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Aurora40 · 09-29-2011

The link has a little button to change it to english.

HADI-ZR1 · 09-29-2011

Bob,
When you go to race you should expect damaging the trans. , engine, rear end, everything possible due to severe condition All time during RACING !
This could cost you more than wreck your body panel in corners!!
Hope you get my point.

mgg · 09-29-2011

Hadi, I don't get your point. I have been racing the same trans , engine, rear for years with no damage. Thats why you build a RACE CAR. Race cars are built to handle the stress racing puts on the car. A street car which this video is showing IS NOT A RACE!!! Why is it so hard to understand this. Consumables are used in racing. I have to replace brakes, tires change oil. I do not rebuild an engine after every race. This conversation regarding this video really is starting to surprise me. Here are the facts , it is not a race these are street cars at a track event (HPDE) in Europe with VERY loose rules. Is it fun to watch? yes, i enjoy the video and audio. I thank whomever posted it for posting. I am NOT being critical of anyone here. I am justing posting facts about the event that concern me. I have been racing in SCCA, NASA, COMSCC, NCCC for over fifteen years. I instruct high performance driving clinics. I am not making this stuff up. My suggestion is that if you have never done it then don't make comments like you know what you are talking about.

Aurora40 · 10-01-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by HADI-ZR1

Bob,
When you go to race you should expect damaging the trans. , engine, rear end, everything possible due to severe condition All time during RACING !
This could cost you more than wreck your body panel in corners!!
Hope you get my point.

I wore a bomb defusal suit when I did my HPDE, just in case.

When I get a track car, it's gonna have a smoke-screen generator, oil slick squirters, and machine guns.

HADI-ZR1 · 10-01-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aurora40

I wore a bomb defusal suit when I did my HPDE, just in case.

When I get a track car, it's gonna have a smoke-screen generator, oil slick squirters, and machine guns.

Hahaha.. Then get This car:

And we call it : MAD BOB

Bob Eyres · 10-06-2011

Thanks for posting the videos.

I've never done a track day, mostly drag racing, which is lots of fun and relatively easy compared to a road race track.
Honestly, it would scare the sh*t out of me to try to drive that fast with other cars out there.
I did notice that the driver wasn't using the gearbox very well, and was that some bad syncros I heard clicking? or was it just me?

Torchred96 · 10-06-2011

Mods, I opened the thread but don't know how to close it.

I think it's served it's useful life.

Thanks
Sam

09-29-2011	#31
Aurora40 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,713	Re: Probably the coolest Zr-1 videos I've ever seen The link has a little button to change it to english. __________________ Bob Saveland Former owner of #2517 [IMG]http://a.random-image.net/aurora40/vette.jpg[/img]

09-29-2011	#32
HADI-ZR1 Banned BANNED Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Q8 Posts: 215	Re: Probably the coolest Zr-1 videos I've ever seen Bob, When you go to race you should expect damaging the trans. , engine, rear end, everything possible due to severe condition All time during RACING ! This could cost you more than wreck your body panel in corners!! Hope you get my point.

09-29-2011	#33
mgg Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hamilton, Va. Posts: 113	Re: Probably the coolest Zr-1 videos I've ever seen Hadi, I don't get your point. I have been racing the same trans , engine, rear for years with no damage. Thats why you build a RACE CAR. Race cars are built to handle the stress racing puts on the car. A street car which this video is showing IS NOT A RACE!!! Why is it so hard to understand this. Consumables are used in racing. I have to replace brakes, tires change oil. I do not rebuild an engine after every race. This conversation regarding this video really is starting to surprise me. Here are the facts , it is not a race these are street cars at a track event (HPDE) in Europe with VERY loose rules. Is it fun to watch? yes, i enjoy the video and audio. I thank whomever posted it for posting. I am NOT being critical of anyone here. I am justing posting facts about the event that concern me. I have been racing in SCCA, NASA, COMSCC, NCCC for over fifteen years. I instruct high performance driving clinics. I am not making this stuff up. My suggestion is that if you have never done it then don't make comments like you know what you are talking about.

10-06-2011	#36
Bob Eyres Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jupiter, Fl. Posts: 815	Re: Probably the coolest Zr-1 videos I've ever seen Thanks for posting the videos. I've never done a track day, mostly drag racing, which is lots of fun and relatively easy compared to a road race track. Honestly, it would scare the sh*t out of me to try to drive that fast with other cars out there. I did notice that the driver wasn't using the gearbox very well, and was that some bad syncros I heard clicking? or was it just me? __________________ "It's about the car, not the people." 1991 ZR-1 White/Black #1236 (Owner since 1994). Stock engine with bolt-ons: Hurst shifter,"Forced Air" intake, Coplon duct, Bee Cool Radiator, Demon coils, Jeal prom, Watson headers, X pipe, 3" B&B's, Rippie flywheel, 4:10 gears, A molds, Toyo Proxes-R888's 12.06@117mph. 1.76 60ft.

10-06-2011	#37
Torchred96 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Homestead, Fl Posts: 248	Re: Probably the coolest Zr-1 videos I've ever seen Mods, I opened the thread but don't know how to close it. I think it's served it's useful life. Thanks Sam __________________ Sam 1991 ZR-1 :salute: