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I wasn't sure where to post this, so I guessed Puma Area is as good as any.
I am in search of a little advice as for taking the Puma on a track in a couple of months.
I have been promising my son for years that I would take him on a track one day, and we never really got around to doing it. He's 15 and still wants to go as much as ever. The funny thing is that he is not interested in driving in the slightest, at his age I had been driving anything and everything anyone would let me (Spain was a little more relaxed back then ).
To be honest, there isn't much around my area for cars, most tracks have bike days regularly, but never seem to do car days very often. However, a few people that I know through a car club I am part of, organize track days every couple of months. The track is 400km away from where I live, but it is the only regular event that I know of.
The track is pretty simple, but seems to be decent enough for some fun:
Anyhow... It's been years since I was last on a track, and back in the days when I did go, I always had a good friend who came with me and was (is) an excellent mechanic. Due to life circumstances, we no longer see each other much, which is why I have had to start turning "theory" into "practice" mechanical wise :'(
I am wondering what you would suggest having or doing to the Puma for a one off track day?
Please consider that I will also need to do a 4 hour trip each way in the car, so it has to be road legal (which basically means stock).
I am thinking about trying to find a spare set of wheels to fit tyres on and carry them in the boot to the track, this way I am guaranteed to have decent wheels to travel home on Maybe a set of brake pads would be a good idea also, just in case.
What other spares do you think I should carry, considering the fact that I am not an experienced mechanic at least hands on wise?
I am in search of a little advice as for taking the Puma on a track in a couple of months.
I have been promising my son for years that I would take him on a track one day, and we never really got around to doing it. He's 15 and still wants to go as much as ever. The funny thing is that he is not interested in driving in the slightest, at his age I had been driving anything and everything anyone would let me (Spain was a little more relaxed back then ).
To be honest, there isn't much around my area for cars, most tracks have bike days regularly, but never seem to do car days very often. However, a few people that I know through a car club I am part of, organize track days every couple of months. The track is 400km away from where I live, but it is the only regular event that I know of.
The track is pretty simple, but seems to be decent enough for some fun:
Anyhow... It's been years since I was last on a track, and back in the days when I did go, I always had a good friend who came with me and was (is) an excellent mechanic. Due to life circumstances, we no longer see each other much, which is why I have had to start turning "theory" into "practice" mechanical wise :'(
I am wondering what you would suggest having or doing to the Puma for a one off track day?
Please consider that I will also need to do a 4 hour trip each way in the car, so it has to be road legal (which basically means stock).
I am thinking about trying to find a spare set of wheels to fit tyres on and carry them in the boot to the track, this way I am guaranteed to have decent wheels to travel home on Maybe a set of brake pads would be a good idea also, just in case.
What other spares do you think I should carry, considering the fact that I am not an experienced mechanic at least hands on wise?