[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

[jensend]

Pocono North course is run in a clockwise direction (opposite direction of Nascar) using part of the front straight, Turn 3 and a good part of the Turn2-3 straight before a dive into the infield. The infield has a variety of basically flat turns connected by relatively short straights. The last two turns prior to re-entry to the main course are most critical to maintaining momentum and good lap times. Braking for the dive into the infield section is the most demanding on brakes as you go from the highest speed of the lap down to a fairly moderate speed entering the infield. There are also two moderately heavy braking zones on the infield along with several areas of light braking. For a heavy car like the Z-28, stock pads will NOT hold up.

Did the Bertil Roos Open wheel school some years ago and was pleased with both the classroom and the on track instruction. Don't know if they use the same procedures for their HPDE program, but if so, you can expect good coaching. If this is your first HPDE event, just work on hitting your marks exactly and being as smooth as possible. This pays the most rewards both in terms of skill building and in consistent lap times- especially on this course. Have fun!