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you guys driving your own cars will be fine there are 8 activities (2 classrooms) and you only drive your own car for 1 of them. the last session of
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you guys driving your own cars will be fine there are 8 activities (2 classrooms) and you only drive your own car for 1 of them. the last session of the day i hoped in a 2014 Z in austin in 102 heat and lapped for about 25 mins and it was fine. yeah the temps were well over 260 but it didnt pull power. Those nissan owned Z's get beat on though as they are constantly hot lapped the whole day. besides its not a full out track day its lead follow and there the pace is measured
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Do you think more advanced drivers would get anything out of it other than getting an opportunity to drive a GT-R? It seems like it is more focused on beginners.
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was it and all out track day like im used to...no so dont expect that but it is divided up into different groups and they ask you your skill level. they had the instructors run at an ok clip in Austin. I could go maybe 7/10ths in the corners it was just they had the instructors in Zs for the GTRs and vice versa and we would come up on them in the straights fast and were really limited. I never saw over 120 there.. I heard the 2nd day was more relaxed though. but thats not what its about. the presentation of the event is awesome and forget speed the most fun part of the event was the autocross competition in the juke nismo! anyone who gets in should jump at the chance to go. It is very structured but they make and effort to accommodate every level and im sure have learned things since the first event here is my first session from the event.. its probably fairly representative of what to expect. the second session i did in the 2014 GTRs went a bit faster but i didnt have time to grab my camera. and finally the last session I did was the least structured and I was in the Z not the GTR |
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I've a mostly stock 2012 with 22k miles on it. Looks like I should be fine with oil temps?
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I did the Austin, TX academy in my stock 370Z. I hit limp mode once on a run when I was behind a very shy driver. He was hitting the wrong apexes and braking at the wrong times so I had to run my car harder to keep up. On the other laps, the car was fine.
I think the organizers know there's some oil temp issues. They were bringing us in to pit all the time, letting the cars cool down. All I did differently to prepare was change my brake fluid and switched to Mobil 1 5W-30 Extended Performance (from the regular Mobil 1). |
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