stidigs First welcome to the club.
We need a little more info for this question.
1 Guess how much torque and HP does your motor make?
2 Size of tires? Type? Wear thread?
3 Suspension upgrades? Driving on the track and cruising have 2 different suspension setups. If you re just cruising around the track, no problem. If racing, a whole different issue. If you are going to the track, you need safety equipment, helmet, gloves, firesuit, arm restraints, headlights need to be taped, battery tied down and doesn't move, cutoff switch for power. There's a list. You may have to run the car before an inspector for this. They should help you and explain what you and your car have to have to pass. A big one, NOTHING loose to fly out of the car onto the track. No leaks of drivetrain. They take your work on this.
4 Don't get mad
do you have time on a track. need to know flags. Riding or driving with a instructor for the first couple of times is a good idea.
5 Speed, DON'T get crazyout there. Cruise in the back of the pack until you learn the corners of the track. Big one here, Brakes depending how hard you drive the fluid will get hot and the brake will fade. This is one thing that is different between street and track.
6 Over fill the motor by 1 quart. This will help save it on higher "g" turns. Against this is a street motor. Lossing
oil pressure pull up to "1G" happens and will kill the bottom end bearings.
7 Safety check on your own, put car on jack stands and start from the front and work your way to the back of it. Check tightness of every nut and bolt you can get to. If you have pin drive wheels, they need to be safety wire tied. When was the last time your front wheel bearing where repack if your car has these? Chack play on all 4 wheel. no more than 1/8" upper to lower movement, same for side to side on wheels for front end parts like tierods.
8Last not trying to be a pain but seen too many guys think their cars can fly around a track without any issues and end up into walls, hit barriers, spinouts, tire assemblies come off, and burnt. We are not Nascar. Just guys wanting to have some fun with our cars.
9 Last side note, your insurance on both you and your car is no good on tracks.Check into this. Have heard and seen this happen with accidents. If they find out you where on a track, it could get real ugly.
Good luck, drive safe. get a wider rear view mirror for the track to see guys flying up on you. You want to give the pass by signal. This is optional, spare pair of underwear after you do your first spinout.
It happens to everyone.
Rick l. Ps wide or close ratio top loader??
Rear end gear ratio
Linear Mode
