I know urbanlegend21, smokingrubber and myself will be there. Anyone else?

 

me......wait you already said i would be.

 

Yup, and I know our mod 94Accord was going to work the course but he had to pull out for an exam.

 

So you guys are actually having a go at the track? What all is needed to compete on one of those courses to succeed. Just like a killer suspension and driving skills?

 

I'll be there, staying at the innkeeper west, should be in before six on friday. Forcedaccord, this is my first time racing on a full course so I cant exactly claim mad driveing skills, yet and my suspension is only kind of killer. I bought some track pads, and I have a set of falken azenis from autox that I will be riding on, but other than good brakes and good tires all you need is a "sound" driver and car.

 

Cool, what about springs, strut bars, tie bars..?

 

Dude, all you need is a helmet, which is usually available for loan at the track. This is a HPDS, a high performance driving school. There are even people that rent plain old rental cars and drive them on the track. At the last Speed Trial there was a guy there with a rental Volvo automatic. S70 I think. Of course the car needs to be in good shape to pass tech.

 

LOL I see, I think I included "and do well" in my earlier post, I wouldn't want to get out there and get spanked, I'd wanna win.

 

Ok......... besides the spiritual victory, I understand where you're coming from, but like those cars that compete in the autox and stuff, what do they have that makes em so special?

 

some have setups and some don't.....there are a bunch of different classes that you run in at auotcross depending on your car and setup, but basically they run cars from stock to fully modified.
At a HPDS it is classed by driving skill and events you have done. I will be running with cars like a '00 M5 and such this weekend. You must remember though that this is not a "race". It is a school where you are on the track with other cars and an instructor with controlled passing on straightaways only. To actually do track racing you are for the most part required to be liscensed. Do not let this take away frpm the intensity of track schools though. George is exactly right, it will teach you more about driving in one lap than in all of your years of driving. It will also let you see how big a set of ***** you have also. I am going to try to get some in car video this weekend and I will try to get it on the net and let you see what I mean.

 

I dont think ill be able to make it guys....

 

 

basically, i dont have anyone to take care of my cat, my parents went to seattle, i gotta fix car, house etc...

edit: i meant Cat not car


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Oh wow, that is badass. They don't have anything like that here in TX do they?

 

I am pretty sure they do........ have you thought about autocross as a starting point? i will check on tracks in Texas

 

Yeah, god that would be fun. Just have to get a spare set of tires or something!

 

actually I started on stock tires....... you will learn more that way

 

Yeah but I wouldn't want to wear through my good street tires

 

you cannot really be that picky when you become involved in this sport...... all though, I believe, it is safer than driving on the street it is a hell of a wear and tear on things like tires and brakes. You have to expect to replace them frequently.

but you will not wear them that much from one event......... the purpose to run them is to get a feel for when a tire wants to break loose and what it feels like when a tire starts to overheat. Street tires squel very badly which let you know when they are going to break loose from the sound. A set of compettiotn tires don not squeal nearly as much and will give you little to no indication when they are breaking loose.

 

Hmm good point. I just have a sense that I will wear so much rubber off even though that's ridiculous to think that. They are just so expensive!

 

good V or Z rated competition tires are not that expensive. I paid $60 bucks a tire for my Khumos

 

I must go back down to 15's, but where can i find some decent 15x7.5's?

 

Misa, I have another set of stock prelude 15x6.5 Im sure you can find some Kumho Ecsta 700 in 225/45/15 to fit them =~)

 

ic, 6.5" thats a bit narrow mang, i wont be able to spread the intended contact patch of 225's over them mang

 

I have used them for years, dave has them, it works fine..