*The FL5 Track Junkie Thread*

[yeaitsahonda]

Any updates?

Not yet. I'm lazy and ignorance is bliss lol. With the hood closed and normal driving I don't hear anything so I'm going to get through this track weekend and take a look at it when I have time. Been a busy week.

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[simpleisbest]

Good news! I can finally get @svvitch suspension upgrades (if he still wants them)!

(@svvitch upgrades not pictured)

Nice that the rear shocks are inverted to make adjustments easier!
What spring rates did you go with?

 

[Rexpelagi]

Nice that the rear shocks are inverted to make adjustments easier!
What spring rates did you go with?

10Kg/mm front / 12kg/mm rear - didn't have much to go on so it's just a starting point, we'll see how it goes!

 

[siwelnosaj]

10Kg/mm front / 12kg/mm rear - didn't have much to go on so it's just a starting point, we'll see how it goes!

I've got the same rates, looking forward to seeing how it feels

 

[Rhorn]

Anyone have their rear calipers look like it has bad acne after a track day?

Im honestly at a loss for what happened. Im guessing somehow brake fluid bled through my bleeder valve and go onto the caliper?

I didn't do a deep inspection of everything until after I got back.

I haven't touched my brakes for a whole month, and the only thing I did was add pads. I took a picture just a few days prior and it doesn't look like the calipers had pimples. Not sure whats going on.

I didn't have any decreased braking performance that was significant or noticeable either.

 

[BigBird]

Haven't really seen that before

 

[PointByPatrol]

Anyone have their rear calipers look like it has bad acne after a track day?

Im honestly at a loss for what happened. Im guessing somehow brake fluid bled through my bleeder valve and go onto the caliper?

I didn't do a deep inspection of everything until after I got back.

I haven't touched my brakes for a whole month, and the only thing I did was add pads. I took a picture just a few days prior and it doesn't look like the calipers had pimples. Not sure whats going on.

I didn't have any decreased braking performance that was significant or noticeable either.

That definitely looks like brake fluid ate the paint. Remove and inspect!

 

[m3bs]

I think that’s just blistered paint from heat. What kind of pads? I’ve found some pads conduct a lot more heat to the caliper than others. That’s why I won’t use G-loc any more.

 

[Rhorn]

I think that’s just blistered paint from heat. What kind of pads? I’ve found some pads conduct a lot more heat to the caliper than others. That’s why I won’t use G-loc any more.

Im using the CSG pads

 

[Rexpelagi]

Recap from CMP Day 1:

It's a fun track! Only did 2/3 sessions today due to a storm that rolled in but the car feels pretty good, although totally unoptimized for sure.

I managed a 1:45.2, which is definitely not where I want to be, but I'm reasonably close to the other Street FWD cars (1:44.4 - Elantra N, 1:45.0 - FK8 Type R), so we'll see how the rest of the weekend goes - the AWD cars are 1:39 - 1:41, and I don't think the car/me is ready to get there right now.

Here's my fastest lap so far. I think I can probably go flat through the kink on the back straight or at least close to it, but I checked up a bit on this lap (on the next lap I shifted to 5th and took it at 112mph min speed so way faster than this, but tires were cooked as it was late in the session so the overall lap wasn't faster).



I think the car is pushing a bit and delaying my exit (although some of that is probably just FWD things), so I stiffened the rear bar by 2 settings (out of 7 total) and we'll try that tomorrow. I plan to also try +R mode at some point now that I don't have to fight the stock shocks, although the magic rear vectoring may not do much.

 

[m3bs]

Nice lap Rex. How many hot laps do you run per session at that kind of event? You are killing me in The kink. I lost my “No Fear” attitude 20 years ago…..

 

[Rhorn]

That definitely looks like brake fluid ate the paint. Remove and inspect!

I dont think its the brake fluid, although thats what I was thinking. My brake fluid MC is full and the bleeder valves are both tight and rubber is in tack.

Im on Day 2 at the track and still have had 0 issues with braking

 

[dr.jamzzz]

Anyone have their rear calipers look like it has bad acne after a track day?

Im honestly at a loss for what happened. Im guessing somehow brake fluid bled through my bleeder valve and go onto the caliper?

I didn't do a deep inspection of everything until after I got back.

I haven't touched my brakes for a whole month, and the only thing I did was add pads. I took a picture just a few days prior and it doesn't look like the calipers had pimples. Not sure whats going on.

I didn't have any decreased braking performance that was significant or noticeable either.

Paint damage from high heat. What CSG pad are you running and what kind of fluid? Also, are you running TC off to disable the brake vectoring?

 

[PointByPatrol]

I dont think its the brake fluid, although thats what I was thinking. My brake fluid MC is full and the bleeder valves are both tight and rubber is in tack.

Im on Day 2 at the track and still have had 0 issues with braking

Which mode do you use when on the track?

 

[Rhorn]

Paint damage from high heat. What CSG pad are you running and what kind of fluid? Also, are you running TC off to disable the brake vectoring?

C1XB - Front

C11 - Rear

TC doesn't turn off brake vectoring. Im doing +R long press TC OFF for VSA Off. So the brake vectoring is still there. I thought braje vectoring was good for the car because it rotates it right?

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