there are a few guys interested depending on the date...


so as soon as we get a date i know we will have nooooooooooo problem finding people for the spots

this sounds like a fun day for sure!!! we need to get a fastest lap time pool going, with a couple classes

 

Ok that sounds good I'm going to have to get ahold of Nita next week after the Gatornationals,I'll get the dates she has open for a Saturday rental up to the end of June.I'm hoping to get a Saturday in April would that work?

 

hellyeah man, see what you can do and we WILL make this happen

 

Well for anyone interested in upgrading their brake pads.Nopi is having a really good sell on their line of Satisfied GS carbon/ceramic pads fronts are $37.68 (non Brembo) rears are $39.77 (non Brembo).I'm not sure which GS line they fall under but for the price I'm willing to give them a try.I ordered a full set to have a little more braking confidence at Gainesville.Check them out go to Nopi.com and put in vehicle info and look under specials.I also ordered some Motul RBF600,I can't wait to get the date set.

 

i need to get some stainless lines too, i have heard that on road courses they make a big big difference after a lap or two

 

The stainless lines will give a little more solid pedal at hard braking.I just do not think it will be noticeable enough to me to use them.A good set a pads and racing brake fluid go a long way.I'm trying to do this for as cheap as possible.I think I'm going to finish off the stock tires on the track,but I would love to have the grip of these Kumho MX's out there.

 

i heard after a few laps these brake lines fade a bit, but yeah i will have some nice rims and tires before then, i cant wait, this will be a lot of fun!!!

 

What will make the biggest difference is DOT 4 fluid and good pads. Stainless lines won't do much, they just take away the slight flex of regular lines, you get a very stiff peddle. Get DOT 4 fluid (superblue is great stuff) so the brakes don't boil the regular fluid and get good pads like Hawk HP+. Those rock! When I push the brakes on my 8 with HP+'s on, they empty out my tear ducts from the G-forces.

 

nice man, will do, i am a drag racer and would like to get more into road racing for sure. how fast are those RX8s in say the 1/4 mile?? i have never seen one at the track. i am sure they handle awesome though!!

 

Jeremy I am going to talk to Nita tomorrow as long as she is availible to get the open saturdays up to the end of June.How ever you want to do it either me and you can decide on a date or post them up to see what works for everyone that is POSITIVE they are going.Just can not be the 10th of June.Then we can put the deposit down.
Eric

 

I'm not very sure about 1/4 mile times. I'm not really a drag racer. I did a search though on the RX-8 forum and I'm seeing slips from people and I'm seeing a lot of 13's and 14's for some stock ones. That's about all I can tell you, I've never dragged mine. The RX-8 is a momentum car, not a torque car. It can carry a hell of a lot of speed through turns and the suspension is wonderful. It's very balanced making it wonderful for a road course.

 

So what are you guys doing for Insurance? Most tracks require 2-5 Million to run an event, or did this track wave that?

 

I'm down.

 

It is $2000.00 full day up to 20 cars which includes EMT and insurance.
Its a testing/training facility that might be the difference.
Well just called to see about getting the dates available,and they are still wrapping up the gatornationals.I will most likely not have the dates no earlier than Monday next week. Damn it's hard to spend money sometimes!

 

Great idea. Gainesville is too far of a haul for me but if everything goes well and you guys would like to do it again, Road Atlanta would be awesome. Perhaps we could get up to 30-35 cars in on that track to drive the costs down even more? I'd say the atlanta area would have alot of Z's/sportscars. Just an idea.

 

Man that's cheap...

 

Interested....

 

$100 for a track day? Count me in!!

 

so eric, did you talk to anyone?? this should be a fun time and i think we will actually have to tell some people no by the time it gets here....

EDIT- i just read your post, i totally missed that one... hehehe


Matt i dont think they let automatics on the course...

 

Cool good to see some more people interested,glad to see Matt involved .Guy's I apologize not having a date yet but I will have one soon.