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Took my c4s for a drive in the rain. Winter tires going on next week and yesterday was last day warm enough to trust my nearly finished sumo summer tires.
For me, did a DE this weekend with LSRPCA, what a great time. I've done DE events with other 'promoters', and this was far and away what ALL DE events should be, IMO. Just letting people get out there and drive and have FUN (which is what we pay for!!) while giving inputs on how to do better lap times as we go along. Next time I should end up in Blue Solo so that will be a little less stressful, as you (well, me, anyway) are always more relaxed in your own car focusing on that instead of what you're going to screw up for your instructor lol. Classes were short and sweet, giving us time to rest between session. Not going to name names for other Texas 'groups', but going immediately from class to track to class to track to lunch to class to track to class to track over the course of a 10 hr day is tiring for anyone, when you literally have 3-5 mins of downtime between it all. But, depends on what you want to do, and I think for sure you learn better driving and feeling refreshed than hashing over PowerPoint slides for an hour at a time when you're falling asleep... just my take, anyway.
Further, this now being my second time in the C4S out there, wow, what a difference. Since mine is my DD and a Tip, I just put it in manual and have since learned where the gears need to be in relation to the turns, so lap times improved significantly. I know it's not PDK, and sometimes under hard and heavy braking it wants to kick up to 3rd even though I'm downshifting into 2nd under braking, but usually within a second or two I flick it back down and were hunched down, powering thru some corners, leaving folks behind. I know the whole sentiment of "A Miata can and will be on certain tracks faster than your Viper", but I was really impressed with my 320hp (stock from 16 yrs ago, who knows what I'm running now), and how we left 981, 718 Caymans and Boxsters, new-gen 5.0 Mustangs, others wanting more. And that was with comparable drivers that I know in my same group, so not like Blue vs. Green drivers here. I will say, 991 S cars, whether it's a C2S or C4S, are FAST. I knew they were quick, but the way they dispatched 996 Turbos and 997 CS', was pretty fantastic to see. I was going to be confident having "just" a 991 C2, but not so sure anymore lol.
Also was my first time on my Michel PS2s, and omg, what a blast. Expensive, yes. Worth every penny on track AND street?? Yep. I was/am considering getting a separate set of something just for the track, but since I only plan on 3-4 DE events a year, I'd rather save my money and buy a new set of these as I go along, as track focused or track only tyres are just as, if not more expensive than these, and get worn out, so anyway. Plan to only keep this car another year or so as-is, so doesn't really make much sense that I can tell. Was running about 30 psi front and 36 rear and seemed fine. Probably could have come down a little in the front to maybe 28 and like 33/34 in rear but my instructor didn't feel like we needed to. I'm running them at 33/38 on the street and love the compliance so far.
Anyway, GO TRACK YOUR CAR! Lol. it can handle it! I saw so many Cabs out there too, I had 2 or 3 996 Turbo Cabs in my group, all were quick and of course sounded fantastic. I will say too, people love seeing a nice example 996. Mine isn't perfect, but it does look good, especially with the Sport Techno wheels (which I was surprised people knew about), and compared to the ocean of grey and black 997s and 991s, we tend to stick out a little, which isn't a bad thing!
Can't wait for the next one.
Love the sound of all of that! Sorry did not pick up on the track, might have missed it, which track? I have only driver MSR Ft Worth and loved it. Did you do any alignment changes? If not I would recommend a mild track alignment as you start to pick up the pace.
How about a tear down party over the break? I will bring the beverages✅
Definitely.
I got a lot of the external stuff off on Saturday. Spent most of yesterday collecting my birthday present and investigating the what it will take to install it. https://www.menards.com/main/heating...4441204088.htm
The real story will be told when the heads come off. This was from Saturday. I took the P/S pump and plumbing off yesterday, and started on the exhaust.
Installed vinyl headlight protection today. Not big on appearance modifications. So yellow color may not last past winter. Or next week for that matter.
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