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My first trip to a road course!
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<blockquote data-quote="Torch10th" data-source="post: 14897144" data-attributes="member: 15703"><p>You've gone over the edge now, no looking back!</p><p></p><p>I'd recommend taking a look at your local sports car clubs. NASA, SCCA etc and see what they are offering. NASA Rocky Mountain does make trips to MMP on occasion. </p><p></p><p>Those sanctioning bodies are going to put you together with an instructor that will teach you things like brake management, car control and driving up to the limit of the car and you're ability. You also won't have to deal with those pesky speed zones.</p><p></p><p>As far as your braking concerns go, the course you were on with it's speed traps forces a lot more braking than you would typically be doing out at MMP. Think of your experience as a really fast auto-x. </p><p></p><p>The brakes on the Cobra's are more than adequate to handle a large fast road course. I never did anything exotic to my 99 Cobra and it saw several seasons of track duty without fail. I used the following:</p><p></p><p>Factory calipers and blank rotors (nothing cross drilled or slotted)</p><p>Fresh ATE Super Blue fluid after each full weekend of lapping</p><p>Cabotech Bobcat compound pads. (the name of this compound is now the 1521)</p><p></p><p>If you are exceptionally hard on your brakes or run stickier tires than typical street rubber, you will want to step up to a higher temperature rated pad. For a 200 treadwear tire like an Azenzis I'd recommend XP12's in the front and either the same pads in the rear or the XP10 in the rear. These pad types should not be used on the street and will reduce rotor life as well. I found the bobcat compound to be great on the street and adequate on the track.</p><p></p><p>If you want stainless lines they help give a bit better pedal feel, but I never used them and had good success with the factory lines. Simply removing the dust shields are going to provide you with greater cooling as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Torch10th, post: 14897144, member: 15703"] You've gone over the edge now, no looking back! I'd recommend taking a look at your local sports car clubs. NASA, SCCA etc and see what they are offering. NASA Rocky Mountain does make trips to MMP on occasion. Those sanctioning bodies are going to put you together with an instructor that will teach you things like brake management, car control and driving up to the limit of the car and you're ability. You also won't have to deal with those pesky speed zones. As far as your braking concerns go, the course you were on with it's speed traps forces a lot more braking than you would typically be doing out at MMP. Think of your experience as a really fast auto-x. The brakes on the Cobra's are more than adequate to handle a large fast road course. I never did anything exotic to my 99 Cobra and it saw several seasons of track duty without fail. I used the following: Factory calipers and blank rotors (nothing cross drilled or slotted) Fresh ATE Super Blue fluid after each full weekend of lapping Cabotech Bobcat compound pads. (the name of this compound is now the 1521) If you are exceptionally hard on your brakes or run stickier tires than typical street rubber, you will want to step up to a higher temperature rated pad. For a 200 treadwear tire like an Azenzis I'd recommend XP12's in the front and either the same pads in the rear or the XP10 in the rear. These pad types should not be used on the street and will reduce rotor life as well. I found the bobcat compound to be great on the street and adequate on the track. If you want stainless lines they help give a bit better pedal feel, but I never used them and had good success with the factory lines. Simply removing the dust shields are going to provide you with greater cooling as well. [/QUOTE]
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