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First off thanks for all the help so far, first HPDE went great. Was bumped to intermediate on day two and was allowed to solo, with the brakes smoked lol!
The car will get the following mods before the next HPDE. Car is a 99 six speed z28. C6 front brakes Cooling ducts Pcs power steering pump and cooler Rear swaybar (maybe) Bar and belts (maybe) I will add more questions as I think of them, to start..... On the brake conversion I will use Kore3 stuff, I already have track brackets... do I use c5 or c6 rotors? Where is the cheapest source for rotors and Hawk pads? Do I need special rotors such as dba? What pad do I use on the front? I used dtc30 on front and HP+ on rear with stock calipers Use the same stuff with the conversion? Cooling ducts.... Cheapest parts source. Do I use the black or Orange hose? Can I use the foglight holes for air intake? If so what do you use to go behind it? If not what duct to go into the air deflector under the car? I will use Blaine Fab ducts on the rotors. Crotch belt, stock belts and 5 point harnesses with WS6 seats... Put a hole in the seat bottom for the crotch belt? Trim shop do this? Pics? To use both sets of belts, anyone seen an eyebolt the same thread as the factory bolt? That way I can clip the lap belts in and out in the factory location. Will that work? Will it clear the seat bottom? The car does have some push,oversteer. Has a 1le bar on the front and a stock rear bar.what rear bar would compliment the front one? Has all UMI roto joints on the rear. EDIT.... What underdrive pulley? I was told to stay away from ASP. This should help the PS. Thanks guys. This post has been edited by FASTFATBOY: Mar 31 2011, 03:58 PM |
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Member ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 151 Joined: 22-September 10 Member No.: 21,503 ![]() |
Glad to hear you enjoyed your weekend. I know how you feel, I also got to solo during my last session in my first HPDE event. It was with NASA though, don't know if that is common in HPDE 1 with them or not. If you have some money and want to upgrade your brakes, then go for it. However, my car is also a full weight LS1 car ( I'm guessing 3800 +/- with me and instructor) and I saw much higher speeds than you are posting without brake issues. I ran stock calipers, Oreily rotors and HP+ front/HPS rear pads, and had to haul down from 135-140 to I'm guessing around 60-70 (the rollercoaster at VIR is a little intimidating so I wasn't really looking at the speedo). I saw slight fade towards the end of the sessions, each 30 minutes. So brakes are not 100% necessary. Ofcourse, I'm kinda being a hypocrite cause I'm in the process of installing a Porsche brake kit on my car, haha! But I actually bought it before my first track day, so I wasn't too sure about the stock setup yet. And I'm also addicted to modding, I had koni adjustables, strano bars, H&R springs, etc. when all I was using the car for was spirited street driving!
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