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**Catmaigne** · 10-20-2025, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Z28pr0jekt

Appreciate the inputs! Forgot I still had Utica in my profile, I'm down in Jacksonville, FL. I run Continental Extreme Contact Force tires currently on the street (my understanding is they're like an endurance tire for track days but I needed some extra grip on the street and chose to try these instead of R888Rs), they seem to hook pretty good in second, not so much in 1st. I do have aftermarket pads but I can't remember which ones I put in (still the padlet style). I have the stability control disabled but still have traction control. I've heard GM put something out for LS engines to switch to the mobil 1 supercar which is basically like the Euro you mentioned. Pretty sure I have Mobil 1 5w30 in it currently.

I need to get around to the 1/4 track but I haven't ran on a track in 20 years so I have some weird nerves about it. I used to beat the daylights out of my Z28 but I'm somewhat tentative in the vette and I really don't play on the street anymore other than a short pull here and there (FL recently passed a super speeders law, anything over 100mph and some other situations is jail)

Is the track insurance like you pay for it for any given session you do as a one time thing?

Do you ever make your way down to FL to any track? If so, I'd love to connect sometime even if it's just to go watch and learn versus actually running.

Gotcha, those Contis are decent track tires and similar to the RS4s I used to run. They have a little more grip than something like a PS4S summer tire but definitely take more heat to activate. You'd be better off with a more autox oriented tire since they grip way harder cold, although those tires are softer and don't last very long.

The track is definitely a much better outlet than the street! It also makes you realize that what felt like 9/10ths on the street is actually more like 4/10ths.

The track insurance you pay for per day. Hagerty, OpenTrack, Lockton, and RLI all offer it and the price varies quite a bit. I don't insure my car since it's not worth much.

I'm tempted to do an east coast track trip in the future. I would hit a bunch of stuff off I95, then take the Amtrak autotrain back up north. Sebring and Daytona would be fun, plus I could visit my grandma in West Palm Beach lol.

***SSlowBoat*** · 10-20-2025, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Catmaigne

Gotcha, those Contis are decent track tires and similar to the RS4s I used to run. They have a little more grip than something like a PS4S summer tire but definitely take more heat to activate. You'd be better off with a more autox oriented tire since they grip way harder cold, although those tires are softer and don't last very long.

The track is definitely a much better outlet than the street! It also makes you realize that what felt like 9/10ths on the street is actually more like 4/10ths.

The track insurance you pay for per day. Hagerty, OpenTrack, Lockton, and RLI all offer it and the price varies quite a bit. I don't insure my car since it's not worth much.

I'm tempted to do an east coast track trip in the future. I would hit a bunch of stuff off I95, then take the Amtrak autotrain back up north. Sebring and Daytona would be fun, plus I could visit my grandma in West Palm Beach lol.

you should get Coleman in on that and have a LT1 road race party

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**Z28pr0jekt** · 10-20-2025, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Catmaigne

Gotcha, those Contis are decent track tires and similar to the RS4s I used to run. They have a little more grip than something like a PS4S summer tire but definitely take more heat to activate. You'd be better off with a more autox oriented tire since they grip way harder cold, although those tires are softer and don't last very long.

The track is definitely a much better outlet than the street! It also makes you realize that what felt like 9/10ths on the street is actually more like 4/10ths.

The track insurance you pay for per day. Hagerty, OpenTrack, Lockton, and RLI all offer it and the price varies quite a bit. I don't insure my car since it's not worth much.

I'm tempted to do an east coast track trip in the future. I would hit a bunch of stuff off I95, then take the Amtrak autotrain back up north. Sebring and Daytona would be fun, plus I could visit my grandma in West Palm Beach lol.

Considering I had some Runflat PS Sport 2s when I got the car 5 years ago, these Contis are a night and day difference. With the PS2s I was blowing through the traction control spinning in 2nd. With the Contis it mostly hooks in 2nd with traction control off, 1st gear however is wild lol. I will say I thought the PS2s sucked in the rain, but I got caught in some rain the other day with the Contis and I now understand the concept of not running drag radials in the rain, it was scary. If there was a 1/4" puddle, the car would immediately hydroplane when I hit it only going 40-45mph.

**rentedmule** · 10-29-2025, 06:41 AM

That doesn't look like a stock C6 steering wheel to me - it's much fatter than the one on my car. An alignment makes a huge difference. I wish I'd done it earlier -I went from factory specs to an auto-x/street setting and it feels and drives better in all situations now. I love the brakes on my C6GS but I agree on the over boosted steering. I drove the Formula a few weeks ago after ~8 months in storage and it felt properly heavy compared to the vette.

**Catmaigne** · 10-29-2025, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by rentedmule

That doesn't look like a stock C6 steering wheel to me - it's much fatter than the one on my car. An alignment makes a huge difference. I wish I'd done it earlier -I went from factory specs to an auto-x/street setting and it feels and drives better in all situations now. I love the brakes on my C6GS but I agree on the over boosted steering. I drove the Formula a few weeks ago after ~8 months in storage and it felt properly heavy compared to the vette.

You're right, there's something weird about that wheel. I wonder if it was re-covered with thumb grips added or something since the center section looks pretty stock.

I wonder how much of the difference in steering feel is due to the SAI/KPI difference in the front geometry. The 4th gens have a lot like E46s, GR86s, Porsches, etc. whereas the C5/C6 have way less like the Miatas.

**Catmaigne** · 10-30-2025, 07:52 AM

Did an event at Lightning last weekend. I needed an event to break in my new V730 tires and DTC70 front pads before leaving for Pitt next Friday. The tires ain't bad and I ran about 1s off pace compared to the RE71RS I ran earlier in the year which was expected. I also got a little more ballsy with the throttle through T5 (blind uphill) and the entry to the final corner by relying on understeer to scrub speed.

Went to do an oil change yesterday and the seal on the slave cylinder blew out... This stuff is relatively new, so idk what gives.

**JOATMON** · 10-31-2025, 10:01 AM

Awesome video thanks for sharing. That track seems to allow some great speed in the straights. Didn't you convert to Wilwood clutch master and slave sometime back? I seem to remembr bookmarking the part numbers for future upgrade on my car.
Nolan

**Catmaigne** · 11-02-2025, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by JOATMON

Awesome video thanks for sharing. That track seems to allow some great speed in the straights. Didn't you convert to Wilwood clutch master and slave sometime back? I seem to remembr bookmarking the part numbers for future upgrade on my car.
Nolan

Thanks! And I pieced together a bleedable master/slave setup with some fittings and AN line about a year ago, details on post #457. It has been on the car for about a year and seemed fine, although shifting had become a little harder with time. I just chalked that up to the trans being older and the synchros going from all the tracking since the engagement point was still pretty high up on the pedal, but it turns out that it was definitely the hydraulics. I pulled the SKP slave off the car and noticed that the AN adapter fitting in the end was a little loose (could be pushed in/pulled out a little and also wobbled a tad). The fitting looked a little worn and flattened where the roll pin contacts it. The seal looked like it was getting pushed into the corner where the fitting meets the slave inlet and was getting pinched (you can see the little edge on the seal in the pic).

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I replaced the fitting, seal, and slave and bled the system so everything feels great now. Unsure if the older parts were machined improperly, i.e. the adapter fitting groove for the roll pin was too wide or if the roll pin location on the slave was too far away from the fitting groove allowing more slop than what's ideal. Not sure, but I'm going to monitor it over time to see if the fitting loosens up again. If it does, I will probably just machine a flat on the end of the slave and tap for a banjo bolt/crush washer setup since this is annoying as hell.

**JOATMON** · 11-03-2025, 10:26 AM

Thanks, memory corrected. LOL

**Catmaigne** · 11-10-2025, 12:53 PM

Made it to Pittrace and back for the last ever HPDE there. It was crowded as hell as there were 218 cars split between 4 run groups. I didn't get the sub 2 min I was looking for since the traffic was HORRENDOUS for an advanced group and there were trains everywhere. It's a damn shame considering the car 1000% has 1:59s in it, but we'll never know.

Here is my 2:00.8 PB lap from Saturday, although the pass on T1 is slowing me down. A very dirty lap on greasy, overinflated tires since I only got the opening at the end of a 30 min session. I had maybe 2 laps total without interruption all day.