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Originally Posted by alcheng
You are right, a lot of knowledge has gained since then, but the hardware of the Z is pretty much the same as 9 years ago.
ugh.... apparently they use 22 bone stock car to do the hot laps... every year...
Here is the original article of the event with Z is the only one has the accident..
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...ning-lap-2009/
While I agree some of you say the OP should/can track the car and have fun on the limit..
meanwhile, the OP also states his Z is bone stock except with the Powertrix Coils.
The reason I dig up that 9 years old article and post it here is I saw
"I have a sport package Z with 135k on it. Only mods are Powertrix coils. It's all stock otherwise. No oil cooler, and pretty sure it's original clutch too, the csc was replaced 100K miles ago."
in the original post..
that connect me to that incident 9 years ago...
of cause many of us has offered suggestions/advices, which is great..
however, if the OP doesn't make those changes on his stock Z...
again, his bone stock Z with sports package is carrying similar hardware to the Z which had accident 9 years ago.
It's only a precaution to the OP, nothing else.  |
2011 370Z Touring + Sport. Almost stock. Hotchkis front sway bar. Brake fluids. Cold air intake. OEM brake pads. If this car and I survived an entire track day in the heat in California, I am fairly certain his car will be fine.
The key is the brake fluid. The reason that incident happened in the article is not necessarily because of the pads. It's most likely because of the fluid, it boiled. When it boils, you dont have enough pressure in the lines to get sufficient force out of the calipers. If the driver does that enough then the pads are eventually going to heat up and fade as well. But most beginners aren't capable of that.