[s-cars] need some tunes for when I take it to the track...

[TM]

IMHO,
If you're a beginner, don't do a lot of mods to the car- learn
how to drive your car in stock form, then add mods as needed.

It's very hard to learn how to drive well if you have lots of power,
lots of brake and lots of grip. Makes pushing the limits only doable
at very high speeds.

Knowing what I know now, I'd never have done so much to our cars
before tracking them.

Concentrate on wear items- suspension bushings (definitely), cooling
system (t-stat, heater valve, radiator, afterrun pump, hoses), ignition
system (power output stages, coil wires), brake system (lines, master
cylinder condition, clutch master & slave cylinder conditions, fluid,
pads,
hydraulic brake booster), hydraulic system (power steering pump and all
lines,
pressure accumulator).


Taka

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From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of K.C. Madsen
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:58 PM
To: S-Car List
Subject: [s-cars] need some tunes for when I take it to the track...


My father's constant badgering has almost convinced me to take my car to
Watkins Glenn for a little track time.  However, I've only just recently
purchased the car and with 130,000 miles on it, I realize I should do
some major tune-ups before putting the car under that type of strain.
The only modification so far is a set of Sachs sport springs.  I've
decided that I'll probably only get the stage one ECU upgrade for my
first trip.  The RS2 parts can come once I'm able to handle what I've
got :)

Keeping in mind that this is a high mileage car, what sort of
recommendations can anyone make as to maintenance I should perform prior
to the "big day"?

As far as my tunes problem... The 10 disc changer worked great when I
bought the car.  Recently, when I change the mode to CD, the head unit
will only display the disc and track number but will not play.  I can
change to any disc loaded in the magazine, but all yield the same
results.  It's almost as if the player is waiting for me to hit the play
button... any help on this one ?

thanks!

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