Carbotech XP-10 Brake Pads - 1001 Series for C5 Corvette Caddillac Brembo BrakesSo I managed to get 9 track days on a set of these brake pads and I've got a fairly good clue about how they work now. I'll start by saying, YES that's a lot of track...
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Available Track Day Pads - ComparedAt this point I've got through several sets of pads over 18+ track days with the Cadillac Bremos. Here's everything I'm aware of that is available for these brakes and my thoughts on what is available along...
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So I've logged and blogged about every track day I do, the upgrades and modifications I made going into them, and the takeaways from each and every single one. There's some useful information in there for folks, along with just general writeups of...
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Do it Yourself. Built not Bought. Know your ride. Whatever the mindest is that drives you to want to tackle projects yourself, you're here because you're interested in doing a chassis mounted wing for your C5 Corvette on your own. Maybe it's because...
Updated 2 years 1 month ago
So earlier in my blog, I wrote about what is theroetically involved in DIYing a car wing. Welp, I've actually been working on it, and I figured I'd start with the a bit of a blog post on what I did and what was involved.Step 0 Research, come up with...
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After a several month "Dry" spell of not having track days, the wet weather of the PNW relented for a spell opening up a surprise track weekend in early February at The Ridge Motorsports Park. Not only did the cruddy weather part though, but a bunch...
Updated 2 years 2 months ago
So I'm just dumb enough to think that i can sometimes do stuff myself either better or for cheaper. I also just sometimes enjoy the process enough to want to do it myself even knowing I'll get worse results than if I just paid somebody with more...
Event & Track Day Reports Track Day 24 + 25 - Thunderhill East - Part 2 of bringing the trailer back
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So as part of my adventure down south to pick up my Corvette with my new trailer and bring it home, I decided to try and schedule a track day to hit up on my way North. Thunderhill wound up having a weekend long track event which worked out...
Updated 2 years 3 months ago
Recently I was posting about my track time at Thunderhill on facebook, and a man exasperatingly wondered how I could possibly afford to do so many track days a year at nearly $4000 a day in cost. I chuckled at what must have been a typo, but the...
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Hello everyone and welcome to the blog section! This wil be my first post in this now reserructed section where I will put infromation about experiences adjacent to all of my other projects. I don't want to bog down other project writings with lots...