My 350Z in D1GP All-Star Drift vs. Grip event!!!
09-06-2006, 09:45 AM
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My 350Z in D1GP All-Star Drift vs. Grip event!!!
Well on August 31st, my Z was driven by 3 NASCAR Nextel Cup driver in a D1GP Grip vs. Drift All-Star event at Irwindale Speedway. The event put 5 NASCAR drivers agains 5 D1GP drivers in a drifting exhibition to benifit the Kasey Khane Foundation charity. The car was fully insured by D1GP for the event and the NASCAR drivers who drove my car were; Casey Mears, Bill Elliot, and Robby Gordon. It was a pretty cool deal which should get a TON of exposure for my car so keep an eye out for magazines and internet coverage of the event. Here are the pictures that I have found so far...
09-06-2006, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by roneski
Is that a Volk Racing TE37 Time Attack Wheel on there? Nice.
09-06-2006, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rob209
whoa... that is big time. how did the car do?
09-06-2006, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by 350ZNV
The car mechanically was perfect. NASCAR drivers trying to drift for the first time....not so perfect lol. None of them really liked the whole drifting thing, and none of them really liked turbo cars since they come from 800hp N/A V-8s. Besides that, we got stuck with a terrible tire setup since Falken didn't have any of the sizes that would be good for my car. We ended up with my old worn out 80 treadwear, corded, flat spotted, 285/30/18 Michelin Pilot Sport Cups in front, and some brand new, 220 treadwear, 255/35/18 Falken tires in the rear. With that setup, the car was probably almost impossible to control, but by the end of the day, some of the drivers got a pretty good feel for it.
09-06-2006, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Yogi
I wanna see you drive it with that setup.
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09-06-2006, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 350ZNV
I don't want to drive it with that setup lol. They have already been dis-mounted and the car is now on brand new '06 Hoosiers in 385/315.
I wouldn't want to drive on the small rears w/500+whp either.
09-08-2006, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by j c
Nice. I saw some of those pics but didn't put 2 + 2 together.
Too bad you didn't get one of the D1GP nut job guys to give your Z33 a proper flogging
Too bad you didn't get one of the D1GP nut job guys to give your Z33 a proper flogging
09-08-2006, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Nforce1
How did you get invited to that event... someone call you up, "umm, i just wanted to know if i could...uh.... drive your car at a drift event?"
09-09-2006, 04:26 AM
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Oh boy. It's been a while since I've been on here. Most excellent pictures... definitely placed your car on the map, Mike!
I see you have a CF rear deck lid, eh? How do you like it? Does it affect your F/R balance?
Now you need one of those big **** wing to get some rear downforce.
I see you have a CF rear deck lid, eh? How do you like it? Does it affect your F/R balance?
Now you need one of those big **** wing to get some rear downforce.
09-09-2006, 07:56 AM
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Thanks Cris! The CF hatch is cool, I put the lexan rear window in there so it shaved probably 50-60 lbs off of the car 
. It throws the F/R balance off a little, but nothing that a little adjustment of the coilovers didn't fix. It actually helped the handling a little too, since the weight came off of the top half of the car.
The big **** wing is coming soon in the form of a C-West GT wing, but I am going to custom make brackets so its easy to take on and off. I will only use it on higher speed courses and it will be off the car the rest of the time because of sheer uglyness.
. It throws the F/R balance off a little, but nothing that a little adjustment of the coilovers didn't fix. It actually helped the handling a little too, since the weight came off of the top half of the car.The big **** wing is coming soon in the form of a C-West GT wing, but I am going to custom make brackets so its easy to take on and off. I will only use it on higher speed courses and it will be off the car the rest of the time because of sheer uglyness.
09-09-2006, 08:15 AM
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09-11-2006, 07:36 PM
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Mike here is another vid of your car. It's only in two places but it's there, have you seen this?
http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ferrerid=17630
http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ferrerid=17630
09-11-2006, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by vegas_speedster
Mike here is another vid of your car. It's only in two places but it's there, have you seen this?
http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ferrerid=17630
http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ferrerid=17630
