2018 Honda Civic Type-R

[G.Irish]

So the track night at Dominion went pretty well.

I pumped up the tire pressures to about 42 psi cold in the front so the tires wouldn't roll over on the 30 series sidewalls. That seemed to be just about right. I had 40 on the rear, but maybe I could've gone a bit higher than that.

First session I left the stability control on as I got familiar with the track. Car felt stable and had little body roll for a street car. Certainly better than my M3 was in terms of pitch and roll. Car never really got out of shape or plowed at all during that session.

Second session I turned off the VSA and it made the car feel a lot sharper. Now I felt like I was really driving the car. The grip on this thing is really impressive. Much more than I was expecting, and I'm sure I can chop off several more seconds a lap.

We only had 3 sessions for a total of an hour of track time, and I was pretty much all alone for my last session. I played around a bit with trying to get the car to step out more under trail braking but it doesn't step out very aggressively. I'll have to work a little more on that. Overall very happy how the car performed.

I had bought the Ferodos to put on but after chatting with TOV Jeff and reading up a bit I decided to chance it on stock pads and fluid. As it turns out, the stock everything was up to the challenge for maybe the first time ever on a Honda (other than the new NSX). I got a bit of fade in the first session but once I tidied up my braking zones a bit I didn't get fade again. I'll probably put the Ferodos on next time to see how they feel.

Kinda mad at myself that I couldn't find my RAM mount to take video this time, but I should be all set for next time out, haven't decided when that will be.