Lateral-g Forums - The New 2014 Z28 versus Big Red

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Originally Posted by MarkM66 (Post 546344)

I believe on test day, the weather was cold and the track was half wet. Big Red spun out on the first lap and crushed a fender.

It was cold and dry. Hot Rod ran in the afternoon after Randy Post ran his lap time for Motor Trend in the late morning.

Big Red had rented the track on Friday to learn the track and to get the car dialed in. Watching the guys fire that car up is like watch a NASCAR fire up.

Big Red Fire procedure:

Plug in oil warmers for 45 minute
Once oil is hot pull dry sump belt and prime oil system
Reinstall dry sump belt and fire the car on jack stands
Let idle on Jack Stands for 15 minutes to warm diff and trans.

On Wed. Big Red ran again. His first session was on Hoosiers R6s and they were running OK lap time and I could see him braking later and carring more speed in the fast turns. The brought in the car switched to a freash set of Hoosier A6s looking for more lap time. On his 2 or 3 lap with the A6s he braked too late ran out of track and hit the gaurd rail. Not hard just hurt a fender. The crew pounded it out and put the car back on track in 45 minutes!

Big Red was about 3 - 4 seconds off the pace of the Z/28. It sounded wicked and was great to see run in person. On a technical track like Barber the Z/28 has faster lap times. Big Red had us by 10 - 11 mph on the straights. I feel with a little chassis and brake tuning Big Red could have shaved a couple seconds off his lap time.

At any rate it was a awsome day and RJ and his crew were very cool. It was fun to see a piece of automotive history run around the track against a car I had a big part in.

Mark