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Old 04-01-2011, 08:08 PM
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If you're interested in seeing results from the San Diego National Tour, follow twitter.com/project350z

I'll try to tweet during the heat tomorrow, I'll tweet my times, as well as Grant's if I can get his times too.

You can also see results at http://sololive.scca.com (we run 3rd heat)
Old 04-02-2011, 07:30 AM
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I'll be down there Sunday am.
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Fun times! No way to catch the EVO or the CaymanS powered Boxster but ZSP is competitive! Lol!
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John, I totally meant to bring your parts hoping that I would see you! But they are sitting on my dining room table

I'll get them shipped out when I get home
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Fun times! No way to catch the EVO or the CaymanS powered Boxster but ZSP is competitive! Lol!
Not to be harsh, but raw timed by BS/CS and even DS/ES!?! I should be co-driving with you guys... Goodluck tomorrow and hopefully dig up some more speed!
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Well according to my DL1 my 2nd gear appears to be topping out at 59mph, that explains a lot about my first run. Second/Third runs going to third and staying there I was seeing another 6mph in a few places
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Originally Posted by christoc
Well according to my DL1 my 2nd gear appears to be topping out at 59mph, that explains a lot about my first run. Second/Third runs going to third and staying there I was seeing another 6mph in a few places
Are you reflashed with the raised (7000) RPM?

That was the main reason I got the '05 Track with the RevUp -- top speed is 64MPH in 2nd.
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No excuses from me. I am a slow learner and have never been able to get car moving to it's potential in 3 runs. I'm sure Adam could have put both our cars into 52 range easily first couple of runs as any top ax driver probably would. But that's why I'm here I'm learning how to drive the thing. If I could have strung elements of each run I probably would have been in high 54 territory but I had driver error every run some where on the course.
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Goodluck today guys, and most importantly have fun! Really wish I was there (damn GM reliability!)
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I am playing with suspension settings today as this is my first time on new suspension with A6s. Rear end didn't seem to want to hook up so I'm going softer shock setting in the in rear.
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Originally Posted by Shamu
I am playing with suspension settings today as this is my first time on new suspension with A6s. Rear end didn't seem to want to hook up so I'm going softer shock setting in the in rear.
are you still running the stock nissan diff, or did you get something from the aftermarket in beforehand?
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^OSG.

Looks like Chris had a decent day two.
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^OSG.

Looks like Chris had a decent day two.
ah, no complaints there then! dialing everything in takes time, then there's that whole nut/wheel thing, lol. you'll get there!
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Hopefully you all had a blast at the tour over the weekend. It looks like BSP had a pretty diverse line up
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Had a good time, we had our own little ZSP class going.

I'll do a full writeup later tonight or tomorrow, trying to get unwound from the weekend and get ready for a week of working remotely before the ProSolo next weekend
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Well we started to improve suspension by backing off on compression to almost full soft. The car hooked up much better however today we discovered two major issues with the 370 z. Ice mode with ABS was causing major issues for me as I'm a very late braker. I overshot couple corners as abs was having major problems. .. How do I fix this issue? Secondly the fuel cut at redline is terrible. When engine would cut it would take time for it to come back on line. Anyway to disable fuel cutoff on a 370z Nismo? I'd rather have spark cutoff!

I'm going to raise to car just a little to get better weight transfer. Learned a ton about the 370z today. It will be much faster in the future!
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Grant, you know you want to do the ProSolo next weekend. 12 runs, two courses, huge flat surface
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Grant, you know you want to do the ProSolo next weekend. 12 runs, two courses, huge flat surface
I have driven there and it's very tempting but I have too many long travel weekends planned. But after hearing how fun it is I will plan for it next year. I'd love more time to work on fast ax setup too. SD truly helped me understand what I need to do with the car.
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Videos from our runs. Poor quality but you can see all my driving issues. Lol!


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WRtYTYJK3I[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJnCsh7WQ4c[/youtube]

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I wrote up a blog with a summary of all of my runs, with the youtube videos included in the post

http://cjh.am/frM79h


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