Best NC for track use

[MX-5 Lazza]

T0MMY said:

MX-5 Lazza said:

I haven’t driven a Mk3 on track but in my Mk2.5, even when pushing really hard and with 245bhp supercharged power, I rarely ever triggered the ABS, even on wet tracks. It really is very well calibrated. If you are triggering the ABS in an MX5 on track, you are probably braking too hard!

I would say if you never lock up (or trigger ABS), you aren't braking hard enough and most definitely have some headroom to brake a bit later. Look at it this way, if you're skirting close to the limit on braking you would expect to lock up every now and again, just as if you're pushing the limit on throttle application you'd expect to get some exit oversteer now and again.

Edited by T0MMY on Sunday 26th August 00:39

For racing possibly but on track days you don’t need to be pushing that hard, especially on a car you expect to be driving back home in. Better to be smooth and look after it so it will last the full day and still get you home safely.
If you are trailering then that’s completely different!

[T0MMY]

MX-5 Lazza said:

For racing possibly but on track days you don’t need to be pushing that hard, especially on a car you expect to be driving back home in. Better to be smooth and look after it so it will last the full day and still get you home safely.
If you are trailering then that’s completely different!

I don't really see why getting to the limit of grip in braking is any different from doing so in cornering or accelerating though, and I would expect most people do so in the latter two areas. I must say though, I've literally always pushed as hard as I felt I could on trackdays, in as much as I'm never deliberately holding back. I don't really see the point otherwise...I kind of assume everyone there is doing that!

I was always the same on bike trackdays too but I can see many people might not be because the stakes are much higher in as much as it doesn't take much of a mistake at all to do a lot of damage. I discovered that at Cadwell when I crashed my CBR600RR although ironically I was on a cool down lap when that happened so actually wasn't pushing 100%