Im talking about outside temp haha. I drove up Mt. Lemmon(Tucson AZ) today on kinda a spur of the moment feeling. It was boiling hot out and I was thinking to myself 'I wonder how much cooler it will be up on the mountain?'. So I decided to make a quick trip up. Let me pre-apologize for my pics, as they are from my Blackberry. Mt. Lemmon's base is at about 2000ft above sea level, summit is about 8500ft and the entire thing is winding canyons with many blind turns and a steep grade(guessing about 6-8% most of the way). Its pretty sweet because it goes from desert to forrest about half way up. Its about 27 miles to the top which took me about 45 minutes, although I had to let the Z cool down twice on way up. I expected to see hot oil temps as I was ringing it out the whole way up and it was 107 degree out at the base. I let the oil temp hit 265 both times and then pulled over to let it come back down. I have made this trip before when the weather was moderate and the Z never got that high, expected under extreme conditions. Dont think I really want to invest in a oil cooler as I only make this trip a few times a year, and it gives me an excuse to pull over and take some pics
As I got to the summit it was 79 degrees, breezy and absolutely gorgeous out. So my outside temp went down 28 degrees in just 45 minutes! Things I would like to point out...My air conditioning might as well blow out snow it so freaking cold(even with my hot engine). If I had to pic my favorite feature of the Z, I think that it would have to be the steering wheel. Like feeling a girls breast, there's just something that feels sooooo good about it. I have a better sense of the steering weight and feel from all the corners...and having both hands on the wheel which I dont always do during regular driving. Only thing that is troublesome is that my shifter is making a rattling noise when over 4g rpms??? Should I take it in? Regardless, this car is sick nasty in the hadling department. Now I know what to do if I really want to cool off.