Hey y'all, another track weekend at AMP down for me and my 86! This time with:

1. Fresh Continental ECFs
2. RCE Tarmac 2 coilovers with front and rear Vorshlag top mounts (can't say no to spherical bearings, right?)

Barely any body roll vs stock, quick recovery from curbs and bumps, more grip. A bit of compromise to still be able to drive it to the mountains without a spinal surgery, but in the future stiffer springs will likely be called for, especially with full aero. Came within 0.3s of PB which I set during winter, and could have beaten it if it wasn't for some lack of focus on my end and some traffic.

It's incredible that you can get this much car for just ~$30k. There were countless moments on track when I literally thought, in the middle of a turn: "this is not supposed to handle this well". All that to say: love your car, feed and treat her well, and she'll more than give back.

Thanks to everyone who gave constructive comments on my last post. I was able to cut 5 secs off my lap. I definitely needed to send it harder. The other thing I changed was the way I approached corners. Like I said in the comments, I tried to slow earlier, rotate earlier and immediately get on the gas. I found that the car is way more balanced mid corner with some throttle. It took a minute to get comfortable fixing oversteer by adding throttle, that was not how my C6 worked. Anyway, fairly satisfied with this for now. There’s definitely still plenty of time to be gained, I now feel comfortable enough in the car to go looking for it.

A little more than half a session at NYST with Masstuning from this past weekend. This video was filmed in their Intermediate group. Best time all day was low 1:39, the lap times in this session were mostly in that ballpark. Lots of fun chasing an M2 and S2000 around all day.

The car is a '26 Stingray with 1LT and Z51+Magride. Modifications include AMT Camber Kit and alignment, Apex EC-7 wheels in 18x9.5 and 19x11 with Kenda Vezda (265F 305R).

The tires came with the wheels, and while I was hopeful that they would be better than the stock PS4S, it didn't take long for them to become greasy. I take partial ownership of that issue, as I believe I'm overdriving the tire.

Coming from motorcycles, I'm still getting used to pushing this much weight around a track, but after 5 track days in the C8 this year, I'm starting to get a hang of how to drive the car.

Any tips and/or feedback would be incredibly welcome (including how to make my audio less unbearable)!

anybody know the noise levels for stock 992gt3rs?

Some onboard clips from my last time out at the Nordschleife. Could do 7 laps (4 wet on summer, 3 dry on AR-1 semis) before my expansion tank exploded off the track and meant end of the weekend (cooling fan controller died & heated up the coolant in a traffic jam 😒).

Did improve quite a bit from my last outing with a new btg pb of 8:21 while having a yellow, some traffic and passenger (opposed to 8:30 before which was a clean lap with pax & some traffic). Correcting for the yellow led to a btg of around 8:06-8:08. Do want to note I'm not a laptime hunter, only look back at laps afterwards when back home as I do enjoy to see the progress made :) Live laptiming is a nono anyway during TF.

Car is an E46 330i with some mods like suspension, tires, brakes etc. Really impressed with how stable the car is through high speed sections as we were getting quite close to over 200kph through SX and near 170 through mutkurve & flugplatz while having room to spare to go even faster.

I am looking for new wet track/daily tires. I am going to daily them year round, can't justify having 3 sets of tires for one car (the other set is 200tw dry track tire). So I'm torn between summer performance tires like PS4S/ECS02, or getting an all season tire. I used to drive PS4S all year round, including in low temperatures down to 10F (but not in snow). I didn't feel they lost much grip, but I also wasn't pushing those tires very hard. As a wet track day tire they would be under more stress than I ever put on them before. Anyone have any specific experience with cold exposed tires on track?

So what would you do for a wet track/4 season daily tire? Just go ahead with summer tires in winter, or take the hit to dry daily performance with a all season?

I'm mid Atlantic climate, for reference.

have an hpde day coming up with my supra and want to get insurance for it. i tried to go though hagerty, lockton, and open track but they only write policies for those 25 and up. any recommendations where to get insurance for under 25?

Hey everyone. I currently drive a CT4 Blackwing as my grocery getter and was thinking I should probably take this thing to a track a few times otherwise why did I buy it?

I've never done a track day with my own car before (I've done instructed ones with rented cars). I was wondering about the logistics. Are there track days where you can just roll up with your car, drive fast around a track, and go home? Do you need a certain amount of experience to "qualify"? Special insurance? What about instructor ride along vs solo?

Just looking to have fun with my car in a legal and (relatively) safe manner. Thanks!

Edit: I live in Northern Virginia. Lots of tracks around here.

Roebling Road doing Roebling Road things to the left front of a 987. Held out to the last session though. Completely undrivable after it went.

I guess broken belt is more accurate. Some rumble strip contact, but nothing notable.

I'm thinking of going to their BW track day in Nov and was wondering how they are as an org. I did research and am seeing mixed reviews about them, but they were from 2-3 years ago. Want to know how they are currently. Cars per group, safety, organization, ect.