Recantly PAE delivered a customer car at 2739 lbs and this was with rollcage in it fully prepped for racing 526 WHP as well is not impossible to get the car down to 3350 lbs it's just a lot of $$$.3350 lbsgoing to need a lot more weight reduction than doors and a rear window I’m afraid!
M1 is more an alternative to the Cayman GT4 and still I think the GT4 will be more reliable on the track. I track my GT a lot have around 600 race miles on it in 2 seasons. And this was my first car that I started tracking at the beginning was a lot of car for me in fact still is I'm 2 seconds of pace from Pro driver with my car same setup. With that in mind your build looks great to be fair out of the box Mach 1 is a great track car and it has enough tire and good tire and with proper alignment and good brake pads (R12/R10) should be amazing on track. Already seen few members onboards and the car looks amazing on track much faster than my PP1 GT that's for sure.
GT4 might be a better track car, and it was on the list, but it’s still over 100k and Porsche currently has a stop-sale on them.
It's a solid track car and certainly a good base car if you plan to "racecar" it out.
Great feedback! I’m looking forward to getting it on track. Graying to find rear tires is a problem right now though. I can’t find them in 315/30 psc2 anywhere.It's a solid track car and certainly a good base car if you plan to "racecar" it out.
As someone posted earlier in the thread, I took our Mach 1 out to the track with about 50 miles on the odometer.
Since that time, it's done 10 track days and I've logged about 1,000 track miles on the car - it's done great and the engine temps remain pretty cool even in 95+ degree temps. It has 4 more track days coming up in the next month
To be a good track car, it really does need the handling package or equivalent/better with the recaros and proper alignment. Ours was a base car with recaros that I fully converted over to the handling package specs. I elected to go with Vorshlag camber plates over the Ford ones (WORTH IT). Also, I went with GLoc R12 Front/R10 Rear pads - the brakes feel great! I recommend adding an oil/air separator - I put the Ford Performance one on ours about 500 miles ago.
My first 4 track days with the car was with it in "base" form and it was fun, but the handling package completely changed it for the better and I'll never look back.
"Base" Form at the track:
Converted to HP Specs at the track:
I’ve got a set with 35 miles on them if are interested. About as new as you can get short of ordering from the tire shop
pm’d youI’ve got a set with 35 miles on them if are interested. About as new as you can get short of ordering from the tire shop
I got the Ford Performance M-6766-A50A oil/air separator. Super easy install, great fit.
Are you concerned at all with the stock rear axles? Only reason I ask is years ago, I saw 2015 GT350R (one of the first 37) get totaled at Road America, and I thought the reason was rear axle snapped. (he had 19 track days on the car)It's a solid track car and certainly a good base car if you plan to "racecar" it out.
As someone posted earlier in the thread, I took our Mach 1 out to the track with about 50 miles on the odometer.
Since that time, it's done 10 track days and I've logged about 1,000 track miles on the car - it's done great and the engine temps remain pretty cool even in 95+ degree temps. It has 4 more track days coming up in the next month
To be a good track car, it really does need the handling package or equivalent/better with the recaros and proper alignment. Ours was a base car with recaros that I fully converted over to the handling package specs. I elected to go with Vorshlag camber plates over the Ford ones (WORTH IT). Also, I went with GLoc R12 Front/R10 Rear pads - the brakes feel great! I recommend adding an oil/air separator - I put the Ford Performance one on ours about 500 miles ago.
My first 4 track days with the car was with it in "base" form and it was fun, but the handling package completely changed it for the better and I'll never look back.
"Base" Form at the track:
Converted to HP Specs at the track:
I have the 325’s also but just an FYI the 315’s are now available.
It's interesting that you brought this up because it is one area that I started looking into possibly "beefing up" a few weeks ago. I suspect the axle shafts on these Mach 1s are the same as what came on the recent GT350 - in which case I am not too concerned since I am only running 300TW tires, haven't boosted the power and don't do hard launches/drag runs.
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