Bad Horsie
Member
Ok!!! Thanks a lot for all the replies and advise. here is a little info on me so you guys know what your dealing with.
Road course experience. zip. unless some Auto x in my old 240Z 20yrs ago counts. Learned a lot back then. Under steering, knocking cones all over the place.had fun and got better after every run.
I'm a professional Tractor Trailer Tanker Driver by trade.for 27yrs now. So the motor skills are there and you certainly must know and understand speed ,brake control proper entry and exits to curves especially when you have 20 tons of liquid moving around at 65mph....gotta keep those turns flat. when im in WV and wherever else tooling up and down the hills and curves and no one is around I use the whole hwy meaning the 2 lanes on a divided interstate. and follow the apex to keep my momentum going everthing must be smooth minimal braking. if your abrupt and jerkey,over you go. wanna talk about brake fade? that's what those runaway ramps are for...lucky for me I never had to use one.....
My approach to HPDE is humble. Im excited to do this. I went back in June to an event at NJMP and caught the bug.Watched my buddy run his Honda civic Si....Sat in on all the drivers meetings and carefully watched ,walked around the entire track listened and learned all day. no driving no rides nothing.....that was rough but I was better off in the end soaking it in for 10 hours.
soooo now what? gotta get car right? sold the old Z 10yrs later bought an old MKII Supra which I thought I was gonna fix up and drive,never happened....sold that last week.
Pretty much decided that the S197 was the best bang for the buck.So I bought one.Picking it up this Saturday.
So heres what I was thinking....Keep it simple. this car is bone stock.Exactly what I wanted, no mods. I'll taylor it to my needs as I go along. I want to feel the car on the track. I don't want it to feel me into the tire wall. So I'm thinking... First few events . Ill throw on some Pads and rotors, bleed out the factory fluid (i'll bet its never been changed.)Replace it with some Motul or ATE and go have fun.then tires and suspension. I turn my own wrenches so sending it to a shop won't be often. I'm friendly with JDM Engineering in freehold,Nj and am about 20 mins away if I ever want to spend some $$$ on performance work.
would like to learn more about this Ford ABS service tool to cycle the ABS I'm not taking it to the dealer to bleed brakes.
Going with the brake duct prodject for sure....can work on that this winter. Gonna take it easy my first season.
Thanks again Gang I'm really glad to be here.
Intis, Ocean NJ
Road course experience. zip. unless some Auto x in my old 240Z 20yrs ago counts. Learned a lot back then. Under steering, knocking cones all over the place.had fun and got better after every run.
I'm a professional Tractor Trailer Tanker Driver by trade.for 27yrs now. So the motor skills are there and you certainly must know and understand speed ,brake control proper entry and exits to curves especially when you have 20 tons of liquid moving around at 65mph....gotta keep those turns flat. when im in WV and wherever else tooling up and down the hills and curves and no one is around I use the whole hwy meaning the 2 lanes on a divided interstate. and follow the apex to keep my momentum going everthing must be smooth minimal braking. if your abrupt and jerkey,over you go. wanna talk about brake fade? that's what those runaway ramps are for...lucky for me I never had to use one.....
My approach to HPDE is humble. Im excited to do this. I went back in June to an event at NJMP and caught the bug.Watched my buddy run his Honda civic Si....Sat in on all the drivers meetings and carefully watched ,walked around the entire track listened and learned all day. no driving no rides nothing.....that was rough but I was better off in the end soaking it in for 10 hours.
soooo now what? gotta get car right? sold the old Z 10yrs later bought an old MKII Supra which I thought I was gonna fix up and drive,never happened....sold that last week.
Pretty much decided that the S197 was the best bang for the buck.So I bought one.Picking it up this Saturday.
So heres what I was thinking....Keep it simple. this car is bone stock.Exactly what I wanted, no mods. I'll taylor it to my needs as I go along. I want to feel the car on the track. I don't want it to feel me into the tire wall. So I'm thinking... First few events . Ill throw on some Pads and rotors, bleed out the factory fluid (i'll bet its never been changed.)Replace it with some Motul or ATE and go have fun.then tires and suspension. I turn my own wrenches so sending it to a shop won't be often. I'm friendly with JDM Engineering in freehold,Nj and am about 20 mins away if I ever want to spend some $$$ on performance work.
would like to learn more about this Ford ABS service tool to cycle the ABS I'm not taking it to the dealer to bleed brakes.
Going with the brake duct prodject for sure....can work on that this winter. Gonna take it easy my first season.
Thanks again Gang I'm really glad to be here.
Intis, Ocean NJ