yaoxiao4's first car and first journal

Quicksilvers · 03-28-2018, 03:23 AM

Beautiful 370Z you have there I really like those wheels congratulations. If you plan on one day installing a Stillen supercharger kit consider a upgraded clutch and flywheel. The South Bend stage 2 clutch and billet steel flywheel from Z Speed Performance would be my first choice.

yaoxiao4 · 04-18-2018, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Quicksilvers

Beautiful 370Z you have there I really like those wheels congratulations. If you plan on one day installing a Stillen supercharger kit consider a upgraded clutch and flywheel. The South Bend stage 2 clutch and billet steel flywheel from Z Speed Performance would be my first choice.

thanks for the suggestion! will keep that in mind but I wont be going FI for a while. I realized that I'm still no where the limit of this car, and would prefer reliability on the track over a little extra speed on the straights.

Side note, got my Z1 Slotted 2 Piece rotor front, and 1 Piece slotted rear

yaoxiao4 · 04-18-2018, 03:36 PM

Second time at Laguna Seca (last time before it comes WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca)

Cooked my rotors and got fuel starvation (ended up being my best time too)
hoping to break into 1:40s next time out

Shoeshear · 05-29-2018, 08:36 PM

Sweet car man! Bummer we missed each other at Laguna!

yaoxiao4 · 05-30-2018, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Shoeshear

Sweet car man! Bummer we missed each other at Laguna!

if you're ever around norcal again for track days hit me up!

yaoxiao4 · 05-30-2018, 08:15 PM

Well I achieved my goal this time! 1:49 at Laguna Seca (4 seconds faster than my previous PB)

In between the track days I got rid of the Amuse wing for an APR GTC 300, can definitely feel the rear end being more planted and some understeer, turned TC off in the last session and car definitely rotated better on a couple of corners

one mistake I made was not checking tire pressure, it wasn't until the last session when my instructor checked and all 4 of my tires were at 45 PSI (yikes)

didn't get many videos this time but this is a gorgeous shot from GotBlueMilk, heck I might frame this

Shoeshear · 05-31-2018, 01:51 AM

Sick shot! And sweet time dude! I'm hoping to go sub-1:50 next time I'm at Laguna (won't be for a long time sadly, moving to AZ).

yaoxiao4 · 07-03-2018, 01:41 PM

New Seibon TS CF Vented Hood, hopefully this will provide a little bit more frontend DF before my splitter is installed and slightly more cooling

yaoxiao4 · 07-09-2018, 12:22 PM

Last Laguna day of the year I promise! Onto Sonoma next

Bested my PB once again, hitting 1:47 consistently with a virtual best of 1:45, here are a couple of laps (including passing a GT350!)

Also spun out at T11 for the first time, tried power sliding out but ended up overcorrecting and spun the other way

yaoxiao4 · 08-17-2018, 02:32 PM

AMUSE FRONT BUMPER FINALLY ARRIVED! took 4 month wait but it was worth it, added a splitter too. Now I have issues with getting out of my driveway...

just in time for thunderhill track day in a couple weeks!

God-Speed · 08-17-2018, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by yaoxiao4

AMUSE FRONT BUMPER FINALLY ARRIVED! took 4 month wait but it was worth it, added a splitter too. Now I have issues with getting out of my driveway...

just in time for thunderhill track day in a couple weeks!

Car is looking good. As far as the driveway goes, just keep trying different angles and going slow.

Quicksilvers · 08-17-2018, 10:21 PM

One beautiful and clean Z you have there take care of it. Make the Z Speed Performance CMAK your next modification before it’s too late.

Shoeshear · 08-17-2018, 10:28 PM

Car's looking awesome man!

Neek · 08-19-2018, 02:27 AM

the amuse front bumper looks great! trying to find a good deal for one too

yaoxiao4 · 10-29-2018, 04:19 PM

Hit up Thunderhill West twice in the past couple months, what a great track! probably better for lighter cars but I had fun regardless

04-18-2018, 03:36 PM	#18 (permalink)
yaoxiao4 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Bay Area Posts: 320 Drives: 13 370z Black M6 Rep Power: 8	Second time at Laguna Seca (last time before it comes WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca) Cooked my rotors and got fuel starvation (ended up being my best time too) hoping to break into 1:40s next time out Hotrodz, madwi, ZontheRocks and 1 others like this.

05-29-2018, 08:36 PM	#19 (permalink)
Shoeshear Base Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 127 Drives: '15 370z Sport MT Rep Power: 3363	Sweet car man! Bummer we missed each other at Laguna! yaoxiao4 likes this.

05-30-2018, 08:15 PM	#21 (permalink)
yaoxiao4 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Bay Area Posts: 320 Drives: 13 370z Black M6 Rep Power: 8	Well I achieved my goal this time! 1:49 at Laguna Seca (4 seconds faster than my previous PB) In between the track days I got rid of the Amuse wing for an APR GTC 300, can definitely feel the rear end being more planted and some understeer, turned TC off in the last session and car definitely rotated better on a couple of corners one mistake I made was not checking tire pressure, it wasn't until the last session when my instructor checked and all 4 of my tires were at 45 PSI (yikes) didn't get many videos this time but this is a gorgeous shot from GotBlueMilk, heck I might frame this ZontheRocks, Baronsmokes and Shoeshear like this. Last edited by yaoxiao4; 05-30-2018 at 08:22 PM.

05-31-2018, 01:51 AM	#22 (permalink)
Shoeshear Base Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 127 Drives: '15 370z Sport MT Rep Power: 3363	Sick shot! And sweet time dude! I'm hoping to go sub-1:50 next time I'm at Laguna (won't be for a long time sadly, moving to AZ). yaoxiao4 likes this.

07-09-2018, 12:22 PM	#24 (permalink)
yaoxiao4 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Bay Area Posts: 320 Drives: 13 370z Black M6 Rep Power: 8	Last Laguna day of the year I promise! Onto Sonoma next Bested my PB once again, hitting 1:47 consistently with a virtual best of 1:45, here are a couple of laps (including passing a GT350!) Also spun out at T11 for the first time, tried power sliding out but ended up overcorrecting and spun the other way Hotrodz, ZontheRocks and drahmin like this. Last edited by yaoxiao4; 07-09-2018 at 12:55 PM.

03-28-2018, 03:23 AM	#16 (permalink)
Quicksilvers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2017 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,039 Drives: 2017 370z Rep Power: 25463	Beautiful 370Z you have there I really like those wheels congratulations. If you plan on one day installing a Stillen supercharger kit consider a upgraded clutch and flywheel. The South Bend stage 2 clutch and billet steel flywheel from Z Speed Performance would be my first choice.

08-17-2018, 02:32 PM	#25 (permalink)
yaoxiao4 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Bay Area Posts: 320 Drives: 13 370z Black M6 Rep Power: 8	AMUSE FRONT BUMPER FINALLY ARRIVED! took 4 month wait but it was worth it, added a splitter too. Now I have issues with getting out of my driveway... just in time for thunderhill track day in a couple weeks! God-Speed and Hotrodz like this.

08-17-2018, 10:21 PM	#27 (permalink)
Quicksilvers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2017 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,039 Drives: 2017 370z Rep Power: 25463	One beautiful and clean Z you have there take care of it. Make the Z Speed Performance CMAK your next modification before it’s too late. yaoxiao4 likes this.

08-17-2018, 10:28 PM	#28 (permalink)
Shoeshear Base Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 127 Drives: '15 370z Sport MT Rep Power: 3363	Car's looking awesome man! yaoxiao4 likes this.

08-19-2018, 02:27 AM	#29 (permalink)
Neek Base Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 82 Drives: 10 Nissan 370Z MT Rep Power: 9	the amuse front bumper looks great! trying to find a good deal for one too yaoxiao4 likes this.

10-29-2018, 04:19 PM	#30 (permalink)
yaoxiao4 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Bay Area Posts: 320 Drives: 13 370z Black M6 Rep Power: 8	Hit up Thunderhill West twice in the past couple months, what a great track! probably better for lighter cars but I had fun regardless God-Speed, Hotrodz and ZontheRocks like this.

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