Sweet Deal On A Track Day! I'm Going And So Should You Guys!

[CivicBeater]

http://www.importsnc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43991


$325 for 2 days track time, hotel, lunch and drinks is a steal!!!!!!!! :aviators: :aviators:

[Almighty-Si]

Of course that would have to be on a day where I wouldn't be able to make it. (Dad's Birthday)

[CivicBeater]

Of course that would have to be on a day where I wouldn't be able to make it. (Dad's Birthday)

BRING THE DAD! this a deaaaaaaaaaaal! i'm sure he would love to see his son out on the track! shoot. Happy birthday dad, go take my car out on the track!

[Almighty-Si]

LoL ! Yea I like my transmission the way it is thank you very much...I let him drive there will be gears all over the track. He doesn't have the patience to drive a manual. If you could imagine that, imagine the 10+ hours to get there he would loose his mind or I would loose mine from the agony he would put me through.

He worse than an infant, but you gotta love'em.

[candymanjl]

that's a good deal, if only it was closer :)

[CivicBeater]

that's a good deal, if only it was closer :)

it's a 3 hour roll south for me only like 7 for you....DEW IT!

[candymanjl]

lol, it's 650 miles away, only 100 miles closer than your place. after stopping for gas a couple of times and eating a meal then it's about 8 hours :( I'll wait until December when NASA goes to Homestead Speedway only an hour away :cool:

[CivicBeater]

lol, it's 650 miles away, only 100 miles closer than your place. after stopping for gas a couple of times and eating a meal then it's about 8 hours :( I'll wait until December when NASA goes to Homestead Speedway only an hour away :cool:

no way it's 200 miles from my place biatch! Your probably going to pay $300 alone just to get into homestead!

[candymanjl]

yeah it's 200 miles away from you but not due south on I95 :p I mapquested it and it's 650 miles from my house and you're a little over 700 if I remember right. you're right homestead still be $325, but I get an instructor in my car and four 30 minute sessions. the deal you're talking about is great, it's just 20 hours more driving and about 1,300 more miles of gas and wear and tear round trip :p

[Almighty-Si]

200 miles, 700 miles....blah...if it weren't my dad's birthday I would so be there.

I would make the trip if you could get the time off Rich. That's a sweet ass track not to mention.

[DOHCIVIC]

I may look at heading down with Amanda for a day just to watch

[CivicBeater]

yeah it's 200 miles away from you but not due south on I95 :p I mapquested it and it's 650 miles from my house and you're a little over 700 if I remember right. you're right homestead still be $325, but I get an instructor in my car and four 30 minute sessions. the deal you're talking about is great, it's just 20 hours more driving and about 1,300 more miles of gas and wear and tear round trip :p

hell yeah especially when the instructor alone at the track is over $300 for a weekend. Track entry fees are usually at least another $300. Then about $100 for a night at a hotel. say $30 for two days lunches and drinks all day. All for $325 is a freakin steal!:m16:

[DOHCIVIC]

Yo Eric... If you don't already have one- I have a helmet you could use

[CivicBeater]

Yo Eric... If you don't already have one- I have a helmet you could use

yeah i sold my helmet... They said they have loaners but I might have to borrow yours so i don't look like a uber nerd. LOL

[candymanjl]

no get a loaner, it'll be fine, don't mind the fact that it'll be full of other people's sweat :p

oh yeah, add $200 in gas to the cost just for me to get there and back :( plus 1,300 extra miles on my tires. we'll see, I asked them if there's space available still, if it's full then there's no point in worrying about it.

[Almighty-Si]

oh yeah, add $200 in gas to the cost just for me to get there and back :( plus 1,300 extra miles on my tires.


Just put a trailer on the back to haul the rubbers :p

[candymanjl]

I can't ride up on rotors :) I don't have another set of wheels, and who's got a trailer hitch on their civic? :D

[DOHCIVIC]

I can't ride up on rotors :) I don't have another set of wheels, and who's got a trailer hitch on their civic? :D
I thought of putting one on mine and making a mini trailer to haul sliks and my tool box

[candymanjl]

yeah I'm joking, there's a lot of guys on the S2000 forums who use little trailers just big enough to hold 4 tires and some tools for track days. I'm not big bidget like that yet :)

[CivicBeater]

no get a loaner, it'll be fine, don't mind the fact that it'll be full of other people's sweat :p

oh yeah, add $200 in gas to the cost just for me to get there and back :( plus 1,300 extra miles on my tires. we'll see, I asked them if there's space available still, if it's full then there's no point in worrying about it.

There is space still available :aviators: :aviators:

Rent a trailer from freakin uhaul and pull behind ants tahoe. Trailers are like $30 a day :)

[candymanjl]

lol, so now the $325 track day is $725 after gas for a truck, the track, and a trailer :(

if I go I'll drive up in the crx, otherwise it's too much money, I'm not a baller like you, I can't go around dropping $725 at the drop of a hat :p :D

[CivicBeater]

lol, so now the $325 track day is $725 after gas for a truck, the track, and a trailer :(

if I go I'll drive up in the crx, otherwise it's too much money, I'm not a baller like you, I can't go around dropping $725 at the drop of a hat :p :D

Bring anthony have him drive too. This is something you'll be telling your grandkids about!

[candymanjl]

Bring anthony have him drive too. This is something you'll be telling your grandkids about!

lol, don't word it like that! makes it sound like me and ant are gonna have grandkids together :D

I'll ask him but I don't think Ant will go, it's hard enough to get him to go to the dragon and that's not $325 :)

[DOHCIVIC]

lol, don't word it like that! makes it sound like me and ant are gonna have grandkids together :D

I'll ask him but I don't think Ant will go, it's hard enough to get him to go to the dragon and that's not $325 :)
LOL... I bet your kids would be so cute:sex:

[Almighty-Si]

DOH ! :shhh:

[CivicBeater]

LOL... I bet your kids would be so cute:sex:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :banghead:

[candymanjl]

well there's just too much going on at work that weekend and one guy already has that day off so I'll have to miss this one, next time with a little more notice and I could do it.

[CivicBeater]

on the way bitches

[Almighty-Si]

Have FUN and get lots of pix !

[candymanjl]

on the way bitches
true!

[DOHCIVIC]

:shakeno: I sure hope I did is brakes right... Good luck:wink:

[candymanjl]

:shakeno: I sure hope I did is brakes right... Good luck:wink:
ha ha, ah whatever, there's no walls there, he'll just run off into the grass :D

[Almighty-Si]

and then eventually into a tree....

[DOHCIVIC]

and then eventually into a tree....

:banghead:

[candymanjl]

I talked to Eric briefly and he didn't hit a tree yet but there's always tomorrow! :D he said they're taking lots of pictures so we'll get to see the fun we're missing.

[DOHCIVIC]

Yeah he called me and told me all the stuff he is learning... And everything i'm missing...

Sucks to have a job and no car

[CivicBeater]

Oh guys, incredible..The classroom sessions, in-car instructor, ride-alongs w/ instructor = amaaaaaazing. It's just awsome all there is to learn..

ATE Superblue FTMFL!!!! Arghhh I know what I'll be running next time!

[Almighty-Si]

Damn, sad I missed it but glad you had a great time. How did the car do? What did it feel/handle like?

You should have just gone Motul...tried and true for a long while, oh well not that big of a deal, just got to swap it out for something new.

[CivicBeater]

Car did really good. Impressed alot of people. Had a guy in wrx (who I lapped) compliment me on how fast my car was and how I was hugging the corners. Needless to say that kept me grinning for quite a while.
R compounds are where it's at though. All the pro's I was bitching too about my tires were telling me it's actually better that you do your first event on them, because they will talk to you. Unlike R compounds that hardly make noise and warn you that your getting ready to loose control.
I'll try to make sure I have them for the next event. Amazing following cars with alot less horsepower and r compunds grip through turns that i'm having to back off on.
Car is very well balanced. My downfall was 4 wheel drifts. I found a pretty good tire pressure to start out at after my third session. My tires were actually increasing by 9lbs.

Motul was boiling out there for other guys in our group...

You want to know what is the Brake Fluid champ?!?!

[Almighty-Si]

Sure R compounds are awesome but it doesn't seem like the sumitomo's were doing all that bad for you. R compounds do show signs of warning just not in the same fashion as a street tire which is probably why it was a good thing to go on them the first time. Next time when you bring R compounds you will know atleast how fast you will be able to go into corners without over driving them and spinning and then you can pick up the pace every lap after until you feel out the limits of the R compounds.

Overheating Motul huh? What were the brake set-ups? You will boil fluid pretty easy on small brakes. What's this fluid you speak of though?

You got to get some pics up ASAP !

[CivicBeater]

Sure R compounds are awesome but it doesn't seem like the sumitomo's were doing all that bad for you. R compounds do show signs of warning just not in the same fashion as a street tire which is probably why it was a good thing to go on them the first time. Next time when you bring R compounds you will know atleast how fast you will be able to go into corners without over driving them and spinning and then you can pick up the pace every lap after until you feel out the limits of the R compounds.

Overheating Motul huh? What were the brake set-ups? You will boil fluid pretty easy on small brakes. What's this fluid you speak of though?

You got to get some pics up ASAP !

S2k with carbontech pads boiled motul.

Castrol SRF is the winaRRRR. Mad expensive, but works.

Once I found the best tire pressure to go with the sumitomo's weren't all that bad. For what they cost I can't complain too much. I really couldn't get alot of sidewall action on them. I'm not too sure what was going on there. I went extremely low to try to get the sidewalls to roll but that equaled a very sloppy set-up and still wasn't getting on the sidewalls as much as I would like

[CivicBeater]

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[DOHCIVIC]

Swing by and pick me up so you can show me some 4 wheel drift

[CivicBeater]

Swing by and pick me up so you can show me some 4 wheel drift

lol...Not something you want to experience when the road gators are freeaking a foot deep! A stiffer suspension would help a little with my "push" because the minor body roll I get helps in the matter.

i'm waiting on the guy with the nasty camera to post his pics. Hopefully better shots of my in the turns!

[Almighty-Si]

The Sumitomo have a stiff shoulder, probably why you can't get them to roll over to easy. You should get some Nitrogen for the tires, won't heat up as bad as air, will keep tire pressure consistant.

[candymanjl]

when you change the fluid make sure you're changing all the fluid and not just what's in the reservoir, that's why you need something like the power bleeder. otherwise you'll leave contaminants in the lines and boil the fluid or even if they don't get hot enough to boil you'll loose some pedal feel.

I'm using castrol GT LMA, the dry boiling point is 509 degrees and the wet boiling point is 311 degrees. the castrol SRF has a dry boiling point of 590 and a wet boiling point of 518 which is pretty awesome, but is that worth $60 a liter more? not to me for a weekend racer, especially when you do what you're supposed to do and change the fluid right before the track day the cheap stuff I'm using is almost as good. and to change the fluid out of all the lines with the power bleeder usually takes two liters, that's about $25 with the GT LMA and $150 with the SRF! you're not gonna to that before every event :D the motul 600 has a dry boiling point of 593 and a wet point of 420, I'd bet money that guy who boiled his motul probably didn't change it recently.

looks and sounds like you had a blast! if this weekend wasn't so busy at my job I could have made it up there, oh well, next time :cool: I still might be able to go to the NASA event near me in december, it's a similar setup to the event you went to with the instructor riding along with you.

[candymanjl]

tire pressures will take a little while to set and your first lap or two when it's set right will feel a little goofy until the tires warm up and the pressures go up to normal.

[CivicBeater]

when you change the fluid make sure you're changing all the fluid and not just what's in the reservoir, that's why you need something like the power bleeder. otherwise you'll leave contaminants in the lines and boil the fluid or even if they don't get hot enough to boil you'll loose some pedal feel.

I'm using castrol GT LMA, the dry boiling point is 509 degrees and the wet boiling point is 311 degrees. the castrol SRF has a dry boiling point of 590 and a wet boiling point of 518 which is pretty awesome, but is that worth $60 a liter more? not to me for a weekend racer, especially when you do what you're supposed to do and change the fluid right before the track day the cheap stuff I'm using is almost as good. and to change the fluid out of all the lines with the power bleeder usually takes two liters, that's about $25 with the GT LMA and $150 with the SRF! you're not gonna to that before every event :D the motul 600 has a dry boiling point of 593 and a wet point of 420, I'd bet money that guy who boiled his motul probably didn't change it recently.

looks and sounds like you had a blast! if this weekend wasn't so busy at my job I could have made it up there, oh well, next time :cool: I still might be able to go to the NASA event near me in december, it's a similar setup to the event you went to with the instructor riding along with you.

I boiled ATE
280C/536F (Dry) 204C/400F (Wet)

Which is higher than the GT LMA. I had to bleed my brakes 2 times and needed to a 3rd time after the last session. This all after bleeding them originally to change old stuff out. It's extremely annoying/dangerous consistently losing brakes. I'll pay whatever to not risk losing brakes again. We had 3 liters of superblue that was contstantly getting put in into a couple cars. Still boiling.

hehe I'm going to go into a garage, install de-humidifier, wait till 0% humidity and swap inn SRF!

I wish all of us could of been out there! It was such a great time!

[CivicBeater]

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[candymanjl]

dang, you need better brakes then so you can stop boiling stuff :p get some drilled and slotted rotors, they should run a little cooler. the cars look good, the GTR is pretty sick, how many cars were there total?

[Almighty-Si]

Damn sweet ! Some sick cars right there...GTR is BANANA'S !

Yea man time for some cross drilleds or a big brake upgrade. I think the cross drilleds will help a ton with keeping things cool.

[CivicBeater]

check me out:

trianglezclub : photos : Beginner/Novice (Green)- powered by SmugMug (http://trianglezclub.smugmug.com/gallery/6228319_VDJHR#394651432_nw6DP)

trianglezclub : photos : Beginner/Novice (Green)- powered by SmugMug (http://trianglezclub.smugmug.com/gallery/6228319_VDJHR#P-29-15)

[candymanjl]

holy body roll batman! maybe you should get an upgraded suspension, oh wait, you already did :p

[CivicBeater]

holy body roll batman! maybe you should get an upgraded suspension, oh wait, you already did :p

I don't have a full-race inspired suspension so you better believe going in full brakes and taking a turn at 70-100+mph is going to incur some body roll! Plus I am part of the DD crew which was passing alot of track/trailer queens :) I was happy

[candymanjl]

ha ha, I just couldn't help take a shot at your wimpy suspension :p

[Almighty-Si]

Maybe time for some larger sway bars.

Sweet pictures !

[CivicBeater]

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[Almighty-Si]

NICE ! You for sure need to blow up one of those to a poster size and hang it up. I would say the first one or the 3rd.

[DOHCIVIC]

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I vote this photo

[CivicBeater]

NICE ! You for sure need to blow up one of those to a poster size and hang it up. I would say the first one or the 3rd.

hellz yeah! I really freaking need too! I've been wanting to do that for a while now with deal gap photos. arghhh

[Almighty-Si]

I hear ya, totally forgot about mine as well. Gonna see if I got time this weekend to drop it off and see what they're gonna get me for to do it...LoL