Lots of chit chat about the event on Noels thread... and plenty non relevant chat too.

Lets hope we get a decent turnout. Its a great event to watch but maybe not for everyone to take part.

 

Ian Greenfield has arranged for a priveleged 300ZX club parking area also.:thumbup1:

 

Spectators need to liase with Ian to ensure entry to the club stand.:yes:

 

This thread is for those competing who have confirmed(paid) entries.

Today was the last official day for entries but with 48 places remaining tonite for the main competitive Sunday event Im sure they will carry on accepting entries.

 

So........

 

1. Slick Pete. (main goal is not to be last in RWD class)

 

2.Ian Greenfield.(main goal.. beat Pete. 13sec quarter. 140+ flyer)

 

3. Jaffa

 

4. Bobgenie.(Eurospec team car)

 

5. Neal Weyman.

Edited July 21, 201510 yr by Slick Pete.

Speedbrake!

showed what can be done with a LWB full weight car. Not slow at all despite what some may say :)

 

Having had time to study the data I am really pleased to say the least.

 

I have been told many times over the past four years that a 300ZX couldn’t compete against the 4x4s on handling at TOTB. I suspect quite a few of the drivers might beg to differ with the vast majority failing to better my time and that includes a few full on track cars. It’s a shame that the rain came as the one thing I still haven’t managed to get right is the wet set-up but that may come in time.

 

As a driver I do struggle a little because I hadn’t driven the car for 6 months and since the beginning of the season I have had under 3 hours seat time. It is not any easy car to drive but it truly is a lot of fun!

 

On the drag strip my times were not the quickest but in hindsight an 11.39 is only half a second behind my best and with around 60% power I can’t complain. I knew on the day that I had driven well and again the data backs this up. I had the best RWD 60 foot time by some margin of 1.700 and with only 15 cars overall quicker to 60 foot I have to be happy. My terminal speed of 140 mph also stacks up and shows the car / driver potential. The limiting factor is the loss of boost during gear changes. With these big turbos we suffer a lot lag and I can’t use flat shifting and NOS at the same time currently with no time to work that particular solution but we have some ideas to improve there.

 

I like to think that the car is a great all-rounder. While the old engine keeps going I will do a few more events to fine tune the set-up but over the winter we will be getting the new engine in and fine tuning here and there as necessary.

This has been the best learning year by far and I am hopeful that we will move up the leaderboard in all three disciplines.

 

Who knows I might even do a full season in Time Attack Club Pro :)

I bet that was scary Bob :ohmy:

 

No luckily I was just driving down the pit lane. New one going in tomorrow hopefully :)

Who knows I might even do a full season in Time Attack Club Pro

 

 

And here is where we started that bit of the story.

Cadwell Park 2012.

Bob and James both entered.

The only pit crew was one old bloke helping both drivers :lol:

 

You are doing great Bob and nice to see your enthusiasm and commitment to the 300zx :thumbup1:

Who knows I might even do a full season in Time Attack Club Pro

 

 

And here is where we started that bit of the story.

Cadwell Park 2012.

Bob and James both entered.

The only pit crew was one old bloke helping both drivers :lol:

 

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Yes seems a long time ago now and we were pretty laid back about the whole thing weren't we. I even remember having a kip in the truck while you worked on James car lol

 

You are doing great Bob and nice to see your enthusiasm and commitment to the 300zx :thumbup1:

 

Thanks Gaz :)

And here is where we started that bit of the story.

Cadwell Park 2012.

Bob and James both entered.

The only pit crew was one old bloke helping both drivers :lol:

 

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Was that outfit the inspiration for your paint scheme [emoji106]

Was that outfit the inspiration for your paint scheme

 

Might have been....

Or maybe I bought the jacket to match afterwards???:laugh:

Great work guys, if i'm still knocking about in mine next year and i'm on the ball i might actually put my name down :D

Great work guys, if i'm still knocking about in mine next year and i'm on the ball i might actually put my name down :D

 

It's well worth the effort

I was going to do it this year with the car actually being on the road but decided as it was up for sale i didn't want to risk blowing it up/crashing it :rofl:

 

I'll be up for it next year and gives me a bit of time to get some proper racing straps, a new seat and set the suspension up properly with my trained racing driver ;)

If you have facebook there are a few photos taken over the weekend and a brilliant video of Slick Pete against a Scoobie quickly followed by me against another one :)

 

https://www.facebook.com/bob.dixon.737

Hi Bob you guys did well against some serious competition. Great to see 300ZX representing on the other side of the world. Good luck with your plans. Cheers Mike C

A few pics of Bobs Z in this months Jap Performance mag.

 

Edited September 29, 201510 yr by Gaz 300