Mosport Trackday

[wesman]

I went to my first trackday this season at the local track. It was with Dexter Autosport, with pro race drivers for instructors.
Race car broke so I put some new shoes on the Marauder
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[wesman]

Yellow triangle is for students


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My instructor was a former Toyota Atlantic champ and currently drives in ALMS,
David Empringham. He thought the MM was a riot, with the ram bars and the headers. We were passing badly driven sports cars and hitting 200km/h (124mph) on the uphill back straight.
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passing a Viper
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Giant pics in my gallery.

[Bradley G]

Cool pics thanks for sharing looks like fun!

I wondered what that cow push bar was doing on the front of your car:eek: till I saw, "it's a chair":P

Bradley G

[wesman]

towing rig

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[wesman]

The wheels are 18 X 9.5 BBS LM (le mans) with a 55mm offset. Tires are dunlop slicks, 250 front and 285mm rear. I reversed them to check, the 285s will fit on the front with no rubbing. Naake suspension was awesome.

[Joe Walsh]

Great Pictures!

The second pix looks like a Police Car accidently drove onto the track and decided to run down some errant Porches!! :lol:

P.S. Dunlop Sport 9000s???...How do you like them???

[wesman]

Actually they are Dunlop wet slicks from Daytona, I bought them used. I haven't used them yet, but they are damn soft after sitting in the sun.

[wesman]

A shot of the BBS LM wheels
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[fast Ed]

Great shots, Mosport is definitely a lot of fun. Be careful running on wet tires on dry pavement though, especially ones made to hold up a car probably half the weight of your MM. A tire going down because of overloading and overheating could ruin your day.

cheers
Ed N.

[SergntMac]

Just wanted to say that I enjoyed your pics and this thread. Thanks!

[wesman]

Actually the tires sitting on the rack I did not use. I used the dry slicks mounted on the BBS wheels only. They stuck like heck. Today I was driving around with the trailer empty except for the wets, you should see the motorheads stare at the tires.

[wesman]

Just found out my mileage towing was around 13mpg, and on track 10.

[LordVader]

:cool: Great camera work! The set-up on the car looks good also. It looks like you can push 'em and pull 'em. Thanks for sharing.

[Canadasvt]

Nice pics. Looks like fun.

Are you going to be at Shannonville in August with SVTOA?

[wesman]

Nice pics. Looks like fun.

Are you going to be at Shannonville in August with SVTOA?
It was a lot of fun. Pics were professional, $40 for a CD.

SVTOA is on my 'maybe' list. Might be at Calabogie, its their opening weekend for the new track.

[wesman]

found some more pics, on another board. They were making fun of the suspension travel.

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[QWK SVT]

found some more pics, on another board. They were making fun of the suspension travel.

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Nice Picture! I never realized the nose dives down, that much under hard braking. I wonder if there's any MM's that lift the nose that high up on launch! :eek:



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Those slicks really filll the wheel well nicely! I know you mentioned the width earlier, but what are they equivalent to, in a street tire?

[stevengerard]

Yeah right! you were just showing off your new hydrolics and don't want to admit it to us. :rolleyes:

Those are awesome pics, they can laugh at the suspension travel but i be you suprised a lot of folks. I can't wait to autocross. Though I don't want to spend any more money on the darn car. Seems to me that going with drag radials on the street would be a softer choice then autocross tires.

[eh?]

I had to take pics of this Marauder. It looked so hot with the BBS LMs. I apologize for the quality of the pics. I had limited access to the track.

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[wesman]

Thanks for the pics !

[BK_GrandMarquis]

Very cool!!! I need to find somewhere new me that I can do this at. :burnout:

[01 Interceptor]

Nice pics! I love those BBS wheels, they look right on that car.

[raed attar]

nice ride man
the question is about the suspension. Is your car bagged? if yes which brand are they??

[mossiehorn]

Looks like a great day, I'll have to try that. Mosport is just down the road from me.

[hotford]

love the wheels.....wanna sell them............

[Canadasvt]

love the wheels.....wanna sell them............

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