Thunderhill 3/2/2013 Bypass Config
 

In case you don't frequent the HPDE forum:

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQVYjPTfGb4"]FR-S at Thunderhill Raceway 3 (march) - YouTube[/ame]

RCE yellows
245/17 RS3's
-1.5 camber

Nice driving, man! I love the bypass config.

Nice Vid! Were you running stock pads?

yes... unfortunately :barf: had to take it easy on the breaking.

my carbotechs were delayed

Nice which series are you running? Let me know if they are noisy as hell for your car. I had the XP12/XP10s on my Evo IX and they were crazy noisy driving around town but were my favorite pads at the track.

I am lovin' these track videos!! Tha is for sharing!!

I have the XP8s and they were so noisy I had to change them back to stock after my track day. CSG says they quiet down considerably after you bed them in properly but I never got a chance to do that with my set. :(

XP10 F
XP8 R

Plan on bedding them in properly. How do you do this at an HPDE event? Aren't the people behind you going to be crazy mad that you are stop-n-go on the track just to bed your pads in?

I dunno if I'll be able to adjust to a stock-motored FR-S. My 550i boat easily hits 120 on the straight, and on my best day (when the brakes overheated so I didn't slow down as much) I hit 130 once.

Nice driving BTW. I notice it got unsettled on the bypass. Is that just my impression or did that happen? I want a car that settles quickly there.

This is not the car for you if your main thrill is straight-line acceleration.

I cannot comment on the settling as this was the first time I have driven bypass config. From talking to everyone at the track, it is natural to get unsettled there. That's the point of the bypass and the cylone = elevation changes to unsettle the suspension and wonky fun factor.

I must say I prefer the bypass more than the cyclone.

Lol I usually bed my brakes on the street on a open road with no traffic. You can probably bed them in on your initial lap or on the road going into thunderhill lol.

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you can bed in the brakes on the street a few days before the event....basically a few hard stops from high speeds will do it..on my racer I don't even do that....its not street legal...so I change the pads and hit the track....takes about a session or two and its all good

I picked it up today. Bye bye 550i. Acceleration is lacking. Eventually I will turbo or supercharge it. Steering, braking, and handling are divine. The back end wants to dance. OMZ!