Road course anyone?
#1
Road course anyone?
Has anyone else planned on taking their new RX-8 and testing its limit on a road course anytime soon? I'm so excited about this that I'm already signed up to drive my nonexistent red sport at Sebring in Sept. I would have signup sooner if I knew exactly when mine get here.
I had originally planned to change the tires for Kumho MX or Falken Azenis, better brakes, fluids and such. But I think I'll leave it stock and see how the OEM equipments hold up. Let see which one will reach its limit first, the car or me. :D
I had originally planned to change the tires for Kumho MX or Falken Azenis, better brakes, fluids and such. But I think I'll leave it stock and see how the OEM equipments hold up. Let see which one will reach its limit first, the car or me. :D
#3
It's a good idea to leave it stock for your 1st round of "testing". This will give you a baseline from which you can grade the effectiveness of each upgrade you make.
Just be sure that when you start out on that 1st round that everything is up to spec and working correctly.
Just be sure that when you start out on that 1st round that everything is up to spec and working correctly.
#5
Originally posted by eccles
The wife and I will be taking our Miata and RX-8 to Texas Motor Speedway in November, and we may do a session at Motorsports Ranch between now and then.
The wife and I will be taking our Miata and RX-8 to Texas Motor Speedway in November, and we may do a session at Motorsports Ranch between now and then.
Fair warning: The roval at TMS is the hardest track on brakes in the region. Even Hallet isn't as hard on braking at TMS.
---jps
#6
Originally posted by Sputnik
TMS? Who is running at TMS in November?
TMS? Who is running at TMS in November?
#8
Originally posted by eccles
Oops, my bad - I meant Texas World Speedway in Bryan/College Station. I always get those darned names confused. The TWS Motorsports Club has a track weekend there at the end of November.
Oops, my bad - I meant Texas World Speedway in Bryan/College Station. I always get those darned names confused. The TWS Motorsports Club has a track weekend there at the end of November.
Too bad about TMS. It's fun to run in the "big house" at least once.
---jps
#9
Originally posted by Sputnik
Full course?
Full course?
#10
Originally posted by eccles
Yep, the TWS club always uses the full (2.9mile, I think) road course, utilizing both the infield track and a loop outside the oval. Bags of fun, though methinks I won't be taking quite so many corners flat in the RX-8 as I did in the Miata!
Yep, the TWS club always uses the full (2.9mile, I think) road course, utilizing both the infield track and a loop outside the oval. Bags of fun, though methinks I won't be taking quite so many corners flat in the RX-8 as I did in the Miata!
---jps
#13
Kurt Bob,
Yeah, that was me - yellow with black roof, right?
Should be a good event. They might even have the "grand course" open by then (you know, with the new cut-throughs connecting the north and south courses) which will be a blast.
Yeah, that was me - yellow with black roof, right?
Should be a good event. They might even have the "grand course" open by then (you know, with the new cut-throughs connecting the north and south courses) which will be a blast.
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