Nice! glad to see you are back on the track and putting it to good use!

 

Video and race summaries can be found here:

https://my350z.com/forum/autocross-r...ce-videos.html

 

Got some testing in this weekend at Sebring with Chin Motorsports. It was the first time at the track with the aero and LSD so took a little time to get my references right but the car was unreal. I was consistently in the 2:28-29s, and put down a best lap of 2:28.1. This is was during the last lap of the video below, and I missed a downshift in T17! Trackmate had my TBL as 2:27.4 so there is definitely more to get out of it. I was using Nitto NT01s this weekend, so hopefully with good track conditions and fresh Hoosiers, I could manage a high 2:25 or low 2:26. T2 350Zs are in this range so I am definitely improving!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tOR8ZMIhnc

 

Nice passing! Wish we had tracks like Sebring here in AZ.

 

Just went through page by page, I just picked up an 03 track that I'm building as a hill climber. That spoiler looks great but I would look into mounting directly to the chassis instead of to the trunk. Check out Kognition Design he has been killing it for the last few years in redline etc.

 

I love the na threads,

 

The Fulcrum Aeroworks wing kit has tubular steel rods used to transfer the downforce to the chassis via a small steel plate welded to the floor in the hatch. Here is a pic of the install on my car.



This is the mounting info from their website found at http://www.fulcrumaero.com/content/wingdesign.html

"Proper wing mounting and installation

Our philosophy on mounting wings is: DEFLECT THE TIRES, NOT THE DECKLID! Our revolutionary design uses a technique that allows full transfer of the down force thru the metal or composite deck lid directly into the frame. Welding is necessary, because it's the only way to keep the weight down and the installation simple. Full access in less than 30 seconds while maintaining usage of the trunk for fuel cells, cool suit coolers, etc. Full factory style hinge or pin on deck lids function without issues, it's up to you."

You can't go wrong with a wing (or splitter) from Fulcrum.

 

Updates??

 

Sorry for not updating in a while, not much going on. Took the 2011 Florida PTA championship again, kinda by default, as my closest competition missed the season finale due to repairs from our October event. Here is some video from the finale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiMTk...1&feature=plcp

As for the Z, I have the 2012 NASA season opener this weekend, followed by 4 days at Sebring racing with PBOC. I am co-driving an E30 in the 6 hour enduro, and driving the Z in a 90 minute enduro Friday, and two 45 minute sprints on the weekend. This will be the final race for the current motor. After 2.5 seasons, 150+ hours of abuse, its time for a preemptive refresh. Power is sitting around 300whp now, down from her peak, but compression is consistent in all cylinders. I am really wanting to do well at Nationals this year since I missed last year due to a hectic work schedule. Nothing going to change since the last build was so reliable. The car never had a DNF, always finished the race weekend. Might up the compression from 12:1 to 12.5:1, maybe 13:1 on the new pistons. I have a second block for the refresh, so hopefully we can reuse the same Carillo rods I have now, get the heads checked, new bearings, etc. and be ready to rock and roll for the remainder of the season. I would also like to look into some intake manifold machining, so if anyone has any links or advice, feel free to share. I have a revup and I am running the 03-05 lower collector with a Motordyne spacer.

Joseph #350

 

Pistons should be in this week, new block is apart, old engine is out...have 5 weeks to git r dun!!

 

I like the Fulcrum Aero Wing design. Looks like it works well with your stock decklid and puts more downforce exactly where it needs to be!

 

Thank you! You might contact us for some pre-season deals.
Jim@fulcrumaero.com

 

I hope you can tweak some more reliable horsepower out of that engine, I hope you have some people to battle with in PTA soon! haha.

 

Well the refresh is complete! Should have her tune done by the end of the day and its off to Sebring this weekend to shake her down. Pictures and video to come!

 

sick build

 

Lets ride!!!!

 

That race vid was absolutely amazing man!!!! I love it

What were you banging on in the like the 28th min? Or were you just tryin to "will" her to go faster?

Do I remember reading correctly that you're in FL? If so maybe you could teach me a thing or two

Anyways awesome job thanks for the inspiration. Got a long way to go

EDIT: After going thru this whole thing and watching the vids...I LOVE THIS THREAD!!!

 

Congrats on the PTA Championship! I have a long way to go with the car.

Anyone planning on running the new SPEC class? Seems like a good money maker for Nissan. It would cost thousands to make your car slower. I like the concept of a Z class. Maybe down the road.......

 

Ah, Didn't realize it was a chassis mount...Ever think about ditching that hatch for a carbon ? From what I've been told from a few guy's is that it's hard to produce the proper results with a wing "Even chassis mounted" if it has to fight the excessive weight of the hatch. I picked up an asuka and the difference is amazing.

Still trying to pull funds together for the actual wing so any info would be great.

 

I have gutted a lot of my stock hatch and added lexan to reduce weight as much as possible although a composite hatch would surely reduce weight even further. If I purchased a stock style hatch swapping components wouldn't be too much work. I'd have to redo all of the mounting if I went with the Asuka style hatch with the duck tail lip built in.