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SCCA Track Night in America. Advice and recommendations please
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<blockquote data-quote="SeikenFreak" data-source="post: 15409666" data-attributes="member: 122263"><p>Hmm. Might as well do a final post on this for the year.</p><p></p><p>The last 2016 Track Night event for NJMP was 8/31. I decided to bring out the Skyline to see how it would do.</p><p></p><p>[video=youtube;QUanDempV8A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUanDempV8A[/video]</p><p></p><p>It survived. I had wanted to update at least the brakes on it before going (when I cleaned them up and re-greased everything, I noticed the pads said Nissan on them so I assume they were OEM 1990 compound, along with the factory drilled rotors) because I was concerned they would fade/disintegrate/crack etc. I just went out and was overall quite cautious, at least at first, about the brakes and temps.</p><p></p><p>Nothing went wrong as far as I can tell. Factory oil temp gauge topped out at 130 C (260ish F) which is around what my Mustang does. Coolant gauge never moved (don't know if its a dummy one) Brakes didn't have much bite but the pedal remained firm and I don't think they faded. I was short shifting it sort of on purpose, mostly because these cars have a famous flaw with the oil pump/crankshaft. No idea if it'd fail but not worth the risk. Power felt fine at mid-range anyway.</p><p></p><p>Had a lot of fun in that second session with the S2000. The first half of the video had him kinda following me and then decided to let him go. He had a little trouble but there were spots where following him made me push a little more out of my comfort zone. By the end, I was almost going WOT around the final turn onto the straight. Also, small world, that S2000 was just at my dealership the week before and people were looking at it.</p><p></p><p>The Track Night events were pretty awesome. I think I did 4 or 5 in the last few months. Really looking forward to next year and starting the season early on. I've got a list of things I'd like to do, on either car, just have to decide which machine gets the goods. Both cars put down about a 1:45 min lap time.</p><p></p><p>Highly suggest anyone who hasn't done a road course yet and can should go out to at least one event and try it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeikenFreak, post: 15409666, member: 122263"] Hmm. Might as well do a final post on this for the year. The last 2016 Track Night event for NJMP was 8/31. I decided to bring out the Skyline to see how it would do. [video=youtube;QUanDempV8A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUanDempV8A[/video] It survived. I had wanted to update at least the brakes on it before going (when I cleaned them up and re-greased everything, I noticed the pads said Nissan on them so I assume they were OEM 1990 compound, along with the factory drilled rotors) because I was concerned they would fade/disintegrate/crack etc. I just went out and was overall quite cautious, at least at first, about the brakes and temps. Nothing went wrong as far as I can tell. Factory oil temp gauge topped out at 130 C (260ish F) which is around what my Mustang does. Coolant gauge never moved (don't know if its a dummy one) Brakes didn't have much bite but the pedal remained firm and I don't think they faded. I was short shifting it sort of on purpose, mostly because these cars have a famous flaw with the oil pump/crankshaft. No idea if it'd fail but not worth the risk. Power felt fine at mid-range anyway. Had a lot of fun in that second session with the S2000. The first half of the video had him kinda following me and then decided to let him go. He had a little trouble but there were spots where following him made me push a little more out of my comfort zone. By the end, I was almost going WOT around the final turn onto the straight. Also, small world, that S2000 was just at my dealership the week before and people were looking at it. The Track Night events were pretty awesome. I think I did 4 or 5 in the last few months. Really looking forward to next year and starting the season early on. I've got a list of things I'd like to do, on either car, just have to decide which machine gets the goods. Both cars put down about a 1:45 min lap time. Highly suggest anyone who hasn't done a road course yet and can should go out to at least one event and try it. [/QUOTE]
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