Murphdog

Took my car to Driveway Austin on Saturday and enjoyed the day doing the Foundations of Road Racing course they put on. All seemed to go great. Only left the track once. Learned a lot about taking corners properly, how my suspension should be set as far as firmness on the Koni Yellows. No mechanical isues happened while there, but later that night I had noticed the Service Engine light go on and stay on. Well per the repair shop, I need a new EVAP vent solenoid. This results in also needing to reprogram / update my PCM. They also pointed out that my rear rotors/brakes need replacing. Considering I'm at 66,685 miles, I'm also going to have them do a oil change. I suspect I burned a lot of it during my track time, plus I was going to get one at 67,500 anyway. This was my first time using my new Gopro, too. Link below. Still tweaking my usage/settings on it (no music on the edits)

Do you think I'm going to need to upload my Bama tune for the CAI after I get it back?

First of 5 Gopro video's is linked below. The other 4 are linked via playlist.

AMAlexLazarus

Hey looking good! I replied to your other thread and I'll say it here as well that you should go back to stock then read the strategy after the fact and email or call Bama to see if it has been changed. Again, I'm also a little lost why they're needing to reprogram or update this for you doing the work. Did they elaborate on this at all by chance? Let me know or shoot Bama a call directly on this so they can get a better idea of what's going on!

Alex

Alex

Roy_R

Pretty sure your tires did not take a beating with that Sunday drive around the track!

Murphdog

Haha!. The first 3 laps in the first video was only to tour the rest of the track behind one of the instructors. The rest of the time and in the other video's my Perellis were squeeling around many of the turns. The service tech who worked on my car the last 2 days mentioned he saw burned rubber on my bumper.

Murphdog

Sadly, my car wasn't as quick as most of the others. The trans-am had 390HP worth of bolt-ons. The little white hatchback is gutted and very light (he's prepping it for some racing). The mercedes was a little careless around the track as he spun out more than a couple time. The trans-am got some air around one turn, no damage, ended up on grass on the inside of the turn after the straight-away. I think I took most of the turns better than the others though.

The porche and the schools race-prepped miata were the quickest around the track.

cruisin5268d

I would highly encourage you to get a second opinion.