Racer X's Races his Demon 170

SEE, you will have as much fun in a scat as you would any srt....and save money too.

 

you might be surprised?

 

I did actually get a quote from my insurance guy before I bought, gotta do your homework too.

 

i do not know how many miles a year you drive? but between my wife and i we do not put 5,000 miles a year on all of our cars, what few long distance trips we take we fly. with that said, we get the lowest rate because of that, you might check into that? i have state farm insurance.

 

Probably about the same as you, I mostly drove my van before I retired a couple of months ago.

8 Year old truck with 32k on it, 19 year old Jeep with 103K on it, wife has 2021 car with less than 18K on it.

A couple thousand I put on the Scat last year, but looking at what road debris did to such a low car, probably will drive it less, because the novelty is not the same. Not even anxious to take it out yet. Still stone dust on the roads from winter sanding, and salting.

 

you should ask your agent, it made a huge difference for my machines?

 

LOLOL bbmac

 

Great tires (racing slicks) and a low-as-possible center of gravity (as in, you only know you are low enough when you scrape your skid plates.



At least once per lap, as do F1 cars- the most carefully-set-up cars on Earth. Stiffer springs can help you get lower, but very carefully setting up car will also be needed to work out the best combo.

How bumpy IS the track? A glass-smooth track is easier for car dial-in than a rough one, as it allows you to get ever-lower in overall ride height without wearing your skid plates too much. (speaking of finding low points under car and welding T1 or other high-wear steel plates on those points.) If you prefer the others not to know what you are up to, get bronze plates on there. They will not spark or not spark as much, but wear more quickly.

Downforce. A 1-foot-by 6 foot wing of an actual NACA profile at the best angle will yield somewhere above 500 pounds of downforce at 200 mph, and 125 at 100 mph, this is for the rear of the car.

Headers with an electric or manual cut-out will have the twofold purpose of annoying the Eursnot-leaning fops at the track and making the car a little bit quicker.

Lowest possible cg is the biggest goal of the track day, along with as much negative camber as you can dial in. F1 cars have so much negative camber, the outer edges on their tires are barely touching the track. I always wondered, with their mega-budgets, why they could not just have a more-aggressive camber curve, but, lo, even with their Scandias full of money, they still have the tires tilted inwards.

Brakes: Track day pads for longevity.

Decals: proven by mid-1970's carmakers to make the cars faster, and proven again by teenage Honda owners in the 2000s, were they not?

The list goes on.