Earl's lines are great and are what many of us are running.

While you are at it, order 2 sets of the Earl's Solo-Bleeds. They make flushing/bleeding your brakes a quick, one person job. #280040ERL for our brakes--front and rear.

3 containers of fluid is plenty for a full flush. If you are only doing one or two events a year, then you might as well just order the Motul600. However, if you have a local track and plan on doing several events during the season, the Motul can add up quick (~$18x3 plus shipping = $60-$70 each flush). Add that to the cost for the event, brake pads, etc... and it starts getting expensive.

The Ford heavy duty or Valvoline Synpower are excellent, less expensive options. While they may not have the peformance of Motul when fresh--i.e. dry boiling point--at $3.50 a container (and 20 minutes of time), you can always have fairly fresh Valvoline (or Ford HD) in the system, which is better than Motul that has absorbed some moisture over a few months (compare dry boiling points to wet boiling points).

Here's a good FYI link: http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...fluid_1a.shtml

 

i saw some DOT 4 syn power at my local autozone and if that is just as good then i might aswell go with that since it is local and they have more than enough (no one really buys it)

 

The fan blades clean up well if you clean them soon after the event, especially if you can keep them out of the rain until you get them clean. Some time shortly before the event (I do it while changing out my pads), clean the wheels and then wax them on both sides. Then, I wipe them down inside and out if I rotate the wheels during the event.

 

I don't bed them when I swap them back and forth. I only bed the HP+'s when new. I am on my original set of factory F/R pads and my 5th set of Hp+ pads in the front and my second set in the rear. I am also on my 3rd set of front rotors and 2nd rear. I buy the rotors for $35.00 per pair from www.newtakeoff.com and I have two extra front pairs and 1 extra rear pair of rotors on hand. I also always have a pre-bedded set of pads on hand. Brakes and tires will be your biggest maintenance expense in HPDE. The front rotors last about 8 events and pads last about 4 events. The rear rotors lasted about 12 events and the pads about 8.
These wear items will very depending on your driving style and the tracks you drive. I also use fill slicks and that will also make a difference in the braking performance of the vehicle.
I also, highly recommend brake cooling ducts in the front as that will help your overall brake performance. Probably won't last longer but they will recover faster during the event.

 

If you're running cooling ducts also make sure you have a healthy coat of wax on the sides of the car if you'll be running in the rain. When you're using aggressive pads a fair amount of that "brake" dust is actually iron from the rotors. When that gets blown out the wheel and down the side of the car in the rain you can get a pretty good crust of rust on the car. If it hasn't gotten wet then it's a breeze to clean off.

 

Sorry , Im going to go off topic a bit ...

Cool vids! Rain sucks but glad you still had a great time.

Maybe you told me already but what ar eyou using for a camera mount? I made one out of 1inch square aluminum tubing and U-bolts that attach to the passenger side head rest but my camara shakes quite a bit. That might be because I'm using a big old heavy Super 8 video cam (I should switch to a smaller lighter digital vid-cam). Until then, I've been trying to think of ways to anchor the camera with straps but I haven't fund the right straps or anchor points (I don't want to drill anything). I tried the child seat anchor points near the base of the rear seat but the straps were pulling on the seat cushion due to the angle back up to the front seat head rest

OK, back top topic...

 

 

ROFL!!! I think I can even afford that upgrade!

 

haha, yeah it was a last second thing. "Hey let try tie straps to the headrest." I always carry a bag in my car, darn things come in handy.
Step dad works for the company so we got all kinds and sizes.

 

i am going to buy this
http://www.stickypod.com/osc/product...products_id=32
if you have a biger camera you can buy another elbow and a 6" extender or a 12" if it is bigger and then just use the suction cup to on the windsheild with the supplied extension and maybe even another elbow and you will get excellent vids