[wyked]

Hello everyone,

Just thought I would introduce myself. I've been lurking here off and on for years, every time I got tempted to buy my fathers Z28. He ended up making me an offer I couldn't refuse so as of this weekend I'm now the proud owner of a black '93 Z28 with 40k on the odometer. It's basically stock with the exception of a Moroso CAI and Hurst shifter.

The current plan is to catch up on the maintenance and take it to a track day August 31st (Bertil Roos - Performance Driving Clinic up at Pocono). I'd love to hear anyone experiences with Roos? Did a search and didn't find much. I'm planning to flush the brake fluid and do other maintenance items people have suggested here in past pre- track postings but I'm waffling on the brake pads. I read the suggestions, I've had Hawk pads on a street car in the past and the brake squeal drove me nuts. Any chance the stock pads will suffice for the first track outing? or am I dreaming? Other suspension and engine mods will have to wait until I finish other projects.

Dan

[00 SS]

I don't know your track, but unless it has a reputation for being easy on brakes, I wouldn't go out with stock pads. I did it once...once. I fried the stock pads so bad, I had almost no brakes on the way home. The track I drove was known to be pretty hard on brakes. I tried to be nice to the brakes, but it didn't help. There are many options for pads and Hawk is only one. Yes, race pads dust and squeak much more than street pads do. You might consider getting a set of track pads and rotors. Put them on either the night before your track day or when you arrive at the track, switch back after the event. This way, you don't have to drive the dusty noisey pads on the street and you don't have to trash your street pads on the track.