I'm tempted to run my bone stock CL-S 6mt on the track at an open lapping day, possibly BeaveRun or something more local.

Does anyone have any impressions of the stock CL-S on the track, even running the crappy Michelins? A buddy of mine took his mid-90's BMW (I think it's the 318, but not sure) and said it was a blast. Mind you his car is stock with not near as much power on tap, which he noted as a bit of a drawback. However, he was impressed with the handling and ability of the car up against the 7 or 8 other cars in his group. I'm thinking the CL will hold it's own?

 

I would go but don't expect much with the stock tires. I did it with the mods listed in my sig and had a blast.

 

^^ damn your car must grip and fly on the striaghtaways

 

what are you waiting for, hit the track!

 

 

I'm think of doing a track day too sometime this year. Sounds like it would be a blast.

But don't destroy your OEM brakes. Make sure you take a couple of cool-down laps after your run to help prevent warped rotors. And don't use you parking brake for a little while after coming to a stop.

 

Ya i think im gonna go sometime soon, wanna see how i do with the new tires. Its a good time, what the hell if you get beat whatever, just go for the fun of it.

 

Stock tires?@#%@# Joo crazy mang....

they'll overheat fast....

 

Yeah, duly noted. The tires on my friend's BMW were at 150 degrees a few minutes after a run, and the brakes were up around 400 degrees.

Looks like the open-lapping days aren't until August, though. At least at BeaverRun.

 

Try Summit Point in east West Virginia, about an hour and a half from Baltimore. A lot closer than Beaver Run which is almost to Pittsburg. There are FATT (Friday at the track) days as well as NASA club days. Both are fun.

 

I've skipped track days cuz I need my car as a daily driver, and don't wanna replace the rotors right now.

I'd LOVE to go, though -- especially if I had a 6 speed!

 

Your stock tires & stock suspension is probably not going to make for an extremely fun day, imo. For serious corners the stock suspension just really has too much body roll and it will understeer pretty badly unless you know how to trail-brake.

Dont worry about your brakes. Just bleed them before you go and be prepared to replace the pads & rotors after the race day. People who road-race just accept the cost of replacing brakes. Like posted already dont apply your e-brake when you get back to the pits and in general just concentrate on driving smoothly, not trying to keep up with the Z06 in front of you.

 

Expect to replace pads and rotors for the ride home.

 

Not true, I'm still driving on the pads from last fall when I took my Mustang to a road-race. I just dont have very responsive brakes. :P

 

i say just go for fun

 

would you really have to replace your rotors if you go racing? How do the aftermarkets put up with racing conditions?

 

Its usually not worth it to use expensive aftermarket rotors if you do alot of high stress racing on the stock brakes. I just bought the generic replacements from AutoZone and you get them replaced for free if they ever warp. Its kind of a PITA to keep changing brake parts, but unless you have the coin for hella expensive Baer's/Brembo's/Wilwood's (not ot mention the 18's you usually need to fit around them) then you're gonna have to keep replacing the pads/rotors often.