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Offline Zedman240

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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #225 on: May 06, 2011, 07:42:58 AM »
Those tyres look alot like the Hoosier R6 semi slick; DOT approved but on the sidewall says "NOT INTENDED FOR ROAD USE"... you can use on the road but if it rains...watch out!
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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #226 on: May 06, 2011, 07:54:09 AM »
Yes they are supposed to be the equivalent of a Hoosier A6, but much cheaper. From what I've read the performance is the same and they last a bit longer. We'll see what they do for my car at Wakefield. Less brake locking will save some time straight away.
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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #227 on: May 06, 2011, 09:48:10 AM »
We had a guy run something similar in our class but in the end it was found they didn't fit the rules of the class as they weren't for road use and he wasn't allowed to run them anymore.  But if you're just running sprints it doesn't really matter and I know they did work really well on his car.
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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #228 on: May 09, 2011, 03:03:41 PM »
Yeah I just got them for sprints. I just heard from Steve Cox that I won a trophy at Wakefield (I didn't stay for the trophy presentation as I had to return my trailer). Apparently I was quickest in type 2 (modified 3.0 to 3.5) which would be much more impressive if there was more than one other Zed in the class  :P
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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #229 on: May 09, 2011, 05:47:33 PM »
Have been running the hankook Z214 tyre in this years sprint series at Morgan Park Warwick
very happy & have been doing PB's all year! :)
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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #230 on: May 09, 2011, 07:48:33 PM »
Hey Ben...my Z always leaked oil from the diff breather...I just made up a pig tail of rubber hose (5/8 from memory) that tucks up beside the wheel well, and that takes care of it. You could do a catch can if you want, but the hose works fine.

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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #231 on: May 09, 2011, 07:51:58 PM »
Re Diff breather pig tail....you take the little cap off the breather first, and those goes straight onto the breather stem.

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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #232 on: August 27, 2011, 07:58:28 AM »
Nice to see coverage of the Nissan/Datsun Nationals in Hot4s and FF&R, especially since they both put a photo of my car in ::)
I don't think they'll mind me putting this here, I was the editor for 6 years after all...
Another weird thing, a couple of weeks ago another trophy got posted to me for best modified 240Z. Not sure why it took 3 months to choose a winner?
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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
« Reply #233 on: August 27, 2011, 07:59:58 AM »
I know mine is in it too, looking forward to getting a copy.
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Re: Light weight, Japan-style 240Z
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