Race Tracking Your Supra - Information exchange

[Joker328]

Been lazy and haven't gotten around to this, but knocked it out this weekend.

4L came out, 5.5L went in.... We shall see if this fixes things next track day...

Oof. Any sign of leaks? Otherwise, that is quite the underfill.

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[kaj]

Im sure there are a few drivers here that would take your challenge lol. Time to call Vegas and place some bets ?

I'm not saying they won't. I'm saying I'll buy sway bars once they do. I need more of a reason to put parts on my car than "because".

 

[kaj]

Thanks @all for the replies ?

Oooooh. I read "When approaching a turn" , I didn't realize you were braking in a turn. Yeah. That can be really sketchy if not done just right. Brake in a straight line. ????

 

[BrettG782]

Oof. Any sign of leaks? Otherwise, that is quite the underfill.

No seepage or leaks that I could identify. I'm guessing they drained, & filled but did not refill after cycling gears/getting fluid to operating temp.

 

[zrk]

No seepage or leaks that I could identify. I'm guessing they drained, & filled but did not refill after cycling gears/getting fluid to operating temp.

This is likely it.

 

[garudathree]

777performance hood vent, better than the gt500 setup I was running

 

[Eyelise]

Hmm gonna install my sway bars shortly. what is the max camber you can get with the OEM suspension?

 

[94boosted]

Do not cross straps. Actually a big no no


Cloth straps go through wheels. They don’t mark

The location of my D-Rings on my trailer doesn't really allow me much of an option for how to strap the rear of car down... had no choice but to cross the rear straps. Worried that it's going to cause the rear alignment to be out tying it down like this, I didn't cinch them down overly tight, it was just a quick test tow to the local scale to set my tongue weight.

Any thoughts?

 

[zrk]

The location of my D-Rings on my trailer doesn't really allow me much of an option for how to strap the rear of car down... had no choice but to cross the rear straps. Worried that it's going to cause the rear alignment to be out tying it down like this, I didn't cinch them down overly tight, it was just a quick test tow to the local scale to set my tongue weight.

Any thoughts?

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The back is correct. Rear should always be strapped. But you should absolutely 1000% definitely not strap the fronts like that. Your steering rack is going to go boom boom.

Use the caster arms.

 

[razorlab]

Hmm gonna install my sway bars shortly. what is the max camber you can get with the OEM suspension?

Whatever it gives you ?

No adjustment in front. Rear has camber adjustment. Can easily get -2.5+ in the rear.

 

[94boosted]

The back is correct. Rear should always be strapped. But you should absolutely 1000% definitely not strap the fronts like that. Your steering rack is going to go boom boom.

Use the caster arms.

Sorry you're saying it's ok to cross the rears like that? The way it's set up it's trying to force the rear tires to toe out, and against the static negative camber that I have. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

As for the fronts, do you just put a small axle strap across the caster arms? Do you cross them?

 

[zrk]

Sorry you're saying it's ok to cross the rears like that? The way it's set up it's trying to force the rear tires to toe out, and against the static negative camber that I have. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

As for the fronts, do you just put a small axle strap across the caster arms? Do you cross them?

Fronts we leave straight, yes, with small axle strap. Rears we *always* cross.

 

[Rocksandblues]

Way i was taught:

in your crossed rear photos. Picture in your mind what would happen i f one strap broke or came loose. The other strap would instantly have way too much play and allow for too much left and right movement

if you strap straight back each side and one strap failed the car would be better secured from lateral movement.
Just my .02

 

[3TMagnetMan]

I run with one click off. So not fully off. I also log brake pressure per wheel so I can see when it's brake vectoring. I do see 2% pressure in some corners when I am not physically on the brakes. 2% to me doesn't seem like actual brake vectoring though. Maybe it's preloading the system?

You can see the 2% overall system pressure happening in this video here:

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[FLtrackdays]

Hmm gonna install my sway bars shortly. what is the max camber you can get with the OEM suspension?

And sure you already know this, you’ll have to buy camber plates or adjustable control arms to dial in additional camber up front.

The location of my D-Rings on my trailer doesn't really allow me much of an option for how to strap the rear of car down... had no choice but to cross the rear straps. Worried that it's going to cause the rear alignment to be out tying it down like this, I didn't cinch them down overly tight, it was just a quick test tow to the local scale to set my tongue weight.

Any thoughts?

Just throwing it out there. I used to transport mine (had no choice in my dedicated track S2k). Then, in my MX5, I started just changing my tires when I got there, like a lot of other track guys. Monkey see ? monkey do ?. Fast forward to today, since she’s an extra car that I don’t daily, I stopped changing my tires and just drive there on my track tires. Luckily I’m only 90 miles to Sebring and 150 to Homestead.

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