Z Nationals this Weekend

[swimshark]

Z Nationals is happening this weekend in GA. http://www.znationals.com I will be there at the car show and dyno on Saturday and then Sunday I will be taking the J out on the road course they will have set up at AMS. Hope to be able to use my friends GoPro cam and i will post some videos up.

[yodawill2000]

Bad to the bone ,, Or Sumptin'

Mucho pics are a must !!!

[swimshark]

Will do yoda. Hope to get some vid of the dyno too cause intake sound is crazy with the dual maf.

[wingFeather]

Righteous!

[swimshark]

Borrowing a friends GoPro cam and taking camera and camcorder. There are 4 run sessions so I am gonna get some in car, behind and front facing shots while on the track and some drive bys and compile it.

[J30tChumpCar]

Anyone passing through Sebring Fl or Sebring raceway on Sat the 24th (perhaps after the event) are invited to stop by as our race teams J30 will be running a 14 hour race on the long course along with with 91 other teams from 9am to 11 pm.

[yodawill2000]

Got any pics of the new car ??

[driverdriver]

I'd love to see pics also.

[aroche25]

Anyone passing through Sebring Fl or Sebring raceway on Sat the 24th (perhaps after the event) are invited to stop by as our race teams J30 will be running a 14 hour race on the long course along with with 91 other teams from 9am to 11 pm.

Nice job yesterday, did you finish 2nd behind the Z32? You looked faster most of the race.

[J30tChumpCar]

Wow someone from here was watching... Cool!

The roofless z32 was dominate all day, they were lightweight with huge brakes/tires. We were extremely happy running a very strong 2nd place against all the talent but 9 hours in (7pm) 5 laps after a uneventful fuel/driver stop we developed smoke inside the car and a strong gear lube odor so I pitted figuring a seal had blown only to find the rearend was literally boiling the synthetic fluid into a black watery steaming mess. As soon as I saw this I knew we were out of the race but being stubborn I ordered a fluid change right there on pit road as there was no noises or other symptoms and we forgot the spare diff.. Nothing to loose.

20 min later the new fluid fixed things and full racing resumed ,now barely in the top 10, a violent rainstorm with wind and lightning, caused a full course red for 1.5 hours where all cars were parked and "impounded" (no work allowed) which was bad because on the last lap of rain my wiper quit. After lifting impound another 5 min of poking fuses turned up nothing so a hot wire was quickly cobbled and I was off to finish the race where a epic drag race (fun not for position) developed on the closing minutes between me, the winning z32 and a hot rod 5.0 mustang what a finish!

We finished 900 miles/14 hours of Sebring against SCCA,GT,NASA,Nascar,instructors,engineers, people slumming from million $ race teams(one brought a $500,000 race hauler!) and lots of regular folk from every walk of life in a J taking 6th position

Here is what the winner had to say:
"Infinity, I was in the 300zx at the finish and man that was a blast with the 3 of us fighting through traffic!! You guys could pull me on the straights, and I could catch right back up to you under braking and cornering. I had no idea what time it was, or how many laps we had to go so I kept after it until I saw the checkers. "

That dogfight to ultimately find out the J was quicker even continued on the cool down lap, yup that fun!
He had no roof, I was aware of the time via the sweet clock we all have...

Here is a quick link to someone elses photos as all we have is raw in car vid that will take a while to get posted.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aimanflames/

[aroche25]

Wow someone from here was watching... Cool!

The roofless z32 was dominate all day, they were lightweight with huge brakes/tires. We were extremely happy running a very strong 2nd place against all the talent but 9 hours in (7pm) 5 laps after a uneventful fuel/driver stop we developed smoke inside the car and a strong gear lube odor so I pitted figuring a seal had blown only to find the rearend was literally boiling the synthetic fluid into a black watery steaming mess. As soon as I saw this I knew we were out of the race but being stubborn I ordered a fluid change right there on pit road as there was no noises or other symptoms and we forgot the spare diff.. Nothing to loose.

20 min later the new fluid fixed things and full racing resumed ,now barely in the top 10, a violent rainstorm with wind and lightning, caused a full course red for 1.5 hours where all cars were parked and "impounded" (no work allowed) which was bad because on the last lap of rain my wiper quit. After lifting impound another 5 min of poking fuses turned up nothing so a hot wire was quickly cobbled and I was off to finish the race where a epic drag race (fun not for position) developed on the closing minutes between me, the winning z32 and a hot rod 5.0 mustang what a finish!

We finished 900 miles/14 hours of Sebring against SCCA,GT,NASA,Nascar,instructors,engineers, people slumming from million $ race teams(one brought a $500,000 race hauler!) and lots of regular folk from every walk of life in a J taking 6th position

Here is what the winner had to say:
"Infinity, I was in the 300zx at the finish and man that was a blast with the 3 of us fighting through traffic!! You guys could pull me on the straights, and I could catch right back up to you under braking and cornering. I had no idea what time it was, or how many laps we had to go so I kept after it until I saw the checkers. "

That dogfight to ultimately find out the J was quicker even continued on the cool down lap, yup that fun!
He had no roof, I was aware of the time via the sweet clock we all have...

Here is a quick link to someone elses photos as all we have is raw in car vid that will take a while to get posted.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aimanflames/

Yes it was a very exciting race to watch, I was honestly surprised that the Z didn't get infraction or anything(How many can you find in running shape for $500 or less?). Ohh and that big rig semi-truck was a Nascar Truck Series driver(he was next to the team I was with) He had the "Wonderbird" Thunderbird. Still great job! even though the weather wasnt very permitting for the early evening.

Sorry OP about this massive threadjack.

[J30tChumpCar]

I was in the middle of re-posting in my own thread to stop the hijack...

What team were you with? Answer in the other thread please.

Anyone with highlights or pics of the Z nationals?

[swimshark]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7CoVEeaO9A[/youtube]

Some footage of the track day. Still have to upload some of the pics and video of dyno pulls. Car made 198hp 171tq. Would have wont the NA dyno comp but i wasnt a true Z, just a Y32.

[swimshark]

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

[yodawill2000]

Did you hit a big bump or was it a stress crack related failure ?

[swimshark]

From the bump and probably fatigue

http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Car ... Cnsz-XL-LB

http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/Car ... JnqS-XL-LB

[wingFeather]

Awesome photos! Not sure why they let in a Vette & Charger though?