Re: (cmurphy2266)
Quote, originally posted by cmurphy2266 » |
Nice pictures! How was it, and how did the R do? |
I pulled this from another post i just did in the morning. This was my assesment. I was running 17" Sport edition rims. Toyo Proxes 4 235/45r17, Evolve slotted 2 piece rotors Fnt and rear, Evolve Steel braided lines, Track spec sways, Dot4 fluid.
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It was a lot of fun. Was two 20 minute sessions and one 30 minute session. I was only in 3rd -4 gear at 4K+ rpm always.
As much as I loved doing it and set the car up so I could, with 2 piece rotors, swaybars, etc, and as much abuse as I give it on the street, I realized that tracking it is eventually going to kill it. I think a dedicated track car is the way to go and not the daily driven R. It's just too nice to destroy.
As far as performance goes. The brakes are a great improvement but still fade. I had an overheat error go off and shut off my traction control. I think the dust plates on the back of the rotor need to come off and air vents into the wheel wells need to be installed to solve this issue.
Tire composition also probably played a role in grip but it was wet so these might run a bit better in wet than in dry against a track specific R comp. Tire pressure also could have played a major role in my performance issue. I had no reference point to work from.
I also think that unless you have extreme camber and some front toe out specific for track use, the stock daily driving alignment doesn't cut it for good cornering. I'm not saying the car is not capable because with a track specific set up it would be but would kill the street driving ability.
I'm basing this on the track prepped VW GTI I rented in Nurburgring last week.
Modified by PMPN8EZ at 12:23 PM 4-6-2009