onfireTTS

Killer seeing another stock 2019 rolling a 10.4 in the 1/4. Great post. Looking forward to your results.

Big Swole

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!!
Those numbers look good!


Love the Red also!!

pfbz

So envious of your thick, juicy (below) sea level air! Turbos definitely help reduce the deficit, but our typical ~9,000' summer density altitudes rob us of so much power...

But our Turbos are still FAF up here compared to everything else!

Big Swole

That does suck about the thin air up there. Imagine how it'd feel if you could beam yourself down to sea level in a second or two and make a pass / pull in your car. You'd feel like it was a next level of tune or race gas or something. lol

Fabspeed Motorsport

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Pb Pedis

I was driving back from lunch yesterday and saw a nice 308 on the street. I thought “Wow! Maybe Big Swoll is in town?” But it turned out to be some other Tom Selleck impersonator.

pfbz

Big Swole

Funny you put it like that. When I got the car, my friend Mike took these photos and put my face on them... LOL

Big Swole

The Real me.....LOL

CodyzWorld

very cool!

Tony_911

Congratulations!

Big Swole

Thank folks!!




Couple of things for you TT / TTS expert folks out there. I was invited to do a Track Day event / Auto Cross / Laps with instructor at AMP (Atlanta Motorsports Park) with a good friend that's a member there.

I need to do a couple of things. First change the oil / filter, have my brakes flushed / filled / bled, and I was possibly thinking of buying a new set of tires. If available I might spring for some Cup 2's since summer is coming and I've always wanted to try a set. Esp. on track.

So, questions are this:

1 - For Cup 2's on track, what are COLD tire pressures to be set for best track grip (assuming outside temps will be in the 50-70 range since we're warming up????
2 - Anyone have a recommendation of "better" Brake Fluid to use / swap in to these cars for better performance / longer life?

Lastly -

If I decide to have the alignment messed with, can anyone share any Specs for a good Track / Street alignment that's better than stock but won't eat up the inside of the tires for reg. street use to / from the mountains when we go drive??

SamboTT@ByDesign

Dave you are awesome!

pfbz

There are others with more experience and information than me, but aa few thoughts...

What you're really interested in is HOT pressure, too hot and they will loose grip. It's hard to predict how much your tires will heat up (how aggressively you drive, track roughness, ambient temp, what tires, etc). Check pressures immediately after every track session, and you will probably keep bleeding air out of the tires throughout the day.

But to answer your question, with performance summer tires like the PZero or MPS4S, try to keep hot temps under 35/36 psi and maybe start out at 30/32 and keep bleeding throughout the day.

I like Castrol SRF fluid, but it's become more difficult to get and many others swear by Endless RF650. Both are great.

Cup 2's would be great, but MPS4S will be more than good for a first track day... Part of the learning curve is learning how to not overcook tires, brakes, get the right lines, etc, and adding stickier tires to some extent just covers up errors.

I have not done an aggressive alignment on the 991 Turbo, but run a quite aggressive alignment on the 996 Turbo. I don't find that a correct high camber alignment really wears the tires unnecessarily on the street. especially if a large portion of that street driving is mountains or other aggressive street driving.

Beezupra

^ as far as I can tell, very sharp suggestions by our pal pfbz here.