DE Blackhawk Farms May 7th - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Chills · 03-24-2008, 10:34 AM

I just signed up for my first DE event. It's the Novice-only one on May 7th at Blackhawk Farms Raceway.

I'm pretty excited, I haven't been to BHF in almost 3 years. I used to do a lot of sportbike trackdays up there so I know the track quite well.

Is anyone else going?

If anyone has advice, tips, or hints to prep my 986 I'd appreciate it. The 2 main things I need to do are get a helmet and flush the brake system. I'm thinking of putting some new pads on even though my pads will probably be ok.

bmx672 · 03-24-2008, 10:45 AM

I wish they didn't do them during the week all the time. I live really close and would go more often. I always go to the Octoberfest PCA event there though!

djomlas · 03-27-2008, 12:41 PM

thats my b-day...

quick, everyone pitch in and sign me up :dance:

Chills · 03-31-2008, 12:16 PM

Too bad you aren't coming along, DJ.

Is anyone else going? I am going to be the only 986er at this event?

racer_d · 03-31-2008, 01:47 PM

I would recommend a brake fluid flush and bleeding. I have never been to this track to know how it "eats brakes" but having brake issues is a real bummer. If it's your first event, and you don't think this will become addictive (yeah, right

) then I would recommend just flushing the brake fluid with a good DOT4 fluid and even new OEM pads. If you think this will be a trend, you might want to upgrade to a track duty brake fluid like ATE Gold and even a performance brake pad.

Most importantly, listen to your instructor. They are there for a reason. You will not impress your instructor with blazing speed. You will impress him/her by doing as they tell you

you will impress them by being smooth, patient and having track awareness. Since you have some time there already, you have a jump on the complete newbies.

Chills · 04-01-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by racer_d

I would recommend a brake fluid flush and bleeding. I have never been to this track to know how it "eats brakes" but having brake issues is a real bummer. If it's your first event, and you don't think this will become addictive (yeah, right

) then I would recommend just flushing the brake fluid with a good DOT4 fluid and even new OEM pads. If you think this will be a trend, you might want to upgrade to a track duty brake fluid like ATE Gold and even a performance brake pad.

Most importantly, listen to your instructor. They are there for a reason. You will not impress your instructor with blazing speed. You will impress him/her by doing as they tell you

you will impress them by being smooth, patient and having track awareness. Since you have some time there already, you have a jump on the complete newbies.

Thanks for the advice, racer_d. The brakes are definitely the first order of business. This Saturday I'm heading to a friend's shop who I just found out used to do track events in his 911 years ago and is a certified Pcar mechanic. He's going to help me flush my brakes and put the DOT 4 in. He's got an Audi that he tracks... maybe I can convince him to come back to the light. lol

I'll heed your advice and listen closely to the instrustor. I am not going to this even to learn to be fast, I'm going to learn to be smooth. That's a mistake I made when I started out with the sportbike, I tried to hard to be fast. I want to learn how to drive my Boxcar the way it was designed to be driven.