HyperFest 13: Saturday June 15th

YOUCANTZME

For anyone staying in the Martinsburg, Inwood or Winchester area.....if you plan on doing the night life scene, (plenty of strip clubs and bars around here) STAY OFF ROUTE 11 if you have been drinking!! They run checkpoints every weekend and troll that road non stop! Being that your driving "loud attention getting" cars....you'd be more apt to being pulled over!! Hate to hear of anyone getting a DUI. Hope to meet some of you peeps tomorrow!! Be safe!

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2012 PW Nismo | FI CBE 18" res. SS | Berk HFC's |Swift Springs | 15mm H&R Spacers | 20% tint |....Waiting to install: KWV3's

ResIpsa

Well Hyperfest did not go very well for me…

My clutch master cylinder or slave cylinder failed during my first session of the day. And it failed spectacularly. I went from normal shifting to having no ability to depress the clutch in one lap. Luckily (maybe the wrong word to use) I had this happen last year and I do know how to drive without a clutch.

So I limped her back into the paddock and jumped out of the car to see if I could make a quick fix. I noticed that my lights were on and thought I must have forgotten to turn the ignition off. So I leaned into the driver window and pressed the ignition button.

To my absolute horror my starter motor fired and my car began dragging me forward. How did this happen? Normally your car won’t start unless you are inside and have depressed the clutch pedal. There is a special switch to prevent this from happening.

But with a clutch cylinder failure the clutch pedal is stuck on the floor thus activating the switch…

Back to the action. I am desperately stabbing at the start/stop button and turning the steering wheel to avoid the two tire trailers in front of me. I am being dragged along in a busy paddock until my car finally runs into a concrete wall and stalls out.

So not only was my weekend ruined but now I serious damage to the front fascia. At least it happened in the paddock and insurance will cover it.

However, my wife was none too pleased and not very interested in spending any more money to address the clutch. My loss can be your gain. And I will be creating a separate post on all the forums soon. But I will give you first dibs.

I will be selling my track wheels with mounted Hoosier R6’s and one good spare R6 (18 x8 rims with 245/35/18 square setup). Plus 2 slightly corded R6’s (fine for autocross only). Also 4 aluminum hub-centric wheel inserts (replaced the cheap plastic ones) a bunch of lug nuts and 2 15mm spacers I have lying around.





Plus 2 very good 235/45/18 Blizzak LM22 tires and 2 225/45/18 Blizzak tires that would pass inspection but have serious camber wear on the outside.





I am willing to sell everything for $500 cash. Check out my album for more pictures. P.M. me if you are interested.

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Z Stig

Sorry to hear that! I agree with everyone saying that its good that you nor anyone else were hurt! Sorry that the problems have sidelined your track effort for now, but I have a wife and understand your situation. Good luck with the sale. Do the wheels fit over the sport brakes?

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SOLD: '10 Sport Touring, Black Cherry: Z1 Stuff, Stillen stuff, kWv3, SPC, UpRev & Pilot Super Sport.

Now: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk for off-road fun, 2015 BMW 228ix for on-road fun

ResIpsa

Yes. They fit over the sport brakes.

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Onelownismo

I'm guessing despite all your troubles that you made it home alright?

It was nice meeting you by the way, thanks for all the extra fuel that I ended up needing. I had a blast out there this weekend. I think I did well in HPDE1, the intructor said I could do group 2 next time (at the same track) or ride solo. Can't wait to go again. I may do VIR next month.

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2009 Base w/ Sport - Fast Intentions - Stillen - Whiteline - BC - SSR - Enkei - Z1 - UpRev Tuned

ResIpsa

My clutch master cylinder failed on me at the track last year. I have become rather good at driving without a clutch. I drove home 50 miles without a sweat.

And if you decide to keep doing track days in your 370Z I suggest that you do a little internet research and at least understand the concept of driving without a clutch. It may save you one day.

The basics are as follows:

1. While ignition is off. Place your car in first gear and depress the clutch pedal.

2. Now press the ignition button. The starter motor will fire and begin moving your car forward. Next the ignition will fire (have you ever pushed started a manual vehicle) and you will be traveling in first gear.

3. Apply throttle and wait until you are around 3000 RPM. Now pull the gear lever out of 1st and apply pressure towards 2nd gear. The gear lever will then drop into 2nd gear.

4. The same concept will work for all other forward gears and downshifting. The syncro-rev feature only makes it easier to do in our cars.

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