| Re: Questoins about road racing/autocrossing.... |
Subject: Re: Questoins about road racing/autocrossing.... by SpectatorRacing on 2008/11/29 20:40:30 Most first time students do very well as long as you stay calm. Most of the mistakes come when they see their buddy in front of them or coming up behind and try to drive faster. Inevitably they end up overdriving the car and running slower...smooth is fast. It's cliche' and waaay overused, but dammit, it's true. Brake cooling ducts are overrated. They're another easy, cheap mod that people put on their cars so they can impress their friends with their "race car". Most of them are done wrongly, anyway. Unless you're running 9/10ths+ you don't need them. I ran Hawk HP+ pads on my M3 (street car) and they were decent on track but horrible for the street. Don't get these unless you're going to change them in and out for track use, and in this case I'd go with something better. I put Porterfield R4-S pads (similar to HPS) on the car just before i got rid of it, and they were OK. They weren't great track pads, but they were safe and did not fade, they just required a longer stopping distance. A longer pedal does not always mean brake fade, but people usually assume it does. Brake fade is when you push hard and the car does not slow down, usually due to boiled fluid or a pad that's overheated. A longer pedal is fine if it's still stopping the car - most street cars will get a long pedal after a few hot laps, you just have to adjust. |
