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Went to Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC last month. For those not familiar with the track, it's a 14-turn road course with almost no elevation change & super hard on the brakes -- especially since a repave 2 yrs ago. My car did great & I had lots of fun. But, I scored up the (steel)...

Well, the vehicle has been running fine since they did the repair. I don't granny-drive so would've noticed something amiss. Keeping🤞& will report back if anything changes.

Took it to the dealership & left it for them to figure out. They could only clear the code bc the engine had been cycled on/off too many times for the ECU to retain the possible cause of the code.(?) Picked it up later that day & on the drive home, <2700 RPM & at WOT, the engine would stumble &...

The car is pretty loud outside. At the track this past weekend, spectators were telling me they could clearly hear the SC whine as I went by at close to 100mph. Many have also said the exhaust sounds amazing from outside the vehicle. As I understand it, the sound inside the vehicle is muted bc...

What was the issue(s) & how was it remedied? I got the same code after a track weekend. Have an appt with the dealer tomorrow. Will report back on the issue(s) & fix(es).

Same for my 10/9 & 10/10 class.

Date: 10/10/23 Temps: Low 90's Vehicle: CT5 6M Group: Blue Course: North Best Lap: 1:22.02 Best Auto-X: 30.3 I HATE auto-X & only did it for a few years in the late 90's with my Mazda Miata. In the 3 practice sessions, I was 3 for 3 on hitting at least ONE cone. (OK, maybe the last lap, I hit...

At work (all weekend).

Having owned a 2020 Widebody Hellcat, I can tell you I rarely ever looked at the Performance Pages -- even when I was on the track, (I was too busy looking up to see what was coming bc things happen VERY quickly with 700HP on tap.) Most often, I looked at it to show people the "cool things" the...

Attending the School on Oct 9 & 10. Anyone else from here going on those dates?

I got a smoked tint overlay from eBay for $14. Had to cut to fit but easy to do with an Exacto.

My Soul. But seriously -- Yes, my Soul. No, seriously -- I had plans on trading in my 2020 Dodge Charger Widebody Hellcat for the 5BW 6MT. But then I got my Corvette C8 HT Stingray come in & the used car prices were starting to drop. So, I traded in the Hellcat for the 'Vette. When my 5BW came...

In 2001, I totalled my DD Miata at VIR. Was a total PITA getting a U-Haul truck and trailer on a Sunday in Danville. For many years after that, I couldn't afford a trailer and still chanced going to the track with my DD. But once I had the means, I always trailered bc things can and will go...

Thanks to everyone for their very helpful input. I swapped out the brake fluid before the track day to DOT4. (Actually just a 3-session event.) I left the alignment alone. Got Track Day Ins for $480 with declared value of $84k with 10% deductible. Rented a U-Haul car hauler & used my F-150 to...

My 5BW is a manual. Do I need to add 2 liters of tranny oil to it (like for a C8 Corvette) for track use? I thought that was only for the AT & not the MT. Not gonna mess with the alignment -- too much hassle. I'll just deal with understeering on corner entry. "Brake cooling parts"? What is it...

Potentially attending a track event in a couple weeks at The Rock (the storied former NASCAR track in Rockingham, NC). Will be running the newly repaved roval. From my reading, the 5BW is pretty much "track ready" but my vehicle only has the steel brakes & stock brake pads. I'll be in Advanced...

The kindly FedEx delivery person dropped this off today! I only wait ~1 month for it after completing the on-line form.

I like the concept of those floor mats. I had them for a time in a Miata but ended up ditching them bc they'd get too slick when wet. It made switching back and forth from the 3 pedals a little sketch. But YMMV.

I have the hardwiring installed for my V1 Gen2 as per this thread on my 5BW & I have one on my C8 as per a thread on that forum. No issues whatsoever.