[cdb95z28]

Hello all,
Wow, what a thrill. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif) I had no point-bys, and got some compliments on my car. A gentleman w/ a brand new BMW 535xi was surprised I passed him twice considering as he said "I thought Camaros were straight line cars" I told him some of you guys have better rides than this. It was great to get in "a zone" and hustle the car. Car felt really good. It started understeering real bad after the front tires got real hot (275 NT555) near the end of a session. Brakes (TrackBrackets/ZO6 brakes/Severn ducts/HT10s) worked fantastic and I think I didn`t use them to their fullest.
Ambients were in the low 90s w/ high humidity. Oil temps got to 270* late in the last/3rd session, because I was really reving it to my 6400 redline. Mobil 1 5/40 / OE Oil cooler/ straight water/Water Wetter. Water temps slowly crept up to 200* or so. My last three laps I did notice a puff of smoke at the top of 3rd gear starting down the front stretch. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) It`s running fine though.
Turns 1-4 are really fun. My instructor, Graham, a British fella, kept pushing me to go thru 2,3 full throttle. I`m glad he was a "pusher". I met a guy in a 95 `Vette and his instructor was holding him back.
7-10 were great also. 7, being a blind apex was a blast. Graham pushed me to do 8 & 9 full throttle (4th gear). Full throttle thru 9 then not much time to slow down for 10. I was practicing some heel-toe too.
While I have 382 RWHP, the straights are no problem, but I could run with the other cars in my group thru the turns. WRX, Lotus Elise, RX8.
Maybe they weren`t pushing their cars as hard as I was? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
In the other group there was a Ferrari 360 Strasdale Challenge. He spun it in turn 7. I bet he`s glad that`s all he did was just a spin! Super nice car.
There was a 600HP C6 ZO6, Exige, some old Porsches, lotsa Minis (one was Grahams) and Chris Gleason (from Johnstown) had his Grand Am Cup/Koni Challenge M3 out for a corporate event giving rides to his guests.

I tended to apex a little too early, and brake too early.

I want to thank all of you for giving much info here at FRRAX to help us road race virgins! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
-Chad

[trackbird]

I`ll walk before I attempt an F-body in the snow! The rain is bad enough. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif)

BTW, I got the job......... oil cooler, bigger rear bar, sticky tires...........

My '89 Formula was my daily driver, snow and all. And I spent 5 years with my 2002 Z28 as my daily driver, snow and all. It never missed a beat and I had no issues with it. I'd do it again.

[Pilot]

Me too, I drive mine in the snow every year with no trouble... ok, some trouble, but that's why we're drivers and not passengers, right? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[KeithO]

...make that three of us driving f-bodies in the snow... Snow tires make a world of a difference (thanks, Trackbird!). I think my F-body is better in the snow that my previous-previous-previous snow car - 1983 Monte Carlo SS.

[trackbird]

...make that three of us driving f-bodies in the snow... Snow tires make a world of a difference (thanks, Trackbird!). I think my F-body is better in the snow that my previous-previous-previous snow car - 1983 Monte Carlo SS.

No problem Keith. I ran Goodyear Eagle RSA's the first year (they came on the car) and I only had trouble twice. Once I was turning through a snow bank where they had plowed and I got stuck (I'd have probably been stuck on snow rubber too) and once my driveway froze into a huge sheet of ice and I couldn't get up it until I chipped some of it off. Those were both on the Eagle RSA's. Once I switched to dedicated winter rubber, I never got stuck again. This includes backing out into my alley when it had 4" of ice frozen in it and someone had driven a jeep down it before it froze, so it had huge ruts. I managed to get out, get into the ruts and motor along. My neighbors just stared at me.