heinzboehmer's 2002 Topaz 6MT Coupe

[heinzboehmer]

Caught the car in some good lighting a couple days ago:



Also, I weighed my car this past weekend with Bry5on's help. All figures are with a 1/4 tank of gas indicated on the gauge (OBC hidden menu thing said there were 16.7 L in the tank). Add 20-25 lbs to the figures below to get to the typical half tank weight.

Just the car:




With me in the car:




Pretty happy with the weight, especially cause my car still has a sunroof. Need to do a bit of corner balancing, though. Will calculate the thickness for the spring pad I need for the rear and swap that out.

I was planning on going to the gas station and filling the tank up to double check how much gas was in it, but I completely forgot. Guess I'll have to just trust the 16.7 L figure.

[heinzboehmer]

Oh! I forgot to mention.

I disabled m track mode before this past track day because I found it annoying that I had to hold the button down to get traction to go fully off. I do not miss it at all.

If I ever get a ZCP MK60 module, I'll reenable m track mode, as that module allows for one-click traction control off with the center console button. For now, m track mode is staying disabled.

[heinzboehmer]

No PPF! Paint on the front end is actually kinda shitty. This is a CO car that was driven year round, so the entire front is pretty rock chipped (CO uses a lot of gravel during the winter). Paint looks fine from afar, but it's just bad enough that I don't care about putting it on track, which is awesome.

I really enjoy the dual purpose car, with the exception of packing tires into it. Without the tires, I can pack for the track in 5-10 min, which is why I'm never packing tires again. Track prep (pads, brake ducts, pre track inspection, etc.) does take and hour or two, so it probably is close to the amount of time needed to get your track car on a trailer.

[bigjae46]

Awesome! Glad the car did well. That engine bay is nice looking! Do you have PPF? I'd have a hard time putting such a nice looking car on track.

I keep going back and forth between my caged track car and a dual purpose car. I love the idea of not having to load/unload the car, drag the trailer, put the trailer in storage, and being able to drive the car on the street to test things out with no fear of the cops. Then I remember having to load all this crap in the car so I can be sure to get home.

First world problems.

[heinzboehmer]

Oh also, washed the car after a long time without being washed (two track days ago). Man, I can't get over how good this engine bay looks: