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aventari posted:Oof 924/944 clutches *suck*. I've been racing Spec944 for the past 2 years ask me how I know.
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 Had a good time at Thunderhill despite the heat, fantastic track and great coaching. No action pics, photographer didn't want to show for a 105 degree day. There's a glimpse of my car in the dashcam upload from a Miata spin but I'm not going to share someone else's oops. Car did great, I now know what off-camber feels like and how to manage it. I even got some throttle controllable oversteer on Turn 2, which feels like a private joke between a Mazda AWD engineer and me, the only person to take one of these to a track. Chunked the terrible OEM tires, which gives me a good excuse to eventually get the Costco Michelin PS4 tires I already wanted. Only damage is a spot of peeling fake leather on the wheel from my sweaty death grip, but Mazda can warranty that as punishment for stiffing me on the factory tow eyes.
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If you sweat that much in general in track days I recommend gloves. I’m a sweaty person and not only does it keep my steering wheel from getting worse it helps me keep a grip on it. I’ve definitely never seen your car on a track before, it’s cool!
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norton I posted:
I love Mazda's low-key but very solid commitment to sportiness. And yeah, just get some decent racing gloves, they help a lot after you get used to wearing them. I'll be doing T-Hill East on Sunday (with the loving bypass though). I can't wait to get an apples to apples comparison between the Volkzda and the Miata it used to be.
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Aug 23, 2022 02:16
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Bypass is the best, and much better than the cyclone. The feeling of 50/50 if you're going to die as you shoot over the crest is kinda fun once you get used to it. The cyclone is a dumb corkscrew knockoff that kills the flow of the track.
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King of all Machines Operate posted:Bypass is the best, and much better than the cyclone. The feeling of 50/50 if you're going to die as you shoot over the crest is kinda fun once you get used to it. The cyclone is a dumb corkscrew knockoff that kills the flow of the track. Cyclone is cool once you find the turn in point. Turn 9 over the hill is terrifying the first few times, you’re expected to carry some speed there and you can’t see anything. One of the organizers put an extra tall traffic cone on the other side, helped a lot.
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Counterpoint:
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King of all Machines Operate posted:Bypass is the best, and much better than the cyclone. The feeling of 50/50 if you're going to die as you shoot over the crest is kinda fun once you get used to it. The cyclone is a dumb corkscrew knockoff that kills the flow of the track. Your take is bad and you should feel bad. Cyclone forever!
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Joe Mama posted:Your take is bad and you should feel bad. Cyclone forever! +1. Done some Lemons races at T-hill and Cyclone is my favorite turn. I sprung for a set of dedicated track pads (Hawk DTC-60) and rotors for the Focus RS after 2 weekends on Hawk HPS 5.0s (now at like 20% pad life). Next HPDE is Virginia International Raceway in September, anyone else going to be there by chance?
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Finally the first test day for the K24 BRZ. Paying out the nose to run a day at Attessa / Podium Club, new private track about an hour south of Phoenix. Also RIP to my nice Featherlite aluminum 14ft trailer, the BRZ hung off the back so I sold it and bought a cheap 18ft for now. God, I hope it doesn't break 30 minutes in or something.  
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Good luck! Post vids. Went to pick up the truck and trailer for the factory 5 toady and trucks dead. Should be fixable but not in time for tomorrow.
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honda whisperer posted:Good luck! Post vids. Ugh, I feel your pain there. I hate having to store the truck and trailer at a lot, do the shuffle dance, etc. new swap, new track, and haven't tracked in 7 months. Should be a shitshow 
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quote:225/45R17 big emphasis on the "225" 
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Me vs the tires I tell my wheel bearings not to worry about.
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Test day went super well, there were only 4 other cars at the track... three of them being a BRZ or GR86. Downside is that this track is brand new so I (along with everyone else) was absolutely lost. Car felt fuckin great, only ran into a few problems: 1. Oil was blowing straight through the can. I ASSUMED Vibrant had baffling in the can since it calls it baffled on their website: https://vibrantperformance.com/universal-baffled-catch-can-assemblies-v1141/  Ya, ok, no. Of course they sell one for $100 https://vibrantperformance.com/drop-in-baffle-assembly-for-catch-cans-12699 2. The transmission output seal leaks even though it is a new OEM one 3. I let my friend drive the car and he managed to put enough pressure on the throttle pedal to put it past 100% calibration, which faults the DBW until the car is restarted. Easy fix. 4. AIM was all hosed up 5. I need to adjust the DBW to TB opening to soften up the initial opening, it can be real edgy I call it a success for an untested swap at a new track. lovely driving was done, I felt lost so it'll be nice to get it out to a track that I am familiar with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdsGDEF0mzQ BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Aug 29, 2022 |
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Congrats! I like the save in the middle. Vtec brz.... hmmmm.
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Sunday Funday at good old Thunderhill East with the Volkzda went great even for not driving the full east course in like 6 years. I went back to the Flyin' Miata sway bars and it's much better but I still have tweaking to do. The Hawk ER-1 pads are pretty drat good but seemed to have an annoying tendency to increase grip as they heated up in the middle of long braking zones. It felt weird and didn't inspire the greatest confidence. IDK maybe it's just my setup of heavy car/tiny brakes. Now for the real news. Randy loving Pobst was there, with his sick rear end '77 Firebird! I didn't get to see it run on track though. He spent most of his time riding shotgun with someone and constantly having conversations with random people. And... senpai noticed me!! I was packing up the car at the end of the day and he came walking over and was like, "I saw you had the hood (now trunk lid) open and wanted to see what you had done to this thing... uhh wait a minute... (looks inside)... waaaiiittt a minute... is this a Miata underneath" and I'm like, "Yep, (blah blah blah)", "Oh wow man that's cooool!". He asks if he can take a quick video and then does, asks me my name, says some stuff about the car, and thanks me and leaves. I haven't seen it posted anywhere yet but I'll have to put a link in the Volkzda thread if it isn't dead yet. Did I get a selfie or with him? Of course not because I'm an idiot (or just exhausted, dehydrated, and starstruck). I should also add that a motorcyclist running on the west track got hurt bad enough that they called in a helicopter. Crazy. T's and P's man. That's why they call 'em "organ donors". Joe Mama fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Aug 30, 2022 |
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Joe Mama posted:Randy loving Pobst That’s awesome!
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One of the instructors for NASA Great Lakes started racing cars because he's in a wheelchair from racing motorcycles. Those guys are loving nuts.
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Joe Mama posted:Randy loving Pobst was there, and... senpai noticed me!! https://instagram.com/stories/randypobst/2917710804041082243?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
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I love reading all of the reports. Randy is def a great guy, he's alwyas hanging around the Lucky Dog races. For me I'm getting the Spec944 ready for NASA Nationals at Laguna Seca in a few weeks. It's going to be live broadcast with real announcers so that should be fun. I just have to install the new ECU and air flow meter and "tune" the AFRs.  KillHour posted:One of the instructors for NASA Great Lakes started racing cars because he's in a wheelchair from racing motorcycles. Those guys are loving nuts. Yeah I daily a CBR1000rr on the street and I'll do motorcycle trackdays but every time I think about actually racing bikes I feel like it's probably a death sentence for my health and welfare.
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Yell in this thread when it's about to kick off. I got lucky and saw the scca runoffs on motortrend last year and it was cool to watch. What's it broadcasting on?
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It was on youtube, sorry I didn't get a link in time to post. Ended up getting 2nd!   It was a crazy race, lots of drama with guys from Colorado bringing CHEATUR motors, my car cutting out during the qualifying race, and then unexpected heavy rain during the main race. Everyone on dry slicks made it very interesting I qualified 5th, got up to 3rd in the qualifying race on Saturday, and then got 2nd in the Sunday main. Was leading the race for 3 or 4 laps, then got cocky trying to do some cool drifts out of turn 11 and got passed :-/ I posted my on-board vid here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b13wxHn442o
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Awesome, congrats
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Time got away from me and I just realized my HPDE event is in two weeks and I haven't ordered the replacement pads yet. There was a ton of chatter generated by my questions and I don't think we settled on an answer. If I'm driving a stock 19 ecoboost mustang and want to be able to swap out my pads without having to swap out the rotors, what's a good pad to use as a newbie?
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PIZZA.BAT posted:want to be able to swap out my pads without having to swap out the rotors, Swap out your rotors
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Ideally swap your rotors. Cheap but decent is fine, they don't have to be drilled or slotted or anything. I think centric from rockauto is very popular. Iirc the thread consensus on pads is everyone outgrew stuff like the hp+ very fast. If you're gonna do it anyway scuff the hell out of them with sandpaper between pad swaps. This will probably be more work to be effective than a rotor swap.
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Alright so if the HP+ is probably insufficient which set should I go for instead?
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I wouldn't bother swapping rotors, just street driving track pads a bit will clean the rotors off, especially a Hawk. Carbotech/GLoc are another story. If you have two weeks then Hawk is probably about all you're going to find, so DTC60. edit: Alternatives: Raybestos ST43, Carbotech XP10 or XP12, GLoc R10 or R12 BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Do you have a spare set of wheels for your Mustang yet? If so, grab DTC60s set and forget.
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No I'm still on my stock wheels though I have upgraded the tires. I wasn't able to find any DTC-60s for the rear brakes so I'm going to be running DTC-60s in the front, DTC-30s in the rear
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That should work. Do fresh fluid too of it hasn't been bled in the last couple months. As soon as you get home scrub the dust off the wheels. Dtc-60s dust will gently caress them if allowed to stay on and get wet then dry. Very rusty. Like take the wheels off full clean. It'll be awesome though, having faith in your brakes to go deep is amazing.
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Speaking of brake dust, I just did three track days spread over four weeks with what's left of the Hawk ER-1s without cleaning my wheels during that time. They were caked as gently caress but came clean with regular car soap and a brush and, lo and behold, the wheels are fine! I was actually surprised, by the wheels and my laziness.
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How do you like the Hawk ER1s? I've been using Raybestos ST43's for many years in my endurance cars and they've been amazing. They last 2-3 16-hour events and never fail. They are kida pricey though. Wondering how ER1 stacks up
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aventari posted:How do you like the Hawk ER1s? I've been using Raybestos ST43's for many years in my endurance cars and they've been amazing. They last 2-3 16-hour events and never fail. They are kida pricey though. I raised an eye at this until I googled them, now I'm curious too. Also, nice work at nats 
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aventari posted:How do you like the Hawk ER1s? I've been using Raybestos ST43's for many years in my endurance cars and they've been amazing. They last 2-3 16-hour events and never fail. They are kida pricey though. You would be much better than I at comparing them apples to apples with other legit endurance pads. I have only ever done HPDEs. I got them because Hawk bills them as an endurance/HPDE pad that are superior because they waved crystals over them or some poo poo. I won't be buying them again because the initial bite isn't aggressive enough for me and their longevity was actually a bit less than the Blues I had before. I was looking for a 'newer, better Blue' basically and these aren't it. All that being said, they seem like they'd be a good endurance pad and their street manors are actually pretty good.
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Just ordered 4 quarts of brake fluid and a vacuum bleeder so I don't have to beg my GF to help. Went with the Motul 600 instead of the 660 because gently caress that poo poo got expensive.
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I just ordered 8 bottles of RBF600 today. Getting them in that quantity was the only way to get it down to $15 a bottle.. Also if you want to one-man bleed, the best option is to get speed bleeders.
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Motive power bleeder is the only way.
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I used this thing which was pretty good BILITOOLS 3L Vacuum Brake Bleeder Kit, One Person Pneumatic Brake Fluid & Clutch Bleeding Extractor Tool with Adapters & 1L Refilling Bottle The coating to prevent air going through the threads on the speed bleeder does seem neat though. Two of the wheels had no issues with air through the threads but the other two had tons of air getting in. I'm not worried about it staying in the lines since the vacuum pulled it right back out but it made it really hard to see what was going on with the fluid.
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