Track forum general chit chat.

[Redd]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

should be fine. i'm on 275/30/19 and 295/30/19's for the street. no issues. 359 wheels.

Hmm maybe I'll just go up to 275/295 then. Thanks!

[rhyary]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Barney

Buttonwillow

I thought $210 is cheap for 275/30/19
given that a PS4S, R88R and ADO8R are all in the $300 range.

[macdude357]

Originally Posted by Redd

Hmm maybe I'll just go up to 275/295 then. Thanks!

295/30/19 isn't necessarily a no-brainer fit. Mine rubbed under hard cornering (on the street). I have JRZ RS2 coils and am lowered to about ZCP height, -2.1* camber. Tire was the R888R on a 19x11 et25 wheel and it rubbed on the inside lip of the fender.

[Redd]

Thanks for the feedback macdude!

[roastbeef]

yea, i should clarify, i'm on oem zcp suspension with camber plates. no issues with rubbing. i also pack the car full of track tools, four tires, my wife, and an 80lb dog without issues.

[Redd]

I have ZE40 19x10.5 ET22 rears. So 295 may be no go for me.

[macdude357]

Originally Posted by Redd

I have ZE40 19x10.5 ET22 rears. So 295 may be no go for me.

Sorry, made a mistake in my post. I had 19x11 et 25 wheels. So a bit wider wheel but a bit less aggressive offset than yours.

[StripclubDJ]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

yea, i should clarify, i'm on oem zcp suspension with camber plates. no issues with rubbing. i also pack the car full of track tools, four tires, my wife, and an 80lb dog without issues.

What kind of times are you seeing at bw? Cw13

What tires ?

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by StripclubDJ

What kind of times are you seeing at bw? Cw13

What tires ?

i've only been to BW once. for the track, i use arc-8 18x10.5's with 275/35 nt01's.
i was still learning the track when i started having electrical problems due to trying a lightweight battery that the car didn't like. the car would hiccup and upshift to 7th and power was reduced in some instances, and other times, the car wouldn't start like it didn't even have a battery.

that said, i managed a sorry 2:04:xxx. i haven't gone back yet, because i'm a fairweather tracker and won't go when its too hot. the drive also sucks.

[StripclubDJ]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

i've only been to BW once. for the track, i use arc-8 18x10.5's with 275/35 nt01's.
i was still learning the track when i started having electrical problems due to trying a lightweight battery that the car didn't like. the car would hiccup and upshift to 7th and power was reduced in some instances, and other times, the car wouldn't start like it didn't even have a battery.

that said, i managed a sorry 2:04:xxx. i haven't gone back yet, because i'm a fairweather tracker and won't go when its too hot. the drive also sucks.

Yeah sucks going to a track you don't know and doing trial and error of parts at the same time lol
That's pretty decent for the first time there


Where you located ?

The weather is about to cool off so I hope I see you there soon!

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by StripclubDJ

Yeah sucks going to a track you don't know and doing trial and error of parts at the same time lol
That's pretty decent for the first time there


Where you located ?

The weather is about to cool off so I hope I see you there soon!

thanks, i'm in orange county. this winter (track season ) is going to be rough... and track days aren't going to be a priority. i usually go with speeddistrict. i'm eyeballing sd's laguna seca event in early december, but i don't know if its going to happen or not.

the battery worked fine for three days... i think the way the car manages electronics at full throttle had an effect on the battery. it was the antigravity rs-20 battery, which has a battery "sleep" type of management system. i think when the m3 was doing its alternator management at wide open throttle, the car's ecu and the battery's separate management system just wasn't compatible. it was frustrating because the car was completely dead like there wasn't a battery in it. fortunately, i was able to unlock the door with the valet key and crawl into the trunk (no rear seats) and pull the kidnap lever.
other members are using the rs-30 battery without incident. i moved on to the voltphreaks vph900. zero issues.

[StripclubDJ]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

thanks, i'm in orange county. this winter (track season ) is going to be rough... and track days aren't going to be a priority. i usually go with speeddistrict. i'm eyeballing sd's laguna seca event in early december, but i don't know if its going to happen or not.

I'm in Tustin lol
And of course work next to Disney
I trailer race cars there about 20 times a year so it's a Sunday drive for me lol
I say that cuz we do laguna and thunder hill and spring mountain
Every time I have to trailer to laguna or further it makes that button willow drive look like nothing lol


It gonna be 75-80 at button willow next weekend so I'm gonna do the speed sf drive on sat and support our GTR Sunday

If you do go to laguna, what's the decimal?

[roastbeef]

i'm at 96db with my afe high flow cat xpipe with resonators and vorsteiner type 1 titanium exhaust. i went on a 105db day and asked for a sound check with my "loud setup."
i swap my oem rear muffler for laguna and i'm not sure where it's at, but i don't have to lift.

the bw drive isn't that bad, but i'm tired as hell driving back and it just sucks. i don't want to sleep with bedbugs at some bw motel and have tweakers eyeballing my shit all night.
my wife's parents live up near sacramento and we went to sonoma one weekend, and laguna the next weekend. that was a great trip. i'd love to do another trip and go to thunderhill and then sonoma.

part of the problem with my weekends being tied up is i work around 55-60 hours a week and i manage rentals as well... in my spare time i have to get to that property and market/show it to find prospective tenants. this is on top of another renovation and signing new tenants. the good thing is, i blink and another month went by. lol
i guess what i'm trying to say, is if i tried to squeeze in a track day, i'd get the, "we don't ever get to see each other..." talk from the wife.

[kyippee]

Jeez hotels near BW are that bad huh, scaring me off from going. Really no good ones? Guess I'd have to find something decent on the way there

[roastbeef]

i've never stayed at one. my wife likes to come to the track and i know she wouldn't dig it and we'd just have to drive home anyways. i'd rather just bring a tent and camp in the paddock, but i don't think they allow that at bw.

[StripclubDJ]

Haha thats funny on the bw motels lol


But nah, go 20 min to bakers field to the city center, stay at the holiday express
It's a super nice area with bars and pretty much anything you can think of

I usually drive out early morning , drive the event, then go to Bakersfield , and get lose then knock out and drive back home in the morning lol

[macdude357]

Originally Posted by kpewpew

Jeez hotels near BW are that bad huh, scaring me off from going. Really no good ones? Guess I'd have to find something decent on the way there

No, they are not that bad. Most of us stay at the Motel 6 (Central, there's two) off the 58 which is about 15 minutes from the track. It's a pretty decent motel for the price. Stay away from the Super 8. I had to stay there once and got bed bugs. If you don't like cheap motels, there's a Best Western Plus in Wasco which is about 25 minutes from the track. I stayed there the very first time I went to BW and it's pretty nice.

Originally Posted by roastbeef

i've never stayed at one. my wife likes to come to the track and i know she wouldn't dig it and we'd just have to drive home anyways. i'd rather just bring a tent and camp in the paddock, but i don't think they allow that at bw.

They do allow camping. In fact, last Saturday, the guys in the garage next to me had setup air mattresses in their garage and slept there (with their wives too!).

[roastbeef]

I feel like it's just spinning the wheel of misfortune. lol

[M3 Number 86]

excuses!

[StripclubDJ]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

excuses!

I know

He's afraid of tweakers, but I say where there's tweakers, there's gotta be drugs
And that means you can get a cheap motel with easy drug access . What more do you want in life lol

Win win in my book

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by StripclubDJ

I know

He's afraid of tweakers, but I say where there's tweakers, there's gotta be drugs
And that means you can get a cheap motel with easy drug access . What more do you want in life lol

Win win in my book

can't believe there's no more backpage. The buttonwillow area was hot!

[StripclubDJ]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

can't believe there's no more backpage. The buttonwillow area was hot!

HA!!!

Who needs backpage when you got free roaming lot lizards to chose from


I hope my wife doesn't have a account on m3post btw