civicdrivr

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Spend the money on track days and tires for now. Learn the ins and outs of the car and its capabilities. Mods should come when you have a need for them; ie - brake fade, upgrade brakes; front end lift, look at aerodynamics. I think you will appreciate it much more picking up on what the car is telling you what it needs instead of a company online.

The car does not make the man, the man makes the car.

trancemission

agreed

I think Ive done jsut about everything Im going to do right now.
S/C is way down the road....

oh and your avatars are always sooo nice

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Wanted to share a few pics from my last track day.

A big thanks to Srika for making them look better....

05TLdcc

@ plate

civicdrivr

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"Amazing! Here we can see a Lotucai Elidochroma, or Lotus Elise, part of the Colinalia Chapmanathea family, in its natural habitat. You'll notice, it takes great pride in feasting upon opponents two to three times its body weight. What it lacks in power in makes up in unadulterated agility. Such vehicles can be domesticated, however they are at home on the smooth twisting tarmac of your local race track." - David Attenborough, c. 2004

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Shoofin

Soooo much leeeeeeeeeeeeeean

d-townhakuzo

But if you get that kit installed when will we hang out??

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lol...that is a long ways away....

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I had to share this photo by Doug Pittman. I met him at a car show two weeks ago. This was a picture he just sent me that he did. Thought is was pretty fuckin cool.

nspec_ya4

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bad ass picture! cant believe i didnt get to see ur car last time i was there.

juniorbean

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Wow... that really is bad ass. I hope it's the wallpaper on your computer!!

MarbleGT

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somethings wrong with the wing.

I was too afraid to say something to him, or is that just the angle.

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Another one he did while I was chattin up with a really cool guy out there. He brought his blue Porsche 4.0 GT.....i think thats what its called

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here in texas that fucker cost me 258 bucks a year just so I can tell people to SHUDUP!! lol its worth it imo

KaMLuNg

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@ the calvin & hobbs sticker in the rear window... lulz!!!

trancemission

I always thought thats what they were thinking when they were flying in their box

nokiaman

Nice pictures trancemission!

You must like the addiction that track racing is! The Elise is looking mighty fine, I wonder what it looks like with the wing sans the roof. What tires do you use?

Was the gentlemen you were talking to Chuck Cole by any chance ?

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That was him alright!! Really super nice guy.

Well after alot of thought, I finally just ordered some Toyo R888's....those Advans aint cheap either.
Did a tech inspection on my car last night and my rears are just gone, my fronts were about 3/32 so I decided to go ahead and replace them all.

I have definitely been bitten by the track bug. But I only go every few months. I just cant finance going as much as Id like to go.

Thanks so much for the compliment!! I still have so much to learn

nokiaman

Chuck is a great guy! I knew it was him because we're on the same forums and his paint to sample 4.0 RS is second to none. Very humble guy too considering he buys every single GT Porsche out there, and even has a Cup car.

Report back on the 888s, those who use them seem quite satisfied with them. Mind sharing what you paid? And tracking isn't cheap indeed, the few times I've been though are still enough to justify the cost!

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I have yet to see his Cup car...I was really wanting to see that GT2RS he had...I heard there were only like 3 in the states when he had got his....but its gone now

I sure will......I have a friend that works at Discount. Hes coming over tonight to pick my wheels up. Tires should be in tomorrow. I didnt get an exact price but I remember doing the math in my head and they were 50-60 bucks cheaper a tire then the A048's. They wanted 332.00 a tire for those Advans....thats fuckin nuts. I really didnt expect them to be so much. Plus another thing Ive learned is you should expect to get about 4K miles out of them

But still....just like you said....after every session I get out of the car and me and everyone that was around me during that session all talk about how much fun it was, give each other advice on certain turns, general adrenaline chat lol .....it just doesnt get any better than that ya know?

It's Clutch

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SICK elise!! Tastefully modded.

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Thanks man....I appreciate the comments

Hopefully Ill have some videos for you guys after this weekend

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civicdrivr

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It's Clutch

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Just out of curiosity, how light are those wheels? (without tires)

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Im not sure how much the LSS wheels weigh. Ill find out though.

I plan on getting a set of different wheels for the track after these tires are gone.

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My 4th session Day 2 with Nerces, the owner a AutoScope.

http://youtu.be/RxnS03DklEM?hd=1

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Day 1 session 3......just skip to about 6:30 and watch...

http://youtu.be/jkVakSNHJ84?hd=1

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gives you this.

http://youtu.be/amD4pqCXFl0?hd=1

Big thanks to Wookie for the use of his GoPro and editing of the vids for me.

jjashaa

iTrader: (23)

ricer wing put to good use.. haha

man that vid is just.. mmm....

Wookie420

Not a problem man!! I must now gratuitously post a video of my own

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Looks like tons of fun.

Trance, did you use the YouTube image stabilization?

trancemission

On the wing vid yes we did....it was pretty fuckin shaky

West6MT

Sweet!!!

Shoofin

Front is 12.1 lbs, rear is 15 lbs.

Shoofin

These wheels are perfect for the track. I would tell you to use these for the track and get another set of wheels for the street. That's just me, though..

Shoofin

What happened? You lifted?