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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 09:32 AM
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Default Video from the Mossy track day, 3-5-04.

Here is some video from last Friday’s track day at the Streets of Willow, CA. I’m driving a 1990 Z32 Twin Turbo putting out about 400 rwhp at 16 psi. (The car has put down 500+ rwhp at 24 psi on race gas.) The car is fun to drive with this power but, as you’ll see in the video, it can be a handful!

Enjoy and please post your pics and videos. I saw tons of cameras out there!

(Note: Probably better to 'right-click' and 'save-as' than to try and stream.)

Full lap (10 mb):

http://home.comcast.net/~zengineer/W..._track_web.wmv

350Z chase (4mb):

http://home.comcast.net/~zengineer/W...350Z_chase.wmv

Big thanks to all who helped organize this event! It was a blast!

Please plan another one soon. Maybe at a bigger track??
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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 10:01 AM
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Very sweet...

Z32s can be sickly fast down a straight, but you're right... and handful in da' t\/\/I$ti3z.

Balanced Performance had their 500rwhp Z32 on the track with us Z33s... had ZERO chance of pulling away. AMAZING down the straights... we caught him in the corners.

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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 10:51 AM
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What was with that Z? It looked like it was sitting still! :P
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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 11:16 AM
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Was your camera having a tough time with the lighting, or is that an artifact of video compression?
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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 11:18 AM
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Originally posted by phile
What was with that Z? It looked like it was sitting still! :P
Yeah No kidding, What happened there?
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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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oops, n/m

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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 01:11 PM
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Did he let off the gas to let you pass?

Another interesting place to put a camera would be looking at the footwell. I don't know how many people are proficient at fancy footwork (I'm not) but it's always pretty cool to see.


Nice videos.
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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 01:25 PM
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R,

Nice.

D.
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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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Damn 400rwhp ... I'm suprised the Z33 held up that long.
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 08:21 AM
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rouxeny-
Yes, the Z33 definitely hit the brakes as I passed. You can see the lights if you look closely.


Dissident-
Not sure about the video question. The manual focus got messed up for the Z33 video, but was OK for the full lap one. Do you see the same problem in that video?

Fear Night-
The Z33 is a great handling car and definitely has the advantage on a short and very tight track like the Streets of Willow. I think that a high HP Z32 would be better suited for a bigger/faster track.
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