Took my car out for an open track day at Grattan Raceway over by Grand Rapids, MI. The track was wet, so I didn't get to push my car hard (which was probably a good thing). I still explored the envelope of the tires, suspension, and brakes.
It acts like a typical FWD vehicle. It understeers, and plows into the corners. Some spots on the track were pretty slippery, and the ESP kept me in line. I ran a few laps without the T/C on, and without it on the car greatly improved, and stability control would still kick in if necessary, but the tires were free to spin. It still never intervened even on wet payment when trying to apply the throttle.
In the straights, I would keep up with most of the other cars out there. I would actually gain on almost every Subaru out there, but in the corners they were kicking my ---. If it was dry out I might have kept up with them better.
I definitely had a lot of fun, more fun than drag racing, but I don't get as much of an adrenaline rush as I do on the strip.
My future in mother-in-law got a few videos that aren't that great because of the camera. Hopefully some other people out there got some pictures of my car.
The silver WRX with the blue wheels is my future brother-in-law. I got a ride in his car, and that thing really handles. He also has some extensive suspension and brake mods. We were pretty even on the straight away. Max speed I hit was 120 MPH, he would hit about 123 MPH, but he was also able to brake way later than I could.
http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ky4x4/Grattan/
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Originally Posted by neongary
Do you have any mods done to your car?
