Tooled around to a few cars n coffee, cruisin shows, and muscle shows in the area. Then jumped on Hwy 50 by Orlando, and I-4 and went looking for trouble
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
02-04-2018, 01:41 AM | #1081 (permalink) |
Base Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: FL
Age: 49
Posts: 91
Drives: 16 370z KAD GunM 7AT
Rep Power: 663 |
Tooled around to a few cars n coffee, cruisin shows, and muscle shows in the area. Then jumped on Hwy 50 by Orlando, and I-4 and went looking for trouble hehehehe
Basic sitting in traffic, waiting for an opening dropping and flying through moving slalom mostly. But then... I hit I-4... Best one was a BMW 850i that kept trying to block me in with traffic we were creeping on - he was in left, I was center. first 2 times I dropped and got in front of him and back to center, just having fun. 3rd time, let him block me, dropped gears, second he passed and snapped to left, back to center and blew past him. I'm pretty much stock at this point, so he couldn't have been trying too hard lol. But he did roll up and we got smiles and thumbs up rolling. Both guys in late 30's/40's just out to enjoy. Fun times with fun drivers. Today was a good awakening I need to move up an oil cooler in my list of to-do's. 63 degrees out and I was running 220-230 while zipping in traffic and pulling off red light stops. would take 20-30min regular driving to get temps back to 180-190 range. Not gonna work well when summer heat hits, and FI TDX and HFC hit in March with a tune, so won't wanna be sally driving much after that! |
02-04-2018, 04:35 AM | #1082 (permalink) |
Base Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: ATL
Posts: 114
Drives: 2016-370z-silver-m6
Rep Power: 8 |
I'm looking forward to my annual bonus hitting next month and putting the 34 row oil cooler on. I've had a few incidents of missing 3rd and getting 5th when calling on the oomph, so I've been seeking opportunities to practice the 6-3 shift. (when you call on oomph and are at lower speeds, 2nd is obviously easy to hit as it is on the far left and quite frankly I doubt that I will ever use 4th gear in anger)
Once I get the cooler in I can finally do the last stage of my "get acquainted with your car" routine that I've used with my last three manual transmissions: Taking first up to the redline and then staying on the top of the revs (5k-7.5k in this case). Without the additional cooling the car can't be operated this way for long enough to get familiar. Both on the road and in sim racing, I tell speed and shift points more by sound than reading gauges (keeps my eyes on the road). |
02-04-2018, 10:26 AM | #1083 (permalink) | |
Ronin Samurai - Assassin
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky
Age: 68
Posts: 35,160
Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M
Rep Power: 2684437 |
Quote:
__________________
浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html |
|
02-05-2018, 08:41 AM | #1085 (permalink) |
Track Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 972
Drives: slower than before
Rep Power: 387 |
Washed and waxed... Anyone notice that you piss fewer people off if you weave through traffic with a clean car rather than a dirty one.
__________________
|RIP|6spd-sport|OSG-LSD|XP8|RBF600|Eibach Sways|RE-71R|FI-34Row|Gen3-CAI|Yaw P.S.| |
02-05-2018, 08:48 AM | #1086 (permalink) |
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 |
Drove the Z to work today
__________________
2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic | ARC | CJM | Ecutek | FI | Fujimura | R2C | SPL | Stillen | TWM | Z1 | ZSpeed | |
02-05-2018, 10:12 AM | #1087 (permalink) |
A True Z Fanatic
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Some Place Cold
Posts: 16,060
Drives: In Circles
Rep Power: 2684396 |
I think mine is in a Tide commercial somewhere.
__________________
I AM FLOOF! SOMEBODY FLOOF MY HORN!! ALL HAIL THE FLOOF!!I JUST FLOOFED ON THE FLOOR |
02-05-2018, 10:19 AM | #1088 (permalink) |
Track Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Lompoc, CA
Age: 27
Posts: 502
Drives: Like an idiot
Rep Power: 46199 |
Did Y-Back exhaust, courtesy of ISR Performance. Thing roars and makes the gurgle and crackle noises
Installed the JDM Foglight. Courtesy of forum member Eagle. Looks much nicer than the smoked one on a black car. Changed the spark plugs, boy were they black.. Car runs much better now. Did a throttle body bypass since my hoses were rotted and leaking. Installed the Cipher Auto harness bar. Thing should be renamed to the GhetooAuto harness bar. Thing had the worst instructions for something Ive ever seen. And was a total bitch to get in.
__________________
Kansei Corsa | Endless | Winmax | Hotchkis | ISR Performance | SPL Parts | Voodoo13 |Sabelt | PowerTrix | Corner 3 | |
02-05-2018, 12:51 PM | #1093 (permalink) |
A True Z Fanatic
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cali State Hospital
Posts: 13,351
Drives: 2017 Corvette Z06
Rep Power: 458713 |
Yes sir.. As its a totally different sports car.. Your wife maybe onto something .. I still cherish my 2010 Nismo and plan on keeping it for many years of driving ahead
__________________
-Clifford |
02-05-2018, 01:48 PM | #1094 (permalink) |
Ronin Samurai - Assassin
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky
Age: 68
Posts: 35,160
Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M
Rep Power: 2684437 |
Like I have said before. It's better to ask for forgiveness, then for permission.
__________________
浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
[MAZOC] Official "Off-Topic" Discussion Thread | m4a1mustang | MAZOC | 6670 | 09-06-2018 07:21 PM |
What did you do with your Z today VI (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY) | AK370Z | Nissan 370Z General Discussions | 10007 | 06-08-2017 09:48 AM |
The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XVIV | eastwest2300 | The Lounge (Off Topic) | 10005 | 09-11-2015 08:57 AM |
What did you do with your Z today V (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY) | AK370Z | Nissan 370Z General Discussions | 10148 | 06-19-2014 08:20 PM |
The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) VIII | JARblue | The Lounge (Off Topic) | 10016 | 11-10-2013 11:21 AM |