Originally Posted by NissanUSA Yeah true I may sell my z06 too help fund this project further. I think I'm gonna get the basic performance parts with the starting 20k,
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12-11-2011, 05:31 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
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Got a Z06 as a present for turning 16. Now bought the Z with my money and am modding it with my money. DDing the Z06 is hard so I have an old chevy that I DD. And I don't wanna sell a present so I guess my Chevy is the DD, Z06 is for Dragstrip, and the Z for the track. But yeah i'm 16.
Stillen Gen 3 Dual Intake Kit GTR Red Start Button CSF Upgraded Radiator Quaife Differential KW V3 Coilover Hotchkis Sway Bars Z1 Motorsports 34 Row Oil Cooler Kit Motordyne ART Test Pipes Brembo 15" 6 Piston Break Kit Amuse Brace Bar Fast Intentions Catback Exhaust Bride Stradia Lowmax Seats Zele Titanium Shift Knob Deatsch Werks 300+ LPH Fuel Pump Stillen Lightweight Pulley Braile B106 Battery This is what I came up with for my starting build. In total its around 17k. Not including shipping and install. IDK if I missed something important, but will probably order everything within this week. But I think I may skip on the coilovers or the Brembos. Will the brake upgrade help that much? Thanks. Oh and if I get a chance I'll post some pictures of the z06/z. |
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Don't do that. Buy the oil cooler. Get a good set of track pads. Look into fuel starvation and get that figured out. Then buy great tires and save the rest for the time being. You'll be able to spend or invest it in the car. But figure out what you NEED before writing the checks. Once you learn the car, you'll know where the money will make you better enjoy the car. Buying differentials, coilovers, sways, and so on is a way to adjust a car you aren't familiar with. How do you know those parts will make you enjoy the track any more? Get seat time, then start to spend your money after you've done a dozen events and know what you want to adjust about the car. |
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Oil cooler, pads, tires, helmet, and maybe rig up a camera mount in the car. In stock form the Z is already wayyyy better than you (or I) are. Seat time, seat time, seat time. |
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I do it every time out. All you need is a decent driver and tires.
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If I had $20k to spend I would take the best driving school I could find. Bondurant, Skip Barber, etc. With a budget like that you could probably do a boot camp of some sort and come out with multiple racing licenses not to mention that I bet it would make you faster in the stock car than with all those mods and no instruction!
A track monster is something like travis' car... you won't be driving it on the street. Drop weight like mad, put in a full 6pt cage and race seats then start working on |
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Once you have improved the driver then you can consider car mods that might make it better on track. Do at least 2 events then you can consider sway bars and coilovers. If you complete a full season then reward yourself with safety gear, seats, harnesses and rear 4-point cage (no full cage in a street driver). Avoid FI as it is a huge undertaking for a track car, cooling becomes a really big issue.
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And a better diff, oil cooler, diff cooler, trans cooler, more power, better brakes, on and on and on. Unless you are talking a single lap or maybe two on a very tight track. Try running leguna seca for half an hour vs that z06 and let us know how a stock z on better rubber does against a z06 with equal drivers.
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