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The Official HPDE / Track Thread

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#1 · (Edited)
I've been noticing the AutoX thread lately and just noticed there was no official Track / HPDE threads, mostly threads from MikeJ that get a lot of attention. So I think this should be the official Track / HPDE talk and chat thread.

I'll attempt to post up any links I find here that relate to this thread so they're easily found.

Good Thread with a little chat and good recommendations.
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/auto...ing-more-serious-into-racing-suggestions.html

Phenomenal Oil Thread, READ the thread from the Ferrari Forums!
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/autocross-sanctioned-drag-racing/192582-racing-oil-clarify-learn.html

Our Brake Upgrade Options
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/suspension-brakes/62478-brake-options.html

TSX Brake Swap
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/suspension-brakes/140394-tsx-brake-swap-upgrade.html

FA5 brake ducts
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/suspension-brakes/265794-fa5-brake-ducts.html

Speed Bleeders for Brakes
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/do-y...utch-bleeding-speed-bleeder-installation.html

Good Suspension Thread (For serious suspension not junk coil overs)
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/susp...pension-vs-koni-swift-springs-suspension.html

List of Coil-over options (I would add Both sets of Godspeed coil-overs to this list as well.)

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/suspension-brakes/72054-coil-over-options-06-civic.html
Next I'll give a little info about myself and it would be cool if we could copy the AutoX thread and get little introductions on people.

Name: Alex
Cars: 2009 Civic Si (Just a progress sway bar on it), 1998 BMW M3 Sedan (Track Rat)
Info: This will be my second track season and will be my first with the Civic, last year I had the pleasure to drive at New Hampshire International Speedway, and Watkins Glen, in a number of different e36's.

So who are the other track rats on the forum?
 
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#659 · (Edited)
we have deer... 2 cars in front (in the earlier video) barely clipped a deer that fell to the ground but was able to scramble off. Fortunately it's not a high speed track so not quite as dangerous as the main track. This dude, however, was unfortunate enough to get tagged by a deer an hour earlier and a few hundred yards away on the main track:

 
#670 ·
Rain is good for the civic... all those high hp rwd cars are suddenly easy pickings :)
And what is up with that windows down rule? It annoys me even in the dry just thinking of the drag and it makes an incredible mess if you do off off into the dirt. In the UK I seem to remember it was mandatory to have windows up.

btw, 2 weeks on CL5+ pads all round on the street and no issues with noise or cold bite so far. Actually they grab better than stock or ds2500s from cold and then a bit more as they warm up. Not got them properly hot yet...
 
#679 ·
Bleh... I want... Need coilovers first.

Odd thing happened yesterday, my brother is thinking about get a 330i ZHP (comes with M bits and a more aggressive cam) they're a good price about 14k for a little under 100k. So I was on my way home and thinking about if I wanted to sell the SI and get one, as I'm doing so a FG2 comes screaming by on my right had my windows open and the vtec sounded great put a smile on my face think I'll keep and it just mod it to kill the 330.... Muhahhahaha..


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#687 ·
Well, it's only been a couple of months, so I'm not sure about long term durability. From inside the car, the back of the car sounds more like a woosh of air flowing through, and there is definitely more sound coming through the floorboards. At idle, it's only slightly louder than stock. I haven't heard it from outside the car at speed, but my buddy said it sounded really good while at Lime Rock.

It's definitely not raspy. Here's to hoping that it stays this way.
 
#689 ·
Funny thing. I had the Vibrant w/hfc on stock exhaust and no angled 02 bung(? Forgot the technical term for it), No issues. Got a Greddy SE and got a CEL immediately. Angled 02 bung fixed it. This was just before FP was available. No drone, quiet start up, awesome post VTEC. Of course, power was limited compared to catless headers w/70mm exhausts though.
 
#697 ·
Is there any issue with running just 1 stiffer mount, with the other 2 stock and putting too much load through the single mount or fittings? Maybe I'm just being paranoid...

On a different topic I came across this last night:

Avoidable Contact #20: Read this column and go faster, for free, without tuning your car, guaranteed. - Speed:Sport:Life

Made for quite a good read. I was already doing it to some extent, but I think I need to practice more...

I'm not sure about this part though:

At the apex (also known as the “clipping point”) of the turn,fully unwind the steering wheel and let the car “run free” under acceleration.

If I take this literally I expect I will be heading for the dirt off every apex but I think he is just embellishing the point and that he really means start to unwind the steering at the apex.
 
#699 ·
Not me - I'm out of funds for the year except for autox events! Air conditioner on the house just failed...:bleh: $2k out the door.

Got video yet from last week?

If you have an Android phone, you can use Trackmaster app for timing - mine was within 0.15 seconds of the CART timer.
 
#704 ·
No, I haven't been to NHIS, but I hear it is fun. EMRA doesn't compete there, and I'm trying to do well with points. I remember the SCDA going there every year when I ran with them, but I didn't make it up there.

Thanks jrickerm

I left my SD card in the office yesterday, so I didn't get to put the video together. In the mean time, here are some of the pictures I got from EMRA's photographer:



 
#708 ·
You cannot skip the school since you are not signed off. You have a long way to go before you don't have an instructor looking over your shoulder.

Edit: you really can't even do time
Trails you would be in the HPDE run group since you're new.


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#726 ·
Just had my first track day of the season, managed to chase down a wide body 928 with huge r compounds all the way around (I was on SS in the M3) and my brother managed to pass a GTR in run group 4, kid had no skill but you can do crazy things in that stupid car. Video sucks can't see the track at all, I'll have to play with the settings and see if I can make it better, car did great will be taking it to the Glen in late July and Tremblant in August, may take the Civic as a back up in case my M decides to kill itself, if I do, should I upgrade to TL-S brembos? My brother and I cooked PFC-01s on the stock M3 brakes.... Which are pretty damn good.


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#727 ·
LOL my friend has a GTR and I remember once he kept telling me not to brake at this chicane...

Next thing you know I'm full lock going backwards coming out of this turn :rotfl:

The GTR does AMAZING things! Add an experienced driver and you get a very fast car.


Yeah! Tl-S brembos all the way! Or a stoptech kit
 
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