttle out of the turns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD4eYMARDWg Didn't get my second session on video because I was in the middle of lunch when I noticed my group was on the track, woops, no time for camera setup! Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Sep 8, 2013 |
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Sep 7, 2013 17:13
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Anyone put in camber bolts? Do you need need an alignment after that?
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Lotsa toys on the track today. Good lord the Droid Ultra has a bad camera.  That's just a few. (Boss 302S hiding in the back)   Also knocked 3.8 seconds off my personal best. Also, god drat it, I forgot the skeleton case for my GoPro. Yet again I can't get good video of my runs. Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Nov 10, 2013 |
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Nov 10, 2013 01:55
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aventari posted:Heading to Buttonwillow with Speedvenutures this Sat the 21st. LMK if anyone else is going 200 miles away... I've gotten too spoiled with the 20 minute drive to Fontana every couple months
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Dec 18, 2013 17:46
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You guys and your fancy wheels. I'll find out if Pilot Super Sports are any better than P-Zeros tomorrow.
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So my first track day on the Pilot SS was OK. Compared to the Pirelli P-Zero, I think they have stiffer sidewalls because they seemed more responsive at turn in and holding the turn. That kind of screwed me up because I'm used to really leaning into the turn and cranking the wheel to get the Pirellis to go where I want, I kept mistaking the responsiveness for oversteer and backing off too much in slow corners. Oh I also went 20mm wider with this set so that also explains some of the difference in feel. Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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I was wondering if anyone got this on video, this guy got a little. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYWIz7I3H8U&t=729s There were a couple 911 GT3 Cups at the track busting rear end around there. Pretty sweet but one of them wrecked in the banking, the way they pass the Atom they gotta be doing 140+ through there  .poo poo load of Porsches in that group.
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Which group are you in? Blue group is going to be crazy slow the first session or two because they will be doing lead-follow instruction with people that probably haven't been on a track before. That first session could be good for you just to see the track layout, but the lap times will be like 3 minutes. If you're comfortable on the track you can ask to go into the purple group after so you're with drivers that know track etiquette and are comfortable running at speed with each other.
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Oh if you're in green group, then you'll get it sorted quick enough
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The Speedventures tech inspection form says they are OK with 3/5/6 point systems but if you have a 4 point then whoa buddy we need to inspect that for you.
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I was hoping it would be in the 60's tomorrow but it looks like it will be about 85 Southern California  hashtag humblebrag
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I was there today, new low time of 2:07, had to leave after my third run because a valve stem started leaking. Shame because it was cooling down around then. Were you in green group? I got some stairway fly by footy of them. I'm in America's Tire listening to a guy crying about a warranty for his front tire wear on his BMW, meanwhile I'm sitting here jealous of his camber wear. I don't have the guts to use camber bolts. Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Feb 16, 2014 |
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Hmm, studying why I'm a slow rear end by looking at other Mustangs in-car driving I see I'm not cranking the wheel around enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpnvWS9jRGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyU0tod1JgI I think its another iRacing habit, in the sim you only need to turn maybe 120 degrees to get enough rotation so I've been doing that on track, these guys have to turn it 180+
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McSpatula posted:Your corner exits and apex lines look a little rough, it's almost as if you're having to fight the vehicle dynamics for a false smooth input. You're scrubbing a lot of speed while fighting your vehicle mid to post apex when you could be making up seconds throughout, making a slower, controlled entry, and a fast punch out. Though, it looks like you had a blast! What was your fastest lap time? That's not me by the way, that's 2 different dudes who wear the same clothes. I'll put up a lap of mine later for comparison. edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J3OD2Ux_q8 Longpig Bard fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Feb 17, 2014 |
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Thinking of going to the Extreme speed day at Willow Springs Horse Thief Mile. Videos on YouTube look pretty fun, I could probably keep the car in 3rd the whole way around too lol. Anybody been on that track?
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Harry's Lap Timer is the popular ios app. There is an Android version now but it doesn't have a lot of the ios features yet.
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Speed Ventures will have $75 skid pad practice, too pricey? Or invaluable limit of adhesion practice? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQRmYMlmdqM&t=908s I've been wanting to do something like this to go faster through turn 5/6 at Auto Club Speedway
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Oh RaceRender is awesome. Crazy easy to put lap data on video. Now I can see how actually slow I am. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQxBSE4ogTk
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HP+ will squeal like a mother until they get up to track temps. Definitely not a street pad.
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