MIR Track Rental Oct. 22nd 2010
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I distinctly remember a rental with track temps at 34*. Weren't the water boxes freezing up? Soooooo glad they opened up the VIP boxes for us, to keep our little toesies warm.
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i'm putting my new pump on today but i wont have the headers on until next time out. I ordered some drag radials but had them shipped to my old address by accident so i'll be stuck on the stock tires again
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I've always run on summer tires. Hell, I even ran my SL600 on all-season's there before. You'll be fine.
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i cut a 1.69 last week but drag radials are always a sure bet if you ask me. I hate having a few perfect launches then the next one goes to crap.Guess thats just part of the fun with street tires
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I run streets because I'd rather have the tires break loose, than snap an axle.
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hopefully the axles are pretty strong in these cars. The last car i had (03 Cobra) i swapped out the IRS for a solid axle and with slicks i could cut 1.4X's and never had to worry about any breakage. the IRS seen a few 1.50's and was pretty solid so i would hope these are as strong
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You said hopefully....your E is probably o.k. but I can vouch that the S class extra weight with a V-12 TT is not the best for axles. I have a broken 2 on my previous car and the pinion in both cars. It is very frustrating and will probably render me to road course action only in my S65 as breaking stuff sucks big time...as if I really had to say that.
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You said hopefully....your E is probably o.k. but I can vouch that the S class extra weight with a V-12 TT is not the best for axles. I have a broken 2 on my previous car and the pinion in both cars. It is very frustrating and will probably render me to road course action only in my S65 as breaking stuff sucks big time...as if I really had to say that.
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You said hopefully....your E is probably o.k. but I can vouch that the S class extra weight with a V-12 TT is not the best for axles. I have a broken 2 on my previous car and the pinion in both cars. It is very frustrating and will probably render me to road course action only in my S65 as breaking stuff sucks big time...as if I really had to say that.
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D/A right now at MIR is +615 ft @ 60*F
At 9AM, it was at +87 feet @53*F. I think I'll get there early.
Today's weather looks very close to tomorrow's weather.
At 9AM, it was at +87 feet @53*F. I think I'll get there early.
Today's weather looks very close to tomorrow's weather.
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You said hopefully....your E is probably o.k. but I can vouch that the S class extra weight with a V-12 TT is not the best for axles. I have a broken 2 on my previous car and the pinion in both cars. It is very frustrating and will probably render me to road course action only in my S65 as breaking stuff sucks big time...as if I really had to say that.
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cool, what website did you check this up on? Hopefully the barometer will rise with the high pressure/sunny weather coming in
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dude I don;'t think "road course action" will be too great with your S65...it's a great car, and you wont brake axles...BUT the sheer weight of that thing on a road course will be horrific. Brakes and suspension are other considerations. I would just use it as a highway cruiser where it's most happy
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VIR has nice long straights and it was fun in my S600. Not great or super fast in the twisties but ok and a blast on the back straight. Entertainment is the name of the game...not competition. I run with a group that is a "safety" course that has an instructor sitting in the passenger seat.
What kind of speeds do you see at the end of the back straight with your S600? the front and back straights both have very similar terminal speeds into the braking zones...
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I have run with the audi club for 2 separate 2 day sessions. My S600 would round oak tree at about 35ish and accelerate to about 154-155 before braking on that slight uphill section and hard right hander before entering hog pen. On the front I couldn't get as fast because the straight is slightly shorter...only 137 or so before that hard right into that flat section. Audi club uses the "full" course not any of the other variants of VIR. Fun times there for sure. Nice pic of your BMW for sure.
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I have run with the audi club for 2 separate 2 day sessions. My S600 would round oak tree at about 35ish and accelerate to about 154-155 before braking on that slight uphill section and hard right hander before entering hog pen. On the front I couldn't get as fast because the straight is slightly shorter...only 137 or so before that hard right into that flat section. Audi club uses the "full" course not any of the other variants of VIR. Fun times there for sure. Nice pic of your BMW for sure.
good to see you having fun with the car in a safe and very exciting environment...hope to see you out at the track sometime
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I used motul blue brake fluid to help with the impending boiling of brake fluid. Brake fade was minimal as the s600 has cross drilled front rotors not the rear. The s65 has cross drilled rotors all the way around. Last turn before the back stretch could be taken at about 60-62 max without the front trying to plow. I used ebc green pads which worked great with very little fade even after a few hard laps. Long straights were good for speed and brake cooling. I can't tell you how many cars I dusted off on the back straight but there was nothing that could keep up when it was time to accelerate on the back straight. I ran in yellow group which is one step above green beginner group. I need 2 more sessions to advance to blue intermediate. Most of my group was a4s and tts type cars which were great in the tight sections but were no match in the "power" long straights.
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