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Originally Posted by ArmyJon
I think I'm going to head back up for one of the Monday Events Gary Curtis puts on through BIR in July. They have a day scheduled that uses both long and short courses.
As far as the OEM stuff went for me. I actually went out and did some hot laps with stock rubber, rotors and brake pads but I wouldn't recommend it.
I had upgraded my brake fluid to DOT 4 but in the afternoon when I was running on my slicks I managed to get the brakes or lines too hot coming into turn 3 and just about went off the track. I went back out again after everything cooled down but I wasn't as confident about the brakes after that. Definitely going to upgrade the pads and add braided lines next.
Black_tire was running braded lines/upgraded pads/strut brace and I really liked the way his car felt.
Overall its a blast, but it certainly be better with those brake mods.
I never felt like I was down on power, just down on brake feel.
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Speak for yourself. I did feel the need for more power, but then I think that is always the case with me. I instructed a student with a BMW M5 at DCTC last year and felt it could have used a bit more power. An adjunct to getting more power is reducing mass, especially rotational mass. The 200 lbs of [not so] dead weight that is always in my passenger seat doesn't help either.