First Track Day!

[Steviebee]

Yup,

tis has been done!

Got the car around three weeks ago and had been trying to resist taking it on track since, but it just feels SOOOO wasted going back and forth to work! ... So - booked on a for a little track action.

Not long back and still buzzing with the experience - what a car.

Its 100% std and with P-Zeros which wouldn't have been my first choice, but have to say I was quite impressed, although the rear near side is looking a tad poorly :whistle:. You just gotta love the hairpin :hahaha:

I see why the brakes are the first upgrades, they were only lasting around 6 laps or so before the pedal felt really soft and braking performance started dropping heavily. Would changing to Pagid pads help this?

Tyres are next on the hit list. I'd love to run Cups, but as they only come with 4mm, cost 1200/set and are useless if it starts to rain I think I'd rather opt for a good road tyre like MPS2. Has anyone got any other suggestions? **oh no another tyre debate!** ;p DZO2's anyone?

Built up the courage to run the car with no traction and in the 6th g/box setting. I was amazed at how much grip there is and how much better it is out of the corners. The car really does come alive!

Looking forward to doing more!

Cheers,
Stevie

[terryb]

Stevie - best recommendation I can give is to get a 2nd set of wheels with Cups for track days - they are so much better than normal road tyres on track...

[shimmy]

Stevie - best recommendation I can give is to get a 2nd set of wheels with Cups for track days - they are so much better than normal road tyres on track...

And a set if coilovers:smokin:

[AlexGTT]

Congrats Steviebee. It's fun on track but when it's dry, you won't regret getting a set of Cups. It's a whole new world of grip once you learn how to treat them and run the correct settings. And they actually come with 5mm. My suggestion would be:

Pagid pads, fluid change and hoses.
Cups.
Adjustable top mounts. You can run more suitable camber giving more grip and making your Cups last much longer. You can knock the camber out for track and back again for road.
Get it properly set up by a marque specialist.

Job done.

[Dan_csl]

Nice one mate, I had every intention of tracking mine when I got it and glad I did, I've still not tried no DSC and S6 yet though! :gayfight: :hahaha:

Sorry if I missed it but what track did you do? :thumbs:

[Steviebee]

Congrats Steviebee. It's fun on track but when it's dry, you won't regret getting a set of Cups. It's a whole new world of grip once you learn how to treat them and run the correct settings. And they actually come with 5mm. My suggestion would be:

Pagid pads, fluid change and hoses.
Cups.
Adjustable top mounts. You can run more suitable camber giving more grip and making your Cups last much longer. You can knock the camber out for track and back again for road.
Get it properly set up by a marque specialist.

Job done.

Fantastic.

Thanks!

Good to hear that I don't need to shell out for a BBK, funds are readily available at the mo - Mrs is doing up the bottom of the house at the mo :bigcry: ... Still, good to have a nice place to live

I have a set of 19s from my old CS I had a few years ago, these should do then? Will I notice the heavier wheels much ?

So, just adjustable top mounts with the std suspension and more aggressive camber on the front? I have just the man to set it up too, Kenny Brown in Hillington, he set up my Porsche and made a huge difference.

Thanks vmuch for the info - much appreciated.

[Steviebee]

Nice one mate, I had every intention of tracking mine when I got it and glad I did, I've still not tried no DSC and S6 yet though! :gayfight: :hahaha:

Sorry if I missed it but what track did you do? :thumbs:

Oh, dont get me wrong, so did I, but I thought I would have covered more than 400miles it in before hand!

If you are confident enough and know the track the car is much better with out DSC, it just bursts out the corners!

It was Knockhill :beer:

[3wheels3]

Pagid pads, fluid change and hoses.
Cups.
Adjustable top mounts. You can run more suitable camber giving more grip and making your Cups last much longer. You can knock the camber out for track and back again for road.
Get it properly set up by a marque specialist.

Job done.

+1 :thumbs: And would add RS29's for Pagid pad.

[Dan_csl]

Oh, dont get me wrong, so did I, but I thought I would have covered more than 400miles it in before hand!

If you are confident enough and know the track the car is much better with out DSC, it just bursts out the corners!

It was Knockhill :beer:

Knockhill looks great but it's other end of the country, I'm literally on the south coast! :bigcry:

As for Pad upgrade's Stevie, I went for Pagid RS29's all round, braided hoses and upgraded fluid, they are now great on track with very little fade, lasted me fine at Spa all day earlier in the year :thumbs:

If you've not got them done either then go for new OEM RTAB bushes with limiter kit and get the geometry set up properly, mine felt like a different car after this little lot :smokin:

[Bealo]

Congrats Steviebee. It's fun on track but when it's dry, you won't regret getting a set of Cups. It's a whole new world of grip once you learn how to treat them and run the correct settings. And they actually come with 5mm. My suggestion would be:

Pagid pads, fluid change and hoses.
Cups.
Adjustable top mounts. You can run more suitable camber giving more grip and making your Cups last much longer. You can knock the camber out for track and back again for road.
Get it properly set up by a marque specialist.

Job done.

Agree with Alex... but if you can't stretch to a spare set of wheels and cups just yet stick some PS-2 on your rims and just do the rest for now.

[Steviebee]

Thanks Dan. Thats great.

How can you tell if you need RTAB ? The car feels good even under heavy load? Its done 47000miles.

Stevie

[shimmy]

Thanks Dan. Thats great.

How can you tell if you need RTAB ? The car feels good even under heavy load? Its done 47000miles.

Stevie

take a roundabout, come off it with your right foot down and if you get a feeling of the car squirming beneath you get the RTAB changed OR one spring could be broken:smokin:

[Bealo]

Congrats Steviebee. It's fun on track but when it's dry, you won't regret getting a set of Cups. It's a whole new world of grip once you learn how to treat them and run the correct settings. And they actually come with 5mm. My suggestion would be:

Pagid pads, fluid change and hoses.
Cups.
Adjustable top mounts. You can run more suitable camber giving more grip and making your Cups last much longer. You can knock the camber out for track and back again for road.
Get it properly set up by a marque specialist.

Job done.

Agree with Alex... but if you can't stretch to a spare set of wheels and cups just yet stick some PS-2 on your rims and just do the rest for now.

[Dan_csl]

Thanks Dan. Thats great.

How can you tell if you need RTAB ? The car feels good even under heavy load? Its done 47000miles.

Stevie

As per Shimmy's post is great, my car has also just ticked over 47k, when I put the limiter kit in I changed them as a matter of course anyway, I think they were only £15 a side so just as well make sure they are nice and fresh :thumbs:

[shimmy]

Stevie

Your OEM top mounts are adjustable by 1degree (as I found out recently) however normal maximum camber on OEM occurs around 1.75-2.0 which I'd not quite enough on most track to stop inner tyre wear although on road Tyres it might take a bit longer.