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by Alvin G @ 11:42 pm on January 25, 2012
Z32 enthusiasts and owners unite! We need you to sign a petition. Please take the time to read it. Why?
In short, a company called AMS from Canada has been buying products from small companies here and sending them to China for copying. They are robbing these companies of their hard work, designs, R&D costs, and hurting the community by selling cheap imitations. What can you do? Sign the petition. Boycott AMS parts and do not support their practices.
We had a great time driving at Thunderhill Raceway yesterday with CityTech. Rob drove the ZCG 370z, Allen with his Vortech’d Z33, Ken in his ’11 WRX, Glynn in his sweet ’96 911 Carrera, Scott drove his newly acquired Z33 race car, and I had my Z33.
The weather was very wet with light to heavy rain and varying surface conditions. Some of you might be thinking that it is miserable to drive on a race track in the rain…not the case! It is just as exhilarating as a dry track day and it gives you the opportunity to really improve car control and explore limits of adhesion.
Everyone was having a fantastic time and there were close to 12 Nissans on track! You know you are hardcore when you run your DATSUN at a rainy track day…Dean and Dave S were mixing it up old-school style and…Datsuns are Driven!
We will definitely be running more track days with CityTech. Patrick puts on a great event with LOTS of track time and something you won’t find with other groups: free on track photos! Dito from gotbluemilk.com took some sensational shots of all the Nissans together, enjoy!
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by Alvin G @ 11:23 pm on January 19, 2012
TrackDay Inc. is hosting another awesome track day Sunday, January 22. Several Zs are already signed up and ready to have some fun. There are still open spots available so get registered asap! Details are HERE, Z YOU THERE!
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What is this Italian supercar doing at ZCG? The talented folks at Canepa Design wanted to dyno test a customer’s Bugatti so they enlisted Rob’s help. This EB110 is the “SS” model that is a lightened version of the “GT” spec car and no longer retains its complex all-wheel-drive system: this modified, quad-turbocharged, 12-cylinder, 60-valve beast is rear-wheel drive! It is also the most crowded engine bay I have ever seen.
I realize everyone wants to know what the Bugatti pulled on the dyno…unfortunately it had some cooling issues that needed to be resolved, so stay tuned!
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by Alvin G @ 6:35 pm on January 15, 2012
Today I joined a fellow Datsun Roadster owner to take a quick drive up HWY9. We started in downtown Saratoga and drove up to a vista point just past Skyline.
It was a cold day with little sunshine but we enjoyed driving our Datsuns! We were not the only ones as I spotted a red R35 GT-R, a white Z32, and a Datsun 240z screaming down the hill with what sounded like aggressive brake pads!
Datsuns Are Driven!
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