gt37vgt

well coner balanceing is cheap speed but not relaibility .
I would say a 60 watt head light in the dash facing the driver with a big $ on it thats blinds the driver when the oil pressure goes below 30 psi of temp goes over 100C
best I've seen so far was a 2 red $ oil pressure light

Ski

+1. I'm absolutely sold the reason our track car ran so cool was that we hosed the outlet on the head to a 3 way female tee (extra water temp gauge spot) and piped it BACK to the pipe over the exhaust, back to the water pump. Give the water in the head another outlet. How many people have blown a head gasket at #4 cylinder?

Oil coolers, 1 large or two small - had great success with two factory units in series.

Just plain old good maintenance - you owe it to your own family and your fellow track buddies to bring a well prepared - and as safe as practically possible - car to any event. And, I hope to see some folks at Hallett in May!!!!

spoolin51

My understanding is that a lighter car will out handle a car of full weight around the track regardless of 50/50 weight distribution.

Van

Absolutely - a lighter car will be able to stop faster, accelerate faster and transfer less weight (reducing suspension travel) through corners. There's a reason the 917 had an aluminum frame and titanium hardware!

hp18racer

I've seen at least EIGHT cars have ball joints break at the track when lowered and using stock a-arms/ball joints.

Chris Prack

Yes but I have also see Fabcar pins break and Charlie Arm bolts snap as well. It is all relative.

hp18racer

Lower your car with stock a-arms & ball joints and the joint runs out of travel greatly increasing the failure rate.

Chris Prack

My car is lowered enough you cannot put a jack under the side of it. My white car spent over 350 days on the track without a failure. I replace the stock M030 arms with std turbo arms when the bj's finally got some play.

I have never seen a properly installed new arm fail due to ride height.

joonas

What kind of oil temps are fine for track use? I know that the ideal oil temp is between 90 and 100 degrees C but can it be really achieved on track and what it takes? Maybe someone can share his race car oil cooling setup formula.

Paseb

about the kiss cooler, can you mount it where the big alternator shroud and brake duct go?

i already removed the alt shroud and i want to remove the driver plastic brake duct, is it good?

sebastian944

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned track time. If your on the track for hours at at time without stopping I can see the car start to misbehave or develop a problem fast. When i watch some of those youtube track clips i sometimes cringe .. because the car sounds like it's being punished in every corner and for how long?? I've been wanted to go to some lapping events in my area but each time I think about it i just know I'm only going to want to abuse the car for maybe 5 or 6 laps and be done for the day. Most track events are at least 4 hrs long..

SamGrant951

+1 or take your BMW instead (if you have one)

Techno Duck

All the track days i have done are 4x 20 minute sessions and on occasion 5 if there is enough time at the end of the day. I do not push my car hard at all i think, sure i am on and off boost often.. but i short shift at 5-5.5k rpm all the time. I dont see the need to really run up to redline as its not racing! Your not against a clock.. your just there to enjoy yourself. Im not saying you need to be a moving road block in your run group, but i hardly think you need to run the car up to redline all the time to avoid that. What i do cringe at is when i am hard on the brakes into a corner and when i feel the G's while in the turn, yea your wearing the hell outta your pads and tires. Just because your out on the track does not mean you have to kill your car. This is especially true when your in the novice run groups, go as slow as you need to (within reason of course). When and if you ever get into the higher run groups, then sure you i will need to run the car harder to keep up with traffic.. but you dont HAVE to goto a higher run group if you dont want to.

I think auto-x is harder on a car than DE.. that is very quick full on and full off, not to mention even harder on suspension i think with the bumpy lots they are held in.

Chris Prack

At first I thought you were kidding.........

I run the **** out of mine and in 10+ years I have had 1 burned valve (which I knew was coming but did nothing about) and I totaled 1 car.

For me it's not worth owning if I cannot run it hard. I am not a wax and baby diaper person. Cars serve a purpose, they are a tool for me to have a good time and nothing more. Going to the track is something that cannot be substituted by anything else similar.

Duke

I once took my new Audi A3 2.0T Quattro S-Line to the track. Had it returned to Audi due to "brake noise". Mechanic told me the front brake pads were broken into 2 pieces, something he had never seen before. I played along, put on my surprised look and handed over the company MasterCard