Toyota MR2 Message Board - View Single Post - Tips and tricks for surviving the HPDE experience

adrian_irwin · 03-17-2008, 01:41 PM

Good brake fluid and if you're on stock pads, a spare set. The fluid is key though, as once enough heat has been put into the system to cause significant fade, it takes a long time for everything to cool back down.

On that note, you may want to try and park the car for a while when the trackday is *done*, just to let your brakes (and everything else) come back down in temp.

*Edit* A few more things:

A big golf umbrella to hide under when you're not driving. I think there's a law somewhere that says the amount of shade available at a track is inversely proportional to the power of the sun that day.

Duct tape, especially for the turbo guys. It sucks to head home early due to a blown hose. Going around a rad hose or a intake house that's starting to fail with about 10 layers of tape can generally get you through anything...

Gloves. Both a nitrile/latex inner layer and a leather outer layer. If you're poking at things, they tend to be either hot, covered in fluids, or both.

A container to bleed your brakes into. Glass with a lid that seals, or a bleeder bag from speedbleeder.com.

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adrian_irwin No Skills Join Date: May 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 32 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Good brake fluid and if you're on stock pads, a spare set. The fluid is key though, as once enough heat has been put into the system to cause significant fade, it takes a long time for everything to cool back down. On that note, you may want to try and park the car for a while when the trackday is done, just to let your brakes (and everything else) come back down in temp. Edit A few more things: A big golf umbrella to hide under when you're not driving. I think there's a law somewhere that says the amount of shade available at a track is inversely proportional to the power of the sun that day. Duct tape, especially for the turbo guys. It sucks to head home early due to a blown hose. Going around a rad hose or a intake house that's starting to fail with about 10 layers of tape can generally get you through anything... Gloves. Both a nitrile/latex inner layer and a leather outer layer. If you're poking at things, they tend to be either hot, covered in fluids, or both. A container to bleed your brakes into. Glass with a lid that seals, or a bleeder bag from speedbleeder.com. Last edited by adrian_irwin; 03-17-2008 at 07:32 PM..