NorCal-ers,
I am in the midst of a pro/con of doing an HR swap on my 03' or selling it and buying a NISMO or HR Z to build for track use. Before I do this, I want to drive one of these Zs on the track and take data and video.

What I'm looking for is someone willing to let me rent/drive their Z on the track, preferably Thunderhill or Laguna Seca. I will provide brake pads and a wheel/tire combination. If it's a good session, I probably only need it for a single, 20-minute session. It needs to have minimal modifications to get a true baseline though, and although this is a request not likely to be fulfilled, I'd rather a NISMO since it has the aero, "seem welds" and "dampened steering" to really be able to consider the swap vs building another car.

Obviously my request comes with a small amount of risk, and I really need to flog the car at 98% to compare to my lap data. I could pay for the rental session(s), exchange for driver development, or whatever, but I really want to get some good laps in before indulging in this potential affair.

Thanks for considering!

 

You sir have big *****

 

Quiet, you, or I'll come to TX and drive yours at 105%.

 

Buy a Nismo! You'd do it justice...

http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/3703939917.html

Make a offer and help him part it out including thins you'll eventually remove...

Good Luck!

 

I saw that one while looking today, WAY overpriced. Edmunds thinks the NISMOs are worth a TOUCH more than the non-NISMO. I'm not saying it shouldn't be more than said touch, but they are running $5-10k more than an equally-equipped HR. Need to drive them both, if at all possible!

 

Way over price he probably is adding his mods to the price list to get out clean! Either way man good luck!

 

Thank you brother! Just feel lucky I'm not hopping on a plane and taking Linda out for a spin!

 

I paid around $22K for mine CPO with around 46K miles and felt like I got a good deal after 6 months of hunting. CA is not kind to the buyer for the price of Nismos (generally sell quite higher than "regular" Zs of the same model year).

 

you know I'd let you too. FWIW there is a big difference between this NISMO and the '03 Performance, '04 Track, '04 Enthusiast, '05 Base models I have owned.

 

Hook up with Jeremy Croiset/NASA dude in NorCal and drive his car...

 

Expand? Quantify? PM?

First guy that I emailed. . . his car is "back with Nissan" with "no end in sight". WTF? I found a lucky taker with a NISMO that is willing to let me perform my engineering statistical qualitative deducing doucheybag analysis. . . at a track that I'm very comfortable at and only has one wall. Ain't skeered!

 

1 wall but you gotta deal with T1 and T8

 

Not afraid of either one of those!

 

I am. Teach me your ways Scott!

 

I think you should buy from 07 HR auto and swap it to a manual and track it..