It's been a while since my last update. Didn't happen too much though. I upgraded my brakes from 262mm to ep2 262mm, and then to 282mm with mg zr180 discs and mb6 calipers. Tight but spot on.
I noticed that my pictures in the first comment are gone, so this post is going to be pic heavy.
EBC Yellowstuff pads and EBC Highcarbon discs. Did very well on track, but I will tell that later.
After bedding in I had a weird feeling, that the brakes are not that good. Too bad I didn't really had a chance to investigate, because the very next day was the track day.
Fortunately the brakes were excellent. I also picked up a set of Toyo R888 medium. Even if those are /55 instead of /50, and it was so hot the whole day, that I felt like I'm in hell, and the traffic was so heavy that sometimes it was like a traffic jam on track, I managed to lap a new record. With 2.28.855 I'm in the ek4 sector. I was braking later than anyone, I could keep up with cars on slick in the corners. So the day was real good. My aim is to reach 2.26 (which is the optimal time with the current sector times).
I did 4 sessions, each was 25 minutes long. Since it was 35+ celsius all day, I had some overheating problems. Nothing serious, I turned on the heater, and it was all good. Even if I had to race sitting in 50 celsius, because the windows had to be up. I beat a DC2, EP3s, all the mx5s, a lot of ek4s, all the crxs.
You can compare my time
here
This is my uncle driving a few laps
And here's an onboard video
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And here's a summary of the day. You can see me a few times passing cars, checking time board.
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