*The FL5 Track Junkie Thread*

[Rhorn]

SS1LE sounds fun that was on my list if I had done a 2 car solution.

That plus a FJ80/Lexus LX450 and I'd have my dream car garage

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[J1Avs]

I never had a low fuel light come on. I always filled up before going on for the first time. But yeah seems like these codes will come on when you are pushing the car hard

Those codes are definitely not normal, and should not come on when pushing the car “hard

What is modified on your car? We need to figure out what is causing this.

Underboost sounds like a leak somewhere. You should be checking all your connections, to make sure everything is secure.

 

[Rhorn]

Those codes are definitely not normal, and should not come on when pushing the car “hard

What is modified on your car? We need to figure out what is causing this.

Underboost sounds like a leak somewhere. You should be checking all your connections, to make sure everything is secure.

Only thing I have done is an air intake.

I did check for leaks and everything looked fine. After I cleared the code everything was fine on track.

 

[BigBird]

Those are the codes from low fuel. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Rhorn]

Did I make the right call in replacing my brakes? Im going to buy a brake pad measuring tool so I can get actual numbers. I felt like it was a good idea to be proactive with replacing them.

But were the pads worn enough? Compared to the fresh ones they were down by 50%, I was using that middle space as guage as a reference.

Both are Paragon R3 pads. Only 1 & 1/2 track days lol.

 

[svvitch]

Ebc sr11.

 

[MooMoo]

this track got high speeds and long braking zones? That is a LOT of wear for 1 and half track days. But also R3 is going to wear more than some more track specific pads. My R5s had 2 track days when I sold em and I would say they were at like 75%.

SR11 have 1 track day and they look like they had 0 track days. I am not fast though but you should not be at 40% with 1 and half track day so I blame the R3 compound

 

[svvitch]

Also the rs4 will now tax brakes even more. So may have outgrown the r3 at this point too.

 

[MooMoo]

this is at the firm right? I just looked at a video, does not even seem to be a brake intensive track (like watkins is for example, if this happened at watkins I would not be surprised)

 

[Rhorn]

this is at the firm right? I just looked at a video, does not even seem to be a brake intensive track (like watkins is for example, if this happened at watkins I would not be surprised)

Yeah this is at the FIRM. They actually shortened the track too. On the straight away I hit max speed at 90-100 mph and go into the first turn. That's really the only section I can think thats really hard on the brakes.

I wasnt able to check the rears, but the majority of that fwear on the front pads is from yesterday. I didn't take pictures after the first day but I remember looking at the pads and not anything crazy, same with the rears. But if the front pads are this bad then the rears are probably toast lol.

Also these are open track days, not HPDE events so you can stay out there for as long as you want. I was out there for most of the day. I wasn't timing myself but I did multiple 20-30 minute sessions from 9-4. So maybe that was it plus the R3 pads not being the most durable.

I plan on going onto the CSG pads and seeing what happens. I want to use the same setup as @J1Avs, so after I see how the pads wear I'll look into upgrading the rotors next.

I just started doing this so idk lol ?

 

[J1Avs]

Also the rs4 will now tax brakes even more. So may have outgrown the r3 at this point too.

The RS4’s don’t have any stopping power —they grip like a PS4S with more heat tolerance.

 

[J1Avs]

Did I make the right call in replacing my brakes? Im going to buy a brake pad measuring tool so I can get actual numbers. I felt like it was a good idea to be proactive with replacing them.

But were the pads worn enough? Compared to the fresh ones they were down by 50%, I was using that middle space as guage as a reference.

Both are Paragon R3 pads. Only 1 & 1/2 track days lol.

You made the right call to replace them. That much wear with that little track time means you were going to hit the backing plate on your next event. Looks like about 5mm left? That’s usually the cut off unless you KNOW they are going to last.

 

[PointByPatrol]

Did I make the right call in replacing my brakes? Im going to buy a brake pad measuring tool so I can get actual numbers. I felt like it was a good idea to be proactive with replacing them.

But were the pads worn enough? Compared to the fresh ones they were down by 50%, I was using that middle space as guage as a reference.

Both are Paragon R3 pads. Only 1 & 1/2 track days lol.

I mean.....I would have kept rocking them for another session or two ?

 

[BigBird]

Did I make the right call in replacing my brakes? Im going to buy a brake pad measuring tool so I can get actual numbers. I felt like it was a good idea to be proactive with replacing them.

But were the pads worn enough? Compared to the fresh ones they were down by 50%, I was using that middle space as guage as a reference.

Both are Paragon R3 pads. Only 1 & 1/2 track days lol.

What TC setting did you use?

 

[Rhorn]

What TC setting did you use?

+R

TC Off + VSA Off

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