Mt Tam I am's Driving Journal

JARblue · 04-11-2014, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by blackcherry20

Until I realize...if the drive is slower paced I get to spend more time w Harry. All of a sudden life is better.

I love Harry

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Mt Tam I am · 04-12-2014, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by blackcherry20

^^^^ smh. Great for you. It never fails here.

in Harry. Driving along at a nice clip on a four lane divided highway. Turn off onto the two lane...yepp...Stupid work trucks. Stupid jacked up 80s version Fords. Chevys. Freaking Dodge. Always. Always. Always. Have to get in front of me and Harry. I hate it.

Until I realize...if the drive is slower paced I get to spend more time w Harry. All of a sudden life is better.

too

I love Harry

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Dang straight.

Mt Tam I am · 04-14-2014, 10:43 AM

Here is both sides of my Z1 rotors. I have stainless brake lines, new pads as well as a fluid upgrade.

blackcherry20 · 04-14-2014, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

Here is both sides of my Z1 rotors. I have stainless brake lines, new pads as well as a fluid upgrade.

Purty

Mt Tam I am · 04-15-2014, 01:02 PM

This morning I got behind first a Volvo then a Porsche GT3, behind me was an Audi RS5. I had great hopes for the GT3 but both Volvo and Porsche turned off left leaving the Audi to chase me, and he did.

The first turn seperated me from him but when third gear ended and forth was needed he was still coming. Up ahead I saw one of our local constables traveling in the same direction. I'm sure I made some weird hand gestures out the window that may have been hard to understand, but when we three arrived at the stop sign I was given the thumbs up.

Boredom the rest of the drive to work.

blackcherry20 · 04-17-2014, 06:28 AM

Omg! 4 lane divided highway. I am on it for about five miles on my daily commute. Some JA always cruising 55, IN THE FAST LANE. Normal lane running 58-59 (wtf)...moving j u s t fast enuff to get a bit ahead of JA...i switch from the fast lane to the normal lane, waiting....
Waiting....
Waiting...

There's the sweet spot
GO!
I zip through the opening and speed away...
Lol, the JA figures it out and gets over. Smh.
I would never try this in the Civic.
I love Harry!

blackcherry20 · 04-23-2014, 07:10 PM

Passing other cars in my Z, on a two lane with few passing zones, is pure bliss.

I love Harry.

blackcherry20 · 05-07-2014, 06:38 PM

In 85f weather with the sun beaming in my eyes! 2nd day in a row! More of the same tomorrow according to the weather man!
So effing awesome!

Mt Tam I am · 05-08-2014, 10:49 AM

It was a tough field at Thunderhill.

??? 2005 Honda S2000 (Silver) GT-4
113 1998 Dodge Viper (Silver) GT-2
14 2012 BMW M3 coupe (mineral white) -
65 2009 Nissan 370z (Silver) GT-3
567 1993 Mazda RX-7 (gray) GT-1 1466842
151 2005 BMW e46 M3 (Silver) -
134 2009 Audi R8 (Black) GT-2
!97 2012 BMW 135i (Deep Sea Blue) GT-3
19 2005 Lotus Elise (Burgundy) GT-2
615 2005 BMW M3 (Blue) GT-3
753 2013 Corvette ZR1 (White) GT-1
181 2010 Ariel Atom3 (Silver/Black) GT-1 3331231
152 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Black) GT-1 6490838
581 2013 Nissan GTR (Blue) -
905 2011 Ford Mustang GT (Candy Apple Red) GT-2 3785900
247 2005 Lotus Elise (Red) GT-4
977 2013 Subaru BRZ (Blue) GT-5
46 2008 Mitsubishi Evolution GSR (Graphite) -
6969 1996 Dodge Viper GTS (Blue) GT-1
710 2010 CORVETTE ZR1 (WHITE) GT-1 8348297
0555 2009 Lotus Exige (Burnt Orange)

I was almost the only car on street tires to add to everything else. After 10 minutes the tires lost something so the grip felt like cottage cheese. It was good but a tad less.

I improperly bedded my brakes so I had chatter initially and was unhappy with my new set up. I thought about leaving but decided to just tough it out and boy am I glad I did. Once they were hot again they seemed to be nearly normal and chattered when cold. The high speed slow down 120 - 130 to 80 MPH upset the car a bit, losing confidence, but it got me around the track in spite.

I was passed so many times. The Airiel Atom while so fast it was hard to keep track of in the rear view mirror. He was a spot on the back straight, two turns later I saw him way back and was going to give a point by when he was missing, a moment later he was passing on the other side. If he seemed fast, the RX7 with the LS7 is faster still. While flat out on my way to 130 MPH the Mazda went by like I had lifted off the gas. He blew something within a few turns and threw oil all over a Lotus and blue smoke billowed out the back as he drove off line. This is the only time I have ever passed this car with the exception of when it was broken down on the track at Laguna Seca. One heck of a car when it runs. It turned a 1:33 there. Faster than a ZR1 in Randy Pobst's hands!

I had a consistant day but I was a second short from beating my last, best time here in October.

The weather had been perfect up until mid afternoon. then sprinkles on one end of the track and dry on the other. For the last run of the day, they include the race team members at the back. It suddenly started pouring down rain where sitting waiting for the green flag.

This is the best I did all day, street tires help now. I had a lot of bugs on my windshield that I'd collected throughout the day but had tree sap from home too. This got on my wipers leaving a blurry streak on each wiper return. After 15 minutes, I was leading and pitted myself to avoid calamity. I just could not see well plus I was pushing too hard to catch cars that had passed me all day. Drop the ego and get off the track.

Thunderhill 5/5/14 #4 - YouTube

Thunderhill Heavy Rain #5 - YouTube

blackcherry20 · 05-08-2014, 05:36 PM

So matter of fact. I am always a bundle of nerves when autocrossing.
The one time I was on a track it was raining and horrible. Potenzas sucked in good weather.

You're something though. Always putting yourself out there.

If i dont get some rest before this weekend (my first auto-x of the season) i will be worthless and grumpy.

MightyBobo · 05-08-2014, 06:12 PM

Tam... Dumb question. Why on earth have you not moved up to r-comps of some sort? Best upgrade I did was changing out to my square Proxes RA1 setup.

And I got one session on them before I sold the car :-p

Sent from my Nexus 5

Mt Tam I am · 05-09-2014, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MightyBobo

Tam... Dumb question. Why on earth have you not moved up to r-comps of some sort? Best upgrade I did was changing out to my square Proxes RA1 setup.

And I got one session on them before I sold the car :-p

Sent from my Nexus 5

I am quite literally doing this as we speak, with a new set of rims. I do like the part where my car drives the same at the track or on the road, but I am about to upgrade.

Mt Tam I am · 06-03-2014, 10:18 AM

My R888 tires have been unavailable and they arrived yesterday and look great. Unfortunately I was at Laguna Seca the day before. So this event will be on my regular everyday street tires, like always.

My best gal and I drove down to the track on Saturday had dinner with some other drivers. Sunday morning was misting with fog and thought my Michelins might be the winning option but by 9AM the sun was out and while cool the day was perfect. It may have hit 70 Degrees (maybe 67*) by 4PM but with a light cool ocean breeze who cares.

This was my first Laguna with my new Z1 front brake rotors. I have warped my brakes 6 out of 6 times here up until now. I had trouble at Thunderhill as I had improperly bedded my brakes but since then have re-bedded the brakes with many hard stops. It seems to have worked as at the end of the day my brakes were fine with the exception all the drill holes are full of brake dust. So I must go around and clean them out with a chopstick. The rear OEM brake rotors now have a blue tint of heat which is new. I plan on Z1 rear rotors soon.

I have a buddy who always passes me in his E46 M3 at every event; Granted he is far more experienced and a much better set up. I asked him how the day went and what group he was in. He answered my group, and we agreed we never saw one another all day. I crossed some threshold where a couple seconds a lap gap leads to being passed or not. I did knock 2 seconds off my previous best time, now 1:52.250. But my average time without traffic became 1:53'ish, until my tires heated up.

I got a little squirrely at one point getting on the gas too hard but the worst thing was missing a down shift and going into neutral instead of second and revving hard instead. I quickly drove off track so as not to be rear ended. This is turn 11 at the beginning of the main straight where everyone stands on the gas. The car behind saw everything and let me back on in front of him.

I stayed alert all day and with permission even ran a sixth session, 5 is all I paid for. I was shattered by dinner time but perked up with food.

The best part of all was meeting a vet from Korea and Vietnam and thanked him for his service, and later where he was. He teared up with my thanks. I was in the presence of heros as he told the tale of being dug in on the Chinese border. I knew what that meant. He had some of the worst and hardest duty ever. I said Chosin and he said yes. I told my gal what this meant and she was totally unaware how a handful of Marines and Army fended off division after division, Corp after corp until an Army was destroyed. Poor fellows. My hearts bleeds as I write this for those guys. This is how I felt at dinner and secretly asked the waitress for his check. I am sure he knew who it was that paid for it, but we left first.

It really was the best day in years.

Passing Fool at Laguna Seca in a Nissan 370Z - YouTube

Tearing it up at Laguna Seca in a Nissan 370Z - YouTube

blackcherry20 · 06-03-2014, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

My R888 tires have been unavailable and they arrived yesterday and look great. Unfortunately I was at Laguna Seca the day before. So this event will be on my regular everyday street tires, like always.

My best gal and I drove down to the track on Saturday had dinner with some other drivers. Sunday morning was misting with fog and thought my Michelins might be the winning option but by 9AM the sun was out and while cool the day was perfect. It may have hit 70 Degrees (maybe 67*) by 4PM but with a light cool ocean breeze who cares.

This was my first Laguna with my new Z1 front brake rotors. I have warped my brakes 6 out of 6 times here up until now. I had trouble at Thunderhill as I had improperly bedded my brakes but since then have re-bedded the brakes with many hard stops. It seems to have worked as at the end of the day my brakes were fine with the exception all the drill holes are full of brake dust. So I must go around and clean them out with a chopstick. The rear OEM brake rotors now have a blue tint of heat which is new. I plan on Z1 rear rotors soon.

I have a buddy who always passes me in his E46 M3 at every event; Granted he is far more experienced and a much better set up. I asked him how the day went and what group he was in. He answered my group, and we agreed we never saw one another all day. I crossed some threshold where a couple seconds a lap gap leads to being passed or not. I did knock 2 seconds off my previous best time, now 1:52.250. But my average time without traffic became 1:53'ish, until my tires heated up.

I got a little squirrely at one point getting on the gas too hard but the worst thing was missing a down shift and going into neutral instead of second and revving hard instead. I quickly drove off track so as not to be rear ended. This is turn 11 at the beginning of the main straight where everyone stands on the gas. The car behind saw everything and let me back on in front of him.

I stayed alert all day and with permission even ran a sixth session, 5 is all I paid for. I was shattered by dinner time but perked up with food.

The best part of all was meeting a vet from Korea and Vietnam and thanked him for his service, and later where he was. He teared up with my thanks. I was in the presence of heros as he told the tale of being dug in on the Chinese border. I knew what that meant. He had some of the worst and hardest duty ever. I said Chosin and he said yes. I told my gal what this meant and she was totally unaware how a handful of Marines and Army fended off division after division, Corp after corp until an Army was destroyed. Poor fellows. My hearts bleeds as I write this for those guys. This is how I felt at dinner and secretly asked the waitress for his check. I am sure he knew who it was that paid for it, but we left first.

It really was the best day in years.

Passing Fool at Laguna Seca in a Nissan 370Z - YouTube

Tearing it up at Laguna Seca in a Nissan 370Z - YouTube

very nice story

great day driving and then meeting heroes. And with your "best gal" too

Does not get much better than that!

Since I am abusing a Miata in auto-x and not Harry is it still ok to post here?!

Two events now in the Miata. Since i'm not worrying about breaking or damaging Harry I am having much more fun. I have set my goal to match or beat the times of a much younger more experienced female Miata driver. I am about 1.5s off her time after two events. And captured my first 360 on course during my 2nd run Sunday. Lol! Made a couple mistakes but learned tons. Have a couple of experienced club members mentoring me. Having way more fun w it this summer and enjoying Harry on the side with no scuffs scratches etc

:h appydance:

Mt Tam I am · 06-03-2014, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackcherry20

very nice story

great day driving and then meeting heroes. And with your "best gal" too

Does not get much better than that!

Since I am abusing a Miata in auto-x and not Harry is it still ok to post here?!

Two events now in the Miata. Since i'm not worrying about breaking or damaging Harry I am having much more fun. I have set my goal to match or beat the times of a much younger more experienced female Miata driver. I am about 1.5s off her time after two events. And captured my first 360 on course during my 2nd run Sunday. Lol! Made a couple mistakes but learned tons. Have a couple of experienced club members mentoring me. Having way more fun w it this summer and enjoying Harry on the side with no scuffs scratches etc

:h appydance:

That sounds fantastic all around. Miatas are great cars.

You recently purchased another set of shoes for Harry. What was their fate?

04-15-2014, 01:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3844	This morning I got behind first a Volvo then a Porsche GT3, behind me was an Audi RS5. I had great hopes for the GT3 but both Volvo and Porsche turned off left leaving the Audi to chase me, and he did. The first turn seperated me from him but when third gear ended and forth was needed he was still coming. Up ahead I saw one of our local constables traveling in the same direction. I'm sure I made some weird hand gestures out the window that may have been hard to understand, but when we three arrived at the stop sign I was given the thumbs up. Boredom the rest of the drive to work. __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler. Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber

04-17-2014, 06:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
blackcherry20 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 22,749 Drives: ‘17 badazz Z51 Rep Power: 240460	Omg! 4 lane divided highway. I am on it for about five miles on my daily commute. Some JA always cruising 55, IN THE FAST LANE. Normal lane running 58-59 (wtf)...moving j u s t fast enuff to get a bit ahead of JA...i switch from the fast lane to the normal lane, waiting.... Waiting.... Waiting... There's the sweet spot GO! I zip through the opening and speed away... Lol, the JA figures it out and gets over. Smh. I would never try this in the Civic. I love Harry! __________________ Grand Sport Corvette Arctic White

04-23-2014, 07:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
blackcherry20 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 22,749 Drives: ‘17 badazz Z51 Rep Power: 240460	Passing other cars in my Z, on a two lane with few passing zones, is pure bliss. I love Harry. __________________ Grand Sport Corvette Arctic White

05-07-2014, 06:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
blackcherry20 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 22,749 Drives: ‘17 badazz Z51 Rep Power: 240460	In 85f weather with the sun beaming in my eyes! 2nd day in a row! More of the same tomorrow according to the weather man! So effing awesome! __________________ Grand Sport Corvette Arctic White

05-08-2014, 10:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3844	It was a tough field at Thunderhill. ??? 2005 Honda S2000 (Silver) GT-4 113 1998 Dodge Viper (Silver) GT-2 14 2012 BMW M3 coupe (mineral white) - 65 2009 Nissan 370z (Silver) GT-3 567 1993 Mazda RX-7 (gray) GT-1 1466842 151 2005 BMW e46 M3 (Silver) - 134 2009 Audi R8 (Black) GT-2 !97 2012 BMW 135i (Deep Sea Blue) GT-3 19 2005 Lotus Elise (Burgundy) GT-2 615 2005 BMW M3 (Blue) GT-3 753 2013 Corvette ZR1 (White) GT-1 181 2010 Ariel Atom3 (Silver/Black) GT-1 3331231 152 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Black) GT-1 6490838 581 2013 Nissan GTR (Blue) - 905 2011 Ford Mustang GT (Candy Apple Red) GT-2 3785900 247 2005 Lotus Elise (Red) GT-4 977 2013 Subaru BRZ (Blue) GT-5 46 2008 Mitsubishi Evolution GSR (Graphite) - 6969 1996 Dodge Viper GTS (Blue) GT-1 710 2010 CORVETTE ZR1 (WHITE) GT-1 8348297 0555 2009 Lotus Exige (Burnt Orange) I was almost the only car on street tires to add to everything else. After 10 minutes the tires lost something so the grip felt like cottage cheese. It was good but a tad less. I improperly bedded my brakes so I had chatter initially and was unhappy with my new set up. I thought about leaving but decided to just tough it out and boy am I glad I did. Once they were hot again they seemed to be nearly normal and chattered when cold. The high speed slow down 120 - 130 to 80 MPH upset the car a bit, losing confidence, but it got me around the track in spite. I was passed so many times. The Airiel Atom while so fast it was hard to keep track of in the rear view mirror. He was a spot on the back straight, two turns later I saw him way back and was going to give a point by when he was missing, a moment later he was passing on the other side. If he seemed fast, the RX7 with the LS7 is faster still. While flat out on my way to 130 MPH the Mazda went by like I had lifted off the gas. He blew something within a few turns and threw oil all over a Lotus and blue smoke billowed out the back as he drove off line. This is the only time I have ever passed this car with the exception of when it was broken down on the track at Laguna Seca. One heck of a car when it runs. It turned a 1:33 there. Faster than a ZR1 in Randy Pobst's hands! I had a consistant day but I was a second short from beating my last, best time here in October. The weather had been perfect up until mid afternoon. then sprinkles on one end of the track and dry on the other. For the last run of the day, they include the race team members at the back. It suddenly started pouring down rain where sitting waiting for the green flag. This is the best I did all day, street tires help now. I had a lot of bugs on my windshield that I'd collected throughout the day but had tree sap from home too. This got on my wipers leaving a blurry streak on each wiper return. After 15 minutes, I was leading and pitted myself to avoid calamity. I just could not see well plus I was pushing too hard to catch cars that had passed me all day. Drop the ego and get off the track. Thunderhill 5/5/14 #4 - YouTube Thunderhill Heavy Rain #5 - YouTube __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler. Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber

05-08-2014, 05:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
blackcherry20 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 22,749 Drives: ‘17 badazz Z51 Rep Power: 240460	So matter of fact. I am always a bundle of nerves when autocrossing. The one time I was on a track it was raining and horrible. Potenzas sucked in good weather. You're something though. Always putting yourself out there. If i dont get some rest before this weekend (my first auto-x of the season) i will be worthless and grumpy. __________________ Grand Sport Corvette Arctic White

05-08-2014, 06:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
MightyBobo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 8,465 Drives: No cars; only bikes Rep Power: 53	Tam... Dumb question. Why on earth have you not moved up to r-comps of some sort? Best upgrade I did was changing out to my square Proxes RA1 setup. And I got one session on them before I sold the car :-p Sent from my Nexus 5 __________________ I don't own a car anymore. Last edited by MightyBobo; 05-08-2014 at 06:18 PM.

06-03-2014, 10:18 AM	#13 (permalink)
Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3844	The best day in years My R888 tires have been unavailable and they arrived yesterday and look great. Unfortunately I was at Laguna Seca the day before. So this event will be on my regular everyday street tires, like always. My best gal and I drove down to the track on Saturday had dinner with some other drivers. Sunday morning was misting with fog and thought my Michelins might be the winning option but by 9AM the sun was out and while cool the day was perfect. It may have hit 70 Degrees (maybe 67) by 4PM but with a light cool ocean breeze who cares. This was my first Laguna with my new Z1 front brake rotors. I have warped my brakes 6 out of 6 times here up until now. I had trouble at Thunderhill as I had improperly bedded my brakes but since then have re-bedded the brakes with many hard stops. It seems to have worked as at the end of the day my brakes were fine with the exception all the drill holes are full of brake dust. So I must go around and clean them out with a chopstick. The rear OEM brake rotors now have a blue tint of heat which is new. I plan on Z1 rear rotors soon. I have a buddy who always passes me in his E46 M3 at every event; Granted he is far more experienced and a much better set up. I asked him how the day went and what group he was in. He answered my group, and we agreed we never saw one another all day. I crossed some threshold where a couple seconds a lap gap leads to being passed or not. I did knock 2 seconds off my previous best time, now 1:52.250. But my average time without traffic became 1:53'ish, until my tires heated up. I got a little squirrely at one point getting on the gas too hard but the worst thing was missing a down shift and going into neutral instead of second and revving hard instead. I quickly drove off track so as not to be rear ended. This is turn 11 at the beginning of the main straight where everyone stands on the gas. The car behind saw everything and let me back on in front of him. I stayed alert all day and with permission even ran a sixth session, 5 is all I paid for. I was shattered by dinner time but perked up with food. The best part of all was meeting a vet from Korea and Vietnam and thanked him for his service, and later where he was. He teared up with my thanks. I was in the presence of heros as he told the tale of being dug in on the Chinese border. I knew what that meant. He had some of the worst and hardest duty ever. I said Chosin and he said yes. I told my gal what this meant and she was totally unaware how a handful of Marines and Army fended off division after division, Corp after corp until an Army was destroyed. Poor fellows. My hearts bleeds as I write this for those guys. This is how I felt at dinner and secretly asked the waitress for his check. I am sure he knew who it was that paid for it, but we left first. It really was the best day in years. Passing Fool at Laguna Seca in a Nissan 370Z - YouTube Tearing it up at Laguna Seca in a Nissan 370Z - YouTube __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler.* Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber

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