[Spruill242]

Hey guys,

Name is Kyle and live in Va beach. New to the F-body scene but not to road racing. Spent a lot of time running volvos, miatas, and bimmers, your basic momentum cars. So fter a while thought it was time for something else. Found a nice 2000 Trans Am WS6 in the area and took the plunge.

I'm all signed up and ready to go with NASA at VIR in July. Really excited and stoked about learning a whole new car and driving style. I'm glad to see that the road racing support is there for these F-bodies and that I'm not crazy when I thought this car would make a fun track car. I'll be leaving the car stock for this outting to just get an over all feel for the car. I do however have some SS lines, good pads and sticky tires for her. I'm thinking of getting some chassis braces from UMI as well. But only if you guys think thats a good idea. Any other easy tips and tricks or just stuff to look out for would be great.

So I'll be throwing as much of my knowledge about roadracing and F-bodies (as I learn them) out there as I can. And hopefully I'll run into a few of you guys at the track.


Thanks
Kyle

P.S. If for some crazy reason any of you need some tips or help with Volvo 240s, don't hesitate to ask. I have a lot of time under the hood and on track with 240 Volvos and would love to help however I can.

[Rob Hood]

Welcome! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Get an alignment, bleed or flush (recommended) the brakes, change pads if you can (looks like you may already have them), and change the coolant if you don't know its age. Also flush PS fluid. You will need a cooler eventually (OE or aftermarket).

You should eventually change the trans/diff fluids too. Your brand preference, but something synthetic is best.

Hold off on the SFCs until you figure out which class you want. Doesn't really matter in HPDE for just starting out, but can affect you in autocrossing classification.

Try to get an instructor who is familiar with these types of cars (e.g., camaro/bird, mustang). Sounds like you have good prior experience so it may not matter, but never hurts.