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I hope to be there before 11. It will be nice to meet up.
On another note, Wilwood has a couple of new-ish brake pads for the track: BP30 and BP40. I got a set of the BP30s to try at LRP when I go (maybe the end of May).
I wish I knew who wilwood has make the pads, I tried some of the BP-40 they do not even have a chart to show what they are rated at, they were cheap though.
unfortunately they only lasted me one weekend at carolina motorsports park, it was wet/raining most of the weekend, but this track is also hard on brakes and I was extending braking zones due to the rain. They did not fade and I liked how they performed other than wear, I use brake temp paint, I was running 900 degree rotor temps, I ordered some bp-30 to try out and keep as spares
Thanks again for the advice on setting the coilovers. By the end of the day I was feeling pretty frisky out there!
And in honor of our friend Slinger, who started this thread over 8 years ago, I am pleased to announce I wore at least one tire to the cord!
Here’s to Slinger. One to always have fun at the track.
Good to see you and VV and glad to hear the adjustments to the coilovers worked for you. Frisky, Eh! Sounds like you had a good time.
VV - how’d your day go? When I left, you sounded good about things. A nice prep day for WGI.
GKP - I think you were right about the adjustment to make if you soften the RSB. Just add a couple of clicks to the rear shocks to get to a happy median.
I wish I knew who wilwood has make the pads, I tried some of the BP-40 they do not even have a chart to show what they are rated at, they were cheap though.
unfortunately they only lasted me one weekend at carolina motorsports park, it was wet/raining most of the weekend, but this track is also hard on brakes and I was extending braking zones due to the rain. They did not fade and I liked how they performed other than wear, I use brake temp paint, I was running 900 degree rotor temps, I ordered some bp-30 to try out and keep as spares
Not sure what to say. As you probably thought, I would have expected them to last longer than that. I too have a set of the BP30 pads that I will try at the end of May. By the Wilwood charts it seems that they are similar to the Poly H I have used.
I know veggi went last year and ran it “backwards”. I went and ran it “forwards”. Lot of turns to learn.
Oh, I think I found the cause of the mysterious leak I had at Palmer last year on on of my tires. The tire leaked air when I came off the track after one session and then was fine after I pumped it up. It was the valve stem seal. The tire lost air over the winter and didn’t hold air when I put it on the car. But then it seemed fine when the tire guy looked at it. That was when I asked them to pull the tire off and check the bead. When he went to pull out the guts of the valve stem to let the air out, the valve stem seal fell apart. The bead was fine. That was a couple days ago and the tire is still ok.
Hey, guys. I just had to scratch from Friday at Palmer. My clutch started making bad noises — probably the throw out bearing and there's no way I'll be able to get it fixed by Friday. If Elivan allows it, does anyone want to take my place for $200?
Hey, guys. I just had to scratch from Friday at Palmer. My clutch started making bad noises — probably the throw out bearing and there's no way I'll be able to get it fixed by Friday. If Elivan allows it, does anyone want to take my place for $200?
Ugggha!
We are not doing well with this. I missed LRP earlier this week because of a family thing that came up suddenly.
Yup. After talking to a few techs, I am going to put in flywheel which is basically OEM but from the company that makes it for MINI, not MINI-branded. And a SPEC clutch. The overall cost will be less than MINI OEM and the SPEC clutch should be an upgrade.
