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6 pt fits like a charm though. I'll take my chances with a 6 pt + HANS on track over an imperfect 3 pt to and from the gas station. Interesting point on the GTS factory seats probably not being suitable for >6' with a 6 pt.
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There's no way a pp worked for me. Which is a shame because I still think it's the most comfortable seat recaro makes. I had one in an e36 and daily drive it with zero issues. The new recaro whatever they call it they just debuted may solve every problem. It's been designed for road legality and track use. |
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It is HPR, and the car has been in storage since the day after that outing. I have a backlog of heavy maintenance against my STI and my e82, once that is wrapped up then I'm plunking my bucket seats in the GTS and heading out to HPR again. Seats + harnesses alone will get me really close to 2:00, if not under it. Fresh rubber will also help a lot I suspect, my tires have 2016 date codes
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I would love to have seen a video of the E 39 andfive tearing it up on the track.
Thanks for your comments and review about your car, sounds like fun.
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Did you experiment with the damper adjustments? Every review I've read says the GTS is overly stiff over bumps, but I heard a few clicks softer on the high speed compression would make it more stable
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I recognize that track! Great to see the GTS out romping around at HPR.
You should be able to break the 2:00 mark easily with more tweaks. Fastest so far in the M2C is 2:03.5, albeit with a very talented driver behind the wheel (not me!). |
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Yeah, I had a friend with me and we were both chuckling at watching the M5 slide around the track. It was a pretty great example of car handling. Moving forward I'll have a GoPro mounted to the cage to catch stuff like that. |
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I thought I would share what I learned about the carbon ceramic brakes at the Advanced M School. I spoke with instructors and the tech at the Performance Driving School at Thermal. They said their rotors last about 7-8,000 track miles. In daily driving miles it doesn't sound like much but for dedicated track cars with a mix of students I was fairly impressed. Especially after hearing some stories about Porsche carbon ceramics from the GT3 guys. They order all M4/3 with CC because they hold up better to track use that the standard brakes. That is why the M2 is limited to the smaller track near the school or short low speed drills on the larger tracks.
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Whelp, rebuilding my STI took longer than expected(engine goes in next week) and COVID-19 shut down my local tracks, so I haven't pulled the car out of storage. I did however pickup a decently priced set of used AP Racing calipers, so that'll address my concerns on the operating costs of the CCBs. It'll also enable running 18" wheels.
I spoke with Apex, I'll be trying to fit their EC-7 in 18x11 ET44 on all four corners. The goal is to buy 8 wheels, wrap 4 in NT01, wrap 4 in RE-71R, and keep a rolling review of them for a few weekends. My favorite local track abuses the heck out of the left front, so I'm hoping by running a square setup I'll be able to maximize tire longevity. Lastly I need to order some rear toe links, and some extended wheel studs. I suspect going with the square contact patch is going to cause me to want a little more rear positive toe to balance out oversteer until I get more accustomed to the platform. Last bit will be installing my harnesses and seats. Need to do some research to see what options there are, I'm guessing I'll go with a weld-in sub strap and some brackets with sliders. I'll likely get a session or two in before I accomplish this, it's been a long winter and the sport cup 2s need to get burnt up. Definitely not unwrapping presents in the living room while the wife and newborn sleep upstairs |
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Finally found a used set of 18x10/18x11 EC-7, should arrive tomorrow. I'm really hoping the 18x11 fits up front with a 25mm spacer, we'll find out.
Since the wheels/tires are arriving, I figured it's time to wrench on this car again. Alignment at SCR last Friday. I've had a pretty great relationship with this shop over the years, they've done my race cars and my canyon cars. Dyno on Saturday at PFI Speed for NASA TT classification. Turns out water injection isn't working so.. it made ~447whp IAG Stage 4 heads arrived for the Subaru. The CNC work is amazing. Will assemble the longblock once the GTS is trackable. Got the right front hung and the baby called it quits. They're used but I figure the rings should last long enough for me to decide if I enjoy tracking this car, and if not I revert it to CCBs and take a minimal hit on reselling the kit. The goal is to finish up the brake swap tonight. Bleed the calipers tomorrow and then stand on the pedal in the garage to confirm no leaks. BMW appointment on Tuesday to figure out the water injection system, and then half a lapping day on Friday to confirm everything is working. NASA has a race weekend 26th-27th, not sure if my wife will go for me being away Friday-Sunday, but maybe I can get 1 day out there. |
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