First autocross in a year

It was May 11 of last year when I last autocrossed, which was in the 944. Obviously feeling super rusty so enlisted my equally rusty friend, Rad, to codrive with me in the Cayman. We had a fun little battle where he got me on his last run but I was able to find a bit more time to take the win on my last run. Good times, great weather, loads of fun. I definitely miss this.

NNJR SCCA Autocross - 5-18-2025

The Motocompacto also made an appearance
Photo by: Autox4u

Run comparison

Pre-autocross maintenance

Not only has it been over a year since my last autocross but it's been even more than that for the Cayman. I signed up for the NNJR SCCA autocross on Sunday but since it's been over 2 years since I changed the transaxle fluid and brake fluid, I wanted to get that sorted before any kind of actual performance driving. Went to see SJF Performance to get this all sorted. First was a full flush of the brake fluid with Motul RBF600.

Fresh Motul RBF600

Fresh Motul RBF600

Next was fresh Motul Gear Oil for the transaxle. The oil fluid actually came out super clean, still the same blue color this fluid comes in from the bottle so there's definitely no excessive wear on the OSGiken diff inside it.

Motul SAE 75W150 gear oil

I also wanted to see of my Honda Motcompacto could fit in the trunk and was pleased to see that it did so I can take it to events to get around.

Motocompacto in rear trunk of the Cayman

Maintenance Update:

Mileage: 54,100

- 1.5L Motul RBF600

- 3 quarts Motul SAE 75W150 gear oil

2025 Season Opener with S2K Takeover at NYST

Finally got my first track days in for the year. We had a great 2 days at NY Safety Track doing the uptown track on day 1 and the downtown track on day 2. Despite the one and off rain, we had a great time and the car was feeling really good. Looks like some of the late season suspension changes we did last year really sorted out the noise issues on the rear suspension and the lack of front caster.

NYST 5/5/2025

NYST 5/5/2025

The new Fire Link setup is making it super easy to not only gather real time telemetry but as a learning aide to understand where I can drive faster using Fire Laps. It consists of a GPS antenna and logger with LTE capabilities so it can transmit data directly to your firelaps account as you run. The analysis at the end of each session lets you hone in on each section and find out what you can do to extract some more pace.

 

NYST 5/5/2025

Firelaps data analysis

Overall it was a terrific 2-day event and I can't wait for our next event in July at NJ Motorsports Park.

Uptown - 1:40:02

Downtown - 1:43:9