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Originally Posted by rdrfronty
I have a couple questions about my first HPDE track event with my ZLE.
The car - 2019 ZL1 1LE M6 with bolt-ons and about 2500 miles on it & with stock tires.
My experience - 1ea 2 day HPDE event, 1ea 1 day SCCA event - both in previous 5 gen camaro. So I have some experience on a track, but obviously I still have LOTS to learn.
The track - Grandsport Speedway (1 day event) - A small, fairly low speed track.
Car prep (sofar) - My engine oil and diff fluid were both changed at 1500 miles. And I will be flushing the brake system soon with Castrol SRF.
So what I'm trying to figure out is if I should do the track settings for the suspension? My thinking is with my lack of experience, that leaving it with stock factory settings would be ok. And that you need to be a good driver to start seeing gains of the more aggressive settings - am I totally wrong here?
Also, I would have my main settings in track mode, but what about the performance traction control settings - with my experience, what setting would be best to start out with?
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I've done GS several times. You'll want to do the track alignment to minimize tire wear on the outside of your tires. GS is a lot like a high speed autox. The first event I did in my ZLE was an autox practice at greyhound Park near GS. I had the street alignment and it chewed up the outsides of the tires fairly quickly.
I highly recommend Sal's speed shop for the alignment if you don't already have a shop in mind.
With that said, it won't be a disaster if you don't get the track alignment for a single track day out there.
What's your track date? I may join you or at least come out there to say hi.