westwest888

Putting my money where my mouth is:

Everyone else in California or Nevada is welcome and encouraged to join. I'm very curious how this car will stand up to my tried and true 3 series.

mellow_sparky

awesome - i STRONGLY recommend you put some better pads in your front brakes. I really wish I had done that before my track event. Our car is a 2 ton pig and the brakes are not set up to haul it down from 130 over the course of a day long event.

rcoppens

Any pad suggestions?.......paired with a low dust feature and I would be looking for a set.........

m444

westwest888,

You may also want to check this out, Sears Point (Sonoma);

http://www.audiclubgoldengate.org/Li...g/default.aspx

ACNA Event Type
Title; Audifest 2010
Location; Infineon Raceway - Sonoma, CA
Start Time; 10/29/2010 9:00 AM
End Time; 10/31/2010 6:00 PM
Description
Join over 150 other motorsports enthusiast for a weekend of learning more about yourself and your car on one of the most beautiful race tracks in North America. Infineon has 300 feet elevation change and 12 corners that challenge you to learn the most effective way of “getting around the track”. The weekend is packed with activities with the focus being the on track High Performance Driving & Safety Education. No matter what your driving experience..you will have a blast!!!

This is an all inclusive event including welcome light dinner in the Audi Forum, all printed materials, certified instructor during your time on track, classroom, refreshments during the day, dinner banquet on Saturday night at the Stone Tree Country Club(Think Steak dinner), SWAG, event memento, auction, and more.
This event has sold out as early as September 1 the last two years. Number of cars is limited to insure plenty of time on track for everyone. Register now at www.motorsportreg.com. There are more details and registration link on the Audi Club website. www.audiclubgoldengate.org.

mellow_sparky

I'm not an expert here, so you'd probably have to do some research. If it were me, i'd probably consider something like this: http://shop.achtuning.com/StopTech-3...-S4-A5-S5.aspx

There are other options EBC makes some swap out pads that are more suitable for the track than what we have as stock.

westwest888

I'm not a fan of the for-profit driving events, but thanks. I went to Infineon with my BMW last Halloween with the BMW CCA. IMO, BMW CCA puts on the best events. They have instructors who are like college professors and they run the event on schedule, and safely.

I was going to wing it with the pads, but now you've got me thinking. That's the only thing you really need to change to make it track ready. I'd probably call Alcon directly and ask them about pads. The major brake suppliers know all the pads shapes and can get you a set. I'm partial to Performance Friction 06, but I'd be willing to try Pagid Yellow.

If I'm looking at doing 2-3 events over the winter, it might make sense. I have to look at the schedule.

NWS4Guy

If you are going to swap them yourself, borrow a VCDS cable so you can retract the parking brake servo.

PhilH

This is only necessary if you're going to swap the rear pads. I swapped only the front pads on my old 330i for track days with good results in the past.

vwong

Good pads that can withstand the abuse from track conditions and low dust don't go together.