Hey Everyone!
I'm back again! Sorry for the long stay away, I graduated from community college and was busy during the semester finishing up and getting ready to transfer into my undergrad! Things have since calmed down a bit for the time being but will ramp up again in the fall.
Well now that we have that taken care of, I've got a few updates. I was feeling a little down from not having worked on my car much and having to just focus on school but I talked with my mechanic who is performance-oriented and he helped lift my sprits. So I sprung for a jack stand kit and lowered my car (had previously raised it a couple inches for comfort) and stiffened the front. I then purchased Eibach's 29mm front sway bar with my mechanics input to reduce the body sway in the front. I love it. I think I will do a review of it after my event to see how it performs there.
Then...I registered for my first track event. It will be this weekend! I have been preparing for it since last week when I registered. Here's what I have done/gathered so far to prepare:
- Purchased helmet (Snell, ~$140 from local Honda motorcycle shop)
- Thin gloves, my hands get sweaty often lol ($20 from aforementioned shop)
- Have pumas [from puma wearing phase ; )]
- Have long sleeve shirt and pants
- Getting my wheels rotated, balanced, and torqued tomorrow (free because I purchased my wheels and tires from them) Also getting a torque wrench at xci.ed6's recommendation from the "How to Prepare for a Road Racing Event" thread
- Lowering my car this evening!
- On Thursday, getting an oil change, alignment, and my mechanic is going to go over the self-completed "tech inspection form" to make sure my car is safe for this event. I will go over what I can and just have him double check or do the things I am not comfortable with doing yet.
- Friday, pull the mats out, detail my car and wash it, my car is practically empty but those will be last to come out (preserve my carpet & nothing to become a projectile!)
- Saturday, TRACK DAY!
I will be back on by no later then next week (I promise!) with updates (& pictures) of how it went.
I'm glad I found a more affordable event, I thought I had to pay at least $600-$1000 but that is for advanced racing instruction. I've wanted to go to a performance route with this car since I bought it and now I've found the opportunity to do it and safely. I really enjoy this car and the 6thgen community.
Thanks for all the advice, guidance, and encouragement. Like my mechanic said to me, "Start on the car that you want to start with, even if you move onto something else, that's fine. At least you started on the car you wanted to, otherwise you would regret it."
Thanks again,
~ Avery