Who here has tracked their Emira?

[Blackthought_]

Anyone here track their Emira? If so, did you track the car 100% stock or did you upgrade parts? Particularly interested if you changed out the brake fluid, pads, tires, etc.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Thanks!

This was with PCA (Porsche Club of America). All run groups have to give a point by to pass. The general rule is to point by to the inside of the next turn, ideally early in the straight, not late as some did. I could have waved it off but I wanted to work on my off line cornering so it was good practice. I think the cup 2s are bidirectional but they do have an outside and an inside. So they are asymmetrical but bidirectional.

Looking forward to going to NJMP, as well as well as Watkins Glenn, and pocono next year. We will see what my schedule and budget allows. A trailer will definitely open up my radius of available tracks

I love NJMP Thunderbolt

 

[Steve Tillett]

I did Summit Main. It was awesome. First time there or doing a real track day. I think the fastest I went was 132mph before braking into turn 1, probably still overslowing the car on turn 10 (among many other areas) so there’s more to be had. Played with dropping to 2nd or keeping it in 3rd for turn 1 and turn 5, 3rd seemed just as fast and less work so usually stuck with that. Car did great, no issues other than eating through the front pads half way through day 2. Changed to EBC blues and pushed on. So easy to change pads I’m going to run track and street setups going forward. Other learnings… probably shoulda rotated my tires as I wore the left side a fair bit more than the right but I’ll factor that in to my next track day. Hope this was the first of many. Would like to get buckets and a half cage or harness bar because it was work keeping myself in the seat at times. Season is wrapping up in the Northeast. I took some potato quality video of my last session. This was a novice group so don’t judge me or the cars I pass too harshly. I’ve run this track many many times in I racing. It was so cool to get to lap it in real life. Buckets, harnesses, half cage, track wheels, track pad’s, probably a trailer in the future… God help my wallet. I’m hooked.

I could see you sliding about in the seat. I was thinking to myself. "There is a potential customer"

 

[lynchy73]

I did Summit Main. It was awesome. First time there or doing a real track day. I think the fastest I went was 132mph before braking into turn 1, probably still overslowing the car on turn 10 (among many other areas) so there’s more to be had. Played with dropping to 2nd or keeping it in 3rd for turn 1 and turn 5, 3rd seemed just as fast and less work so usually stuck with that. Car did great, no issues other than eating through the front pads half way through day 2. Changed to EBC blues and pushed on. So easy to change pads I’m going to run track and street setups going forward. Other learnings… probably shoulda rotated my tires as I wore the left side a fair bit more than the right but I’ll factor that in to my next track day. Hope this was the first of many. Would like to get buckets and a half cage or harness bar because it was work keeping myself in the seat at times. Season is wrapping up in the Northeast. I took some potato quality video of my last session. This was a novice group so don’t judge me or the cars I pass too harshly. I’ve run this track many many times in I racing. It was so cool to get to lap it in real life. Buckets, harnesses, half cage, track wheels, track pad’s, probably a trailer in the future… God help my wallet. I’m hooked.

I fitted Cup 2 to my Sport Emira I4 (not LTS version). The front left showed significantly more wear than front right and would go higher pressure and hotter during the session.

The Cup 2 can be swapped left to right and I did that later.

For me personally, it felt like a good compromise to start the session about 3psi below recommended (tyres wouldn’t be cold as was fairly hot day and not too long between sessions) and maybe 2 to 3psi over recommended by the end of the session. Didn’t like the feel when I reduced the tyre pressures below this level, didn’t feel good at the start of the session. I’m no expert, nor am I particularly fast, just my opinion.

 

[crashprash]

Did SMSP last night. Basically about 1-2 laps before the end of each session (15min session), the stock brakes would start too fade and the brake pedal would become squishy. Eagle F1s (sport suspension) also gave up towards the last session. Have ordered the track pads from Racing Brake (will also add RBF as well) (will swap to their rotors once the stock ones wear out). Will also swap to track tyres once the current set wears out. Stock seats aren't great at holding you in but can't really swap seats as it's a defect in AU.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Did SMSP last night. Basically about 1-2 laps before the end of each session (15min session), the stock brakes would start too fade and the brake pedal would become squishy. Eagle F1s (sport suspension also gave up towards the last session. Have ordered the track pads from Racing Brake (will also add RBF as well) (will swap to their rotors once the stock ones wear out). Will also swap to track tyres once the current set wears out. Stock seats aren't great at holding you in but can't really swap seats as it's a defect in AU.

Very surprised by the braking performance with your car. How many miles (and track miles) does the car have on it?

 

[crashprash]

Very surprised by the braking performance with your car. How many miles (and track miles) does the car have on it?

Just under 2k kms. This was the 1st track outing for the car. Front pads only have approx 40% left

 

[Martylemoo]

I had previously said that there is nothing wrong with the brake setup after a decent set of pads but I totally retract that statement now.

If you push the car hard the discs are not up to track work, the pads never were and the fluid needs changing.

 

[seriously]

One takeaway I have from trackdays is that you will stress your brakes if you are really good or really bad- meaning you'll be very hard on your brakes or overdrive the car and have to brake more than you need to. I'm squarely in the mediocre range so I find that stock brakes typically hold up with better fluids.

 

[Tomwa]

Did SMSP last night. Basically about 1-2 laps before the end of each session (15min session), the stock brakes would start too fade and the brake pedal would become squishy. Eagle F1s (sport suspension also gave up towards the last session. Have ordered the track pads from Racing Brake (will also add RBF as well) (will swap to their rotors once the stock ones wear out). Will also swap to track tyres once the current set wears out. Stock seats aren't great at holding you in but can't really swap seats as it's a defect in AU.

What do you mean by the sport suspension 'gave up' towards the end of the last session?

I could see the tires getting greasy, or not maintaining the same levels of grip. But not sure what you could mean by the suspension drastically changing its character.

 

[Martylemoo]

One takeaway I have from trackdays is that you will stress your brakes if you are really good or really bad- meaning you'll be very hard on your brakes or overdrive the car and have to brake more than you need to. I'm squarely in the mediocre range so I find that stock brakes typically hold up with better fluids.

This is true, but the brakes are not up to the ability of the chassis.

 

[crashprash]

What do you mean by the sport suspension 'gave up' towards the end of the last session?

I could see the tires getting greasy, or not maintaining the same levels of grip. But not sure what you could mean by the suspension drastically changing its character.

Sorry there was a missing ')'. Fixed. Was referring to the tyres

 

[crashprash]

For those of you who have swapped to track pads and hi temp brake fluid, did you also consider swapping to braided brake lines? If not, then why not?

 

[Martylemoo]

Because it has them as standard.

 

[bshads]

Hello. I have made a quick video after doing things.
Mods: Pagid brake pads, brake cooling "ducts" from Jubu, Sport cup 2's.
Feels: Way more confident, less traction control interference, Times are slightly better, but I think the track was much slower now than a month ago. There is more time to be found.
Further plans: Ohlins TTX to reduce the motion in transitions from corners to braking and to add more confidence.

Youtube

 

[Time2Fly]

For those of you who have tracked your car, what do you use to carry your gear?

I'm looking for a bag that carries a helmet, hans, shoes, gloves, and suit. And that will fit in the trunk.

 

[bshads]

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Can confirm this fits perfectly on the right side of the trunk and will fit everything you listed.

If a bit too much, use a single helmet bag for helmet&hans and shove that fully in the right side, then have a small duffel for suit, shoes, gloves.

 

[@Life411]

So how is the Emira on track? I had an opportunity to find out recently and here's my take on it.
Happy New Year! Pete