Blog — track day
New Best Lap with BRZ at Sebring
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The IPGparts.com Subaru BRZ has been turning laps at Sebring International Raceway for just over a year now and has continued to be a reliable track companion that is getting quicker each time out. The current configuration of the car has it running the Bridgestone RE71r 225/45/17 tires and being driven to the track, turning laps all day and driving it back home. The recent addition of the Ace Header and Ecutek tune has picked up some lap time difference to the point where it can be driven into the 2:38s on a regular basis and this past Friday at...
Just go to the track. High Performance Driver Education.
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Just go to the track. High Performance Driver Education. I constantly have conversations with people about the track hobby. The barrier of entry is actually very small but yes, it can be intimidating to get out there for your first time. Depending on where you are located at the in the country there are a huge number of organizations that put on track days that you can attend. And honestly all you really need is a car that is in good mechanical condition with usable tires and brake pads. So many of these conversations involve the person waiting to do...
Brake Fluid Notes and Information
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I read an interesting article on brake fluid recently that got me intrigued on the subject to dive into it a bit more and see what all I could learn about it. This article by Mike Mavrigian of Birchwood Automotive stated that different brake fluids have different compressibility. He stated, "Different brake fluids can dramatically alter the brake pedal feel with no other system changes." This all being based on the different compressibility of the various brake fluids. This opened my eyes a bit. In our race cars we have predominantly used Motul RBF600 and we have never had any...
The BRZ is the Car of the Year
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Once you identify the goals for a particular vehicle, the plan is set to get to those goals and the vehicle continues to impress you each time you use it of course it becomes the Car of the Year. The Subaru BRZ was brought on with the intention of building a reliable, fun track car. The car now has 9 track days, over 750 track miles and it has not balked at me once. Other than adding gas and doing the usual once over maintenance items that any track car requires the BRZ has gone out session after session and...
5 Tips for your first HPDE
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5 Tips to prepare yourself and your car for your first HPDE HPDE's are some of the most fun that you can have in your high performance street car and some basic rules of thumb will go a long way to making the day enjoyable. A HPDE (High Performance Driving Education) is a chance for you to take your street car onto a race track and drive it like it was meant to be driven. These events are held all across the country at various race tracks with various organizers all year long. #1 - Pre-event check list. Your car...