Chopper was due for an oil change so got that quickly taken care of. Note that the drain bolt uses a 1/2" wrench/socket, not a 13mm. Ended up rounding the bolt a little so decided to replace it with a brand new one to avoid future issues.
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| Oil Change - 8-26-2022 |
Maintenance Update:
Mileage: 73,027
- New mopar oil filter
- 6qt Castrol Edge 5W-20
- New OEM drain bolt
After a 3-month hiatus I finally got back to doing an autocross. I ordered some new Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS tires so this is also the last event I'll be running the Yokohama Advan A052s. While I suspect the Yoks will still have the edge in terms of overall peak grip for any given tire size, the REs come in more tire sizes so I'll be trying some wider tires to see if I can get better traction overall.
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| NNJR SCCA Autocross - 8-20-2022 Photo by: Perry Aidelbaum |
It was was a fun, fast course but with the temperature as high as it was I was struggling to keep the tires cool (I'm too lazy to bring a tire sprayer nowadays). Still though, I had a blast and my itch to do more events has returned.
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| NNJR SCCA Autocross - 8-20-2022 |
Just jotting down some maintenance for the GTi
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| Oil Change |
Maintenance Update:
Mileage: 76,440
- New Mann oil filter and drain plug
- 6 quarts Liqui Moly 5W-40 Molygen
I've been itching for a track day to relax so when the opportunity for an open track day with S2K Takeover came up at NYST, I had to go. We only had 20 something cars so we had so much room to play around and try different things.
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| NYST - 8-8-2022 |
I was expect tons of laps so I started off taking it a bit easy but knowing that the afternoon temperatures were going to skyrocket, I wanted to make the most of the morning.
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| NYST - 8-8-2022 |
Unfortunately, one of the cars had their drain bolt back out and spilled a ton of oil on most of the track so we had about 2.5 hour delay between morning and afternoon. The heat made it pretty much impossible to put in quick lap times but I was very happy with how the Continental Force tires were consistent lap after lap even after 12 laps in one of my sessions. They're no the fastest thing out there but at least they're predictable and that counts for a lot.
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| NYST - 8-8-2022 |
I ended up putting in a meager 1:44.3 which is quite a bit off my personal best but I had such a blast. The heat did eventually get to me and I had to call it quits after I started to feel the onset of heat exhaustion and I didn't want to risk not being 100% mentally present on track.
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| NYST - 8-8-2022 |
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| NYST - 8-8-2022 |
