DTT Mosport

[soloecho2]

Is there anyone interested in doing a track evenet at the driver traing track at Mosport in the spring. Unfortunatly there are not alot of track guys in the east end of Toronto.

[soloecho2]

Track day at Mosport DTT via http://www.touge.ca/Touge/20090419DDT.htm April 19 1 to 5.

[markitect]

That's a good price for a track day, wish I could make the trip over there that weekend.

[soloecho2]

No takers ?? Other then me.

[soloecho2]

Thanks Again Loren for the tips. It looks like if I want to play with other Yaris and ECHO drivers I'll have to go south ? Any other takers the test day is next Sunday ?

[soloecho2]

Well Ladies and gentlemen you missed a hell of a day. My god it was fun. I believe that i did the ECHO proud. The event was uneventful. The ECHO can carry more speed into the corners than I thought. Hopefully next time some more people will be able to make it out. Just so that you know My ECHO is lowered, 15" rims, rear sway bar, urathane front sway bar end links, Borla exhaust and a strurt tower brace. Oh ya it also has 228,000 km on the clock.
P.S. Loren the tire presures HOT of 38 front and 42 rear were near perfect. Thanks again

[cali yaris]

^ glad you had fun! What did you use to measure tire temps?

[soloecho2]

Never checked the tire temps just rechecked the pressures hot the brought them back down to 38 F 42 R.

[soloecho2]

Some pics

[soloecho2]

Just checking for interest. The next two track days at Mosport are July 5th and August 2. The July date is a maybe for me but I will be going to the Aug date.

[bribri]

I'm interested in both those days. I have a yaris stock. Only camber and toe adjustments so far. I'm up in Barrie

[soloecho2]

Hey there Bribri any possibility for Aug 2 ???

[Lazerdot]

I'll be driving in a Time Trial on the 14th. 3.2 mile track with some technical areas and some pretty fast areas as well. My car has ~-1.5` of camber and 0.0 toe in the front. Track bar, TDR springs with stiffeners and struts. Running Kumo MX 215/17. AFE intake, TDR Exhaust, SS, NST 10% underdrive crank pulley.

For AX I run mid 40psi front and high 40psi rear. Lower tends to "roll" the tire to the point the rim looks like it could be on the ground. No $ for better tires.

Can anyone give me any insights of what to expect.

Recommendations?:burnrubber:

[YaRS]

I'm definitely interested in both the July and August dates.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5960/3590936243d4d89db9a2bno.jpg

[bribri]

I'm still working on July 5 but I'm not firm yet. I'm having a problem in corners. I seem to reach a point in th corner where both my tires roll and I lose the ability to turn sharper or turn faster.. The tires are not sliding. Should I increase negative camber up front or reduce toe-in or adjust tire pressure or reduce toe in the rear or all of the above. I feel I should be able to corner hard enough to slide at will.
thanks Brian

[soloecho2]

What tire pressures are you running ?? I feel I should be able to corner hard enough to slide at will. Which end do you wish to slide ??

[bribri]

38psi cold all around.The grip feel fine during a 80 km/h corner but if the radius decreases the tires roll as if someone switched a switch. I have stock steel wheels with 285/60-14 bridgstones (very gripppy) a 23mm sway bar and I've replacedd the top camber bolt with a toyota 1504 and getting the most negative camber from that set up.I'm thinking more negative camber because the car still sways in corners. I'm also thinking th rear toe-in is resisting the turning.

[soloecho2]

How did you fit 285s on the front ????? Just kidding I assume its a typo. It sounds like your at the limit of the tires but without knowing the corner I can't say for sure. If you want to ballance the feel for that situation increase the back tire pressure to help loosen the back.

[soloecho2]

Hey Brian are you confirmed for the 5th ??

[bribri]

yes I am. I took race school on a motorcycle 22 years ago at shannonville when they only had one track. It was great untill I drove off the track and crashed. It was my last lap lol. Im sooo looking forward to learning the DDT course.

Solo, will you be there? Who else will be comming?

[soloecho2]

I have to wait until the 23rd to know for sure. That being said I hope to go.

[bribri]

Hey solo, it's the 25 th, Mosport DDT for you July 5?

[soloecho2]

The boss says I can come out and play.:w00t:

[bribri]

Laserdot and YaRS, Are you both comming on July 5 at Mosport DDT?
Does anyone know if there is a different tire pressure set up for autocross (slow speed turns) vs track ( Higher speed turns).?

[soloecho2]

So are there any other takers ?????????

[YaRS]

Sorry for the delayed reply, work has been killer. What is the price for this Sunday? I am interested, but I need to make sure that the budget allows it (still trying to get my supra on the road).

[bribri]

http://www.touge.ca/index2.htm

[soloecho2]

99 before the day 130 at the track.

[YaRS]

Thanks for the reply, I found the thread last night. I might show up just to hang out, but I doubt I'll race.

[soloecho2]

Cool at least you can see what its all about.

[bribri]

I'm looking forward to meeting you yaris guys. I'll be in the 2007 white one Actually I'm kind of nervous about being on a track with my Yaris. Can't wait till Sunday.

[soloecho2]

Glad you had a great time Brian. Hope to see you on August 2nd and maybe a few more Yaris Guys.

[bribri]

Hey solo you had 33 lbs less wieght then me in fuel. Just kidding, your quite smooth on the track. I cant stop thinking of how I'm going to reduce the understeer of my car without spending a big buck. I'm going to try reducing the rear toe in with different size washers while keeping the negative camber .I'm looking on youtube for someones video> I want to see the Yaris in action<

[cali yaris]

^ 23mm rear sway bar :wink:

Glad you guys had fun, wish I could be there!!

[soloecho2]

The door is always open. Travel time would be a bit of a killer.

[soloecho2]

You guys missed a great day. Here is a few pics.

[mojoyaris]

Looks like some nice cars out there for track day

[soloecho2]

Anyone other Brian and I intersted in going to Mosport on Aug 2nd ??

[bribri]

Can't play on Aug 2nd. I'm looking into the 16th at Cayuga. Do us proud Solo.

[soloecho2]

Any others interested in coming out Aug 2nd ??

[soloecho2]

Well I must admit my car sucks in the rain. Since we had isolated rain downpours. The south end of the track was wet and the northend was dry. Went sidways twice looped it once in the rain and once in the dry at the end of the strait. My car feels fairly well balanced overall. Aside from my driving and slowing down when its wet (which felt really slow almost too slow) is there anythig I can do to improve the wet performance. No pics so far my crew was afraid of the rain.

[bribri]

How did you compare to the other cars? Were there two groups like last time? did you get more track time? What tires and sizes are you running? Too bad I couldn't join you.

[soloecho2]

Still faster than most in the novice class. I would say I had 2 hours on the track. No major time delays this time. So I felt good with what time I had. I am running 195/50/15 Falken 912's for now. There about 100 a tire taxes, installed and balanced.

[soloecho2]

Pics from Aug 2nd http://s689.photobucket.com/albums/vv259/konaxxl/Mosport%20DDT%20-%20August%202nd/

[MUSKOKA800]

I'm considering the Cayuga date but it's a long-shot.

[soloecho2]

Any interest in Sept 6th at Mosport DDT ?? :cool:
Rember guys this is NOT racing its LAPPING. There are two classes NOVICE and EXPERT. There is NO PASSING until the slower car indicates its OK to pass and you are free to drive the speed that you are comfortable with. On top of that its a great place to see what normal street cars and average drivers can or cannot do.
One more thing if you are not interested in the lapping maybe we can just meet up and visit and talk cars.
Thanks Soloecho2