Krazydan19
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Yep that was me. Sorry I couldn't catch up with you before I left. I wanted to beat traffic so I took off around 0430 this morning and got back around 0830.I think I saw you going back in to the track. I was pulling out and you flashed your headlights. Are you gonna be here tomorrow? I was just there for tech check and registration tonight.
I'm sure you will post full details and keep us updated, but I'm very curious to hear what's going on.The day was perfect weatherwise, had some problems with my brakes in the third session and spent time at the shop trying to get it sorted. I donāt know how tomorrowās going to go as a result. Itās pulling hard to one side, which is making it really hard to keep it online at the end of the Front and back straights. The shop thinks one of the rear brakes is locking up under hard braking, causing the rear end to scoot out. So annoying. Had a couple good morning sessions and then shit went sideways. Such is life, you got a pay to play. At least the carās in one piece and so am I ha ha.
Awesome that the weather worked out. I was worried for a while with all that rain.The day was perfect weatherwise, had some problems with my brakes in the third session and spent time at the shop trying to get it sorted. I donāt know how tomorrowās going to go as a result. Itās pulling hard to one side, which is making it really hard to keep it online at the end of the Front and back straights. The shop thinks one of the rear brakes is locking up under hard braking, causing the rear end to scoot out. So annoying. Had a couple good morning sessions and then shit went sideways. Such is life, you got a pay to play. At least the carās in one piece and so am I ha ha.
If you have the stock rear pads with you, put them on and see what happens. There's no reason they shouldn't work with the DTC30 in front, and if they don't then the pads aren't your problem.The speed shop on site at the Track did a brake bleed and said there was definitely some air in the right front, but they bled all four corners just to be safe topped the fluid off and that didnāt really fix it. I had one of the techs drive the car, and on really hard braking it seems that one of the rear brake pads is locking up or on the verge of locking up, which is causing the tail of the car the move out to the side. It was really difficult to keep the car online. Itās like there were ruts in the road, and it was forcing the car to move Across the track. It sucked. Bottom line is we tried re-bed The pads and couldnāt get it to go away Completely. Iām gonna run the first session in the morning and then go back to the speed shop with my findings.
Itās possible that a combination of pads I have on the front and rear are not jiving well together. Like thereās so much bite on the front the car stands on its nose, and thereās so little weight on the rear that itās very easy to lock up. ABS is not Kicking in though.
Hawk DTC 30 front, Hawk HPS 5.0 rear.
Last Time I ran DTC 60 Front and DTC 30 rear, and felt like it was more than I really needed, so I tried to step back a bit.
I need to spend some time on the FL5 forum and see what folks are running at the track.
I don't really know, so call this a guess:Thanks. Of course that's the one thing I didn't bring with me. So, it was likely the bleeding that did the trick. After two laps in the first session yesterday, the braking returned to normal. It's like they all four just started working. I probably had to get some pad material evened out after the bleed.
@RamVA, do you think DTC30 and stock rear or, as I have it HPS 5.0 rear is adequate for the ITS?
If you're using DOT5 fluid, it really should be changed once a year, as it takes on water more readily than DOT3. With that said, I'm pretty lazy about it. If you're bleeding it frequently you should be able to change it less often.I think youāre right. For me itās probably ok as my best lap was 2:27. Really wanted to break 2:20 but just couldnāt get comfortable pushing myself harder.
The rears have lots of life left. I switched stock pads back on front today. Couple little cracks in the DTC 30 pads, but plenty of thickness left. I probably used no more than 35% of the front.
I do agree, though, DTC 60, DTC 30 is probably the best bet.
Traffic was tough for me. I was slower than maybe two cars in the intermediate group. Lots of point buys given. If I was just driving a little bit faster, I think I would have a better window to put down a better time.
I also learned that I really do need to bleed the brakes before every event, even if I just put the fluid in three or four months ago. And I probably should change the fluid once a year. Do you agree with that?