hkbarista
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- Will
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- 2019 Civic Type R
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I have got a few question for you track pros/veterans.
I have my first "track session" (HPDE) in a couple weeks, I'll have an instructor with me in the car.
I bought the car in June 2019, I have about 7000ish miles on it so far. This is my daily but I have spare car if something catastrophic happens..::fingerscrossed::
I have done almost all performance mods so far
I am hoping since this will be my first time around the track I won't be running the car as hard as most of you on here and overheating won't happen, and weather down here in TX is not bad right now. I can run the heater as well just to alleviate some of the strain hopefully that works..?
There will be 4 sessions 20mins each for the whole day, looking at the schedule I will have 2hrs in between each session for cool down.
what i'm looking for is what kind of stuff should I be doing/preparing?
what are things should I also be looking out for that I should be aware of?
I'm driving the car to the track do I need to watch out for anything?
so far I will be doing the following before the track day
Any advice is appreciated!!
I have my first "track session" (HPDE) in a couple weeks, I'll have an instructor with me in the car.
I bought the car in June 2019, I have about 7000ish miles on it so far. This is my daily but I have spare car if something catastrophic happens..::fingerscrossed::
I have done almost all performance mods so far
- hondata
- flexfuel
- RV6 catless DP
- Acuity stage 2
- PRL intake
I am hoping since this will be my first time around the track I won't be running the car as hard as most of you on here and overheating won't happen, and weather down here in TX is not bad right now. I can run the heater as well just to alleviate some of the strain hopefully that works..?
There will be 4 sessions 20mins each for the whole day, looking at the schedule I will have 2hrs in between each session for cool down.
what i'm looking for is what kind of stuff should I be doing/preparing?
what are things should I also be looking out for that I should be aware of?
I'm driving the car to the track do I need to watch out for anything?
so far I will be doing the following before the track day
- Brake fluid change to ATE 200 DOT 4
- Hawk Performance 5.0 brake pads, I also learned that I have to bed the brake pads something new I've never heard of.. and not engage the parking brake after each session to prevent warping rotors.
- Amsoil Engine oil change, I just got my first oil change on the car with 80% left. Not sure if that is needed but better safe than sorry?
Any advice is appreciated!!
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