Just getting in to pen track, how am I doing parts wise

So I just bought my terminator about 6-8 weeks ago, and really love the car. Id like to get into open track racing and with some help of some local guys ordered my first round of mods. I wont be on the track till next season but heres what Ive got so far:


Front and Rear Strut Tower Bar
Cobra R Shocks and Struts
Aluminum IRS Bushings
Brake Duct Cooling Kit
HardLaunch Bar
IRS Brace
SS Brake Lines Front and Rear
Caster/Camber Plates
4pt K Member Brace
Aluminum Rack Bushings
Adjustable Tie Rod Kit
Sway Bar Endlink Kit for lowered cars

That will probably be all until winter, but come winter I want to do (in order of first to last)

H&R Race Springs
FLSFC
Race wheels/tires
OR H/X Pipe
Heat Exchanger
Rear Tie Rods
MM K Member
Cobra R Brakes
Ported Blower
MM Front Control Arms

Flush the brake fluid before your first event and run as you are, there's no substitute for seat time.

Yeah I also plan on dong a track pad and fresh fluid as well, forgot to add those. All that will prob be installed my first event will be IRS brace, aluminum IRS and rack bushings, rear strut bar, hard launch bar, SS brake lines, brake ducts, track pad, and k member brace.

Lumpydogs commented in another post about track mods and I think he put it best::thumbsup:

List of Mods in order of need.
Seat Time
Seat Time
Handling
Handling
Brakes
Handling
Cooling
Seat Time
Handling
Race Seats
Seat Time
R-Compound Tires
Seat Time
Handling
New Air Freshener
Power.

If you get into it you'll need to address differential cooling.

VNEMUS said:

Lumpydogs commented in another post about track mods and I think he put it best::thumbsup:.

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Pads
brake fluid
dedicated wheels/tires.
seat time

Looks like I will hold off on doing anythign further and just put that money towards DE events

I just started OT and here is where I am:

Brake fluid flush
Seat time
Tires
Brake cooling ducts
Seat Time
Brake rotors resurfaced
Brake Pads (EBC)
SS brake lines (trying to get all the damn air out now)
Denso IT20 plugs next

More Seat time coming in September

SprSprtBrobra said:

Looks like I will hold off on doing anythign further and just put that money towards DE events

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David Hester said:

Pads
brake fluid
dedicated wheels/tires.
seat time

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I like this list but IMHO I would replace the dedicated track wheels and tires with front brake cooling!

:thumbsup::coolman::beer:

LOL
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Brake ducting is important, but with the right pads, not a top-of-the-list. I haven't bothered with brake ducts on the A/Sedan car and it was built in '95. Wouldn't even think of autocrossing on street tires.
Ok, that's not true, but it isn't any fun to me.
$0.02
I've been racing something over 30 years- AMA in the 70-80's- I think I mentioned I got passed by the best, Burleson, Rosseler, Higgins-, SCCA since '84.
I've seen folks spend tons of money and still not go as fast as folks that worked on skills. Randy Pobst comes mind. He and Jeff Altenburg both beat up on a bunch of people (myself included) without spend tons of money back in the '80's and they turned out pretty good.

VNEMUS said:

Lumpydogs commented in another post about track mods and I think he put it best::thumbsup:

List of Mods in order of need.
Seat Time
Seat Time
Handling
Handling
Brakes
Handling
Cooling
Seat Time
Handling
Race Seats
Seat Time
R-Compound Tires
Seat Time
Handling
New Air Freshener
Power.

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I'd move brakes up one slot on the list, and air freshener near the top!

Works for Tom.

SprSprtBrobra said:

So I just bought my terminator about 6-8 weeks ago, and really love the car. Id like to get into open track racing and with some help of some local guys ordered my first round of mods. I wont be on the track till next season but heres what Ive got so far:


Front and Rear Strut Tower Bar
Cobra R Shocks and Struts
Aluminum IRS Bushings
Brake Duct Cooling Kit
HardLaunch Bar
IRS Brace
SS Brake Lines Front and Rear
Caster/Camber Plates
4pt K Member Brace
Aluminum Rack Bushings
Adjustable Tie Rod Kit
Sway Bar Endlink Kit for lowered cars
That will probably be all until winter, but come winter I want to do (in order of first to last)

H&R Race Springs
FLSFC
Race wheels/tires
OR H/X Pipe
Heat Exchanger
Rear Tie Rods
MM K Member
Cobra R Brakes
Ported Blower
MM Front Control Arms

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Please dear Lord, tell me all these parts (in red ) have NOT been ordered yet!

These cars are so fast stock, even leaving them totally alone(stock) you are still almost cheating yourself out of some valuable sliding and recovery practice.

brake cooling ducts, fresh brake fluid, maybe SFCs and all the seat time you can afford.... that's it.

These cars are so fast stock, even leaving them totally alone(stock) you are still almost cheating yourself out of some valuable sliding and recovery practice.
True, you never know your limits, till you exceed them.;-)

good brake fluid, fresh engine oil, and tires with some good tread on em
maybe after a few events a diff cooler, some better pads, a fixed bucket(this was a necessity in my gt with the super slick cheap leather seats, and some additional engine cooling if needed,
then the mods can begin after that

if you get bored and deem it necessary to dump money into the car, some gauges that are actually functional unlike the stockers are always nice, and front brake cooling is also a good idea, although I still haven't gotten around to it.

VNEMUS said:

Lumpydogs commented in another post about track mods and I think he put it best::thumbsup:

List of Mods in order of need.
Seat Time
Seat Time
Handling
Handling
Brakes
Handling
Cooling
Seat Time
Handling
Race Seats
Seat Time
R-Compound Tires
Seat Time
Handling
New Air Freshener
Power.

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depending on how much seat time he gets, he might need an air freshener before then. :-D

AnaheimE said:

depending on how much seat time he gets, he might need an air freshener before then. :-D

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:lol1: Thanks for the help guys :beer: