This is over a week late but I finally have some pictures from the track event at Buttonwillow. It was very nice to meet Mike, Ed, Murph and Boz. Murph was in his E30 race car running with full race Vipers and Porsches and Boz stopped by to say hello. These guys and the others at the event were very cool and no one had any attitude like you sometimes get at track events. In some of the pictures, you can see Mike giving me some tips on driving the Beast on the track. I went for a ride with him and he can really hustle his car around the track. He definitely was keeping up with the guys in their Porsche Twin Turbos. After a few sessions and getting comfortable with my car, I was able to pass a Porsche GT3, NSX and an E46 M3. The next time I head out to the track will be in mid August at CA Speedway with BMW CCA. I should have the H&R Coil-overs installed by then.
I did experience some problems on the track. My car went into limp mode and the SES light came on during two separate sessions. The problem was solved by restarting and fortunately Boz had his Peake tool to scan my codes which said Misfire Cyl 1. The other problem was the coolant temp. The oil temp went just beyond the normal operating temperature, but the coolant would go straight to red 10-15 minutes into the session. I would just back off a little and short shift and the coolant would go back down, but I hope there is a solution to this. I do remeber reading a thread awhile ago about a better radiator that might help. Also, when I asked Ed about how his car was running, he mentioned that he did not have any problems with the coolant going into the red like Mike and I did. Ed mentioned that he had Red LIne Water Wetter in his coolant. I may have to give this a try next time. One more thing. Mike informed me about my sway bar brackets that were broken. I didn't even know, although I did purchase a few extra stock brackets from the dealer the week before. The weather was so frickin hot, I decided to continue the rest of the day status quo and deal with the brackets later. Maybe that is why my car was understeering so much, lol.
Anyways, enjoy the pictures.