I recently finished doing basic prepping of my car for the track and then went on a road trip to test things out. I had both brake fade and engine overheating and was wondering if this is something others experience while tracking their cars. I haven't been to the track yet with this car but hope to do so before the weather gets bad up here in the northwest. I made a post under the general interest section but haven't heard a response. I thought that this might be a better venue to get a response of whether a stock-engined car is up for tracking.
BTW, I have Yoko AD08R's in 215/40's and really like them. They communicate their limits very well with just a bit of noise and very gradual break-away at the limits with the 2 1/4 neg camber I'm running. The recommended 32 psi optimum hot pressure is also well matched, I think, for a lightweight car. Not good for potholes though.
Anyways, here's the post I made, and hope that someone here might comment on overheating;
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GTS Routes
A recent issue of Car and Driver had an article listing states with the best roads. They mentioned that the data was obtained from Porsche's GTS Routes application.
This free app is available for Android, iOS, and browser. You can view existing routes, or create your own with the Drive feature. Once saved, you can share it out to the community.
Last week, I returned from a road trip from WA state to Monterey, CA to watch the historic racing at Laguna Seca (saw 5 New GT350's running on the track - that flat plane V8 sounds awesome). During the drive there and back, I recorded 6 routes from the border with Oregon south to around Geyserville. I like the app and encourage you to take a look at it.
One route called Mattole Road, which I did not create but did follow, on the Lost Coast south of Eureka should be avoided. The road has really deteriorated over the last few years and is now loaded with large potholes. I bent 2 TD ProRace 1.2's on this road probably because I was running fairly low pressure on my AD08R's (35 lbs hot).
A couple of my recorded roads have long downhill sections which are tough on brakes. I had brake fade 3 times even with Torque fluid and Porterfield R4 pads.
I also got an engine overtemp alarm once within two minutes of starting up a 5% grade in 3rd and 4th gears. It was 78 degrees out and about 2,000 feet.
Overall, what a great trip and what a great car. Hope you enjoy the app. Let us know if you've also had experience with this app and have recorded routes.
BTW, I have Yoko AD08R's in 215/40's and really like them. They communicate their limits very well with just a bit of noise and very gradual break-away at the limits with the 2 1/4 neg camber I'm running. The recommended 32 psi optimum hot pressure is also well matched, I think, for a lightweight car. Not good for potholes though.
Anyways, here's the post I made, and hope that someone here might comment on overheating;
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GTS Routes
A recent issue of Car and Driver had an article listing states with the best roads. They mentioned that the data was obtained from Porsche's GTS Routes application.
This free app is available for Android, iOS, and browser. You can view existing routes, or create your own with the Drive feature. Once saved, you can share it out to the community.
Last week, I returned from a road trip from WA state to Monterey, CA to watch the historic racing at Laguna Seca (saw 5 New GT350's running on the track - that flat plane V8 sounds awesome). During the drive there and back, I recorded 6 routes from the border with Oregon south to around Geyserville. I like the app and encourage you to take a look at it.
One route called Mattole Road, which I did not create but did follow, on the Lost Coast south of Eureka should be avoided. The road has really deteriorated over the last few years and is now loaded with large potholes. I bent 2 TD ProRace 1.2's on this road probably because I was running fairly low pressure on my AD08R's (35 lbs hot).
A couple of my recorded roads have long downhill sections which are tough on brakes. I had brake fade 3 times even with Torque fluid and Porterfield R4 pads.
I also got an engine overtemp alarm once within two minutes of starting up a 5% grade in 3rd and 4th gears. It was 78 degrees out and about 2,000 feet.
Overall, what a great trip and what a great car. Hope you enjoy the app. Let us know if you've also had experience with this app and have recorded routes.