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Originally Posted by SeattleLion
This thread is very hellful to me. I am off for my PD school on 4/18 at Pacific Raceway. I have a touring with the sport package. I replaced the brake lines with stainless and changed the fluid to AP racing DOT 5.1. Other than that, the car is stock. No oil cooler. I did buy a helmet, even though they lend them for free...just feel better about having my own.
The school tells me that everything from minivans to Lambos show up at these events. Previously (in another thread) it was agreed the oil cooler is not necessary on this first trip. If I go on, I know I will need one. Currently I am leaning toward one with a thermostatic sandwich since most of my driving is on the road (Z is my DD).
I do worry a little about being up for this experience. I have never even considered being on a track before. This was my wife's idea. Hmmm maybe she wants my life insurance money!
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Don't worry. I went to my first HPDE last summer at Summit Point with NASA where I ran with another forum member "ResIPsa". I had an excellent instructor! It was the most fun I've ever had driving! I followed that up by driving at Z Nationals last September on the smaller track at Taladega and wound up boiling my clutch fluid so only got two good sessions in before I stopped. It was awesome fun! I have a 19 row oil cooler, uprated Hawk HP+ pads and I've since changed out to the Motul fluid so I won't have to worry about clutch problems. Like I said before. You will absolutely love it!