Well as you can see I finally decided to go to NASA and joined the 1st group.. My question is I have friends using royal purple 10w40 but those are k series honda motors.. I don't know anyone right now doing naSa her in northern california. So I was wondering would royal purple with stand the hard driving conditions? I read a few threads but never really got the answer.. Anyone with experience chime in please.. Also should I change any other fluid in the car? Tranny? Breaks? I was thinking of changing my break pads to hawks pd pads but I only have 3 weeks before the event and don't know if I will have time. Track day is june 30th. Can't wait! Car's suspension is stock for now till I can get a pair of megan track edition.

Well any input will help to get me prepared.

Thanks

 

Wow no one?

 

theres a sweet, innovative little feature on this forum.

it's called a search button.

Everything you've asked has been covered in the last month probably a few times.

Secondly, anything that "breaks" is bad. "Brakes" however are a wonderful and very necessary component on your car. Changing pads on the car can't take more than 10 minutes a corner ( takes me 20 to do the whole car, rotor AND pad.)

Stock oil is just fine, and it's what i'd recommend. Flushing your brake fluid with something higher temperature (motul 600) is a very good idea.

If you don't have a clue on driving, the last thing you should be looking for at the last minute is a suspension setup. Learn how to drive the car, then modify it.

 

So you're just asking what kind of oil to use?

It'd say AMSoil or Mobile from personal experience.

 

Oh, and yea, brakes brakes brakes brakes!!!!!!! Unless you have brand new pads on there, you should put new ones and racing grade fluid is crutial.

 

first event, you will have fun without having to do anything to your car. go out and have fun. worry about pads and fluids next time. this time is a freebee, costs will start to impress you, so take advantage of this one time no cost driving experience.

your car will be fine, as you get more confident and practiced you can go down the upgrade path.
your concern about changing things right before an event is smart. however brake pads really only take about an hour, and break in, another hour if that. but I would urge you to wait until after the first day. there are just some little nagging problems with upgrading if you don't know how to adjust to them correctly.

 

Amen to that!

 

NASA sucks for HPDE. You will spend almost your entire day in the paddock, being treated like a 4-year old. If all you want is FOUR 20-minute sessions, you will love NASA.

If you are in SoCal, try:

www.speedventures.com

www.redlinetrackevents.com

www.opentrackracing.com

IN NorCal:

www.ncracing.org

www.trackmasters-racing.com

http://home.onemain.com/~bonster/teamracing.html

for more fun events with lots of track time.

 

June 30th is the NASA Infineon event right? Remember to take it easy around the walls, especially the back half of the track. Infineon isn't that hard on brakes compared to Thunderhill. Stock pads should be good enough. Bleed the brakes if you get a chance though.

 

I went to my first one on Hawk HP+ and didn't flush the fluid. I boiled the fluid in my 3rd session. I think I **** my britches when the pedal went to the floor at the end of the straight.

Put some good fluid in there at least. Some ATE blue or Motul. I like the blue because it is cheap.

 

The ATE stuff works pretty well for the price. They'll work on cars running street tires. I think I'm reaching the limit of the fluid on race pads and R-compounds though. The stuff is nasty if you overheat it though.. it turns all gummy. I think I need to clean all that stuff off the insides when I rebuild my front calipers.

 

I could not disagree more. Like the user above, my first time at the track I boiled my fluid after a handfull of laps. Not fun. That will put an end to your day real quick. You will learn to love your brakes and respect them when everything is working well.

Do yourself a favor and at least put some good fluid in there... unless you're planning on driving like a ninny.

 

Yeah I'm going to put motul 600..just was wondering what others thought of using 10w40 on our motors the royal purple..also what other precausions I should have to get ready before trackday.. And yeah I keep hearing to take it easy on the back turns.. Only time I have done those turns if after draging my honda stuff..

 

I wouldn't lose too much sleep over your oil. You are not going to drive the car hard enough or long enough at your level to where it matters. Why not just go the cheap route of a 5 gallon jug of Mobil 1 10w30 from Wal-Mart and a Mitsubishi oil filter? If you want to spend 40$ on oil and 15$ on a fancy filter be my guest, I would rather do the whole job for 25$. It works for me in SCCA T2 and I am pretty sure most of the other SCCA guys do the same. It's more important to have fresh oil

 

Ok I am going to change the oil day before track day he he so yeah.. I'm super excited! Ha ha