Actually, on the bright side I didn’t damage anything that wasn’t already damaged or being replaced, now to get the motor out all I have to do is remove the radiator hoses and unbolt the bumper core :lol:
haha
“Uhhhh, the motor wouldn’t budge, so I drove it into a bunch of bushes to break it free”
:lol:
How it got fixed. Ignore the artistic lens flare, and sexy Dave moffitt pose haha
yeah, you already did a great job of “unbolting” the radiator core support and radiator 
Highlights from Onboard the 350z, didn’t shoot most of my runs at the end of the day due to forgetting to swap tapes. I NEED a rear facing camera on the roof.
pretty good ending round you had there. i can definitely see where you would benefit from having more power tho.
fuckin rad!
u got skills thats fo sho, i wish i could drift like that…
Thanks guys, yeah Nabb, next year is more steering angle and another 200whp. Should help a bit. For example in the first part of the clip when I’m following Bill, he starts to overshoot a turn, and gets on the brakes, which ices me for the uphill because I HAVE to use momentum to get up it (as you can see in the final clip) otherwise I’m caught out. It’s tough because I have to put the car on the limit all the time right now to get even close to what I want out of the car.
Exterior View I just was sent from the grid of the crash, pretty funny looking.
Enjoyed your in-car stuff. LOL at ext. vid
So, my final track day of the year, ClubLoose’s Haunted Moves. I’ve been looking forward to this one for awhile as the last time I ran with these guys was in early August. It truly is a big family who just want to get together, burn tires and see how fast they can go, while getting as sideways as possible, as closely as possible to each other. The day started out interesting enough, Petty announced we would be trying the course backwards… which the last time that was done the car testing it wrecked into the wall. Anyway, so we headed out, did a solo run or two and started doing tandems.
Running the course in reverse is an absolute blast, it’s faster, more technical, and more challenging in my opinion. Unfortunately, like I always complain about, the car is lacking the power needed to get some of the sections done. If you watch the onboard video, in the first tandem I get caught out on our 4th or 5th transition by Bill getting on the brakes and then I lack the momentum to take the car back up the hill. It’s part of the reason why I just bang the limiter in 2nd as the car doesnt have the power to boil 3rd except in really high speed sections. I had probably some of my personal best tandems so far, really closed in on people nicely, and led some solid runs as well.
During the second session out, I was trying to pick up my entry speed, enter a hair earlier and carry my sideways action deeper into the turn for a better line into the T1/T2/T3 complex. Unfortunately for me I had a bit of driver error and didn’t get back on the throttle quickly enough and the car snapped back towards the embankment while I was in 3rd gear, not good! This was (believe it or not) my first crash on a race track. As to be expect as I was going fairly quickly (50mph or so) I’m relatively sore the day after, but otherwise in good health.
After I got dragged out, the car amazingly was only leaking in one spot. A pinhole on the radiator. The radiator was in a U shape with some waves to the fin structure, the radiator core was basically completely gone expect for where it bolted to the headlights, the swaybar was pushed back, bumper, undertray, fans, all destroyed. But mechanically the car was fine. So dmoffitt went and got me some Water Weld putty, and we put the car back together with some ratchet straps to hold the radiator to the bumper core, zip ties, and putty and I headed back out for the final session.
All said, a really fun day and a fantastic end to the season. I can’t wait to be back next year with more power, more steering angle, and a finished car.
Photos from Ian K
Here are the rest of the photos.
Team Durka
Whoops
Some common courtesy
Wreck aftermath in the pits.
Oh Hai !!!
cant wait to see all the changes next year. and you can definitely see the improvement in this video compared to your earlier ones. so big props on that man
haha LOVE the domokun. And great pics Ian :tup:
Fantastic pics Ian, thanks!
:highfive: Thanks for not getting me killed while i slept, Because random cock suckers like to fuck with trailers. UGH
I think the Z takes a beating more than any car I know of…
Cool shit though :tup:
man that car is guna be nasty with the vk, cant wait to see action of that.
is the swap pretty involved or what?
what tranny are u guna be using?
Custom oil pan, custom trans adaptor, custom motor mounts, ViPEC V88 EMS, custom headers, and maybe a custom intake. Decently involved. Using the stock 6 speed.
guna be wellllllllll worth it tho,
i give u props for not copping out n going lsx