Advice On Track And Drift Set-up...

[Roy]

this may be a silly question but does anyone run with the heater on during track days to cool the motor (esp. those with stock radiators)?

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LOL...that would be me. Th epoor mans aftermarket radiator. It gets stinking hot inside the car though, and the fire i had last year was a result of running the heater as the coolant was running through the firewall at full bore when th ehsoe split right next to the exhaust housing spraying a 50-60% mix of glycol ethanol:water all over a red hot turbo....lol not good if you want to drive the car home.

A good idea for any car with an aftermarket dump or turbo is to put some high temp sheathing over the heater hose goign to the core, or at a minium check the condition of the hose.

...and Duncan i hope so, but only time will tell

[TommO]

Is it an OK idea to do a trackday on crappy tyres, if i'm strictly not looking for times? (Falken Ziex A326s)

I was planning on holding off until I get swaybars and decent tyres (I've always upgraded the pads and clutch in preperation), but after reading this thread, I think i'll try a day with my current tyres.. won't have much traction but I guess it will be a lot of fun powering out of corners!! I just wanna have some fun

[Duncan]

Have you been out to the track with good tyres? If not you won't know what you are missing so you'll still have fun Give it a go!