This incar is of a one lap PB around the improved Lakeside circuit in AU, hosted a couple of international F1 GP's back in the late sixties plus V8 supercar races after then. Now it hosts races, time attack etc up to State level, pretty testing circuit but a real blast if you can keep it on the tarmac Anyway here is the vid, perhaps others would like to post their one lap PB's, Z is a 280ZXT with a VG30DET engine and Federal FZ201 semi slicks

A wet Port Denison (Western Australia) Sprint in the Zed was a lot of fun.

 

 

 

 

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Edited September 27, 20177 yr by chris b
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Not my 280ZX but I've followed it's back yard development over a few years, besides I have a 280ZX so some vicarious pleasure is going on lol. OE type suspension including semi trailing rear retained but tweaked.

 

What is the deal with the shifter? Is it automatic? It doesn't seem like it has a shift pattern just up or down...

It's a sequential shift manual gearbox, this particular one is made by Quaife. Check out how it's shifted  forward for the next lowest gear and back for the next highest.

John Morton at 76, a pretty tidy drive.

 

  Roebling road June 1st 2018

90 degrees, afternoon start time, slippery.....

Sloppy driving,  but sooo much fun!!!

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SCCA-NER/HRG at Thompson (all comers vintage race). Chasing a very nice 280Z

Good to see you around

Some squealy brakes in there

Some of that is Wilwood comp pads and the other and primary source is the left LCA (just) touching the rotor under heavy braking. I moved the LCA pivot points to reduce bumpsteer so take a look again and see how little I need to saw the steering wheel back and forth. LCA has had a visit with the grinder (again) but it can't be tested until I get to The Glen next week.

A Zed putting it to some P cars, as it should be.

 

5 hours ago, 260DET said:

A Zed putting it to some P cars, as it should be.

Not wishing to be 'that guy', but those Porsches looked like they were on club parade laps.

Hardly any kind of 'race', was it?

You are regularly 'that guy' mate, obviously he had no choice as to what group he was put with so to get some perspective he did 3rd best lap time out of a total of 140 cars, a GT3RS beat him by 5 seconds,  lap times in the low 1:50's high 40's. Zeds may be slow in the UK but elsewhere they perform to their potential, the power difference would give that GT3RS a few seconds advantage for a start, plus faster shifting, plus..............