cautionary tale for the 914 racers here, vid gets a bit long waiting for the tow truck but worth a view Options

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The latest track day adventure. Had a couple friends out and was going to split the first session of the day giving them both a quick ride while I warmed up the tires... turns out to not be the case but also get to learn a new lesson.

[byndbad914]

yeah, car was feeling great and already off to a good start with 1:59s considering I was also having to let off and brake incredibly early for every turn.

and yes, trans is fine, the only issue is the hub nut. Even tho' it is a locking design, apparently you have to check them periodically. And I know to torque the crap out of them when they are installed, I normally hit it really hard with my impact gun and then verify the gun cleared 150 ft-lbs with my torque wrench. Sort of surprised it loosened up.

To be honest, the car was a little skatey the last track day when I ran the 1:54.97 under heavy braking, so I think it was loosened up a bit even then and I didn't catch it even tho' I replaced the brake pads! I really think the car is worth consistent 1:53s if I ever got everything right in one day. I can say that one day last year we were timing my car in three sections on top of my lap timer, and if you pieced together the best three sections I would have had high 1:53 and I know the car is faster than that now with a few more changes. That is pretty much smoking for that track.