Ironically enough, the idea for this came from european cars....M3's, Evos, GTR's etc. They are cars that can be beaten on the track as well as make for comfortable and FUNCTIONAL daily drivers. I've tried the M3 thing and while it is a fun car, but it's not me. I even had a friend who owns an M3 look at me yesterday and tell me that the cobra fits me so much better. The same guy owns a 4 door M3 that is basically stock, runs a 01:36.739 at willow and DDs the car. He's put about 10k miles on it in the last 6 months. Tires are driven on both street and track.
First off, I don't expect it to be amazing at both, but I would like to be competitive and reliable.
As many of you have suggested in other posts, the car will be taken out "as is" for the first couple track meets and I will work on the car from there and tune it to my specific needs. Also, I've read a lot, the best mod for these cars is the driver mod (which I don't have but hope to possess soon) followed by cooling.
Immediate plans: (because they are cheap and easy or I've already done them)
- Fluids (all have been changed front to back)
- Brakes (I didn't need them, but I have 6 piston baer brakes. I wish I would have waited on this as they are way above what I need at my level or what my tires can handle. I will probably always run them with street pads)
- Brake cooling ducts (done)
- Boxing in radiator
- Bigger dam under radiator
- 170* t-stat.
Future tentative plans
- FTBR delrin kit
- Coil overs (thinking about V3's, they are $$ but not half assed makeshift coil overs. I understand that this will make the car a little more uncomfortable for DD as NVH will increase)
- Ported blower with a 3.1 pulley (Keeps me at my current power level minimal to no fuel modification...450ish....while adding cooler IATs)
- tires (R888's, NT05's or the hankook equivalent as they have tread and are sticky. If I get a year out of them I will be REALLY surprised, but they need to be able to be driven in the rain)
The car will always be at full weight as I plan on keeping the rear seat.
As I stated above, the car will basically stay in current form for now and I'm going to try and get as much seat time as my budget and time allow this year in the winter while it's cool. I will be taking the summers off as I have no desire to do any major cooling mods. This should allow me to save up more money for seat time and tires and a couple tweaks for the following year.
Anything else I'm missing? Getting totally wrong? Constructive criticism would be amazing! The idea behind this is no prep before track days other than the obvious fluid changes as needed. I don't want to add splitters, remove seats, change brakes, change rotors, add a wing etc.... I want the car pretty much ready to go.
First off, I don't expect it to be amazing at both, but I would like to be competitive and reliable.
As many of you have suggested in other posts, the car will be taken out "as is" for the first couple track meets and I will work on the car from there and tune it to my specific needs. Also, I've read a lot, the best mod for these cars is the driver mod (which I don't have but hope to possess soon) followed by cooling.
Immediate plans: (because they are cheap and easy or I've already done them)
- Fluids (all have been changed front to back)
- Brakes (I didn't need them, but I have 6 piston baer brakes. I wish I would have waited on this as they are way above what I need at my level or what my tires can handle. I will probably always run them with street pads)
- Brake cooling ducts (done)
- Boxing in radiator
- Bigger dam under radiator
- 170* t-stat.
Future tentative plans
- FTBR delrin kit
- Coil overs (thinking about V3's, they are $$ but not half assed makeshift coil overs. I understand that this will make the car a little more uncomfortable for DD as NVH will increase)
- Ported blower with a 3.1 pulley (Keeps me at my current power level minimal to no fuel modification...450ish....while adding cooler IATs)
- tires (R888's, NT05's or the hankook equivalent as they have tread and are sticky. If I get a year out of them I will be REALLY surprised, but they need to be able to be driven in the rain)
The car will always be at full weight as I plan on keeping the rear seat.
As I stated above, the car will basically stay in current form for now and I'm going to try and get as much seat time as my budget and time allow this year in the winter while it's cool. I will be taking the summers off as I have no desire to do any major cooling mods. This should allow me to save up more money for seat time and tires and a couple tweaks for the following year.
Anything else I'm missing? Getting totally wrong? Constructive criticism would be amazing! The idea behind this is no prep before track days other than the obvious fluid changes as needed. I don't want to add splitters, remove seats, change brakes, change rotors, add a wing etc.... I want the car pretty much ready to go.
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