How Much Track Experience Do You Have?

[optronix]

I feel like when you get in to the 100's you need to finish it with "hunnit" just sounds cooler. "I have three hunnit track days."

That sounds like a Carolina thing.

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[PointByPatrol]

That sounds like a Carolina thing.

That sounds like a Carolina thing.

That sounds like a Carolina thing.

 

[J1Avs]

Watching the evolution of the track rat is always fun.

I've finally made it to...as few mods and effort as needed to enjoy a day. All money goes to seat time, tires, and brakes. It's a very relaxing place to be.

Done the big time attack build. Done the Class C RV Tow Rig. Had to get all the mods because someone made them. SO much extra effort, cost, stress, etc.

 

[EJHonda]

The track car driver lifecycle:
1. Stock car taken to the track
2. Mod the stock car for better performance at the track
3. Get a tow vehicle & trailer to tow the modded car to the track
4. Go full race, caging and gutting the modded car
5. Get tired/bored of the caged life and go back to 1.

 

[RacingIsLife]

Niiice I'll forever be stuck on #2. Cause man the shit that you own, owns you, is for reeaaaal. I took a month off just to take a facking chill pill and enjoy nature / the family more. And save some monies ?

 

[Jester04]

The track car driver lifecycle:
1. Stock car taken to the track
2. Mod the stock car for better performance at the track
3. Get a tow vehicle & trailer to tow the modded car to the track
4. Go full race, caging and gutting the modded car
5. Get tired/bored of the caged life and go back to 1.

I feel attacked?

 

[J1Avs]

The track car driver lifecycle:
1. Stock car taken to the track
2. Mod the stock car for better performance at the track
3. Get a tow vehicle & trailer to tow the modded car to the track
4. Go full race, caging and gutting the modded car
5. Get tired/bored of the caged life and go back to 1.

Exactly!

What is a shame is when people are determined to have a crazy modified car to start...and then never start, or quit quickly, because they think their highly modified car should be "faster".

1.5 is really where it's at. Good Pads, Rotors, Tires -- worry about consumable and seat time cost and nothing else.

To be fair though, the PNW makes this car easy. Don't really have to worry about cooling. Its 30 June and it's 62* today

 

[TW00Si]

Exactly!

What is a shame is when people are determined to have a crazy modified car to start...and then never start, or quit quickly, because they think their highly modified car should be "faster".

1.5 is really where it's at. Good Pads, Rotors, Tires -- worry about consumable and seat time cost and nothing else.

To be fair though, the PNW makes this car easy. Don't really have to worry about cooling. Its 30 June and it's 62* today

I didn’t quite do the gut interior but did have a rollbar in my S2000. Where I live, no space for truck and trailer. The S2000 is now without rollbar and much much lighter spring rates. So the FL5 is going to be 1.5 and that’s it.

 

[GWonder]

Yup, 1.5 is the reason why I picked the fl5 over others. I settled on front ball joints. I just bring a spare tire/wheel when not going for PB.

In retrospect if I have a chance to redo, I would have just slotted the OEM ones by 5mm netting -3.0 ish with the pins pulled.

 

[m3bs]

The track car driver lifecycle:
1. Stock car taken to the track
2. Mod the stock car for better performance at the track
3. Get a tow vehicle & trailer to tow the modded car to the track
4. Go full race, caging and gutting the modded car
5. Get tired/bored of the caged life and go back to 1.

I know I'm resurrecting an old thread, but this is so true. Step 1 was in 1991, Step 3 in 1997, Step 4 in 2003. Now, after 362 days on track, the caged track car is gone but I kept the trailer. I may still tow the car to the track on occasion to save my track rubber, but I'm enjoying the simplicity of driving to my "home" track and back. I'm trying to get to the point of just enjoying my track time with less focus on lap times. Not sure how that's going to work out....

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