Blown differential at 20K miles

[MX621]

Exactly why my primary track car is a 97 Acura Integra. Around 160 hp, on Toyo slicks. Pads/rotors/tires last an entire season. This year I had 590$ in consumables for the entire year. Run 1:36’s at njmp thunderbolt and 1:18’s at lighting. You gotta drive it 10/10ths and hit your lines perfect for those times. It’s the disposable track car. You gotta put your ego aside in the car, but it’s also fun getting point by’s gt350’s, c7 vettes, etc. I can’t wait to hit a few track nights in America in the z/28 but it will never be my main track car.

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Hobbies lose all their fun when you calculate the costs! Good rule of thumb is to track it till you run out of money, then call it a season... I was changing mine every 16 hours of track time, thought it said 20 hours somewhere in the manual but learned it was every event only recently.

[aris]

Originally Posted by MX621

Exactly why my primary track car is a 97 Acura Integra. Around 160 hp, on Toyo slicks. Pads/rotors/tires last an entire season. This year I had 590$ in consumables for the entire year. Run 1:36’s at njmp thunderbolt and 1:18’s at lighting. You gotta drive it 10/10ths and hit your lines perfect for those times. It’s the disposable track car. You gotta put your ego aside in the car, but it’s also fun getting point by’s gt350’s, c7 vettes, etc. I can’t wait to hit a few track nights in America in the z/28 but it will never be my main track car.

For sure. But consumables on the Camaro aren't that bad, all things considered.

Any comparable performance car to the Z/28 would cost 2-3x as much to maintain through a season of track events.

[MX621]

Originally Posted by aris

For sure. But consumables on the Camaro aren't that bad, all things considered.

Any comparable performance car to the Z/28 would cost 2-3x as much to maintain through a season of track events.

Another added cost for me in th z/28 is track ins. Almost doubles the cost of entry. I tracked my c5z multiple times with out track ins, but it was also worth about 1/2 of the z/28. I will say tracking a cheap car does make the experience worry free.