I do everything one way and one way only..... ***** Deep

 

***** deep or GTFO.

 

lol. ^My ***** would be PWNed by the wife! I got 3 kids. I can't just use up money like I'm single and balling!

 

just an FYI, track events in the northeast are basically a minimum of $300 just to sign up. you will easily spend $500 on just entry/gas/hotel, more if its longer than 1 day.

is it worth it for me? absolutely, i spend at minimum a full week after an event in a better mood.

but im 27 and single...but im still depressed im about to drop $3k for a clutch/trans/60k service

reliability wise, it all depends on how far you push it. if your new to track you should not do much more than exhaust/intercooler/tune and focus on brakes/suspension. the closer to stock you keep the motor/turbo the greater the reliability.

 

My IX came with nice mods already done to it and in good shape. It had an upgraded intercooler, cosworth cams, full 3 inch TBE, WMI, and other BR350 mods. So far I've only added a spoolin up kit and I'm about to add a ported stock IM, FB TB, map o2 dump and 3port. I will be happy with 400hp and don't think I'll need much more than that. I already have bilsteins so ill add springs and that's it for the suspension other than sway bars. I don't mind a harsh ride so ill upgrade the mounts and lose weight where I can (BR "mustache bar" and other lightweight replacement parts). I don't track the car and I've never even launched it. Like others have said im on a budget so im going to make the best car i can with the money i have! I drive it 2 to 3 days a week and I absolutely love it! She puts a smile on my face every time I turn the key and the exhaust rumbles to life

 

 

For those that do weekend warrior/daily, do you track your car at all? Do you have an extra set of brakes, tires&wheels, and what type of maintenance checks do you do prior since you use it more than a track specific car?

 

at first i went left with my car... then i said **** it and flipped a 180...

now here i am with a monstrous track style daily driven mutant... i have no heat, ac, wipers, insulation, along with a 1000 other mods that make it a terrible car to drive on the street... but i do... when its running... should be back up at the end of the month... and then it will finally be time to plan the full on race engine build.... no more ***** footing around... i want 500hp at 10psi... NO LAG...

 

Mine is a DD/auto-x car, mildly modded so that it's decent on the street while still being fun for auto-x. The car makes ~300 whp and has GTWorx springs, revalved MR Bilsteins, Whiteline 24mm rear sway bar, ACD auto-x flash, and a Weir 12-plate rear differential. It's reliable to a fault and I plan to keep it that way. Might see some track days once I get another car though

 

My evo is my DD. I'm a young guy and I don't have too much funds to spend. Plus I got the car cheap due to high miles but I love it. So most of the money input in the car is to keep up with maintenece not performance.

 

spoken like a true evo fanatic!

 

blackenwinged - I actually read your thread before but not through replies. Nice car and since I paid a lot up front and not too much time til payoff then I have time til I really get down and dirty. I think my plans will change once it is paid off but I don't know how I feel about paying to setup a fun street car then make the change over to TA/TT1/TT2 setup.

I also do saltwater/reef tanks and the main saying in that expensive hobby is: "Do it right the first time or plan to spend double to triple the amount to fix it!"

If you go with a cheap setup, your likely success obtaining a beautiful reef is slim. Yet, if you plan ahead and do everything right the first time. You will have an amazing setup!

I want to do it right the first time and not change my mind every 2 seconds. I am studying the car now and the concepts of a car. From tires (toe, camber, contact, what type of tire etc), suspension (true race suspension, rake, etc), to the engine bay, then to the driver seat and finally behind the wheel to put those concepts into place.

As many of you noted, know what you want to do with your car.

I don't know how many of you bought the car prior to knowing that you wanted to AutoX it, Show Car, etc but I bought it for the looks, the power, etc before I knew I would eventually take it to possibly the road courses!

Anyway, please keep chiming in as there is more than enough people who can state what direction they took and how to get there!

Attended instructor schools? Went out to AutoX first to learn the car limits? etc

 

Good luck with that

 

I dd my car year-round and do track events during the summer. I run my racing brakes for the whole summer, not just track events. Same for tires (though they aren't "race" tires). As far as maintenance checks, nothing major. I bleed the brakes when they need to be, rotate tires after every event to even out the wear, and monitor all fluid levels & brake/tire wear regularly.

 

I bought my ix brand new over six years ago. It is completely stock except for wear parts (pads) and a k&n drop in. Not even an aftermarket tune. I DD the car year round in the northeast and have put over 107k reliable miles on it. I have taken it to 3 track days using some decent pads and fresh fluid but not even a decent tire. It has provided so much fun in stock form, more power is tempting but so many people really don't appreciate how we'll balanced a car it is from the factory. The track is so fun I can't justify putting money into more power when I could spend that money on a weekend at the track.

It will remain a dd for at least a couple more years but I eventually hope to make it more of a weekend / fun track car, just very hard to justify with a wife and kid.