Track forum general chit chat.

[dparm]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

What's the farting sound at lower RPM?

Performance Traction Management cutting the timing to control wheelspin.

Originally Posted by StripclubDJ

How's your GS been treating u reliability wise ?

Just fine. Change the fluids and other consumables on schedule and it will happily soak up the track miles.

Originally Posted by roastbeef

"won the class." hey, winning is winning.

Season points.

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by dparm

Performance Traction Management cutting the timing to control wheelspin.

Was gonna say it reminded me of the old F1 cars with TC, but Murican.

[StripclubDJ]

Originally Posted by dparm

Performance Traction Management cutting the timing to control wheelspin.

Just fine. Change the fluids and other consumables on schedule and it will happily soak up the track miles.

Season points.

What supporting engine mods do you have?

[slicer]

Originally Posted by //steve\\

They don't. Not this one part. Only ones I've found are the Revshift and ECS makes one too but it doesn't look as nice IMO.

Future classic / Fall-Line makes a reinforced stock arm with monoball conversion.

[MaximusB]

Originally Posted by dparm

No, that looks like smearing. It's normal from street driving but on the track you want a very consistent blue color without streaks or splotchiness. Were you getting into the ABS a lot? How did the brake pedal feel, was there any pad fade?

I thought the "Z" is their performance street pad, not their track pad?

No ABS, the pedal felt great and still does. No fade at all on the track either. So I was surprised to see the rotors looking like that.

Yeah the Z rated pads are performance street pads and able to do light track duty. I’m still in the beginner group so I don’t go fast enough, so I figured these pads will do for 2 track days this year.

[dparm]

Originally Posted by StripclubDJ

What supporting engine mods do you have?

Stock motor.

[dparm]

Originally Posted by MaximusB

No ABS, the pedal felt great and still does. No fade at all on the track either. So I was surprised to see the rotors looking like that.

Yeah the Z rated pads are performance street pads and able to do light track duty. I’m still in the beginner group so I don’t go fast enough, so I figured these pads will do for 2 track days this year.

Get a dedicated track pad, you're overheating those. People seem to like the 08 or 11 compound, or you can look to any other company like Hawk, Pagid, Raybestos, Ferodo, etc.

[Bartledoo]

Tried a new track mod yesterday.

[tsk94]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

Tried a new track mod yesterday.

Ah yes, the poor mans drag reduction system.

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by tsk94

Ah yes, the poor mans drag reduction system.

The front downforce on the in-lap was killer!

[dparm]

Agricultural duty.

[admranger]

Originally Posted by dparm

Agricultural duty.

Wish I could find my old race car pics...I had a John Deere sticker on the back of the car b/c of all the offs I had. For whatever reason, I was a complete lunatic in the race car during a race weekend and always had an off or two during the weekend. Driving schools? 1 spin and 1 off in 20 years. Consequences were certainly different so I chalk it up to subconscious bias saving my ass at schools.

[slicer]

New Core4 F8x hub with press in M14 MSI studs!

[Chris_PDX]

Whelp... I blew my S54 while chasing Ferraris.

Guess I'll need to relegate the E92 back to track duty for the remaining lead/follow coaching for the rest of the year

[kyippee]

oof I'm sorry Chris_PDX

[ThunderMoose]

Originally Posted by Chris_PDX

Whelp... I blew my S54 while chasing Ferraris.

Guess I'll need to relegate the E92 back to track duty for the remaining lead/follow coaching for the rest of the year

Any thoughts on why?

[Chris_PDX]

Originally Posted by ThunderMoose

Any thoughts on why?

I'll give you two guesses, but the first one has the initials R. B.

[ThunderMoose]

Originally Posted by Chris_PDX

I'll give you two guesses, but the first one has the initials R. B.

Yeah but why?

I spun two bearings in 2018 at WGI. The other four bearings had no wear. I have a few theories on what I did to have caused mine to fail. I am curious to hear more about what you learn.

I now log oil pressure (with an alarm) to see if I get any type of starvation. I believe I may have went too long between oil changes and lost viscosity. Also, could've been the high G's at WGI.

[CorruptCommie]

Originally Posted by ThunderMoose

Yeah but why?

I spun two bearings in 2018 at WGI. The other four bearings had no wear. I have a few theories on what I did to have caused mine to fail. I am curious to hear more about what you learn.

I now log oil pressure (with an alarm) to see if I get any type of starvation. I believe I may have went too long between oil changes and lost viscosity. Also, could've been the high G's at WGI.

I flush the Motul 300V after every other weekend. Blackstone reports significant loss of viscosity for every oil I've tested after 500 miles.

[Bartledoo]

I do 6 track days between changes. I'm gonna die

[chocstraw]

Track guys, where does upgrading / changing the sway bar fall on the list of upgrades? Will any stiffer than stock increase understeer? I know a ton of street drivers like it because it feels better for DD’ing, but most track drivers know that at the limit, too stiff of a front sway actually makes the car push / understeer more.

[Chris_PDX]

Originally Posted by ThunderMoose

Yeah but why?

I spun two bearings in 2018 at WGI. The other four bearings had no wear. I have a few theories on what I did to have caused mine to fail. I am curious to hear more about what you learn.

I now log oil pressure (with an alarm) to see if I get any type of starvation. I believe I may have went too long between oil changes and lost viscosity. Also, could've been the high G's at WGI.

Unsure at this juncture. I checked the oil after my morning stint and it was barely just below the full mark. Normally I run down 1 quart if I'm driving 10/10ths for 4-5 sessions. Never had oil starve issues as far as I know, but clearly, that may have been part of the cause.