I took my car on a racetrack

What car?

The only real advice on the internet to give is to get access to an instructor. Saying anything else through text is pointless.

>>13989672
Was an RX8.

It did well despite half the 'aids' crapping out after a lap in most session. Probably the ideal car for the conditions.

There were no instructors at this day - was a budget enough affair. Maybe next time I'm on a trackday I'll search one out.

>>13989716
>RX8
Noice
How's the reliability? It's on my "list of cars I'd like to buy once I have money + space"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHC10-1zlo

Delicious Dale.

>>13989727
No worse than any other ten year old car. It broke a suspension part once. Took a good service and a blown ignition coil killed the catalyst, but it's never let me down.

If anything, I think taking it to the track did a lot of good. The engine definitely felt a bit better after being wrung out to the limit.

Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Focus on you racing line first I would say. Start by running a wider line, and gradually tighten it up as you learn the turns. Focus on being able to nail every turn at a lower speed before trying to set fast laps, as you'll find its much easier to set fast laps when you know how to take the turn just right.

If you can't find an instructor, try and follow someone who is a little faster than you, and copy what they do. Its a less efficient method, but it'll net the same result in the end.

just practice to build confidence.
a lot of lap time speed comes from confidence in braking zones.
most track day drivers aren't even scratching the surface of how deep they can take it into a corner.

getting fast at smooth downshifting and brake modulation, maximizing your braking zones - huge improvement.

but that will come later, for now just seat time, hit your lines, being fast comes eventually if you can get passed the fear.

>>13989775
That's basically what I was aiming to do...

Nic e to know I had the right idea.

>>13989987
also if the car understeers consider a bigger rear swaybar

If you're going to track your rx8 you need a better cooling system, rotaries have shit stock cooling, Mazda cheaps out on this on everyone of their cars.

I've only ever really seen Honda's and Nissan's have sufficient stock cooling for track days

>>13990040
this is true
why does mazda do this?

>>13990040
Seemed fine. But it was a cold day.

>>13990017
I don't really mind the understeer too much, it was controllable while (if I'm honest) I'm not sure if I can really handle a snap of oversteer yet.

>>13989665
>maybe a little more horsepower
I can guarantee you that there's 130 BHP shitbuckets out there posting faster times. More power is a bad thing because it's a bandaid for not enough skill. If you truly want to become a better driver, stick with stock power and summer street tires or treaded R-compounds (not shitty GT or all season tires). If you want to make your car better, focus on cooling, brakes, lightness, and maybe some aero and suspension mods.

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>>13990017
Sway bars are a terrible thing to use for suspension tuning. They just reduce traction on the side that they're installed on; it's like using a smaller tire in the rear to reduce understeer. You don't want to remove them completely because most IRS systems rely on them to prevent failure modes like pic related, but you do want to use the least stiff sway bars offered for your vehicle.

>>13990169
Sure it seemed fine but a few more laps and you wouldve noticed loss in power, hesitation and sluggishness