This past weekend I did a track event at a go-kart track in upstate New York. It was a blast and my car performed great, even with my brakes being 100% stock. They did start to fail after about 10 laps (pedal all the way to the floor) I think if I had better pads and fluid, I would have been much better off... my once bright red brembos are now a brownish color :godance:.

My Nitto Invo tires are pretty worn and definitely aren't much of a track tire, but I pretty much knew that already. A set of NT05's will be going on once my Invo's are completely shot. I was running -2.7* of camber up front and -1.5* in the rear with my Whiteline rear sway bar set on the stiffest setting, plenty of oversteer was on tap even with the meaty 275/35 tires. Overall, the car felt great and my AMR coilovers felt perfect...turn in was spot on. Thanks to the super rich Cobb OTS map and test pipe, I was shooting flames out of my exaust all weekend long :thumbup:.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/Nice.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/rearflames.jpg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmOxUn2QzU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OsQYM7d53g&playnext_from=TL&videos=LwTII_TkuI8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQF_NniIPl8&playnext_from=TL&videos=DIBZxpfTf8E

lol fireballz.

Looks awesome man.

there is a go kart track in WA too, yeah its a lot of fun, very very hard on brakes. i like that one, do they only allow one car on the track at a time? and kudos to you, in my opinion bright red calipers are giant marks of shame.

Good to hear about the AMR coilovers, still waiting on mine... hopefully they ship soon...

What spring rates are you on by the way?

Good to hear about the AMR coilovers, still waiting on mine... hopefully they ship soon...

What spring rates are you on by the way?

They're worth the wait. My spring rates are 450/550.

NICE, exactly what i ordered. Do you know your ride height by any chance?

there is a go kart track in WA too, yeah its a lot of fun, very very hard on brakes. i like that one, do they only allow one car on the track at a time? and kudos to you, in my opinion bright red calipers are giant marks of shame.

Yeah, definitely hard on the brakes, I did 3 cool down laps and my brakes were still smoking when I pulled into the pit and the plastic inserts on my center caps were melted.

They allowed two cars on the track at a time...the rules were pretty lax. It was nice though, since you could do as many runs as you wanted over the course of the weekend and there was almost no waiting at all.

center caps of the wheels u mean? huh, i haven't heard of that....you can get porsche brake cooling ducts that fit over your control arm to help if you continue to boil the fluid after flushing with better stuff

NICE, exactly what i ordered. Do you know your ride height by any chance?

not sure what the ride height is exactly, maybe 1.5" less than stock?

center caps of the wheels u mean? huh, i haven't heard of that....you can get porsche brake cooling ducts that fit over your control arm to help if you continue to boil the fluid after flushing with better stuff

Yeah, center caps of my wheels started to melt, I'll have to remember to remove them for track events. I'll have to look into some sort of brake cooling solution next time I run on this track.

thats something i never thought about, so its good i took the center caps off my track wheels a long time ago.

looks like someone had fun

im assuming this was at edinburg? i saw this on shift518 and wanted to go but completely forgot about it.

nice run....looks like a wild ride, u guys were flopping around like rag dolls!!

very cool nice vids! I'm going to a track meet tomorrow i'll post some videos or pics later.

to OP...so the Invo is not bad at all, how do you compare it stock Advan.

im assuming this was at edinburg? i saw this on shift518 and wanted to go but completely forgot about it.

Nope, this was Saint Lawrence Motorsports Park (http://slmp.webhop.net/) in upstate NY, right near the Canadian boarder.

nice run....looks like a wild ride, u guys were flopping around like rag dolls!!

Thanks, It was a lot of fun. I was able to push the car to its limits and not have to worry about crashing into any walls! I did spin a couple of times though.

to OP...so the Invo is not bad at all, how do you compare it stock Advan.

The Invo is a good street tire, but If if you're doing more than a couple track/auto x events per year, I'd suggest getting a more track oriented tire. I drove my buddies Evo X with stock Advan tires at this track and I can tell you that they do grip better than the Invo's.

The Invo is a good street tire, but If if you're doing more than a couple track/auto x events per year, I'd suggest getting a more track oriented tire. I drove my buddies Evo X with stock Advan tires at this track and I can tell you that they do grip better than the Invo's.

ok how about the nitto05 as street use when wet.

Excellent video.. That is a very bumpy track!

ok how about the nitto05 as street use when wet.

Not sure, I've never used them, I plan to buy them as my next tire.

Excellent video.. That is a very bumpy track!

Thanks! Yeah, the track definitely needs some work - the track owner said it would cost upwards of $180K to get it repaved.

BTW - I think I need to put on those Brake Man pads I bought from you now :D.

Riding along at go karts feels like almost as much work as driving!

More pics my buddy just sent me...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/Nice.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/rearflames.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/Chicane.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/moreflames.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/flyby.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/flybyyhen.jpg

any pics of that white evo?

any pics of that white evo?

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/LRM191/EricsEvo.jpg

He let me drive his car for a few laps. As you can see, he's still on the stock suspension. His car pulls quite a bit more than mine, with just a cobb stage 2+ and a custome tune. A good tune will make a huge difference...definitely my next mod.