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Reporting on the topic of track day tires and the Michelin Porsche Cup N2 slicks I tried. This stuff is all new to me and I'm learning as I go. The shop that mounted the tires probably inflated them to a standard 35psi. I put them on the car and out I went. Fortunately I was sensible enough...

In order to do this analysis you need to have clean laps. I'm dealing with so much traffic I rarely get a clean lap. I think it may be time to try driving with the "C" group. But I also need to start working on late passing and entering turns from an inside line, so there's still a lot to...

First and foremost was manual shift. I would not have bought the car except for that. I ended up with a dealer's Watkin's Glen car with the PDR. I had no interest in the PDR at the time. Now I would say, don't order a car without it! I had never been on a track before, now tracking it is my...

I watched this again and damn you are really pushing it. 1.6g in turn 3 - wow!

Wow, I think I might feel lost with all that space everywhere. Here's July 4th at Watkins Glen. Look how tight things look compared to Sonoma. I'm running Porterfield brakes, which have really increased the stopping power and pushed back braking points. 2.7 front and 1.7 camber. I'm...

Summarizing it briefly: I had posted an ad of bronze wheels wanted for a CT4 BW. Some time later I received a message from Trojan2029 saying he had a buddy here on the site that had a set he'd be willing to sell. He said the person was xxxxxxxx on the site and that his email was xxxxxxx...

You're close, I'm over 6 hours away. Of course Audis are allowed. The more the merrier.

The annual HOD membership fee, plus 2 track days with an instructor will be around $1K. I'd suggest being on the track Fri & Sat, catching some passenger rides with others Sunday morning and starting your ride home by noonish. The instructors don't get paid, but they get to drive there cars...

It's a very family friendly environment. Babies in strollers, dogs on leashes and kids driving little electric cars around the paddocks. They want you to NOT leave your wives and girlfriends at home. They also want your wives and girlfriends out driving on the track.

You can camp for free in the paddock, or stay in a local hotel. Friday night they'll cook hamburgers and hotdogs and people hang out talking. Saturday night there's a pig roast and a band. Last weekend there was drift cars for passenger rides (the line was a hour and a half long), a huge car...

I was at Watkins Glen last weekend with Hooked On Driving and I was the only Cadillac there. Come on guys, we need some representation! There's another 3 day event at the Glen Oct 10-12. Is there any interest out there?

Yes, there's always another second to be gained by continued refinement, but I'm not looking to become a professional driver. I have limited funds to play with and want to wring the most excitement out of few track days I do. I'm looking for the "low lying fruit" to more speed. Since you are...

I can now confirm that 25/64-18's and 27/65-18's fit the CT4 Blackwing with no issues. I tried Michelin Porsche Cup N2's and for an as of yet unknown reason, they just didn't work. I was sliding around more than with stock tires

Here's one of the melting sessions.

125 of them of course. Our OEM tires are really good tires. Nobody can explain it, but the Porsche Cup N2 slicks I tried were horrible, I was sliding around everywhere on the track - very scary.

Is melting part of the heat cycling process? These new tires only have 125 miles on them.

The JB4 device intercepts the signals from the sensors, alters them and sends the altered signals on to the ECU. Using the altered signals, the computer adjusts it's tuning, just as it does based on elevation and/or air temperature per it's factory programming. The ECU never receives a signal...

For $580 you get the JB4 device which is a simple plug in item. You down load an app and select which tune/output level you want. You only use the top level tune with E85 or at least 93 octane. $350 get the Gigs throttle body, which is a stock part that has been reworked a bit. $150 for...

I'd put deposits down for two 4BW's and one 5BW when I first heard about them. Waiting and waiting for a 5BW allocation, one of my 4BW spots became available. I'd been working on my brother to buy one to continue a little game we've played over life. He said he wasn't going to spend that much...

I know the stick is not for everyone, my brother went with the automatic. But: Do you know the stick has some kind of "anti stall" feature where you don't need to give it gas when letting the clutch out? Computer will give it what it needs to lightly engage clutch, like in traffic. Do you...