PA as in Pennsylvania or Palo Alto? Buggy traffic is prolly hell in Pennsylvania. ;-)

good shop recommendations out there? I've always gone to R/T Tuning here.

So far the votes are for MAC Autosport. http://www.macautosport.com

I've been to a dyno day there and they were great but haven't had any work done yet. Will be in the near future though.

The cherry cricket is one of the best spots over here to eat a burger. FYI for a potential meeting

Looking for a good body shop in Denver to install my Aero Jacket Wing. Anyone have any recommendations? Its the carbon fiber one and I would like the backside painted to match the car.

Just wanted to share some photos from this weekend. Drove through peak to peak scenic byway with a fellow texan!

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Great photos. Kind of you to escort that hoopty. ;-)

That hoopty is also the owner of that Aston Martin V8 Vantage! An old friend of mine! He's lived in Texas his whole life and has decided recently to make Colorado his home. In the spirit of our great state and the amazing mountains he have, i took him on this drive. Going up clear creek and then on the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway to Estes Park. Fun day!

I'm sure he found it much more enjoyable than driving around Texas. Love that drive. I was being sarcastic, they're certainly both nice cars.

Hey Guys, A friend of mine from work is bringing his Audi A4 down to HPR for morning laps on Friday Sep 5th.

Anybody want to come join us? I'll be throwing my track brake pads. track wheels, and probably doing a brake bleed on labor day in the pm at my place up in Conifer to get ready.

Anybody who wants to bleed in some RBF 600, or put in some pads or just hang out drop me a PM and ill give you my contact info. (BYO parts)

Also if you are new to lap days at HPR. Shadeez and I have done a few together and its a blast. PM me and I can hook you up with all the info you need to get on the track (There is nothing to it... well 120 bucks or so, but very easy to do)

It would be great to get a good Z showing out there. Stock setup is fine. You may just need to cool your oil/brakes after every few hard laps, no biggie, you will love it.

Bring him out to HPR next Friday (see post above). My buddy drives his dad's V12 Vantage Carbon Edition out there with us now and then, It's a great track for the Vantage.

We are going 7 am to noon.

How does our Oil Temps in the Z do while tracking? I've always wanted to track the Z but even just minor spirited driving up the mountains my oil temp dips into the 240 range. Did you install in an Oil Cooler??

I put in a 25 row Stillen oil cooler from z1. My temps never get over 220 or so. Shadeez does not run a cooler (at least not last we ran together) and he gets up to 260 after a few laps (4 maybe?). But it works out okay he runs a few hard laps the. A cool down lap then parks on the paddock awhile to cool down. I don't usually run much longer than he does before I feel like its time for a break.

My takeaway? Get a cooler. It's not fun to have to be forced to stop Lapping and they are relatively easy to put in. Make sure you get a thermostatic plate in your kit so you can get up to temp (140?) in the winter.

Also for the track, bleeding your brakes to remove DOT 3 brake fluid and bleeding in DOT 4 is a must! I use MOTUL RBF 600, but any good race fluid is probably fine. The guys at road and track crashed the press release 09 Z when it first came out due to not doing this before the tracked the car. Their brakes totally failed and they hit a wall at full speed. (Note their is not much danger of this at HPR as it built with lots of overrun out in cornfield country... No walls)

I will try my best to make this one Surfdog!!

I'm bleeding the brakes and putting track pads back in Thursday night if you'd like to come up and join. I think bleeding at least one per season is good insurance to keep the RBF dry. (I read that ss lines help too)