Engine and Tune

ban25

I'm running Bridgestone RE-71Rs, which I'm quite happy with and will likely continue with in an M4, until something better ultimately comes around (in the tire world, this means every year practically).

The key to controlling costs in an M car is to keep the consumables affordable. So I'm looking at a configuration with the standard iron brakes, rather than carbon ceramic rotors that cost $10k and need to be replaced every 500 track miles. As soon as an AP Racing BBK is available for the M4, I'll switch out to that -- the performance can't be beat, and the rotors/pads are cheap.

There's still the question of when I'll get the M4. Soon, if I decide to go that way. But I just ordered a new set of Carbotech XP10s and Stoptech rotors, so that will give me a little wiggle room.

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2017 Corvette Z06 7MT | 1LE | Stage 3 | DSCSport

GSS138

Tires right now are out of control. Hankook sold out to tire rack and now bridgestone is undercutting them on price. Hankook can rot in hell as far as I am concerned. The tire business is so sh1tty and shady, I don't even want to give any of them my money currently.

I like the strategy on the brakes. I have switched to stop techs and hawk DTC's. happy with both, but the DTC's are very, very, very harsh. Buddy is trying out the Endless ME-20 on a different setup so we are comparing notes.

I am not a fan of the Carbotechs. I think the number of track days you get for the price you pay is not worth it. I like them initially, but they fall off fast. Endless pads are twice the price and last 3 times as long, they perform all the way down to the metal.

I am impressed with the Stop tech rotors so far, but the Hawk DTC's have already started eating them up.

Can't go wrong with AP!

Try a set of Blanks and Me-20's imo. People balk at the price of a set of Endless pads, but in my own experience, they are worth every penny and actually cheaper to run over time.

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QUOTE=ban25;3323819]I'm running Bridgestone RE-71Rs, which I'm quite happy with and will likely continue with in an M4, until something better ultimately comes around (in the tire world, this means every year practically).

The key to controlling costs in an M car is to keep the consumables affordable. So I'm looking at a configuration with the standard iron brakes, rather than carbon ceramic rotors that cost $10k and need to be replaced every 500 track miles. As soon as an AP Racing BBK is available for the M4, I'll switch out to that -- the performance can't be beat, and the rotors/pads are cheap.

There's still the question of when I'll get the M4. Soon, if I decide to go that way. But I just ordered a new set of Carbotech XP10s and Stoptech rotors, so that will give me a little wiggle room.[/QUOTE]

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GSS138

Just an update:

So I bought this car with 22K, and it is now approaching 60K miles. It has been tracked no less than 2 days a month since. I would say 80% of the miles I have put on it are either driving to the track or at the track. I travel for work a lot so even though the car is a DD it is rarely driven over 15 miles when I am at home.

Had the plugs changed, mafs and TB's cleaned and did the compression and leak down per recommendations, here's the results from Corner 3 Garage:

Compression: Cyl1 196 PSI, Cyl2 210 PSI,Cyl3 210 PSI, Cyl 4 215 PSI, Cyl5 215 PSI, Cyl6 214 PSI.

Leak Down: Cyl1 92 (8%), Cyl2 93 (7%),Cyl3 96 (4%), Cyl 4 95 (5%), Cyl5 96(4%), Cyl6 95 (5%).


Car is currently being E-tuned by Specialty Z, so will run it on the dyno after that is done! Will be happy with anything over 305, I only have CAI's and HFC's so I think that's a fair target.

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