Smoked the motor in my 240Z... ;(

[lww]

Well, looks like I broke a ring and possibly a ring land on the #3 cylinder...

Coming around turn 9 at Laguna Seca at a high rate of speed with a too low gas tank, I starved the motor and it looks like it leaned out enough to pop #3. It's only holding 75 psi now... ;(

Oh well, here are some pics anyway:

http://tinyurl.com/2klvx6

[red_dog007]

That sucks. Hope that you get it back up and running sometime soon!

What sorta power is your Z pushing? On a track with those cars that you were with, would be nice to have a Z that can keep up with them.

[ktm]

That's the beauty about pictures, they each tell a different story depending on the viewer. I highly doubt that the 240z was keeping up with the Lotus Elise (all else being equal).

I saw these photos over at Zcar.com. Very nice shots, especially the few around the corkscrew. Laguna Seca is one track I would love to drive. I am definitely going to have to look into SCCA.

[lww]

You are correct. And it's actually an Exige not an Elise, but that's not the point. Although my Z can reel them in on the corners, I'm basically a rolling speed bump for the big iron and the turbo cars on the straight!

I do enjoy embarrassing the big cars from the cork screw through turn 11 where I can brake a lot later than they can and I don't have to worry about saving my brakes with the front straight to cool them off.

[Cethern]

Cool pic's! How is your car set up? Hopefully you'll get it back on the track soon.

[lww]

Relatively stock motor with bolt-ons... Header, airbox, re-built SU's, mild cam.

It's got everything you can do shy of coil-overs. Tokico HP's with Eibach springs custom cut to height, Suspension Techniques sway bars, front strut tower bar, adjustable camber kit, custom modified rear control arms and the part that makes it truly perform, a nice set of Hoosier R3S05's in 225/50/15...