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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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It was great meeting you guys! Hope to see you guys at the next one! We should tandem next time! Freaking youtube! srry for the lag...Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc6JqUAJPQ
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 06:10 AM
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cool vid! thanks for filming, im sure we are gonna have more z's at the may 12th event

heh..."almost..." lol

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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 06:56 AM
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thanks cdaz! i dont even look like im drifting! i think that was too early in the day when i wasnt comfortable
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 10:25 AM
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yea, i was only able to film earlier on that day. wish i could have gotten more footage. maybe next time.
Daytona, you almost had that connection!! where you able to connect that damn thing? we need to do something about our e-brakes....
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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yea whats up with that...Z e-brakes suck
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 03:30 PM
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yea, i was only able to film earlier on that day. wish i could have gotten more footage. maybe next time.
Daytona, you almost had that connection!! where you able to connect that damn thing? we need to do something about our e-brakes....
i think i only made it completely once, the only other close time was the one in the video.

im sure if i yanked hard enough, i coulda used the e-brake, but then again, i was scared if i pulled hard enough i would break the cable...lol
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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by daytona350z
i think i only made it completely once, the only other close time was the one in the video.

im sure if i yanked hard enough, i coulda used the e-brake, but then again, i was scared if i pulled hard enough i would break the cable...lol
You won't break the cable, however it will stretch to the point that you can no longer tighten it. When this happened to me I put a few tiny hose clamps around the cord behind the adjustment nut to give it some tension. Before I did that the ebrake wouldn't start to even pull the cable at all untill the handle was 1/4 the way up.

Project Mu makes aftermarket ebrake pads for the Z. Although adjusting them is a *****, it's a pretty easy install. This will help quite a bit, but a hydraulic ebrake would be better.
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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by shmately
You won't break the cable, however it will stretch to the point that you can no longer tighten it. When this happened to me I put a few tiny hose clamps around the cord behind the adjustment nut to give it some tension. Before I did that the ebrake wouldn't start to even pull the cable at all untill the handle was 1/4 the way up.

Project Mu makes aftermarket ebrake pads for the Z. Although adjusting them is a *****, it's a pretty easy install. This will help quite a bit, but a hydraulic ebrake would be better.
Can you post a picture of this? I'm running the Project Mu shoes and I've ran out of adjustment on the nut and the disc. I don't really want to replace the cable. BTW, are you running FD this year?
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Originally Posted by shmately
You won't break the cable, however it will stretch to the point that you can no longer tighten it. When this happened to me I put a few tiny hose clamps around the cord behind the adjustment nut to give it some tension. Before I did that the ebrake wouldn't start to even pull the cable at all untill the handle was 1/4 the way up.

Project Mu makes aftermarket ebrake pads for the Z. Although adjusting them is a *****, it's a pretty easy install. This will help quite a bit, but a hydraulic ebrake would be better.
glad you jumped into this thread. how did you tie in the hydraulic handbrake into the oem system? i assume since the brake light switch isnt on, the car wont know to activate abs, so did you just T into the lines?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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anyone got still picts of the cars ?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Z33_SPL
Can you post a picture of this? I'm running the Project Mu shoes and I've ran out of adjustment on the nut and the disc. I don't really want to replace the cable. BTW, are you running FD this year?
just pop that console piece out, unscrew the 10mm nut and shove a spacer down there, or even a bigger nut, something to allow you to tighten the cable back up.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Topics II
just pop that console piece out, unscrew the 10mm nut and shove a spacer down there, or even a bigger nut, something to allow you to tighten the cable back up.
Awesome, thanks Chris.
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