First track day in the viper

[Bill Pemberton]

#405330

Have the original brake fluid in the car? If so , flush and put in a high quality DOT 4 – Barber can be hard on brakes. There are a ton of questions everyone will have , but essentially how many miles on your car, when have some other fluids been changed, are you running stock pads, etc. ? If you have the PZeroes on the car , I would recommend starting at 29 rear ( cold), and maybe 2-3 lbs higher in the front to negate some of the push. Have fun and what a great track to run on.

[dmann]

#405366

yep, she’s stock. 2300 miles and only the oil has been changed.
Flushing a hard job or can a newbie do it?

The tire pressure seems to be to the preference but being that i have none i figure id start at 29.

[Bill Pemberton]

#405368

If you have done it before , then I would say no, but if not just take to a good garage–Motul is a good choice for fluid. Assume you already have a Snell Approved Helmet, and there is a way to tighten your lap belt , so give me a call tomorrow — have a client just pop in now.

[dmann]

#405416

thanks, i sure will

[dmann]

#405447

And yes, i have an SA2015.

Any advice on the tire rotation.

[Shannon Whitehead]

#405504

Its ok to rotate

[dmann]

#405585

thanks Steve!

[dmann]

#405608

@Bill
I enjoyed chatting with you earlier and I appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to talk cars with a newbie in the sport. Your passion for this stuff is awesome!
BTW, I tried the seat positioning out with a helmet and I think it’ll work so I will not be buying a seat lowering kit for Barbers and just see how it feels on the track.

[Bill Pemberton]

#405616

No problem and take some pics as Barber is on many a Snakecharmers bucket list!!!

[dmann]

#405664

I sure will

[esm_viper]

#405737

I’ve had 3 track days at Circuit of the Americas in Austin with my car. Here’s some things I learned or changed. I got brake fade on the stock pads even with Castrol SRF fluid, getting up to 140mph – 150mph on the straights. On Pirelli Corsa’s I started with a cold PSI of 26 on all 4 tires. I did check the pressures regularly and had to bleed off air between sessions, they would heat up to the low 30’s.

I upgrade the pads to the Carbotech’s that Bill and Mark recommended and added the ACR brake cooling ducts, the brakes were much better with zero fade. They worked perfect for 2 days in a row. (8 – 20 minute sessions). I also noticed that I burned about a quart of oil during the 2 track day weekend. Since we have similar cars being a 2015 GT I would say all you need is upgraded brake fluid and pads to start. Don’t forget to change the oil to 15w-50!

[dmann]

#405945

never heard of using that weight oil?

– – – Updated – – –

i will say, that i do think a catch can will be in my cars future.

[esm_viper]

#405970

Me neither until I started researching. Here’s an old thread I found.

https://driveviper.com/forums/threads/9876-track-day-oil

[LmeaViper]

#406011

esm_viper said:
Me neither until I started researching. Here's an old thread I found.

https://driveviper.com/forums/threads/9876-track-day-oil

Just wondering what filter people are using? The stock SRT one with that weight of oil? Or a mobil 1 one?

[esm_viper]

#406044

I’m using the stock SRT filter.

[Shannon Whitehead]

#406048

LmeaViper said:
Just wondering what filter people are using? The stock SRT one with that weight of oil? Or a mobil 1 one?

Everyone I know is using the OEM Mopar filter. The vast majority of people that track regularly are changing the oil and filter somewhere between 2 and 7 hours of engine time.

[Bill Pemberton]

#406076

Worthless to use anything other than the SRT Engineer designed filter for the Viper ( ends in 041) . SRT and Wix got together years back to design a specific filter for the Viper’s high g loads, pressure, flow back tendencies , etc. and frankly no need to even consider anything else,imho.

Don’t get stung by some Dealer who is not paying attention and tries to sell you the old , black , MoPar filter, though.

[dmann]

#417479

Update,
My car was in the shop last minute before my track day and I only had a couple days to cancel without losing all my $$.
Bottom line is I canceled but just got my car back. I will still go and do a meet/greet and some parade laps.

This will be a great time to test my Garmin Virb. 😉

[Shannon Whitehead]

#28451

So, i just registered for my first track day in the viper and second track day ever.
I remember someone talking about being able to rotate the front tires left to right and vise versa. Is that true??
It’s a local track(Barbers in Bham) so i wont be staying over night. I’m taking a cooler, chairs, torgue wrench for the lugs, etc.

Any other tips i should know about?

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