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Subject I would upgrade whatever actually NEEDS upgrading
     
Posted by LJZTT on July 15, 2012 at 1:26 PM
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In Reply To What would you upgrade for road track racing? posted by ttsmokin on July 14, 2012 at 08:56 PM
     
Message Are you overheating? no? then leave the coolant system as is

Is your oil outside its recommended temp range? no? Then leave the oil system as is.

Are your brakes fading or overheated (glazed)?no? Then leave them as they are until they do overheat/glaze/fade.

Keep driving until an ACTUAL limiting factor pops up, as opposed to a perceived one, then mod the car to correct it.

If you plan to do the track thing regularly, then maybe get some gauges to monitor these things before you go spending cash on unnecessary mods which can always result in introducing new problems or unintended side effects due to the part itself or human error in installation.

I would think so long as the car is in proper running condition, the first thing that needs modification is brakes, but you may already have that covered it seems. The only suggestion I would make is maybe get a second set of rotors (front/rear) and use them exclusively on track days with high temp track pads. That way you only have to fool with bedding-in each set of pads (street & track) once. It is far less asspain to swap rotors than go back and forth between street pads and high temp track pads and having to scrub/bed-in over and over

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