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The Only Southern California Performance Porsche Chat Forum  Search   Chat   Members | Groups   FAQ | Raffle   Archive   Sitemap  Username:  Password:    Remember Me?      Gallery   Garage   Recent Posts   New Posts   Calendar   Videos   Profile   Log in  / Register  factory parts Featured Products from premium sponsor, PCARS.com: TAIL LIGHT HARNESS TRIGUARD 911 99 & NE TRIGUARD 911C/C2/C4 LA Indy Porsche OEM parts Blew the power steering at Willow   LIVE CHAT   -->   There are 0 user(s) on chat now        Porsche Ferrari Lamborghini Car Forum Index -> Chevrolet Corvette Forum Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:43 am JPCCDD Reputation **** Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 815 Location: Diamond Bar, CA 588.07 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2010 Honda Accord Blew the power steering at Willow I was having a blast being one of the two fastest corvettes out there all day, but pushing my car that hard took its toll. I need new brakes, new tires, and a POWER STEERING PUMP!! I couldn't figure out who had that loud ass supercharger all day. THen I realized it was me, and thought, man my supercharger sounds nice. Wait, I don't have one. Uh OH. So I park it and let it cool, only to come back to it in an hour and find out it has NO power steering. Check under the car, all the fluid is gone. So now its at the dealership cause I don't have enought time to mess with it and hopefully will get it back soon. Just thought I should share this. Total cost for one track day for me now: Gas - $90 Tires - $200 Brakes - $200 Track Time - $210 Power Steering - $650 Total cost for one day - $1350 Now I'm pissed cause I could have used that to buy a dirt bike.   Back to top   Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:48 am blacknight Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 5077 Location: Hollywood, CA 3815.74 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2002 Porsche 911 Re: Blew the power steering at Willow JPCCDD wrote: Tires - $200 Brakes - $200 Track Time - $210 Power Steering - $650 But, the experience is priceless.   Back to top   Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:35 am feroz928 Reputation ***** Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1078 Location: Aztlan 551.56 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: Re: Blew the power steering at Willow blacknight wrote: JPCCDD wrote: Tires - $200 Brakes - $200 Track Time - $210 Power Steering - $650 But, the experience is priceless. Richard, I could not have said it better Running Big Willow is one of the most exciting experiences you can have, but it does come at a price. In the heat of Rosamond, the track temperature is high and the wear on the vehicle is severe. Fun comes at a price.   Back to top   Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:01 am daytrader Reputation ***** Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2684 Location: NEAR THE PC 2435.12 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: I conquered! You could had spent a lot more for the roller coaster ride instead just $1300. Remember tires, brakes do wear when you are tracking. If cost is your main concern. Try to get a sponsorship from Pcars.us. As long you are enjoying the experience don't get mad for low repair cost.   Back to top   Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:45 pm FastForwardWheels Moderator Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 5461 Location: Monterey Park, California 2479.28 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2008 Porsche 911 daytrader wrote: I conquered! You could had spent a lot more for the roller coaster ride instead just $1300. Remember tires, brakes do wear when you are tracking. If cost is your main concern. Try to get a sponsorship from Pcars.us. As long you are enjoying the experience don't get mad for low repair cost. Sponsoring a vehicle at this point would come out of the Pcars owner's pockets, if anyones getting sponsorship don't you think it would be one of the two rides currently funding Pcars? Trust me, running Pcars is not cheap and 100% of ANY profit goes back into keeping it alive..... -Eli   Back to top   Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:18 am sapple89 Reputation **** Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 755 Location: los angeles 338.57 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2007 Porsche Cayman psshhhhhhhhhhh who needs power steering   Back to top   Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:28 am corona Reputation **** Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 889 Location: Corona Ca 290.12 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: sorry James,just put couple hours overtime then problem solve!!!!!!!!!!!   Back to top   Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:00 am onetime Reputation **** Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 881 Location: Rancho Cucamonga 527.25 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2001 Porsche 911 Only $200.00 for tires. Did you only buy one?   Back to top   Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:27 pm JPCCDD Reputation **** Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 815 Location: Diamond Bar, CA 588.07 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2010 Honda Accord Nope. Thats how much tread I used. I lost half of the rear tread which results to 50% loss of $200 per tire. So $400 worth of tires, minus 50% tread = $200.   Back to top   Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:21 pm Lefteris (Athens-Greece) Moderator Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 483 Location: Athens Greece 312.35 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2003 Porsche 911 JPCCDD wrote: Nope. Thats how much tread I used. I lost half of the rear tread which results to 50% loss of $200 per tire. So $400 worth of tires, minus 50% tread = $200. You forget the petrol...   Back to top   Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:19 pm JPCCDD Reputation **** Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 815 Location: Diamond Bar, CA 588.07 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2010 Honda Accord you know my car will tell me how much fuel i use in liters per kilometer. Such a trip. The car is more european than most porsches.   Back to top   Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:28 pm Lefteris (Athens-Greece) Moderator Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 483 Location: Athens Greece 312.35 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2003 Porsche 911 JPCCDD wrote: you know my car will tell me how much fuel i use in liters per kilometer. Such a trip. The car is more european than most porsches. My Jeep is US spec, so I always thing that I go very slow, you know, it reads only 100 dear.... The big fun in when others read the clock and told me that, wow we go with only 120 and looks like we go with 200 .... and why all the others are so slow today?!!!   Back to top   Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Porsche Ferrari Lamborghini Car Forum Index -> Chevrolet Corvette Forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours Page 1 of 1 WWW   PCARS chat    Search Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2007 phpBB Group & phpBB SEO All trademarks and logos on this site are property of their respective owners. The pictures and comments are property of their posters. All the rest, © 2004-2010 www.PCARS.us For questions/comments, contact us here. Our WebStat and Site Map