Mt Tam I am's Driving Journal

Mt Tam I am · 09-26-2014, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackcherry20

At 4:55 or so you get by 2, one on the left. One on the right.

Pretty cool stuff!
And.

I see you lean into corners too. I thought I was some kinda freak (although I think my lean ins are too exaggerated to be constructive so I am practicing leaning not so hard).

Auto-x tomorrow. Taking the Z. Going to attempt fearlessness. Pray for me.
I wanna drive aggressively and not be so damned worried about the car.

I might not lean so hard if I had more head room, although this might be my nature. I stretch a bit every chance I get, and leaning helps.
I passed on the inside of a turn and the fellow I passed said he was pulling 1G force. Maybe leaning counters some of this.

blackcherry20 · 09-30-2014, 08:20 PM

Saturday for auto-x. Decided to take the Z. Running in class B (with the boys).
Three runs in first heat (daylight). Three runs second heat (under lights).

Run one: alone (no rider/coach). Take it a little easy to learn the course. Not too great on time but not awful imho. No mistakes following the course

Run two: experienced coach riding w me. I'm pushing it, harder. One more turn and the finish will be right there. Lost my focus i guess. Pretty good straight then a hard 120 degree left turn and Harry breaks loose after i tap the brakes. We slide sideways across the lane, through a grass median and back on the banked portion of the oval. Barely miss timing box in the grass. dust, grass, dirt clods flying up from my right. Crap crap crap. Next up: white concrete wall. Fuuuuu. Nope. Get stopped plenty shy. Goose Harry-squeal tires a bit and off the track i go.

Run three: much more conservative. Not having fun. Headache (prob from stress).
Head home after working my assigned heat

That is how my auto-x went. May be this isn't for me. Re-evaluating.
One more event for the season for my club. Either do it more often so I can get accustomed to or quit totally. Takes me a day and a half recovery every time I auto-x. Not sure what to do.

LMBmikeZ · 09-30-2014, 08:40 PM

I say keep with it BC it is like any new skill or sport you try to take up. The people you watch that are good at it have put the time in to get there. You will get there too just keep a good attitude and try to improve everyday/everytime, you don't need to be the best out there just try to beat your own times and improve your skills.

I help my brother with coaching the younger kids in the local lacrosse league he is heavily involved in. We see things like this all the time. Some times when you get over these humps/slumps are when you improve your skills and reach those new milestones

blackcherry20 · 09-30-2014, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LMBmikeZ

I say keep with it BC it is like any new skill or sport you try to take up. The people you watch that are good at it have put the time in to get there. You will get there too just keep a good attitude and try to improve everyday/everytime, you don't need to be the best out there just try to beat your own times and improve your skills.

I help my brother with coaching the younger kids in the local lacrosse league he is heavily involved in. We see things like this all the time. Some times when you get over these humps/slumps are when you improve your skills and reach those new milestones

TY for the encouragement

Mt Tam I am · 10-07-2014, 10:43 AM

I had a light blue Ferrari 360 or 430 cross in front of me as I left my street to get on the main route. I followed him a mile when he suddenly nailed it at the 55 MPH sign. He pulled momentarily upon me and I recovered at the curve. He did not brake as 99% of other driver needlessly do. He looked back in his rear view and gave a bitter face to see I was still right on him. He slowed and soon we were behind traffic.

He would no longer look at me in the mirror when he thought I could see. But I could. He was embarrassed I suppose.

The Z is a great car all around.

onzedge · 10-07-2014, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

I had a light blue Ferrari 360 or 430 cross in front of me as I left my street to get on the main route. I followed him a mile when he suddenly nailed it at the 55 MPH sign. He pulled momentarily upon me and I recovered at the curve. He did not brake as 99% of other driver needlessly do. He looked back in his rear view and gave a bitter face to see I was still right on him. He slowed and soon we were behind traffic.

He would no longer look at me in the mirror when he thought I could see. But I could. He was embarrassed I suppose.

The Z is a great car all around.

SurfDog · 10-07-2014, 11:41 AM

All car no skill many times with those guys

JARblue · 10-07-2014, 05:02 PM

I remember a clover leaf exit off the highway one time with my buddy in his gf's Taurus. A Porsche 911 who had been behind us, accelerated and made several quick lane changes to exit in front of us. My buddy (who is an experienced driver) proceeded to take the same exit 10 mph faster than the Porsche and caught up to him in the clover. You could see the Porsche try to accelerate and the rear end just jerked immediately as traction control kicked in. The guy was trying... he just had no idea what he was doing

MightyBobo · 10-07-2014, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JARblue

I remember a clover leaf exit off the highway one time with my buddy in his gf's Taurus. A Porsche 911 who had been behind us, accelerated and made several quick lane changes to exit in front of us. My buddy (who is an experienced driver) proceeded to take the same exit 10 mph faster than the Porsche and caught up to him in the clover. You could see the Porsche try to accelerate and the rear end just jerked immediately as traction control kicked in. The guy was trying... he just had no idea what he was doing

Anytime I see that, I think of this:

blackcherry20 · 10-19-2014, 09:29 PM

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The BC20 team on course the last event of the season. I'm glad I went. Came in dead last in my class but had a blast driving.

ty for encouraging me to stick with it guys. My second driving season has come to an end. Who knew I would ever be doing something like this?!

Mt Tam I am · 10-22-2014, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by blackcherry20

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The BC20 team on course the last event of the season. I'm glad I went. Came in dead last in my class but had a blast driving.

ty for encouraging me to stick with it guys. My second driving season has come to an end. Who knew I would ever be doing something like this?!

I understand the part about who'd think I'd ever be doing this?

I'm glad you had a blast as this is what it is about. Hopefully you are more confident as a driver every where you drive.

I have one more event at Sonoma next month, then my third season will end as well. This was the year I really put it all together.

Congratulations for doing it.

Mt Tam I am · 10-22-2014, 12:36 PM

On Monday I was at Thunderhill, TH, and the new five mile track. This is the three mile track, 15 turns, plus two new miles and 13 new turns. I've done the 3 mile 3 times before twice in the wet. Today it was to rain again. I hear rain is very rare and when I mention rain at TH, everyone looks at me and says:

"The last time I was at TH, it was 108 degrees, and I've never heard of rain there." Just lucky I guess.

We did 3 recon laps at low speed then had at it. The Z06 ahead of me gave me fits at Sonoma last month so I hope he will let me bye eventually. He does so in an unorthodox manner.

I had to make up my own driving line as nobody knew the track. The learning curve was a little slow due to the 5 mile distance. instead of being back to the same turn in 2 minutes, is now 4 minutes, so up to 6 laps, before they haul us off the track. A bunch of cars went off track and brought dirt and debris back onto the road with them, with a bit of rain you had mud.

I too had a moment of excitement. I hunted down an Audi R8 then realized two things, 1) I'm not passing him and 2) it is raining too much so back off with these R888's. 10 seconds later at a left kink I must have give a touch of gas as the cars rear stepped out right a tiny bit, I corrected and the car now slid as if on ice back left towards an embankment. As I left the track I was thinking I guess I won't be driving home after all. The car put two wheels off grabbed enough to go straight and a tiny bit of right input put me right back on track. I only lost a few feet over the Audi! My thinking changed quickly from destruction to concern over being black flagged for an off. I did this right in front of a flagger. At the next flag station they were waving the checker to tell you the main checker has been thrown and get off the track before you make another 5 mile cool down lap and have another group come up on you. No penalty.

My best time was 4:00.075.

I have run out of time to write.

First session:
First time Thunderhill 5 mile in a Nissan 370Z with bonus rain - YouTube

Mt Tam I am · 10-23-2014, 11:33 AM

I forgot to mention fuel starvation. I would fill up and within 15 minutes fuel starvation kicked in. I had 15 and I thought I saw 16 dots, not positive, and the throttle cut out. I checked to make sure it was not VDC on and realized the back half of the new track is very tight and lot's of right handers. After two gallons used it starts. I used 4.3 gal per 30 minutes so that is how I determined the math.

It is now time to look for a solution for fuel starvation.

1/2 lap at Thunderhill in a 370Z - YouTube Before camera died.

JARblue · 10-23-2014, 11:35 AM

Time to call phunk

MightyBobo · 11-12-2014, 01:24 AM

Got to do VIR Grand Course, today. 4.1 miles. Same one that C&D uses for their Lightning Lap.

Sadly, my GoPro got screwed up until my very last session, but that was probably my fastest anyway. Bonus: I got to do some landscaping, briefly! Video tomorrow.

09-30-2014, 08:20 PM	#482 (permalink)
blackcherry20 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 22,749 Drives: ‘17 badazz Z51 Rep Power: 240459	Saturday for auto-x. Decided to take the Z. Running in class B (with the boys). Three runs in first heat (daylight). Three runs second heat (under lights). Run one: alone (no rider/coach). Take it a little easy to learn the course. Not too great on time but not awful imho. No mistakes following the course Run two: experienced coach riding w me. I'm pushing it, harder. One more turn and the finish will be right there. Lost my focus i guess. Pretty good straight then a hard 120 degree left turn and Harry breaks loose after i tap the brakes. We slide sideways across the lane, through a grass median and back on the banked portion of the oval. Barely miss timing box in the grass. dust, grass, dirt clods flying up from my right. Crap crap crap. Next up: white concrete wall. Fuuuuu. Nope. Get stopped plenty shy. Goose Harry-squeal tires a bit and off the track i go. Run three: much more conservative. Not having fun. Headache (prob from stress). Head home after working my assigned heat That is how my auto-x went. May be this isn't for me. Re-evaluating. One more event for the season for my club. Either do it more often so I can get accustomed to or quit totally. Takes me a day and a half recovery every time I auto-x. Not sure what to do. onzedge, LMBmikeZ and JARblue like this. __________________ Grand Sport Corvette Arctic White

09-30-2014, 08:40 PM	#483 (permalink)
LMBmikeZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,237 Drives: 40th Rep Power: 10350	I say keep with it BC it is like any new skill or sport you try to take up. The people you watch that are good at it have put the time in to get there. You will get there too just keep a good attitude and try to improve everyday/everytime, you don't need to be the best out there just try to beat your own times and improve your skills. I help my brother with coaching the younger kids in the local lacrosse league he is heavily involved in. We see things like this all the time. Some times when you get over these humps/slumps are when you improve your skills and reach those new milestones JARblue and blackcherry20 like this. __________________ CUSTOM NISMO \| BERK \| H&R \| STANCE \| SPL everything \| EVO-R \| 34 Setrab \| WHITELINE \| Redline \| Carkitcompany \| Zspeed \| UpRev \| SEIBON

10-07-2014, 10:43 AM	#485 (permalink)
Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3843	I had a light blue Ferrari 360 or 430 cross in front of me as I left my street to get on the main route. I followed him a mile when he suddenly nailed it at the 55 MPH sign. He pulled momentarily upon me and I recovered at the curve. He did not brake as 99% of other driver needlessly do. He looked back in his rear view and gave a bitter face to see I was still right on him. He slowed and soon we were behind traffic. He would no longer look at me in the mirror when he thought I could see. But I could. He was embarrassed I suppose. The Z is a great car all around. onzedge, LMBmikeZ and Hotrodz like this. __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler. Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber

10-07-2014, 11:41 AM	#487 (permalink)
SurfDog A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Colorado (9000 feet) Age: 56 Posts: 1,796 Drives: 09 6mt, 13 Sequoia, Rep Power: 15749	All car no skill many times with those guys onzedge likes this. __________________ 09 6spd Berk CBE, JWT cams, ZSpeed CSC, Stillen (25 row oil, brake cooling, sways, gen3 CAI), Passport (9500ci), Quaife LSD, Z1 400 hp kit, ss lines, pads, rotors, clutch etc, Phunk's pan and fuel starve fix

10-07-2014, 05:02 PM	#488 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	I remember a clover leaf exit off the highway one time with my buddy in his gf's Taurus. A Porsche 911 who had been behind us, accelerated and made several quick lane changes to exit in front of us. My buddy (who is an experienced driver) proceeded to take the same exit 10 mph faster than the Porsche and caught up to him in the clover. You could see the Porsche try to accelerate and the rear end just jerked immediately as traction control kicked in. The guy was trying... he just had no idea what he was doing __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

10-19-2014, 09:29 PM	#490 (permalink)
blackcherry20 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 22,749 Drives: ‘17 badazz Z51 Rep Power: 240459	image.jpg The BC20 team on course the last event of the season. I'm glad I went. Came in dead last in my class but had a blast driving. ty for encouraging me to stick with it guys. My second driving season has come to an end. Who knew I would ever be doing something like this?! JARblue likes this. __________________ Grand Sport Corvette Arctic White

10-22-2014, 12:36 PM	#492 (permalink)
Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3843	On Monday I was at Thunderhill, TH, and the new five mile track. This is the three mile track, 15 turns, plus two new miles and 13 new turns. I've done the 3 mile 3 times before twice in the wet. Today it was to rain again. I hear rain is very rare and when I mention rain at TH, everyone looks at me and says: "The last time I was at TH, it was 108 degrees, and I've never heard of rain there." Just lucky I guess. We did 3 recon laps at low speed then had at it. The Z06 ahead of me gave me fits at Sonoma last month so I hope he will let me bye eventually. He does so in an unorthodox manner. I had to make up my own driving line as nobody knew the track. The learning curve was a little slow due to the 5 mile distance. instead of being back to the same turn in 2 minutes, is now 4 minutes, so up to 6 laps, before they haul us off the track. A bunch of cars went off track and brought dirt and debris back onto the road with them, with a bit of rain you had mud. I too had a moment of excitement. I hunted down an Audi R8 then realized two things, 1) I'm not passing him and 2) it is raining too much so back off with these R888's. 10 seconds later at a left kink I must have give a touch of gas as the cars rear stepped out right a tiny bit, I corrected and the car now slid as if on ice back left towards an embankment. As I left the track I was thinking I guess I won't be driving home after all. The car put two wheels off grabbed enough to go straight and a tiny bit of right input put me right back on track. I only lost a few feet over the Audi! My thinking changed quickly from destruction to concern over being black flagged for an off. I did this right in front of a flagger. At the next flag station they were waving the checker to tell you the main checker has been thrown and get off the track before you make another 5 mile cool down lap and have another group come up on you. No penalty. My best time was 4:00.075. I have run out of time to write. First session: First time Thunderhill 5 mile in a Nissan 370Z with bonus rain - YouTube onzedge, JARblue and GaleForce like this. __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler. Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber

10-23-2014, 11:33 AM	#493 (permalink)
Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3843	I forgot to mention fuel starvation. I would fill up and within 15 minutes fuel starvation kicked in. I had 15 and I thought I saw 16 dots, not positive, and the throttle cut out. I checked to make sure it was not VDC on and realized the back half of the new track is very tight and lot's of right handers. After two gallons used it starts. I used 4.3 gal per 30 minutes so that is how I determined the math. It is now time to look for a solution for fuel starvation. 1/2 lap at Thunderhill in a 370Z - YouTube Before camera died. __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler. Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber Last edited by Mt Tam I am; 10-23-2014 at 11:37 AM.

10-23-2014, 11:35 AM	#494 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Time to call phunk __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

11-12-2014, 01:24 AM	#495 (permalink)
MightyBobo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 8,465 Drives: No cars; only bikes Rep Power: 52	Got to do VIR Grand Course, today. 4.1 miles. Same one that C&D uses for their Lightning Lap. Sadly, my GoPro got screwed up until my very last session, but that was probably my fastest anyway. Bonus: I got to do some landscaping, briefly! Video tomorrow. __________________ I don't own a car anymore.

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