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Alienator |
This was my second time and VIR and I really learned how much I don't know about driving fast on a track. Braking confidently was my biggest issue because I always feared I would fade and go off. A lot to work on but I was putting a hurting on a lot of BMW M cars . The VR-4 fares pretty well for a 22 year old GT car. SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | ||
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Savor the limelight |
That was awesome! That one guy parked it in every corner, didn't he? How long do tires last, 10 minutes? | |||
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Cat Whisperer |
Awesome! That's one of the best tracks in the country, hands down. What tires are you running? ------------------------------------ 135 ├┼┼╕ 246R | |||
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Official forum SIG Pro enthusiast |
That looks like so much fun!!! I love the 3000GT VR4. My brother has a pearl white 3000GT SL with a 5-speed manual, it's such a sweet car. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Green Mountain Boy |
I've always loved the 3000GT! Very nice. I'm still learning VIR on Forza 6 haha... What you've gotten to do is nothing but a far fetched dream for me. Enjoy it. !~God Bless the U.S. Military~! If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off Light travels faster than sound, this is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak | |||
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The place looks wrong with the oak tree gone. 3000gt are fun cars. ------------------------------------ My books on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/William-...id=1383531982&sr=8-1 email if you'd like auto'd copies. | |||
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Alienator |
Thanks a lot guys! I'm running new Potenza Pole Position S-04's. It definitely worn them down a bit but I expect at least 5 track days out of them. They rank under Pilot Super Sports and are street tires. I'm trying to learn how to drive before going with stickier rubber. SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | |||
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Looks like you were "smooth" on the track... Much more important than horse power. That was a good piece of driving my friend, | |||
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Well done for your second time. You tagged most of the corner marker rumble strips while maintaining smooth. The better you get, the worse your stock brakes will feel/perform. For starters, I would change to DOT 4 brake fluid and steel braided brake lines. This is a slippery slope. As you progress eventually you'll realize that the stock brakes don't cut it at all. LOL Nice Job. | |||
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Fire begets Fire |
Upgrades get addictive ... "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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That looks like a lot of fun, nice driving! | |||
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Doing my best to shape America's youth |
DSM, FTW. I had a '91 Talon, no turbo, FWD- but I set it up to handle. Always enjoyed blowing away the big-turbo, AWD Mitsus and Subies through the corners. Had matched-rate set of springs, KYB adjustable struts and shocks, big tight struts bars, and Dunlop Sport 225/50ZR16 in front and 255/50ZR16 in rear (they fit with substantial unibody vs tire-sledgehammer body bubbaing). I could take decreasing radius off-ramps at 75+, top end of 3rd, and into 4th and off like a rocketship after the apex. Took one turn so hard I snapped my windshield (backed the strut bar off after that). Ah, the days of being really young, working a cash job, and feeling invincible. Nice piece of driving, I have had some wheel time with a 3kGTVR4 and they can be a handful of understeer! Good job keeping the rubber on the road Enjoy your brake upgrade LOL. It is a slippery slope. Clarior Hinc Honos BSA Dad, Cheer Dad | |||
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Alienator |
The upgrades are definitely addictive. I have been building the car with supporting mods since I bought it 7 years ago to prepare for a turbo upgrade. This is what I've done so far. The stock brakes actually did pretty well this time with track pads, shims, and extra cooling from the deflectors. Track Prep: RBF600 flush before every track event New rotors Carbotech XP10's front and Hawk HP+ rear 0.5mm titanium shims front GTO MR Brake Ducts New ball joints Mods: Turbo back exhaust (no cats) [precat eliminators, DNP downpipe, 3SX test pipe, M2 catback] Halman RX Pro boost controller set at 14psi 1 stage colder plugs and new wires 3SX Single Pass Radiator DSM side mounts Power antenna delete Wiper fluid bottle delete Enkei RPF-1's (40lb loss over stock wheels) Tein S-Tech springs with 3SX rear control arms Poly motor mounts 3SX fuel loop Evo MR BOV (recirc) 3SX Preturbo pipes 3SX Stinger fiberglass hood (not installed yet) 15lb loss 3SX lightweight stock size pulley (5lb loss) BigTyla ground kit Mods before next event: Stainless brake lines ADDCO front way bar Full poly bushings kit EGR and Vac delete SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | |||
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Yew got a spider on yo head |
Awesome!! I have been autocrossing a bit the past couple months in my new Camaro. Track days increase maintanance costs substantially so I keep the big gal dodging cones...but someday I wanna buy something light and bonkers for track and time attack events... Real life Gran Turismo!! Good luck and keep us updated! | |||
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Lawyers, Guns and Money |
That certainly looks like fun! ... but it's a lot of wrenching for a few hours of driving, huh? "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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