08-27-09
Prepping for Another Track Day
Time has been in short supply lately so I have not been posting as often. Sorry. You’ll have to find something else to put you to sleep.
Besides the usual S2000 quirks, this car has been solid. I make a habit before a track day to look over the brakes, tires, suspension, and check fluid levels/leaks. Being so effin lazy, I only check an item per sitting. Fluid is still nice and clean from the last change, though I’m sure it could benefit from a small bleeding. I dont like to top off brake fluid if it’s at a good level, because it lets me know how far the brakes have been worn and is an early warning sign to low pad thickness.
I took 30 seconds to look over the engine bay for anything blatantly out of place. I tend to check my oil level before any long drive and know that the oil level is good. I am bad in that I rarely check coolant. But then again, Honda built this car, not BMW.
A quick old school trick for free brake cooling is to remove your inner splash guards. By removing them it allows the inner pads increased ventilation, decreasing the chance of frying lesser track-worthy pads. Enjoy my glowing brake fluid reservoir.
08-06-09
WTB: Tear-Proof Soft Top
That would be nice, a tear-proof top. I think hard tops would be less popular if that were in fact a reality. None of that matters though. I have a frickin’ tear in MY top. Look! I has a picture!
I noticed the slice a few weeks after purchasing the car, right where the top mates with rear of the car. I can remember it like it was six months ago. I was running my lithe, delicate half Asian hands over the canvas top draped in a lamb-skin soap glove… I digress. I found the damn cut in the top shortly after buying my car. Zip forward to today. The cut has not grown at all as far as my slanted eyes can tell. I am fortunate that the cut is in a, dare I say, unimportant section of of the top. I still drop the top nearly every time I drive the car. No leakage when I wash the car either. Check your top regularly and you may just find a nasty little surprise. Your soft top should be checked often, like your girlfriend’s breasts for cancer. In some cases that may be more than twice daily. One can never be too careful. Cancer kills.
