Spec Boxster Build

[thstone]

Quick run up Hwy 2/Angeles Crest Hwy this morning to bed the new brakes and make sure that everything is running well in prep for racing at Willow Springs this weekend.

Hwy 2 was wide open with hardly any traffic so I had a nice clean run. The car ran great and my initial impression of the Paid Black pads is that they have a LOT of grip!

Being able to take it out for a quick test run on the streets is one nice aspect of having a BSR that is still street legal.

On the way back, I stopped off at Pro Motorsports in Burbank, CA and said hi to co-owners Brad Keegan who races a really nice GT-3 air-cooled 911 and Tyson Schmidt who built my Spec Boxster when he was at Hergesheimer Motorsports. Pro Motorsports still does all of the race specific prep on my car (race setup/alignment, fab, etc).

[itsnotanova]

Sorry if this has been discussed as this is a long thread. You drive this on the street correct? Are you running the stock exhaust? If not, how are you getting past the new sound laws out there?

[jaykay]

What is the preferred bedding procedure for just pads these days. Perhaps it's no different for rotors and pads..

I have come some that are very a very tricky profile to drive in an s/urban setting

[thstone]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

Sorry if this has been discussed as this is a long thread. You drive this on the street correct? Are you running the stock exhaust? If not, how are you getting past the new sound laws out there?

Hey Woody, yes it is street driven. Mostly to/from the tracks within a 6 hour driving radius from LA. Once in awhile I'll do a test run up in the local mountains north of LA or drive to a local car meet/show to display it for House Automotive.

I use one of the China-made cat back mufflers (mine is branded TopSpeed but they come in a variety of brand names). That keeps it quiet enough to not rattle windows as I drive by but free flowing to give a couple extra horsepower at full throttle and loud enough that I can hear it on the race track.

The cops don't bother me at all. They do take a close look but then drive on by. Compared to all of the Harleys with open pipes, my car is quiet as a Tesla.