Gonna take the S-AWD to Laguna Seca in May, providing we don’t get cancelled. I’ve driven the track many times before in my old Corvette, a 09 C6 manual and think it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever done. But now it’s time to take the F Type and see what she can do.

Other than torquing the wheels to 100 ft lbs, and of course balancing air pressures in the tire, (what’s a good cold setting, Pirelli PZeroes?). What else should I do to make sure the car is prepped?

I absolutely love this car, way more than my Vette. It has less hp (380 vs 425), but the AWD is freaking amazing! I think I can drive circles around a Vette... yea, we’ll see.

Thoughts, suggestions, ideas, comments are all welcome. I’ll post pics if and when I get to run at Laguna....

 

just go in and check your tires every time you come out, cool down laps are very important since our cars are sensetive.

If you have auto parking brake enabled, turn it off! parking brake will warp your rotors if they are hot.

 

Don't forget to turn OFF the auto locking doors so that corner workers can pull you out if the worst happens.

Also, you will need to turn ON TracDSC (at least) every session. (I forgot a couple times until the second lap, oops.)

Buy or borrow a cheap laser pyrometer, measure tread temps across the tire to aid in tweaking pressure for the track.
ISTR that the car will want 41 PSI at high speeds?

 

had to look this up to find out HOW to disable the parking brake. Great tip! Thanks!

 

Don't the doors automatically unlock in the event of the worst happening? You'll need 'em locked for aerodynamics.

 

Haven't tried to verify yet. You first!


But I DO know that we were asked by officials to either disable locking at speed, or manually press the UNLOCK button at the beginning of each session.

 

Run with the roof down (If you have a vert, and they’ll let you - I do and they did) - problem solved.

 

I didn't like the Pirelli's when they reached or went above 40 PSI hot. They overheated fast and would just understeer every corner. Depending on the ambient temperature, I usually lowered them down to around 26-28 PSI cold which usually kept them around the 35-38 PSI hot. While that does decrease sidewall strength a bit, it held more mid corner speed for me on the track I was driving (which was not Laguna). A lot of it depends on the ambient temp and the track itself. I would just start out with your normal tire pressure, see how it feels and adjust from there (i.e. keep it simple).

 

i think breaking a window is your least worries if that ever happens, and at the track you are required to have windows down (atleast where i go)

 

Here’s an older Jag document on tracking the F-type...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwcg2spgeb...10851.pdf?dl=0