The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) VI

Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

From Boy Scout experience, I drank water (and pee'd) all day! If you aren't peeing at least once an hour, you aren't taking in enough fluids.

I know, a little too much information.

I don't know that I went quite that often but yes, lots of bathrooms breaks

It was an incredible time on Saturday. Glad that we all got to participate. The thing that struck me the most was how much easier the GT-R's are to drive than the Z's.

Almost effortless at times! And anytime I felt like I was about to get into trouble, the GT-R was just like, "Don't worry, son. I got you. Go ahead. Give it a bit more throttle. It'll all be ok."

I don't think I got over 120 mph in a Z, but easily hit 165 mph in GT-R on the back stretch, and it was effortless.

Yeah about 125 mph in both my Z and the stock Nismo Z, IIRC. I was with a slower guest group in the GT-R so I don't think we even hit 160, but to be honest, I wasn't even paying attention the speed it was just so much fun to drive lol

My biggest problem was that I had never driven a manual Z before; mine is a 7-AT. It wasn't that I couldn't drive it, but I had to think about my gear changes; they weren't natural to me. That was a bit distracting.

This is exactly how I felt driving Matt's 7AT in the morning session. I tried paddle-shifting, and it was just so unfamiliar that I was completely befuddled. I was only able to keep speed because we were going so slow, and my lines were so bad it was embarrassing. In fact, at one point I hit the windshield wipers and they got stuck under his GoPro on the front window Once I got back in my 6MT in the afternoon (and the Nismo Z), it was all good There's just something about a clutch pedal. Not to mention grabbing a stick with a knob

The GT-R in automatic mode was awesome, though. I didn't even both to try paddles in the afternoon session. It kept high RPMs without upshifting even with light throttle application, and it downshifted at high RPMs leaving you perfect for maximum acceleration on exit.

I was fine in my car until the oil temp got too hot to paddle shift - I was right above 255. I could definitely feel a bit of a loss in performance as it got hotter. In full auto mode, it just doesn't shift quickly enough. Matt has a 7-AT, but also has an oil cooler so he had no problem.

I am wondering how much my tune allowed me to continue pushing the car even after 250 oil temps. I was about 260 after the first three hard laps. She cooled down to 220 before we went out again, but was back at 260 after the 2nd lap. What was surprising was that it jumped up another 30 degrees in the next half lap. I was pushing it to take the second position after a rotation when I hit 290 and said ok no more acceleration, and luckily immediately after that straight away the instructor in the lead car announced the the rest of the lap would be cool down for the cars. I had the radio in hand ready to let him know that I was going to have to drop to the back to cool her off and would be pitting next chance when he came on said cool down time

The instructor came up to me after one of the sessions in my car and asked why I started falling back. That's when I told him about the overheating/paddle shift issue. After that, I just stayed in a Nismo 370 and then the GT-R and had no problem staying up with him when it was my turn.

Nice The stock oil coolers are perfect for this type of application -a few laps at a time with lots of cooling off time in between. I think with any kind of sustained track use, those stock Zs would be right where you were temp-wise

Again, what and amazing day.

Originally Posted by Haboob

Alright. Now I'm pissed.

The door chime was a loose fuse (my fault most likely).

The SES? P2098 (Post Catalyst Fuel Trim Bank 2)is the code and he says they can't fix it, because the O2 sensor wiring has been modified.

However, I personally put the HFCs on and the wiring is OEM and wasn't modified.

Originally Posted by GaleForce

Have you UpRev'd yet?

Originally Posted by Haboob

No, not yet. I'm not wanting to shell out $600 at the moment.

I was hoping it would just be an O2 sensor or something.

Originally Posted by Haboob

...that and despite the "detune it" option, I'm worried about the warranty.

Originally Posted by GaleForce

Can you save more if you refi and keep your payments the same?

Originally Posted by JARblue

on the fuse... I hate when I do that kind of crap lol

Many dealerships are stupid. Hope the second one works out for you (or the steel wool)



You mean, EcuTek?



My tuner is offering remote tuning for $450 for EcuTek EcuTek ProECU Group Buy



Yeah... I can understand that. Also, EcuTek doesn't even have the map switching feature yet, though it is supposedly coming soon. I got my tune at about 34K miles. The opportunity came up suddenly, but I wasn't worried because my extended warranty (to 100K) isn't through the dealer.



My goal when I refinance is to either significantly lower my monthly payments with no increase in remaining years on the loan or significantly decrease the remaining years on the loan with very little or no increase in my monthly payment.

Originally Posted by Pintsize725

So if it's going to save me $800 over the length of the loan, I should refinance my auto loan right?

Originally Posted by GaleForce

Originally Posted by JARblue

You mean, EcuTek?



My tuner is offering remote tuning for $450 for EcuTek EcuTek ProECU Group Buy



Yeah... I can understand that. Also, EcuTek doesn't even have the map switching feature yet, though it is supposedly coming soon. I got my tune at about 34K miles. The opportunity came up suddenly, but I wasn't worried because my extended warranty (to 100K) isn't through the dealer.

Originally Posted by JARblue

My goal when I refinance is to either significantly lower my monthly payments with no increase in remaining years on the loan or significantly decrease the remaining years on the loan with very little or no increase in my monthly payment.

Originally Posted by Isamu

The way I see it Pint..
is if you refinance, and you get a lower payment, continue to make the same size payment you were already making.. it will pay the loan off faster

Originally Posted by GaleForce

Originally Posted by Pintsize725

That's what I planned on doing. My payment will only be $15 lower per month but I also get gap insurance which I didn't have through nmac. Also, I'm trying to build up credit worthiness with this credit union in hopes of a future house loan from them.

Originally Posted by Isamu

remote tuning I'll stick with Uprev

even if you increase the term of the loan, and drop your payment, if you continue to make the same sized payment, more will go towards principal and you will pay the loan off faster

Originally Posted by Pintsize725

That's what I planned on doing. My payment will only be $15 lower per month but I also get gap insurance which I didn't have through nmac. Also, I'm trying to build up credit worthiness with this credit union in hopes of a future house loan from them.