__First track day in my FR-S__

[DarkSunrise]

Awesome, I liked the lines you chose on the track. Also nice license plate on the s2k

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by twincamRob

Had a little 'off' lol...

The video of your little "off" says to me you have natural talent, calmness under crisis and/or plenty of previous experience.

You entered too fast, set 2 off on the outside which begun rotation and you kept the momentum in check, the balance under control and calmly drove it into the grass on the other side with very little steering input.

I can't tell you how many people would have:
1: Two feet in'd
2: over-counter-steered leading to a spin
3: lifted
4: yanked the wheel and lifted.

Great job, great video and thanks for sharing.

[twincamRob]

Thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by jadewbj

Very nice. So all of the vids fro the dash with the lap info in it was shot on an iphone. Awesome!

Yup!

Originally Posted by colHolm

So I assume you are enjoying the wheel/tire setup?

Originally Posted by rice_classic

The video of your little "off" says to me you have natural talent, calmness under crisis and/or plenty of previous experience.

Driving a snap-happy AP1 S2k helped get a feel for the 'edge'. Never tracked it though just autox. Also done a small amount of drifting with an S14 I built... http://zilvia.net/f/chat/365706-misf...fun-build.html Thread starts a little off track with some history...


I was following a BRZ for a little while and he was all over the place trying to figure out how I was staying on his back bumper. Guess he almost put it in the wall at one point at the last corner.

[Turn in Concepts]

Originally Posted by twincamRob

Thanks guys!



I'd love to but don't think I could pull it off, going on vacation in Oct. and need some cash for that. Have fun out there!





Stock pads, braided brake lines and ATE super blue fluid. Probly could have used a bleed towards the end but held up good.





That's the Harry's Lap Timer Pro app on my iphone, works awesome! Here's some data from the lap timer, this is my fastest lap. I can look at every lap of the day like this and also on a spreadsheet.

I like your car! We had ours out at Putnam last weekend for some awesome fun.

Your lap looks pretty good. I don't have the raw data from some of mine, but I was running low 1:22's in ours. I was running about 108/109 down the end of the front straight which probably helped my times. I think 9-10 combo I sustained 65 in the upper section and about 74 turning in for 10 which is where I'm sure that extra straight speed came from. Any more track events planned?

Tony

[twincamRob]

Originally Posted by Turn in Concepts

I like your car! We had ours out at Putnam last weekend for some awesome fun.

Your lap looks pretty good. I don't have the raw data from some of mine, but I was running low 1:22's in ours. I was running about 108/109 down the end of the front straight which probably helped my times. I think 9-10 combo I sustained 65 in the upper section and about 74 turning in for 10 which is where I'm sure that extra straight speed came from. Any more track events planned?

Tony

Thanks!

1:22 That's awesome!

There was definitely more left in my car in the corners but that was only my second track day and I already felt like I was pushing the car pretty hard, it is my daily after all lol!

Planning on hitting Putnam as much as possible next year as I am very comfortable with the lack of walls there. Would like to try another track at some point although I'll probly be a little more conservative.

Was you there when the Porsche GT crashed? http://jalopnik.com/5951945/porsche-...ace-track-gods

[KyleWithFocus]

Very cool to see these cars where they belong. Thanks for sharing.

[Asphaltfrs1]

Your car looks great.
Would you say the BC coilovers are worth it? Quality wise as well as performance wise.

[Mark Slide Squad]

Great vids, Rob! Very smooth and nice lines. Car looks awesome on the Weds too!

[gmookher]

fun!

[Jedi1]

We digitized Putnam a few years back at my old software company for use in simulation. I've never been to Putnam, but I have been around the track about 1.7 million times, lol. For your first track day, you were on it! Nice job sir!

[Acree]

Originally Posted by Asphaltfrs1

Your car looks great.
Would you say the BC coilovers are worth it? Quality wise as well as performance wise.

I'd like an answer to this as well.

Which line of BC Coilovers are you running?

-Acree

[twincamRob]

Originally Posted by Asphaltfrs1

Your car looks great.
Would you say the BC coilovers are worth it? Quality wise as well as performance wise.

I've had Tein Basics on an S13, Tein Flex on an S2k, Stance on an S14 and BC's on an E36 M3. For the most part they all feel about the same except I'd say you can actually feel changes in the dampening setting more on the BC's. Was wanting to get a set of Fortunes for this car but was too impatient. But to answer your question, definitely worth the money. I'm not a fan of coilovers that don't have adjustable shock height, just spring height, like KW's fwiw...

Originally Posted by Mark Slide Squad

Great vids, Rob! Very smooth and nice lines. Car looks awesome on the Weds too!

Thanks man!! It's amazing what tires alone do for this car! Here's a couple more pics...

Originally Posted by Jedi1

We digitized Putnam a few years back at my old software company for use in simulation. I've never been to Putnam, but I have been around the track about 1.7 million times, lol. For your first track day, you were on it! Nice job sir!

Lol awesome! Not my first track day, second actually but same track. Took my M3 there a year before...





A really fun and 'safe' track for sure!

Originally Posted by Acree

I'd like an answer to this as well.

Which line of BC Coilovers are you running?

-Acree

See above. As far as I know they only have the one 'line' for our car.

[Jedi1]

Good looking M!

[SnapOv3st3r]

Just looked it up, and this track is only 5hrs away from me . What is the club/sanctioning body that handles the track days there. I would like to get a schedule.