fweasel Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 One track day = at least 2gal of washer fluid 2gal of washer fluid burned in 65 miles = permagrin ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praedet Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I enjoyed mine too. THat is good to know about the amount of WI since I will be doing that VERY soon What tires were you running? How did the new brakes do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 2 gal. in 65 miles i haven't used 2 gallons yet we need more details of your track day. it was a track day wasn't it? Joliet? bosco Stay Stock Stay Happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 I enjoyed mine too. THat is good to know about the amount of WI since I will be doing that VERY soon What tires were you running? How did the new brakes do? tires, yours, F1's. New pads did good, better than stock. Glad I changed them and the fluid because they took a beating trying to keep up with all of the exige and elise running around. ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 2 gal. in 65 miles i haven't used 2 gallons yet we need more details of your track day. it was a track day wasn't it? Joliet? bosco Yeah, right near you at Autobahn. It was a good time and I'm considering going to the one AMS is doing there on July 2nd. Sways are a must have, I felt like I was in an SUV compared the the lotus lapping in front of me. They went through the turns dead flat like a sheet of plywood... stock! I'll have a set installed before I go back. The front tires took a lickin' as well. Car was understeering quite a bit and hopefully that balance issue can be tune before next time. ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 ^ OT, but Cobb Sways and Swifts, my friend. It reduced my power understeer amazingly out of corners. The car corners quite flat (side to side and front to rear), so you aren't getting so much camber change at the weight transfers outside and rearward. Tires are much happier now. So is the driver. Just be a little careful about drop throttle oversteer. The rear pitches out nicely if you lift off abruptly in an autocross, which is fine going less than 60 with a wide open track. Maybe not so nice on a roadcourse if you do it out of panic. When I finally get to a roadcourse, I'll keep my rear sway on the soft setting, just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Just be a little careful about drop throttle oversteer. The rear pitches out nicely if you lift off abruptly in an autocross, which is fine going less than 60 with a wide open track. Maybe not so nice on a roadcourse if you do it out of panic. When I finally get to a roadcourse, I'll keep my sways on the soft setting, just to be safe. is this the same as "trailing throttle" oversteer? bosco Stay Stock Stay Happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBlueGT Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 is this the same "trailing throttle" oversteer? bosco Yes, try abruptly lifting at the throttle at about 100 mph on a corner and be prepared to swap ends! Full tune of 68HTA, KSTech 73 MAF, Racer X FMIC and ID1000s................by the DataLog Mafia!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 SubieSport had an article about a nice little STi that rolled his car when he lifted off the throttle (at SubieFest, I think). The car started to spin, dug in the dirt, and rolled. Car totaled but driver ok. I thought, geez, how ham handed do you have to be to do that? Apparently about as ham handed as me. I did it on the autox course between 5000 and 6000 rpm in 2nd gear, and it was nicely controllable. Perhaps not so much at 100 mph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0032 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Thats it 2 gals? weak sauce We should probably bleed the brakes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 Thats it 2 gals? weak sauce We should probably bleed the brakes again. Yeah, they were abused like red headed step children. Not a bad idea. ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweasel Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 my buddy took a few pics with his SLR while I was on track. This is the only one he's sent thus far, but I thought it looked pretty cool. http://www.photodump.org/stored15/LGTtrack.jpg ignore him, he'll go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 nice shot of the car need some more. bosco Stay Stock Stay Happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 http://www.robsjokes.com/images/8208.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKLGT Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 very cool. wish we had a road course like that up here! Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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