Ran Sebring with PCA last weekend. My friend (Ford Tech) was talking to one of the Porsche owners, he said to him - "when I see a Mustang behind me then go into the turns, I look back and they are gone but that Mustang (my car) is still there!"
Maybe that is why the Porsche owners don't want to do point-by's, 8)
For those with the race brakes I learned a lesion this weekend. My rear brakes we getting pretty thin but still there was enough pad for the first day I thought. They ended up lasting until the third of the four sessions second day. At the same time I was running the last two sets of take-offs from a race team. I let them run all the way down being a cheap skate ($400 for a new set of 01's). During the weekend I was having a big problem down-shifting (heal/toe).
I figured I was just having a bad weekend, the third session posted below I was missing many down-shifts. The pedal had to be pushed all the way down making it hard to hit the gas pedal. I ran the pads so low it generated so much heat I actually cracked one of the rotors. The race rotors will crack but it is hard to do. Then for the last session posted below there were new front and rear brakes installed. I was able to down-shift, not perfect but I hit most of them correctly. It occurred to me that the pistons were sticking out the caliper so long they got knocked back very easy. They do have anti-knockback gaskets but running them almost all the way down and the rear being so low at the same time made the pedal soft and going almost all the way to the floor to get hard stopping pressure.
So John, Bill or anyone else running the race brakes with 25MM pads at about 5-7MM of pad left not counting the backing plates is a good time to replace them. Waiting like I did can cost you a $500 rotor and pretty much a wasted session.
Here are some vids, the first one I tried a roll bar mount. It is hard to see the track and I had to make a tower of extensions just to see out. The Boss is just to big to make a roll bar mount worth it like the Porsche owners do. Still it is fun to see myself from a different angle and I may try to move it over a little to the right side so I can myself better. This Session was heavy slow traffic, in fact I did not get passed all day as I remember. Day two three cars were able to pass, one car was even and we had great session first with him following me for a few laps then I followed him for a few laps.
Second vids is the session with very worn bakes and the last vid with new front and rear brakes. My best lap was 2:30.2, still can't break the 230 barrier.
One last note is they put cones up along the painted line to force there people to "drive a new line' and for instructors to teach their new line. This forced me to have to make a second turn at the wall in 17, I normally run down that painted line. It was scary going in there fast so I had to slow down more then usual. They also changed their line on other turns and you can see I did not use the cones but ran the line a friend taught me. Funny thing is the cones were all over the track and I saw the yellow and red flag almost every session. One cone in 17 got hit so many times it ended up just short of the start finish line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEDJGU8wap4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39KtGOIqRhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemzM6tRIWA
Maybe that is why the Porsche owners don't want to do point-by's, 8)
For those with the race brakes I learned a lesion this weekend. My rear brakes we getting pretty thin but still there was enough pad for the first day I thought. They ended up lasting until the third of the four sessions second day. At the same time I was running the last two sets of take-offs from a race team. I let them run all the way down being a cheap skate ($400 for a new set of 01's). During the weekend I was having a big problem down-shifting (heal/toe).
I figured I was just having a bad weekend, the third session posted below I was missing many down-shifts. The pedal had to be pushed all the way down making it hard to hit the gas pedal. I ran the pads so low it generated so much heat I actually cracked one of the rotors. The race rotors will crack but it is hard to do. Then for the last session posted below there were new front and rear brakes installed. I was able to down-shift, not perfect but I hit most of them correctly. It occurred to me that the pistons were sticking out the caliper so long they got knocked back very easy. They do have anti-knockback gaskets but running them almost all the way down and the rear being so low at the same time made the pedal soft and going almost all the way to the floor to get hard stopping pressure.
So John, Bill or anyone else running the race brakes with 25MM pads at about 5-7MM of pad left not counting the backing plates is a good time to replace them. Waiting like I did can cost you a $500 rotor and pretty much a wasted session.
Here are some vids, the first one I tried a roll bar mount. It is hard to see the track and I had to make a tower of extensions just to see out. The Boss is just to big to make a roll bar mount worth it like the Porsche owners do. Still it is fun to see myself from a different angle and I may try to move it over a little to the right side so I can myself better. This Session was heavy slow traffic, in fact I did not get passed all day as I remember. Day two three cars were able to pass, one car was even and we had great session first with him following me for a few laps then I followed him for a few laps.
Second vids is the session with very worn bakes and the last vid with new front and rear brakes. My best lap was 2:30.2, still can't break the 230 barrier.
One last note is they put cones up along the painted line to force there people to "drive a new line' and for instructors to teach their new line. This forced me to have to make a second turn at the wall in 17, I normally run down that painted line. It was scary going in there fast so I had to slow down more then usual. They also changed their line on other turns and you can see I did not use the cones but ran the line a friend taught me. Funny thing is the cones were all over the track and I saw the yellow and red flag almost every session. One cone in 17 got hit so many times it ended up just short of the start finish line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEDJGU8wap4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39KtGOIqRhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemzM6tRIWA