Hmmm ....

Last weekend was Round 1 of the Victorian State Circuit Racing Championships at Sandown Raceway in suburban Melbourne (AUS).

I could only attend on Sunday and missed quali on Sat and so started RoG on Sunday morning.

I battled rear brake lockup (with no more adjustment to bias forwards) as I had to replace the rear calipers at late notice (old calipers had seen 19 seasons of faithful service and I could not get a rebuild kit as NLA). To show how sensitive these things can be, the replacement caliper pistons (4-piston calipers) were 1mm larger in diameter and that was enough to disturb the balance to the extent that I ran out of front bias.

Anyway - the rears were chattering under brakes pretty much all the time and a fluffed down-change lead to a compression lock and around she went.

The guy in P2 got a bit more than he bargained for but we did not touch and I finished P2 for the race.

Very nice pics!

It's an eye opener to look at everyone coming at you through the windshield. :eek:

Lol i was Laughing at the no issues part. I've had plenty with the manual especially with the Z1 elimination kit that is not trashed and replaced with the Zspeed one..

Did back to back track weekends at Road Atlanta then Atlanta Motorsports Park. Didn't have anyone taking photos at the first event, but here are some from the second weekend.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/805/4...f860f042_c.jpgIMG_3170_D by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4781/...13e3e7b5_c.jpgIMG_3226_D by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/821/4...4b940591_c.jpgIMG_3994_D by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/788/4...c2667c88_c.jpg28699309_10156132036728480_8574762190426854568_o by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

Added a thing or two to the car between the two events :icon17:

Those are fantastic. What are your wheel and tire specs?

275/40/18 on 18x10.5 +15 all the way around :tup:

Poster my daughter got me from our weekend at MSR Houston. She has the PG 2015 370Z Sport and I have the 2016 Nismo. Best weekend of the year!

http://www.the370z.com/members/ltull...srh-poster.jpg

A little IMSA track video to enjoy of a Doran 370z Nismo warming up.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? I think the Nissan branded Akebonos are red, so probably not, but mine (the Infiniti ones) have heat faded from Silver to Gold. It's pretty sweet.

https://i.imgur.com/3Y9zGmJ.jpg?1

Yeah.........................you got those puppies hot. :rofl2: You have cooling ducts?

My reman calipers are starting to turn gold a little bit but not nearly that bad.

You must have cooked those things to get them that color :O

My buddy fried his a couple of weekends ago on his Camaro. They were Brembo red and now they are black. He is going to send the calipers in for a rebuild. We took temps of his rotors and they were over 800* and his calipers were high 600's. I have brake cooling ducts and my temps were less than half of his.

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https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1755/...0fee6cae_b.jpgzerødark collective-4 by demitry klimenko, on Flickrhttps://farm1.staticflickr.com/874/4...f3fb1156_b.jpgzerødark collective-2 by demitry klimenko, on Flickrhttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1738/...a31d4313_b.jpgzerødark collective-3 by demitry klimenko, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/952/4...a4ed3fbe_z.jpg_BES0652 by brendan sobers, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/823/4...3b1f1cb7_z.jpg_BES0668 by brendan sobers, on Flickr

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anybody getting 5th gear grind?? im starting to get it after 115K miles with multiple track days....

Your synchromesh is goin out. I got my tranny replaced under warranty. I understand it’s about 5k to drop in a new one. 3k to rebuild. Better tranny oil may help for awhile, but a rebuild is in your future.

Photos from a time trial event I did at Carolina Motorsports Park.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1739/...5d3505f5_c.jpgDSC07962 by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1748/...be3ec941_c.jpgDSC07954 by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1741/...5ecf60cd_c.jpgDSC07920 by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1742/...7d7529c9_c.jpg33854371_1692637734176649_4503379067914944512_o by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1754/...461eca84_c.jpg33850856_1692637197510036_714419487012552704_o by Kenny Moss, on Flickr

That was the last event before getting a rear cage put in to run harnesses and a Simpson Hybrid S. Hopefully will be all done before my July 28th night event at Charlotte Motor Speedway :happydance:

Hotrodz - when you running the NT03 do you think there would be adequate space for a 305/35 in the front without rubbing? Thinking about picking up a set to replace my stock Nismos for track days.

I think you will be fine if you are running the same off sets. Worst case, you will have to add a small spacer.

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This looks like high plains out east? Who took these? The top two are fire.

High plains raceway near Denver. Nice young photog I’ll dig up his info and put in an edit. He had skills with that camera.

Edit:https://www.speed-photosprints.com/C...2016/i-vqLgvSc

Lemon racing an 85 Fiero in denver!!!

(Does this count??)

https://youtu.be/nR6g2_2Ecbs

from a couple months ago

https://imgur.com/ex2A0TT.jpg

I love Laguna Seca

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At Charlotte motor speedway.

The new accents look nice!

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Thanks. I went back and forth on doing the red pinstripe along the bottom, but ultimately, I think it looks good too.

Agreed! It works well...

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Only got this free one from a few weeks ago at a racetrack near Pittsburgh. Going again tomorrow...

Pittsburgh International? They changed on how they do trackdays this year.

Yes, Pittsburgh International Race Complex (PittRace). This event is called "Track Night in America". You get (3) Sessions, 20-minutes each. It's not considered a race because no one is timed. They usually have one per month.

Here's a video from last month (Novice, session #3)...this was my first time at this track, so I was not pushing at all. Tomorrow, I hope to have more confidence in my skills because I know that car has way more capabilities than I do :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4Lfk3vVdQ&t=569s

What course you running. The North or the South, or the full course?

Full...Now that I know the course, I should be able to attack a little more than last time.

I've only done the full course twice.

I didnt actually manage to get any on track, due to coming off track due to brake inconsistency.. But before i lost the Z, last picture i got.

https://preview.ibb.co/feL9MK/380528...54316032_n.jpg

COTA at night - July 13, 2018
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