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Originally Posted by CSG Mike
@ Luckrider if you're planning on doing at least 5 more track days, and are comfortable swapping your own pads, I'd still recommend race pads. Put them on for the track day, and then take em off and put em on the shelf till your next track day. They won't go bad on the shelf. |
I definitely think that will be my plan for next season. I think for now I am going to get some Hawk street pads and do fresh fluid. I actually just got back from a short little test of the pedal dance and I am impressed. The car pushes a little more, but it is very controlled. I did back to back runs on this tight S where the speed limit magically kicks to 55mph. I was trail braking on all runs and after running with the pedal dance, I could feel the car pull the inside just a tad (more of a drag than a pull) on the inside. The brakes felt more reactive and balanced with the dance than the 3 second hold.
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Originally Posted by Alan
Luckrider, took a look at your vids. One thing that worked really well for me on the lightbulb was to be higher on it. 2/3 of the way up then as the apex comes into view cut down towards it and track out. I had higher entry and exit speeds with that combination. Stock suspension, 245/40-17 Hankook RS3. I still overbrake for turn 1 though. Hope to see you at NJMP sometime.
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By that point in the day, I was trying not to cook the tires too too much. One of my instructors, Myron, (who happens to have been the Blue BMW mentioned) pointed me there a couple of sessions prior. I was starting at two thirds, but we determined that with the low horsepower of the stock car, I could maintain velocity and cut the corner more and get back on full throttle faster. It improved exit speed and brought up my speeds on the front straight. I would love to see you at the track some day. Just point me in the direction of an even you are running.