Got a track related question? I'll try to answer.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Fricke

really interested to try a set
but would like to know the price.
You can pm me if you wish.

And Happy New Year everyone, hope 2015 will be a really good year on the track

Stock or AP Calipers? Send @CounterSpace Garage a PM to get a quote.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Blizzard

Revolution Performance RP400. This seems like such a great turbo kit. I have talked with the owner and he is way cool. However, I love to track my car and I do not want to invest in something that will prevent me from doing so. So, I am wondering if anyone has first hand experience/knowledge of a front mount turbo with thermal barrier coating, turbo blanket, and oil cooler running reliably at the track? Thanks.

You're gonna need a lot more than just the kit itself to keep the system cool. The turbo, due to location, will heat up everything downstream from it, and become a liability as you get faster. If you have any sort of front impact, the damage will be greater since you lack the foam. The Foam also works as an air guide to force all the air to go through the FMIC/ACC/Rad. Where would an oil cooler be placed?

The kit can work reliably if you put in the time and money, but if the owner and/or shop hasn't tracked their car, you will become the guinea pig.

The only turbo kits that are track tested by the manufacturers to what I consider a reasonable degree, are Greddy and Ptuning.

[Fricke]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Stock or AP Calipers? Send @CounterSpace Garage a PM to get a quote.

Stock calipers.
PM sent

[chriskory]

How do these brake pads look? EBC yellow



I've just swapped the street pads back on after a track day, but these left some grooving on the rotors. Should I still do the same bedding process on an imperfect rotor? Also, any noticeable difference in pedal quality between two person bleeding and using a motive pressure bleeder?

Thanks

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by chriskory

How do these brake pads look? EBC yellow



I've just swapped the street pads back on after a track day, but these left some grooving on the rotors. Should I still do the same bedding process on an imperfect rotor? Also, any noticeable difference in pedal quality between two person bleeding and using a motive pressure bleeder?

Thanks

You totally cooked those pads. The material in between the grooves is melted pad that resolidified there...

Step up the pads to a race compound. EBC compounds, in my experience, are not very well suited for spirited driving.

[M23]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

That 240 has some mega suspension issues... fix that and braking and its easily a 1:21 car.

We ran a 1:23 on R-comps; 1:24 is what we ran with street tires.

NA or JRSC tho?

[troek]

I dont think the jrsc was around in 2012

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by M23

NA or JRSC tho?

NA. Completely stock drivetrain, down to the (bad) factory tune (that cost us multiple engines).

[M23]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

NA. Completely stock drivetrain, down to the (bad) factory tune (that cost us multiple engines).

Nice! Was this with the SRC COs and other suspension bits?

What times are you getting at SWOS with the JRSC in place?

[daiheadjai]

Left foot braking: When would we use it?
I've been trying to read up on it since my driving school instructor suggested it as a way to improve (he also drove a FRS).
Most of what I've read suggests LFB is best for countering FWD (and to a lesser extent, AWD) cars' understeering tendencies.

For RWD cars, when would this be useful? Particularly for manual drivers?
Would I use this to try and cancel out understeer (as opposed to trying to use the throttle to power out)?

[ddeflyer]

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

Left foot braking: When would we use it?
I've been trying to read up on it since my driving school instructor suggested it as a way to improve (he also drove a FRS).
Most of what I've read suggests LFB is best for countering FWD (and to a lesser extent, AWD) cars' understeering tendencies.

For RWD cars, when would this be useful? Particularly for manual drivers?
Would I use this to try and cancel out understeer (as opposed to trying to use the throttle to power out)?

Left foot braking is a very powerful but tricky to learn technique with alot of potential applications. Among them (and I am sure there are more):

very heavy trail braking to speed rotation
decreasing effective rear brake bias
changing weight distribution without letting off throttle


Essentially it is another tool to control what the car is doing but it is a very difficult one to learn. Most people have a club left foot compared to their right and where left foot braking really can help is when you really need fine inputs.

And FYI I am not a left foot braker yet, though I am trying to get there.

[daiheadjai]

I hear you... I'm trying to practice with simple straight line stops (when there are no other cars in front or behind me).
I'll know I've arrived when my wife doesn't shoot me a dirty look after the car stops.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by M23

Nice! Was this with the SRC COs and other suspension bits?

What times are you getting at SWOS with the JRSC in place?

Just SRCs. Zero other suspension components, except camber bolts (which are moot since the SRCs already have camber/caster plates).

I haven't attempted any record laps with the JRSC on.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

Left foot braking: When would we use it?
I've been trying to read up on it since my driving school instructor suggested it as a way to improve (he also drove a FRS).
Most of what I've read suggests LFB is best for countering FWD (and to a lesser extent, AWD) cars' understeering tendencies.

For RWD cars, when would this be useful? Particularly for manual drivers?
Would I use this to try and cancel out understeer (as opposed to trying to use the throttle to power out)?

LFB is used to "drag" the rear on those cars to force rotation.

It depends on the application, but I don't LFB at all. It's just not a skill I've come to need yet, since I almost exclusively drive RWD, or AWD cars with proper balance.