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Great tip to video before giving the car up. So easy with our phones. I hadn't thought of it.

It may well be that someday either cars will be equipped with police activated shutdown codes they can activate if any car's GPS sends a satellite uplink it is exceeding any given speed limit by, say, 26 mph (in KY a conviction for that is an automatic 90 day license suspension). Think bait...

I think I answered my own question. HJR, you are correct the stock Pirelli 305/35-20 tires on REWB Challengers have a load rating of 107. But, it was an option to buy the summer Pirelli 305/35-20 tires and they have the 104Y rating...

HJR, Some good information! I've ordered some Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires for custom wheels for my Hellcat REWB - hopefully they will be shipped soon. Deciding which tires to try on the new wheels was a journey down tire information lane - and while I spent a lot of time looking for whatever...

Sad, Much appreciated - some new and good information you've given me. My OEM Brembo pads haven't make any odd noises street or track, but they are so dusty I felt like trying to wipe the dust off would make me a candidate for a future ambulance-chaser attorney ad. "Did you ever try and wipe...

Sad, That is a pretty cool rotor sensing system! I liked the video of changing temperatures - didn't know they could change that rapidly from cooler to real hot. Okay, I'm convinced. Hawk pads, or some other special racing pad, for the track!

jroyk, I thought it was a good article too. Definitely thought-provoking. I also read a post or two to the effect a driver's side catch can doesn't catch oil - which I understand from the article is inserted into the "makeup air line" running between the driver's side engine valve cover and...

DGatzby, I've got the UPR brand oil catch can - engine block mounted. I even installed it myself - my first step up the mechanical competence ladder of Hellcat success. I get 1-2 ounces between six month oil and filter changes - and I ran a couple of road course weekends. If anyone ever asks...

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If one didn't know otherwise...one might conclude the first smoky burnout photo in this threat was the unfortunate result of her falling into a trap door on that bridge.

Sad, I have little doubt you're right on both counts. In any case I saw some videos warning about buying Duralast pads on YouTube and I did return them. The question about something like the Duralast Semi-Metallic Gold pads being okay for road course was begged when I saw that video of the...

Nothing like some fraternal cheer to clear the mind. In fact, after I read this last night I opened a cold one and got to thinkin'... What would be really fun would be to practice drifting or an epic burnout in a big parking lot. The police frown upon such things on public roads so we need to...

DGatzby, Lol! I didn't go back and check what you actually said about it, but 5 days sounded good! I ordered front and back Z-26 pads late today from Speedlogix because regardless of which track pads are required for my more "heart of the envelope" HPDE driving I want them for the rest of the...

DGatzby (and All), Thanks for doing the legwork and documenting brake pad wear and usefulness. Valuable info. You've identified superior products compared to OEM, which cost less than OEM. That's good stuff! At risk of blaspheming and bringing down lightning bolts from Mount Olympus...I...

I asked a racing buddy... Oversteer is when your backend hits the wall. Understeer is when your front end hits the wall.

Is there a third line of this quip? Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how hard you hit the wall.

Especially if a pretty woman pointed to it and said, "What's that?", and you lean back and say, "That? Oh, that's my oil catch can. That right there adds 37 horsepower."

DGatzby, You are right to observe those stock Pirelli 305 All-Season tires are tough mutha's. I get to drive 30 minute sessions with 10/10th's Motorsports...so let's see...let me borrow your trusty slide rule here...21 sessions at three weekends under my belt...that's 10.5 hours of...

Thanks, TD. I've really enjoyed the comments you and DGatzby have made in this thread. When I'm not driving I'm lurking around the Advanced Class instructor's cars, thinking somebody will take pity on my sad hangdog look and invite me to ride with them. So far I've scored 4 rides so I must...

AeroF16, Lol! No doubt a true story. But what can you expect from a plane (EA-6B Growler) with one pilot and three back seaters, almost always one of them senior to him and Mission Commander, telling him what to do? That's practically a helmet fire for any pilot, even one from our vaunted...