Thread bump!
Since most of the posts here are regarding US tracks, and my favorite one is in Germany I have a few questions you might be able to answer.
I'm planning a trip either in late september or october with my bone stock 370z. I thought I could manage the ring fewer this year, but it's getting out of hand right now, itching and starting to ruin my days at the point where I can't think of anything else but the ring....
How has your car been holding up on the ring regarding oil temp? I'm planning on participating the Scuderia Hanseat or the Scuderia S7 (getting sick of the TF and the motorcycles) this fall and I'm not really keen on upgrading my car for that. I will change pads, but I wonder if the car can handle the ring without getting an oil cooler. This is my daily driver and I'd rather not spend money on it for upgrades, I already have a race car for that
And how is your progress on the track so far?
A few tips, if you haven't already figured them out (far all the other who haven't been there before). Just take it easy and the speed will come. Don't bother about laptimes, it will only ruin your day. Just leave the prestige at home (soo many ring rookies make this mistake!). Traffic or road works always ruins something anyway. Perfect laps doesn't exist in reality. Local knowledge equals at least 500 extra HP, you will be passed by an old VW Golf.
It took me probably 40-50 laps before I started to get confident (a few hundered laps on the playstation didn't prepare me much).
I did a few 8:35 laps in my Mini Cooper S Clubman (BTG, not full laps). It had r-compounds and a race suspension, engine was bone stock (175 BHP). I'm really wondering what the 370 can do bone stock.