luvemfast Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Here's a shot of myself coming around the final corner onto the straight and .................. Well Pictures tell a thousand words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvemfast Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 If anyone's wondering what's been happening with my Z since the nationals............... Absolutely nothing! Life's been pretty busy with houses, cars, babies, broken bones, surgery and the likes. Until this week. But only because I had an inspection done for the CH plates. I finally jacked it up to find a vibration that started at Phillip Island. Thinking it was the steering, but nothing stood out as being out go the ordinary. Dad suggested taking the front wheels off to get rebalanced, in case some weights fell off. First problem was a buggered wheel nut that had the internal hex rounded off. So the Wat's were protected and the MIG was brought out. ZAP ZAP and it came off pretty easy. Then when we rolled the wheels out of the way, that's when we saw how bad the situation was. Even though there is a fair bit of neg camber, the tyres were HEAVILY distorted on the insides and had bulged out...... HEAVILY!!! Unfortunately I didn't take a pic of them. They were taken down to Craig at Trackside tyres. He said it's fairly common for that to happen at Phillip Island, especially with older tyres. So keep that in mind. Ended up getting a pair of brand spanker Bridgestone RE55S's. So once the log book comes in the mail, I'm super excited to get out there in it and blasting off some cobwebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatoKid Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Life's been pretty busy with houses, cars, babies, broken bones, surgery and the likes. Broken bones!!! What have you been doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riceburner Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Too much heat? There was a 370Z having the same problems at PI, they were running big neg camber. Maybe you can reduce neg camber and increase castor to maintain handling but increase tyre life? I thought RE55s were superseded by re11s, I prefer the 55s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvemfast Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wowsers................. It's been over a year since there's been any activity here. Maybe because there's been no activity here! I finally got out to the garage and gave the car a service and look over before heading out to Sandown Raceway on the 2nd of Feb. Dad and I double entered the car again and it started of well. But think the extra stress of 2 drivers, making it 8 sessions, was a bit hard on the car. My best lap was a 1:32.4283 in the 3rd session. While dad layed down a 1:37.3436 in the 4th. The final session was a waste of time as the steering would shake under braking, indicating warped rotors. Pointing to where I need to upgrade. So I've started a new topic here http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,15608.0.html Here's a video from the 2nd session. You'll notice that the rear of the car gets a bit loose through the corners......... Needs some new rubber back there! At the end of the day, I had a ball. Nothing seriously went wrong and I was able to drive there and back again. A first for Sandown! So I'll call that a successful day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvemfast Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Wow.... Can't believe it's been so long since I've updated this build thread. i know I haven't really been here much, I stick my head in from time to time. Life has been busy, to the point that my Z just doesn't get used. Which is why I have sold it! Sad but true. It's going to Queensland later this week. the saddest part of all is that I won't get to drive it again, mainly due to this pandemic. Been great to make some new friends, meet new people, go on some drives and learn a bunch. So this build thread has come to a slow death. But the car itself may find itself back, with a younger, obviously much less attractive and maybe even less interesting owner. Ah yes, the forum Emoji. It's been too long my friend! Anyway. I'll still see some of you guys around the place and will pop in now and then. OdinZ and gav240z 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdinZ Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Happy & sad for you! Surely you have some "essentials" you need to drive somewhere for! haha luvemfast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted July 27, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 27, 2020 Next time, get a real Z! luvemfast and OdinZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvemfast Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 13 hours ago, gav240z said: Next time, get a real Z! What? And be original, like the rest of you Considering my lack of involvement here over the last few years, there's probably some guys who've never even seen this build thread before....... OdinZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvemfast Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) On another note Gav, how do I change the pic in the link of my signature from my Pacer to the Z? I've put the link in and it defaults to this pic. Edit- Changed it to a text link Edited July 27, 2020 by luvemfast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 14 hours ago, gav240z said: Next time, get a real Z! Pffft, tests at Lakeside back in the day resulted in a stock S130 doing faster lap times than a stock S30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdinZ Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 56 minutes ago, luvemfast said: What? And be original, like the rest of you Considering my lack of involvement here over the last few years, there's probably some guys who've never even seen this build thread before....... LOL! Well I don't even have a Z anymore..... and also saw your car before I saw the build thread! haha luvemfast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvemfast Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 Holy thread revival........... I sold this car to a guy in Qld who is taking it to another level. Where he sent it to Perth to create a new bodykit from scratch. If anyone's interested, he runs a JDM parts company called Hypernight. You can check out his gear https://hypernightracing.com/ And maybe updates on the S130Z on his facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/HyperNightRacing OdinZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdinZ Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 1 minute ago, luvemfast said: Holy thread revival........... I sold this car to a guy in Qld who is taking it to another level. Where he sent it to Perth to create a new bodykit from scratch. If anyone's interested, he runs a JDM parts company called Hypernight. You can check out his gear https://hypernightracing.com/ And maybe updates on the S130Z on his facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/HyperNightRacing I saw that he was going to be selling G-nose kits for the S130Z, just didnt realise he bought yours! That's cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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