Heads up... NISMO announcing dates for upcoming perf. academy
 

An email went out earlier announcing additional dates for Lime Rock and Homestead. I attended the event at the Circuit of the Americas. Highly recommend. It was a fantastic experience.

Lime Rock Sept, 3,4,and 5th

Homestead Sept, 30, Oct. 1, and 2nd.

hope some of y'all can make it!!

Just registered for Sept 4th @ Lime Rock. Any one else here going?

anybody receive a code that would like to donate it to me? I live in Florida and Homestead is driving distance for me. PM me if you'd like to help a brother out!

Registered for 9/30 @ Miami Homestead at 11:00am this morning! Can't wait!

I could use a code for my buddy that has a Nismo 350Z. He wants to go badly. If you're not going to use your code or you need a partner please reach down in your heart and help a fellow Z enthusiast!

Ok we're all good now! Thanks guys

Anyone think there is a chance there could be one at Barber in the future??

got one today and wanted to get more input on what is actually like? I"ve tracked a few cars and I've concerns based on forum input about being able to make more than 3 laps in my 2012 370 without it burning up something? Thoughts?

waiting on code

Need a code. Please

I got registered as a guest for the Austin event at COTA and thought I wasn't going to be able to drive my own Z. However, a participant in my group did not show, and they let me drive my Z on the track. There were a total of 12 laps in 4 sessions in your own car in the afternoon at full speed (there is some track time in the morning but it's slower and more designed for the instructors to gauge your skill level). I spent the first three laps getting my car inspected and ready for the track (no decals tho :(). I did the next three laps and reached about 260F oil temps as we were about to pit; I was cooled to around 210 before we started the next session. After 2-1/2 laps I hit ~285 oil temps - luckily we were just starting the last 1/2 lap cool down when I was contemplating radioing to the instructor that I needed to back off. I then let the car continue to cool down in pit lane while the fourth session was run (great photo op). However, immediately following that, I got to drive a stock 2013 370Z Nismo and a 2013 GT-R Track Edition :tup:

Note that I have a 2011 without an oil cooler, and I was fully aware this would limit any track time. While I was really, really hoping, I wasn't seriously expecting to get on the track with my own Z, so what I got was an amazing surprise. I installed EBC slotted front rotors and Hawk Performance Ceramic pads and flushed the stock brake fluid with ATE Super Blue less than a week before the event. I've run Mobil 1 5W-30 oil for most of the life of the car, and at the time of the event, the clutch fluid and power steering fluid were stock, and the transmission and diff fluids were Redline. I should mention that I had also recently tuned the car with EcuTek software (in May), and I was running Nitto Invo tires with a good amount of tread. The car had over 35K miles on it, and I was impressed at how well it performed overall. Even when it was pulling timing due to the heat, it was still driving hard and a hell of a lot of fun. Hopefully, you guys get some cooler weather in Oct in FL than we had in TX in June :icon17:

how did everyone get these codes? I know a few people going now.

codes went out this morning and are gone

you got on the list a few different ways for signing up at some type of NISMO/Nissan event in the past or getting on their mailing Database or best of all being a NAGTROC member as I worked with nissan organizing the GTR attendees for the last 3 events

Can't wait! I was able to get a bunch of my local Z guys to go as well. Unfortunately we're all of different days so we can't play together but needless to say, they all owe me a beer :tup:

Now I just have to wait a month :(

I'm fully expecting to be c-blocked by my Z on the track due to temps. If it happens, I'm ready, if it doesn't, WOOHOO!

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

Your insight is greatly appreciated MC!

crazy question: anyone going to one of the lime rock events and doesn't have a guest? i would love to go !

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.

yeah you will atleast get a free GoPro

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

free GoPro? please explain :)

nice video btw!

you get a gift bag with a nice shirt a hat a note book and a GoPro Hero 3 white edition with SD card and suction mount

that's really cool but I heard not everyone get's the gift bag? or does that just mean only the person who registered but not their guest?

at COTA everyone got the bag but only the registered person got the GoPro

cool cool. nice idea with the phone mount btw! too bad they dont give you the gopro before you start the event...

they do.

Excellent advice. I'm taking my 2011 to the track on Wed for the first time so what oil temp do I have to watch out for? 280+? And if it does go into limp mode, I just let it cool down and it'll be fine?

I've a mostly stock 2012 with 22k miles on it. Looks like I should be fine with oil temps?

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).

That was probably me, sorry. :p

Nah probably not you. The guy I am referring to drove a black Z.

My goal was to not hit 300F. Two, 3-lap sessions were about all she could handle in the Texas sun. Hopefully in October it's a little cooler so overheating isn't as much of a problem. If you hit limp mode, yes, just let it cool down and everything should be fine.

MC, would there be any chance that the launch control could be tested on the GTR?:stirthepot:

maybe.. there should be a module where you perform like a 0-60-0 ABS braking test then a slalom In either a Z or a GTR They mention not to use launch control ( reason being is after 4 times it locks it out for a 1.5 mile cool down) but I mean you could probably sneak one in its not like they are "strict" about it.