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Car
Maintenance, to be done the weekend prior to a track event:
- Flush the brakes with ATE200 or ATE super blue
- Check pad thickness – replace as necessary
- Check the pad sensors
- Check
wheel bearings
- If replacing
pads, be sure they are
bedded/seated properly, not dragging, etc.
- If replacing rotors, be sure to spray the heck
out of them with a break cleaner (remove oil/dirt) and take good care
breaking in on the street
- When going for a test drive, be sure to turn
ASC+T (traction control) on and engage it at least once (so that the ABS
reservoir gets dumped)
- Optionally, mount the track wheels and tires if
the event is a couple of days out. This
will save an hour of dicking around the night before.
Useful
links: Guide
to BMW E36 (92-99) Brakes 
Changing
brake pads on an E36
Changing
brake (racepad.com write up; short & to the point)
Avoid
warping rotors at the track
Track
Checklist
- Torque
wrench (optional)
- Breaker
Bar
- 17mm
socket
- ½
inch ext
- ½
inch ratchet
- ¼
inch ratchet
- 3/8
inch ratchet
- 3/8
ext
- caliper
driver tool (7 mm)
- Portable
floor jack
- E36
Jacking plate
- don't leave home without it
- Tape
the arm rest in the “up” position (else it comes down during threshold
braking)
- Ski
shell (if the forecast calls for rain)
- Hat
(baseball cap in summer time; a ski hat if late fall)
- Work
gloves
- Work
stool (optional)
- Wheel
chokes (2) and/or wood blocks (2)
- Air
compressor or air tank
- Air
pressure gauge
- Check
*cold* tire pressure - @ factory +5 psi (easier to let air out at the track)
- Torque
lug bolts to 100nm
- Dive
bag or a large plastic storage container with a cover (to store stuff in)
- Cooler
- 3-4
bottles of water
- pack
lunch (2 PJ sandwiches, 2 granola bars, a few apples, etc) – nothing
heavy. Include “brain
food.”
- napkins
- 5
large plastic garbage bags
- Clean
inside & outside of windshield (you can’t drive fast or stay on the
road if you cannot see)
- Rainex
the windshield (you’ll be happy you did when it rains)
- Helmet
(Snell 95, Motorsport version)
- Balaclava
(head sock)
- Neck
brace – a “donut” that sits on your shoulders below the helmet.
- Driving
gloves
- Driving
shoes (or very thin-soled shoes)
- Driving
suit *or* jeans and long sleeve shirt
- Track
map, track notes and all driving/event-related reading material
- Clean
the helmet visor (optional, if planning on running with visor down)
- Windex
and clean towels for glasses & windshield
- Buy/find
tissue to clean glasses
- Toothbrush
& toothpaste
- Aspirin,
Motrin (nothing drowsy)
- Mozart
CDs
(concentration music)
- Suntan
lotion
- Lawn
chair
- Umbrella
created 5-3-99;
revised numerous times ever since.
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