For all you guys that track your car.....

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Originally Posted by rene525d

This is the first time that I have tracked my Boxster S, however not my first tracking experience (tracked an E60 M5 and an E92 M3 last few years as well as some others). After several high speed open laps (covered some 40km) the car smelled awful. The smell was a mixture of burning plastic/oil/clutch mixed together. I was most evident near the engine vents on the right side. Driving mates also noticed it; in fact we lifted the car and could not find anything. The smell persists for several hours until the car cools completely, which takes very long!

What does your car smell like after a track day?

Open the engine cover and have a look around. My car sometimes smells like hot exhaust but burning plastic/oil is a red flag. One of my friends overheated his power steering pump, the plastic fitting melted and splashed PS fluid on the hot exhaust manifold. It ignited and burned the car down. 2008 Cayman gone.