How much do you spend on this DE/racing hobby ?
05-15-2018, 09:26 PM
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As far as the wife is concerned, the “cost”of DE’s is the registration fee. There done!! Everything else, tires, rotors, pads, oil changes, track insurance, hotels, dinners, fuel, tools, all the random “useful chit” in my track box, is between me and the wind...don’t ask don’t tell. This doesn’t even include track wheels and the occasional mod...and this is just for DE, racing is on another level.
05-15-2018, 09:27 PM
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I like your wife comment, but yikes, brake fluid and oil for every event and your expecting 3 seasons for the pads. Invest your money in coaching instead of all that brake fluid and oil changes. The brake fluid, if high end, is good for summer season. I mean that's why your putting in decent fluid so it does not boil.
05-15-2018, 09:31 PM
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I have a friend that drives his 944 for a couple $100 bucks a weekend. This includes registration fees. Tires last a full season. Pads last 2-3 seasons. Car uses pump gas. Oil change twice a year and a brake bleed every couple of months. Just fill up the gas and drive.
I have heard from another friend that you can spend upwards of $15k per weekend racing a Cayman. This includes test days, a full nut and bolt track prep, a brake bleed and full nut and bolt at the end of each day, a coach, a chassis engineer and a dedicated mechanic and two sets of sticker tires. Car uses $12/gal race gas and at least a set of pads per weekend. Rotors last two weekends. The most expensive part is actually preventive maintenance but that's for a different thread.
I have heard from another friend that you can spend upwards of $15k per weekend racing a Cayman. This includes test days, a full nut and bolt track prep, a brake bleed and full nut and bolt at the end of each day, a coach, a chassis engineer and a dedicated mechanic and two sets of sticker tires. Car uses $12/gal race gas and at least a set of pads per weekend. Rotors last two weekends. The most expensive part is actually preventive maintenance but that's for a different thread.
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05-15-2018, 09:57 PM
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I have a friend that drives his 944 for a couple $100 bucks a weekend. This includes registration fees. Tires last a full season. Pads last 2-3 seasons. Car uses pump gas. Oil change twice a year and a brake bleed every couple of months. Just fill up the gas and drive.
I have heard from another friend that you can spend upwards of $15k per weekend racing a Cayman. This includes test days, a full nut and bolt track prep, a brake bleed and full nut and bolt at the end of each day, a coach, a chassis engineer and a dedicated mechanic and two sets of sticker tires. Car uses $12/gal race gas and at least a set of pads per weekend. Rotors last two weekends. The most expensive part is actually preventive maintenance but that's for a different thread.
I have heard from another friend that you can spend upwards of $15k per weekend racing a Cayman. This includes test days, a full nut and bolt track prep, a brake bleed and full nut and bolt at the end of each day, a coach, a chassis engineer and a dedicated mechanic and two sets of sticker tires. Car uses $12/gal race gas and at least a set of pads per weekend. Rotors last two weekends. The most expensive part is actually preventive maintenance but that's for a different thread.
05-15-2018, 10:42 PM
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so much that when: wife wants to rebuild house, refurnish house, take last minute trips overseas several times a year, go out to lots of nice dinners, likes her shoes and handbags, etc etc I don't even blink an eye. Or ever ask how much, or why did you need that... :-)
05-15-2018, 11:10 PM
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Thanks, glad to hear from someone with experience! Last summer a Ferrari 458 "lost brakes" flipped and burned to a crisp at VIR. I was semi-paranoid about brakes before that, so needless to say, i'm double-paranoid now. I use Motul RBF 600 so if I can change that once/year that is good news. I run in the white group - not sure I will ever make it to black, but I can definitely see the difference between 2:15 and 2:05 (at VIR) in terms of tires and such. Actually, it seems like a non-linear (I'm an engineer BTW) relationship...going 9.5/10ths seems to wear much, much more than you might expect compared to 8/10ths, for example. Stock pads, rotors, and tires seem to be more than adequate for what I am doing. Oh, and on the oil thing, I'm not totally OCD - I will typically just drain 5 quarts and replace that before the event (no filter change).
05-16-2018, 12:45 AM
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I also know a third guy that has been spending an arm and a leg to get his vintage 911 reliable so parts don’t fall off anymore. Other than the 110 octane fuel requirement it is a relatively cheap car to run. Two sets of tires and one set of brake pads per season. Car pretty much brakes by just turning the steering wheel. Couple of $100 per weekend on fuel and registration plus a couple of $1000 for track support and a coach to learn how to drive the darn thing without ABS or traction control and shift the 901 gearbox without destroying it. Yes, he needs all the help he can get but there is always a huge smile on his face.
