To All Who Track Their Car
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W204 C63 Coupe, W166 ML350 BlueTEC, 928GT, C5 Z06 & IS300 race cars, EQE 4Matic+ on order
LOL - nice one!
Alternatively, you could always try to get and install the special "trick" add-on that I have in my track car - the second last switch activates the best aftermarket mod ever, although it seems that from time to time I am having trouble activating it... must be wiring problems.
Alternatively, you could always try to get and install the special "trick" add-on that I have in my track car - the second last switch activates the best aftermarket mod ever, although it seems that from time to time I am having trouble activating it... must be wiring problems.
#227
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Rim Scare (see above) resolved
A few posts above I described a scary experience I had at VIR with my rims. This case is now resolved. Please see here for details:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...ning-rims.html
Some days I win some, some others I learn some.....
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...ning-rims.html
Some days I win some, some others I learn some.....
#229
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1S Edge Addicts Circuit of the Americas
1S SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Lone Star Park
7S-8 Circuit of the Americas (COTA) - Volunteers Circuit of the Americas
7S-8 The Driver's Edge Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
7S-8 The Driver's Edge Texas World Speedway
13F MSR Houston MSR Houston
14S Tire Rack Street Survival - Bayou Chapter BMW CCA NOLA Motorsports Park
14S MSR Houston MSR Houston
14S NOLA Motorsports Park Kart Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
14S-15 24 Hours of Lemons MSR Houston
14S-15 Chin Motorsports Texas World Speedway
14S-15 NOLA Motorsports Park Kart Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
14S-15 Benson Traction & Signaling Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
15S Chin Motorsports Texas World Speedway Details
15S SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Lone Star Park Details
20F NOLA Motorsports Park North Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
21S-22 NASA - NOLA Region NOLA Motorsports Park
21S-22 The Driver's Edge Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
21S-22 SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Texas World Speedway
28S-29 Chin Motorsports Circuit of the Americas
29S Chin Motorsports Circuit of the Americas
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2012 P31 C63 Coupe Trackrat, 2019 GLE63S Coupe Beast
I need to move to Texas
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#232
No kidding - track season all year around, too!
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/austin...day-1739738115
http://imgur.com/a/vyjQC
So I kept my baby out of the floods and shined 'er up instead.
#233
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- Most of the time that is correct! But my track day on Sunday was canceled because of Friday's rain and floods
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/austin...day-1739738115
http://imgur.com/a/vyjQC
So I kept my baby out of the floods and shined 'er up instead.
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/austin...day-1739738115
http://imgur.com/a/vyjQC
So I kept my baby out of the floods and shined 'er up instead.
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Here's a list of November events. You can search by zip code at http://www.motorsportreg.com/calenda...ampaign=allnew
1S Edge Addicts Circuit of the Americas
1S SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Lone Star Park
7S-8 Circuit of the Americas (COTA) - Volunteers Circuit of the Americas
7S-8 The Driver's Edge Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
7S-8 The Driver's Edge Texas World Speedway
13F MSR Houston MSR Houston
14S Tire Rack Street Survival - Bayou Chapter BMW CCA NOLA Motorsports Park
14S MSR Houston MSR Houston
14S NOLA Motorsports Park Kart Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
14S-15 24 Hours of Lemons MSR Houston
14S-15 Chin Motorsports Texas World Speedway
14S-15 NOLA Motorsports Park Kart Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
14S-15 Benson Traction & Signaling Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
15S Chin Motorsports Texas World Speedway Details
15S SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Lone Star Park Details
20F NOLA Motorsports Park North Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
21S-22 NASA - NOLA Region NOLA Motorsports Park
21S-22 The Driver's Edge Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
21S-22 SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Texas World Speedway
28S-29 Chin Motorsports Circuit of the Americas
29S Chin Motorsports Circuit of the Americas
1S Edge Addicts Circuit of the Americas
1S SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Lone Star Park
7S-8 Circuit of the Americas (COTA) - Volunteers Circuit of the Americas
7S-8 The Driver's Edge Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
7S-8 The Driver's Edge Texas World Speedway
13F MSR Houston MSR Houston
14S Tire Rack Street Survival - Bayou Chapter BMW CCA NOLA Motorsports Park
14S MSR Houston MSR Houston
14S NOLA Motorsports Park Kart Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
14S-15 24 Hours of Lemons MSR Houston
14S-15 Chin Motorsports Texas World Speedway
14S-15 NOLA Motorsports Park Kart Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
14S-15 Benson Traction & Signaling Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
15S Chin Motorsports Texas World Speedway Details
15S SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Lone Star Park Details
20F NOLA Motorsports Park North Track - NOLA Motorsports Park
21S-22 NASA - NOLA Region NOLA Motorsports Park
21S-22 The Driver's Edge Motorsport Ranch - Cresson
21S-22 SCCA - Texas Region - Solo Texas World Speedway
28S-29 Chin Motorsports Circuit of the Americas
29S Chin Motorsports Circuit of the Americas
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#238
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Font caliper improvement
Hello,
It's been a while since the last post on this thread. Here is a thread we just posted in regard to the possible improvement over C63 front 6-pot calipers.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...ml#post6646652
I hope you will enjoy reading this presentation. Caliper tends to be ignored than rotor and pad because it's not so visible, but undoubtedly it dictates the overall brake performance and components durability.
For those already purchased RB BBK will be qualified for a "track supporting" discount should this caliper components upgrade be of interest to you.
Thank you.
It's been a while since the last post on this thread. Here is a thread we just posted in regard to the possible improvement over C63 front 6-pot calipers.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...ml#post6646652
I hope you will enjoy reading this presentation. Caliper tends to be ignored than rotor and pad because it's not so visible, but undoubtedly it dictates the overall brake performance and components durability.
For those already purchased RB BBK will be qualified for a "track supporting" discount should this caliper components upgrade be of interest to you.
Thank you.
#239
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Had my first track day of the season last weekend, I went to NCM Motorsportspark at Bowling Green, KY with NASA. It was supposed to be a 2 day event, but on Sunday it poured and the temperature was 40 degrees, so it ended up being a one day event, really.
I am totally in love with the brakes now - I now have now found a super solution, that is also durable. Rock solid all day with no hint of fading. I was using the RacingBrake big brake upgrade with Carbotech XP12 hard core track pads.Today I swapped the pads out against street pads and checked both pads and rotors in the process. I was very happy to see that both are in great shape. The rotors have barely any wear and the pads also have barely lost any thickness. Yippee - this setup works great.
A little illustration of how it went: I had signed up in HPDE2 and was doing well, so they assigned an instructor to me to check me out and qualify me to move up to HDPE3. It turns out, the instructor is an experienced racer with a gutted and race prepped Honda S2000. When he stepped into my car he thanked me for asking for a check-out drive, because he was looking forward to riding in a C63. After the ride he couldn't stop saying how impressed he was by the car (it feels like a mountain of power is pushing). He especially called out the brakes, that given the weight of 4400 pounds or so with 2 passengers, was mind blowing to him.
I later compared my lap times to the folks doing time trials that day, and it turns out my time (2:28) would have made me 7th out of 20 there. The C63 can definitely hang with the racers....
Here a couple fun pictures:
my car on the track and the brake pads after the day - the color of the backing plate is all burnt off, but they still work extremely well. Also very happy with the stud conversion from RacingBrake.
I am totally in love with the brakes now - I now have now found a super solution, that is also durable. Rock solid all day with no hint of fading. I was using the RacingBrake big brake upgrade with Carbotech XP12 hard core track pads.Today I swapped the pads out against street pads and checked both pads and rotors in the process. I was very happy to see that both are in great shape. The rotors have barely any wear and the pads also have barely lost any thickness. Yippee - this setup works great.
A little illustration of how it went: I had signed up in HPDE2 and was doing well, so they assigned an instructor to me to check me out and qualify me to move up to HDPE3. It turns out, the instructor is an experienced racer with a gutted and race prepped Honda S2000. When he stepped into my car he thanked me for asking for a check-out drive, because he was looking forward to riding in a C63. After the ride he couldn't stop saying how impressed he was by the car (it feels like a mountain of power is pushing). He especially called out the brakes, that given the weight of 4400 pounds or so with 2 passengers, was mind blowing to him.
I later compared my lap times to the folks doing time trials that day, and it turns out my time (2:28) would have made me 7th out of 20 there. The C63 can definitely hang with the racers....
Here a couple fun pictures:
my car on the track and the brake pads after the day - the color of the backing plate is all burnt off, but they still work extremely well. Also very happy with the stud conversion from RacingBrake.
Last edited by Wobble64; 03-23-2016 at 09:06 PM.
#240
Sounds like you had a great time, even if it was cut short. Great to hear continued praises for the RB upgrade as I am on the verge of pulling the trigger on that - but I'm probably going to stick with stock sizes. BTW, your car looks fantastic!
#241
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Next is Watkins Glen with HookedonDriving April 18/19. BLKRKT and Bigtickets are coming too, so we will be at least 3 C63s.
Anybody interested to join us? Watkins Glen is a bucket list track.
Anybody interested to join us? Watkins Glen is a bucket list track.
Last edited by Wobble64; 03-23-2016 at 09:13 PM.
#242
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Had my first track day of the season last weekend, I went to NCM Motorsportspark at Bowling Green, KY with NASA. It was supposed to be a 2 day event, but on Sunday it poured and the temperature was 40 degrees, so it ended up being a one day event, really.
I am totally in love with the brakes now - I now have now found a super solution, that is also durable. Rock solid all day with no hint of fading. I was using the RacingBrake big brake upgrade with Carbotech XP12 hard core track pads.Today I swapped the pads out against street pads and checked both pads and rotors in the process. I was very happy to see that both are in great shape. The rotors have barely any wear and the pads also have barely lost any thickness. Yippee - this setup works great.
A little illustration of how it went: I had signed up in HPDE2 and was doing well, so they assigned an instructor to me to check me out and qualify me to move up to HDPE3. It turns out, the instructor is an experienced racer with a gutted and race prepped Honda S2000. When he stepped into my car he thanked me for asking for a check-out drive, because he was looking forward to riding in a C63. After the ride he couldn't stop saying how impressed he was by the car (it feels like a mountain of power is pushing). He especially called out the brakes, that given the weight of 4400 pounds or so with 2 passengers, was mind blowing to him.
I later compared my lap times to the folks doing time trials that day, and it turns out my time (2:28) would have made me 7th out of 20 there. The C63 can definitely hang with the racers....
Here a couple fun pictures:
my car on the track and the brake pads after the day - the color of the backing plate is all burnt off, but they still work extremely well. Also very happy with the stud conversion from RacingBrake.
I am totally in love with the brakes now - I now have now found a super solution, that is also durable. Rock solid all day with no hint of fading. I was using the RacingBrake big brake upgrade with Carbotech XP12 hard core track pads.Today I swapped the pads out against street pads and checked both pads and rotors in the process. I was very happy to see that both are in great shape. The rotors have barely any wear and the pads also have barely lost any thickness. Yippee - this setup works great.
A little illustration of how it went: I had signed up in HPDE2 and was doing well, so they assigned an instructor to me to check me out and qualify me to move up to HDPE3. It turns out, the instructor is an experienced racer with a gutted and race prepped Honda S2000. When he stepped into my car he thanked me for asking for a check-out drive, because he was looking forward to riding in a C63. After the ride he couldn't stop saying how impressed he was by the car (it feels like a mountain of power is pushing). He especially called out the brakes, that given the weight of 4400 pounds or so with 2 passengers, was mind blowing to him.
I later compared my lap times to the folks doing time trials that day, and it turns out my time (2:28) would have made me 7th out of 20 there. The C63 can definitely hang with the racers....
Here a couple fun pictures:
my car on the track and the brake pads after the day - the color of the backing plate is all burnt off, but they still work extremely well. Also very happy with the stud conversion from RacingBrake.
Since C63 is about 50% heavier than most motorsports cars, so we have introduced a higher compound - XR90 mainly for heavy car (like C63 or GTR) tracking, which Alex mentioned to you earlier that we want you to try it out.
Learn more about the durability of aftermarket rotors from Porsche rennlist discussion.
http://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-g...l#post13119334
#243
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Warren,
thanks so much for all you and RacingBrake are doing for us. I love your rotors and could not be happier! The same applies to the stud conversion, by the way!
The start-up issues I had last year with my brakes were triggered by the pad being overtaxed and glassing up. Since I am running track pads things are great.
Unfortunately the new XR90 was not available yet last year, so I tested others and bought a couple sets from Carbotech.
I would be happy to test your XR90 at some point, provided you can supply them in a matching set front/rear (i.e. front and rear with same friction coefficient so as not to alter brake bias).
Please PM me with details. Happy Easter!
thanks so much for all you and RacingBrake are doing for us. I love your rotors and could not be happier! The same applies to the stud conversion, by the way!
The start-up issues I had last year with my brakes were triggered by the pad being overtaxed and glassing up. Since I am running track pads things are great.
Unfortunately the new XR90 was not available yet last year, so I tested others and bought a couple sets from Carbotech.
I would be happy to test your XR90 at some point, provided you can supply them in a matching set front/rear (i.e. front and rear with same friction coefficient so as not to alter brake bias).
Please PM me with details. Happy Easter!
Last edited by Wobble64; 03-24-2016 at 06:13 PM.
#244
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We were just tried to help GLK350 owners for their constant warping rotors just for street driving, but I wonder why this user is making such a rude statement against another MB owers who has been experienced RB two piece rotors way back with his testimonial.
https://mbworld.org/forums/glk-class...ml#post7139847
Can Wobble64, BLKROKT, or someone having C63 help these GLK guys with your personal experience in RB track rotors - Should be more trustful than "reputable" publication.
https://mbworld.org/forums/glk-class...ml#post7139847
Can Wobble64, BLKROKT, or someone having C63 help these GLK guys with your personal experience in RB track rotors - Should be more trustful than "reputable" publication.
Last edited by RacingBrake; 05-08-2017 at 03:06 PM.
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#245
Excellent sharing.
Since C63 is about 50% heavier than most motorsports cars, so we have introduced a higher compound - XR90 mainly for heavy car (like C63 or GTR) tracking, which Alex mentioned to you earlier that we want you to try it out.
Learn more about the durability of aftermarket rotors from Porsche rennlist discussion.
http://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-g...l#post13119334
Since C63 is about 50% heavier than most motorsports cars, so we have introduced a higher compound - XR90 mainly for heavy car (like C63 or GTR) tracking, which Alex mentioned to you earlier that we want you to try it out.
Learn more about the durability of aftermarket rotors from Porsche rennlist discussion.
http://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-g...l#post13119334
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