| 12-26-2018, 10:24 PM | #1 |
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Any reason to NOT remove spacers for track day?
Im doing an event at Sebring on January 6th and Im planning to remove my 12.5mm spacers prior to. Is there any reason I should leave them on? I am somewhat curious if there is any handling difference, I never noticed any in day to day street driving.
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| 12-26-2018, 10:39 PM | #2 |
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Assuming you have the proper extended lug bolts you don’t have to remove them, but yes they will change the handling characteristics slightly. You probably won’t notice though, since you have no point of reference. But best practice is probably to remove them and start out tracking the car stock.
I have raced for years with spacers on my E36. 15mm in the front, 5mm in the back. I switched to 3mm one weekend just to try it out and believe it or not, that 2mm less rear spacer made a big difference. Car’s rear wanted to come around on hard high speed braking I suppose from the narrower rear track width.
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I keep mine on, no problems.
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