How to prepare for your first track day / first autocross - Boosted Films

0:39 - Tires and Brakes
1:56 - Suspension
2:47 - Interior
3:19 - Under the hood
4:17 - Safety Equipment
5:23 - Be Prepared
6:45 - Pushing the Limits
9:23 - Connect with us
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Brakes and Tires - Spend the money on good high temp brake fluid and good racing brake pads especially if you are doing a lapping day/TT/HPDE.
Under the hood must dos: 1) Battery tie down. 2) No leaking fluids 3) Positive battery terminal covered
Interior: Remove all loose items, including floor mats!
Safety: Have an Snell SA rated helmet. (Hans device recommended for big track)
Suspension: No modifications necessary, just needs to be in good operating order.
Cool Down laps: Use them!

[@killersushi99]

1: Shade: via a tent or Sportbrella XL (Big hat is great too). 2: Rags: A terry cloth rag you can dip in your cooler to wipe your face etc to cool down. 3: Extra Lug Nuts: Because they strip sometimes 4: Extra Belt(s) Because they break 4: Extra Axle: Because Torque 5: Gloves: Because race cars make everything hot! 6: First Aid Kit for the clumbsy people 7: Bikini Model: To stand on the side of the track and distract the other drivers and mess up their lap times.

[@rogerramjet5092]

FYI HDPE aka "high performance driving event" It's vary highly recommended that you bed the new pads in BEFORE the track day, lapping session, ectra . That is put the pads in/on and make a number of hard stops back to back. really put some heat in them. you need to smell the pads this makes sure the pad and rotor a mated. Also the pad actually coats the rotor a little. This provides the best braking and lessens the chance of brake fade, also bleed the brakes at all 4 corners this clears the old contaminated fluid from the hot calipars and wheel cylinders. Fresh fluid has the highest boiling point. The boiling point drops as the water content rises. Brake fluid is hydroscopic it literally pulls moisture out of the air. so the fluid at the wheels and mastercylinder is the most contaminated with water ie:has the lowest boiling point. If the fluid boils you loose 85/90% of your braking!!!!... vary bad at best expensive at worst dead inbetween hospital. no joke. Check brakes are in best possible shape fix everything. Upgrade where you can HP brake fluid & pads call a company like EBC, Hawk get a recommendation and fallow it. . Get rid of all the weight you can take out the sparetire, jack, tire iron,tool box and anything that might move around on the track. Hopefully you'll be using the car close to it's limits that when small things you let go will bite you in the ass.

[@scoooterlee3544]

Great vid! I've been racing two wheels for 30 years (dirt track, Pikes Peak, desert and road course track days). I'm new to 4 wheel track fun. This guy here is one of the few non-squids I've encountered on YT! Thanks for real advice.

[@michaelcondon3369]

Thanks for putting this together for us rookies.

[@BoostedFilms]

Michael Condon Sure thing. We're all rookies at some point in our lives.

[@JohnnyBlaze6954]

thanks for this video! Im running my first autoX event tomorrow in San Diego and am super excited :D

[@blingbling574]

No hangovers, take it from a drag racer, clear with zen and now, right.

[@lrnlrn]

Just starting to think about getting into this hobby... Perfect intro video... That's so much for putting this together

[@mcjerica]

Great video on basics. Thanks, Hawkeye!

[@projectdeadserious]

Solid, factual, to the point.

[@tia1103]

very good advice, easy and simple to follow! thank you!

[@royzcustomz]

been thinking about racing this year. looks like a lot of fun

[@Gund55]

Nice job!! Best video for starter! They should show your video at every track event XD.

[@80KG_Costco_Chicken]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@tenis2010]

Excellent video. Thanks!

[@forrestfrady5215]

thanks for the video this really helped me out

[@theDIGITALperception]

awesome, great info!

[@mattdrury4695]

Really helpful for a 'Newbie'! Cheers.

[@myfoxz]

Very useful tips, any ways to check tire pressure?

[@Abhinav-sg800]

Too good to have the information

[@theacehd1742]

Going to my first autox aug 21st !

[@onyxmotorsports4755]

ive learn it the hard way, change your brake pads and brake fluid right before a trackday after 8-10 min attack i lost all brake pressure, i got hps plus brake pads and dot 4 fluid for next time!

[@brandonhessler]

Eric and his silly vett in the background :)

[@Fittestrylb]

Thanks.

[@camopaint0707]

ahhh i saw you on the one lap documentary

[@fran20055]

nice silver evo in the background... ;)

[@BoostedFilms]

Skank?! Your Skank? ha

[@seansmile]

Budget suspension definitely has come a long way

[@Pilot13990]

Did I see a Prius?

[@okaythen001]

awesome vid thanks. top 3 cars that's best for autocross?

[@_FarisFA]

Okaythen001 evo , sti , frs

[@JustaYeomanBowman]

3:26 You always need MOOOOOOORE POOOOOOWWWWWWEEEEERRRRRRR

[@julioosilia]

Hi, is there any amateur category or something to race and make money? I have a lot of free time and I want to invest in a car and prepare it to race and prepare my self as well but I wish to compete against other poeple of my same category with a goal or a cash price, any information will be appreciate it. I'm from Florida by the way.

[@RoRcrashslave]

I have a 3000GT VR-4 sitting on stock struts/spring but has a strut brace, brake upgrade and MPSS tires. Do you think it would be a descent track car?

[@BoostedFilms]

Sounds like a fun car, should be a pretty good set-up. I would just recommend running some fresh brake fluid if it hasn't been changed in a while.

[@RoRcrashslave]

I changed it to RBF600 recently when I did pads, lines and rotors.

[@Ms.Fowlbwahhh]

You are gonna want better brakes. Those things are very heavy. Even by todays standards.

[@erickrivera4910]

👍

[@leonoff89]

motorcycle dot approved helmet?

[@Phillip_of_Burns]

You forgot to tell us where to get the money for an Evo...

[@danielgillrup9518]

P S they're like $15k...

[@brianb9070]

WHAT IS A GOOD HIGH TEMP BRAKE FLUID?

[@BoostedFilms]

motul

[@Brandon-ob9rg]

What does 10 10ths mean?

[@BoostedFilms]

its means pushing as hard as you can and not holding back at all. Very rarely do you need to drive as fast as you can and push to the limits. Basically, you should drive within your limits and leave some room for error.

[@jeannotsobieski7260]

5W30 oil for track... IT'S A JOKE...?? Personally I use 15W50 oil for track...or 10W60 for track and daily !

[@gsheverything_2716]

About a set of gloves

[@connerbaldwin8405]

a lot of what he's saying depends on the car, the coilovers for example, that crap about you needing to spend 3 grand or your car will handle worse is just not true, you'd have to do such a crappy setup for it to make your car handle worse, good vid overall though, subscribed

[@wreklessracr]

hawks destroyed my rims and put scratches in my clearcoat

[@WIblader510]

Wreklessracr it’s a track pad. If you really wanna worry about brake dust and such ruining paint just get oem and don’t run your car hard. It sucks but dust will be more relevant with better race pads