So it's been a bit since I updated this thread.
At ZdayZ I got bit by the dragon, and wound up having some body damage to my Z. Nothing major, mostly a bent rear fender, and a couple of destroyed wheels and tires, and a scraped up engine cradle.
Worst part, I wasn't pushing anywhere near the limit. Still wouldn't be able to tell you what happened other than an unforeseen understeer situation on a relatively open left hander. Which caused my front tire to go off the inside/mountainside ditch, grind skateboard style on underside of the car (hence the cradle damage), caught a rock/high spot which threw the car back on the road, and somewhere in there the rear tire managed to catch the rear fender and pull it inward, damage the tire, and bend the rear wheel. Front wheel took the worst of it with chunks missing out of the wheel and a pretty shredded tire. Didn't have a chance to really stop and look around as my mind immediately switched to, GTFoff the mountain before law comes by wanting to write a ticket, as well as @#$%@$# I am 6 hours away from home.
Wound up riding down the mountain with two spare tires on the passenger side. Had my wife meet me roughly halfway with a spare set of wheels, so i could drive the rest of the way home comfortably.
After getting it home I've had the cradle replaced along with various other components that took some damage, and the bumps and scrapes repaired and painted.
With the rear fender damaged, it seemed and opportune time to go widebody. So I have been down that rabbit hole for the past couple of months and am finally throwing the $$$ down to make it happen. So stay tuned for that.
Meanwhile, I am upgrading a few other things. First thing up is increasing oil cooling capacity. One 34 row crammed between the radiator and intercooler just isnt cutting it. Car was getting way too much heat up on the mountain (probably because I try to live above 6000rpm) So, I am going with two 34row oil coolers with fans, and planning to vent out to the fender well. Picked up a couple of the 34-row Derale coolers and am going to be working on some custom brackets to get them mounted where I want 'em.
Edit: Looking at the photo it looks like I got sent two 40 row coolers.... going to do another measure and see if I can cram them in there. 80rows of oil cooling would be fantastic.
Finally going to install my ATI Dampner. Looking at trying out the Z1 fuel starvation and a custom roll bar as well.
anyway, more photos to come...