Calabogie Track Days

[trackclub]

Ottawa BMW Club also runs there in May and July (3 days), check out www.Motorsportsreg.com for details (search for Calabogie).
Also 3Balls Racing in Aug for 2 days at great $.
And if you live near: www.1morelap.com run tons of events for evening lapping!

[jvincent]

Just registered for the May 23 day.

Are any of you guys instructing for the noobs?

[Slick]

Originally Posted by jvincent

Just registered for the May 23 day.

Are any of you guys instructing for the noobs?

Sure are!

[jvincent]

Cool. Hopefully the weather will be nice and all the snow will be melted by then.

[Slick]

Well, on the first MCO day last year, it was snowing. Chances are even better this year! Keep your snow tires close!

[jvincent]

Tracking on snows, that would be interesting.

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[jvincent]

Ready for Friday!

- Motul Gear in trans and diff: Check
- Fresh oil/filter last week: Check.
- Camber bolts on front to get max camber on stock suspension: Check
- Brake fluid and pads upgraded: Check

[Slick]

Originally Posted by jvincent

Ready for Friday!

- Motul Gear in trans and diff: Check
- Fresh oil/filter last week: Check.
- Camber bolts on front to get max camber on stock suspension: Check
- Brake fluid and pads upgraded: Check

Did you get an alignment after adding camber? If not, you'll have too much toe-out.

Norm, Pierre, Antoine and I were at Bogie today, beautiful weather. We had open track from 5-7pm, and only about 15 cars.

Hope the weather is nice on Friday.
See you guys then!

[jvincent]

I haven't had a chance to get an alignment yet.

The alignment feels fine driving around though. If anything it seems like it handles turns better than before, but that might just be placebo effect.

[FRS_Ken]

Originally Posted by Slick

Did you get an alignment after adding camber? If not, you'll have too much toe-out.

Norm, Pierre, Antoine and I were at Bogie today, beautiful weather. We had open track from 5-7pm, and only about 15 cars.

Hope the weather is nice on Friday.
See you guys then!

I'll be there Friday!

I'm over at Jeff Graves' place tonight putting on one last Cusco rear brace, Goodrich SS brake lines, HP+ (F) and HPS (R) pads, Project Mu 335 Fluid and Centric front discs (I still owe @normancw for those!).

I'll get my oil changed Wed or Thurs.

Am I asking for trouble running the Stock 17" tires (mine have literally 25km on them lol) or should I go with my 18"x8" Falken 512 set-up, they only have about 8,000km on them. If raining, I might stay with the 18's...

Early start Friday - I plan on getting there for 7:30am - start of registration. I guess I need to leave about 6:00am from Barrhaven

[jvincent]

Fingers crossed on the rain.

Just double checking, 38 PSI is the cold temp, correct?

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[Slick]

Originally Posted by jvincent

I haven't had a chance to get an alignment yet.

The alignment feels fine driving around though. If anything it seems like it handles turns better than before, but that might just be placebo effect.

With extra camber dialed in you will have gained toe-out. Toe-out helps turn-in quite a bit so that it probably what you're feeling. But too much will ruin a set in short order.
I remember doing the same as you when I started out and I wore halfway through a set of fronts in 1 day.

Anytime you touch geometry, whether springs, adjusting height, toe or camber ALWAYS get an alignment. It will also help in getting your settings way more accurate than eyeballing.

See Ralf at CT Carling and tell him Andre from MCO sent you, he can probably get you done within a day or two.

[Slick]

Originally Posted by FRS_Ken

Am I asking for trouble running the Stock 17" tires (mine have literally 25km on them lol) or should I go with my 18"x8" Falken 512 set-up, they only have about 8,000km on them. If raining, I might stay with the 18's...

Run the stock tires. They grip pretty well and will do decent in the rain too. Your 18" combo will also be slower too, plus give you less feedback.

[jvincent]

Originally Posted by Slick

With extra camber dialed in you will have gained toe-out. Toe-out helps turn-in quite a bit so that it probably what you're feeling. But too much will ruin a set in short order.
I remember doing the same as you when I started out and I wore halfway through a set of fronts in 1 day.

Anytime you touch geometry, whether springs, adjusting height, toe or camber ALWAYS get an alignment. It will also help in getting your settings way more accurate than eyeballing.

See Ralf at CT Carling and tell him Andre from MCO sent you, he can probably get you done within a day or two.

Thanks for the info, I was wondering if the extra camber was going to result in toe in or out.

Looks like I'll be working the phones tomorrow morning.