Joy Ride Friday

DarkZide

You arent going to fade the sport package brakes unless you are on them for 100+ mph stops back to back several times in a row. Spirited street driving will be fine.

I've taken my car on the Tail of the Dragon many times and never once have I gotten it to fade, or into limp mode.

B&W_Evader

Good to know about the break fade being better than what I'm giving the car credit for. Guess I'll just keep pushing harder till I find the limit. Couple upgrades I want to do but just lack motivation...

Break Pads / Fluid / Lines - I'll be motivated once I see break pad smoke coming out of the fender wells.
Oil Cooler - Once I see it get over 270. Only high temp I've had so far was on the very first day. Not sure why I haven't seen it a gain but I'm pretty happy I don't. Was afraid I got one of the hotter running engines but it's treating me pretty well right now.

ONZEDGE... Had a 71 240z too! Great car, one of my all time favorites. Lost it in a turn at about 110 and ended up rolling over before I got the ticket for reckless and evading. 2 days hard labor for the one LOL

DarkZide - get a google image for us of that road.

shadoquad

I concur.

Last year, when the Z caravan I rode with went to Zdayz, we drove 11 hours down, hit 28 coming up to Fontana, and the difference in brake quality was never more stark and defined. Red__Zed and I were the only two driving on base brakes, and we experienced tremendous fade at that point. I had to downshift to stop at the last stop sign, because the brakes did not respond at all. When we asked the handful of other Z drivers about it, none of them experienced any fade, and they were all on sport brakes.

Red__Zed

To be fair, the dragon is not exactly tough on brakes.


Realistically, unless you are absolutely killing it, or going downhill...brake fade is not an issue on the streets though.

B&W_Evader

Hicks Road definitely has elevation change in it...
Found this on a Cycling website: Up on the north side, down on the south.

Hicks Road (North side)
distance:
5.1 miles from Camden to Guadalupe Creek
1.0 miles from Guadalupe Creek to Mt. Umunhum Rd.
climbing:
420 feet from Camden to Guadalupe Creek (1.7% avg)
740 feet from Guadalupe Creek to Mt. Umunhum Rd. (14% avg)
This is tough… the opening rolling miles, including the short and steep climb to the dam, hardly prepare one for the steep grades which follow. A cattle grate partway up the steep section is threatening, but can be survived if conditions aren’t too wet. Doing this climb in a 39/24 is a struggle—even with such gearing, fit riders will be wishing for more on the steepest slopes. Once at the summit, a very short (50 meters, approximately) descent brings one to the unmarked intersection (to the right) with Mt. Umunhum Road. This out-and-back sidetrip is highly recommended. Mt. Umunhum Road effectively combines with Hicks to make a single, extended, and quite difficult climb—of those listed in this document, only Bohlman-On Orbit-Bohlman is tougher to those with typical road gearing.

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Hicks Road (South side)
distance: 1.6 miles from Alamitos Road to Mt. Umunhum Road
climbing: 700 feet from Alamitos Road to Mt. Umunhum Road
The south face of Hicks isn’t as terrible as the north side, averaging only 8.6% (9.8% over the steepest 0.8 miles). Nevertheless, when combined with Mt. Umunhum Road, it makes for a challenging total climb. There is a cattle guard at the base of the climb, considerably less daunting than the one on the north grade.