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Originally Posted by MightyBobo Brakes. Definitely brakes. And I'm kinda with Sig here on the skipping the Hyperdrive. You'll feel there may be unfinished business after only doing one session.

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Brakes. Definitely brakes.

And I'm kinda with Sig here on the skipping the Hyperdrive. You'll feel there may be unfinished business after only doing one session.

On the other hand, if you really want to get out ASAP? Go for it...but do brakes.
I'll be doing mine for sure. I am thinking Motul 600, SS lines, and debating on pads (EBC Yellow Stuff is winning right now just because of money). Then I plan on meshing my grill and relocating my fang air vents feeding the CAI to the mesh somewhere, which will free up the fang vents to do the brake cooling thing. This is my cost effective plan right now, not sure what I am going to do for sure. You start adding the basics up I need (500+ oil cooler) just to play for the weekend on top of the $384 fee and then $249 for insurance and it gets up there in a hurry. My brother in law has a house 20 minutes away from the track so I won't have to worry about hotel stuff tho.
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I'll be doing mine for sure. I am thinking Motul 600, SS lines, and debating on pads (EBC Yellow Stuff is winning right now just because of money). Then I plan on meshing my grill and relocating my fang air vents feeding the CAI to the mesh somewhere, which will free up the fang vents to do the brake cooling thing. This is my cost effective plan right now, not sure what I am going to do for sure. You start adding the basics up I need (500+ oil cooler) just to play for the weekend on top of the $384 fee and then $249 for insurance and it gets up there in a hurry. My brother in law has a house 20 minutes away from the track so I won't have to worry about hotel stuff tho.
Motul 600 is what I ran at VIR/Autobahn CC. I now run the AP Racing fluid. Either works just fine. I think AP is actually more expensive.

SS lines aren't required at all, so if you want to save money, dont worry about them. But if you're planning on doing them for sure, then do them with the fluid swap obviously.

Carbotech XP10 Front/XP8 Rear is the defacto standard setup. Don't know much about the EBC Yellow stuff at all (for our application). XP8's all around would work, too.

And yes, track events add up really fast for me:
$350-400 for event
$200-300 for hotel if needed
$50 for food
$200+ for gas (truck, and car)
$160-200 for a trailer

And that's before I factor in any new parts that I need, like brake rotors/pads, tires...

An expensive hobby . Nice to have a place so close to go to, though - my friend has a cabin about an hour away from Summit Point that we stay at. Almost the same time to get back to Baltimore! haha
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