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**AE 370Z, 1st Place at Redline Time Attack Finals!**

:tup:AE Performance 370Z lands another 1st place at Rd.8 Redline Time Attack Finals at Auto Club Speedway.

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Recap:
Rd 8 this year took place at Auto Club Speed way here in Southern California running the "ROVAL" config which adds 33% of the high speed Oval to their in-field course.
I've ran the in-field course once before but this was my first time running the high speed ROVAL and after my first session out I had only one word to explain it. Scary!
With entry speeds into turn 1 in the 145-150mph range in the Z I didn't have any other local tracks to relate this experience too.

On Track, the car felt a bit more loose than I would have liked it to be at 145mph on turn 1 but in the in-field at "normal" track speeds the car was right at home. Major changes this round was the switch to 18' wheels and Tires. Ditching the OEM 245/265 set-up for 265/285 Hankook RS3's with Ultra Light Wed's TC105N's not only saved 12lbs over our 19' Volks but added more grip than our dampers were sprung for, making the car feel a bit on the soft side on track. I also did notice a bit of "in-slip" exiting turns telling me the OEM LSD was crying for help from the addition of the new meats.
Another Major change was the addition of our AE Performance Oil Cooler Kit which we built to test at this event, that allowed lapping all day in the SoCal sun not a tick over 220 deg, while maintaining 180deg on the street. (More on this in another thread)
We were also planning on debuting our AE exhuast system but due to time constriants we weren't able to get it on the car in time, leaving us with the choaked up OE system.

Minor changes included a make shift "wicker" on the rear wing to help settle the car a bit coming into turn 1 and allowing me to stay on the gas a bit longer. Second was the pulling of the factory ABS. With much dicussion w/ Mike from DD, turns out the Z doesn't like any sort of trail braking, so a quick pull of a fuse and the car was now on par in the breaking dept. Down side was the dash lit up like a x-mas tree, we lost TC (no biggie), Speedo, and Sport Rev Match (sucked), but in the end was well worth it.

To finish off, I was solo in Stock class in terms of Z competition with Mike from DD and Robi Spec's Z running in street class. But a quick change of plans by the Robi team to run their 29xxlb full Aero Z (not going to lie this car is sweet) in stock class made things more exciting. Even without all the bells and whitsles that some of our competitors were packing we still pulled through with a best time of 1.55.53 which was enough to land 1st place in our class and the fastest Z braggin' rights!

stay tuned for more to come!

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Paul, congrats to you and your team on another victory!

Would you say that this track was especially tough on oil temperatures? One thing I like hearing is that it can still cool the oil effectively, but also reach optimal oil temperatures on the street. Do you recall how difficult or long it was to reach 180 degrees?

Sweeet TIMES!!! thats awesome man, guess the greddy TT wasnt getting that power to the ground.

Congrats again Paul, you are one hell of a driver! I am going to need me one of them fancy new oil coolers sometime this off-season :D.

GREAT DRIVE! Dang we missed by a tenth!....We going to find some HP and come looking for "Redemption" lol No really sweet car, great drive under pressure, and a WELL EARNED win!

RObi

Congrats, keep kicking ***!

wow, amazing. This oil cooler you speak of, do you think you'll be offering it for sale sometime in the future?

Congrats Paul!! The car looks really mean on the grid!!

Grats! If you beat DD and Robi, you are indeed one hell of a driver. :driving:

Thanks very much Guys!
I'm really looking forward to our next round of mod's for the Z,
But for now w/ the few parts we competeted with, I'm once again overly impressed with the Z's performance and capabilities with basic tuning. :tup:
It was great to exchange notes/ideas with DD and Robi, their a great group to run with!

Hats off to them. :tiphat:

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Originally Posted by Robispec (Post 286078)

GREAT DRIVE! Dang we missed by a tenth!....We going to find some HP and come looking for "Redemption" lol No really sweet car, great drive under pressure, and a WELL EARNED win!

RObi

You had me sweatin bullets! But it was an honor to run with you and shoot the $hit in pits about the Z. Your a class act sir!, and glad to see a Z added to your already amazing fleet of tuner cars! :tup:

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Originally Posted by Red370 (Post 286397)

wow, amazing. This oil cooler you speak of, do you think you'll be offering it for sale sometime in the future?

AE Oil Cooler kit will be on sale and ready to ship next week!

Detailed thread coming soon!

Man its too bad that wing only made it around the warm up lap :( lol. Thanks for the photo!

By the way, PM me pricing on the oil cooler kit when you get a chance. :D