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Back to Harewood this weekend .

Next Installment from Curborough Events thick and fast now

Its good fun, very fast and flowing but simple. I would imagine its very hard on tyres and brakes if you did lap after lap, especially the front and rear left at Gerrards *if pushing to the limits but definately worth going if you have the chance.

Mallory Park Yesterday

Just back from first ever visit to Epynt What a Hill Climb Venue! If you have a spare 30 minutes, watch the Zed flying up the Brecon Beacons.

And onto Sunday (Part 2 of 2)

Latest Vid from Blyton Park - Part 1 of 2 (Saturday)

Yep, same here, makes the world of difference when your lying on the driveway with limited space trying to undo 15 year old bolts. can confirm, brakes are now mega. Bedded them in with a drive today, was decelerating from 90 to 20mph in what seemed like 40mts. same amazement as when i put the carbon lorraine and rpx race pads on so they should save me a few tenths.

New * Discs and Pads all round today as the current ones were getting very tired and worn. And when your at maximum attack on track the last thing you want is to be attacking the wall because you can't stop. Products of choice this time were the black diamond grooved discs, same as previous as they have done over 2 years with no issue and they are very competitivly priced, cheaper than other options at just over £200 pair. They are now owned by ProBite so not sure who actually manufactures them now but either way a good solid disc. Front Pads, I have opted for the PBS Procomp S1 compound. I have heard lots of good things about PBS so thought I would give them a try, Gone for their most expensive option because most expensive equals most bestest obviously. Now the ProComp pad is available in 4 different compounds but only the S1 is offered for the 350z brembos which is ideal for me as thats the one I need. Its designed more for sprinting and shorter races, works from 50c (so almost stone cold) and offers top level friction coefficient of 0.5 accross full temperature range upto 800c. Rear pads, I am using some EBC Yellowstuff I have had in the garage sat around, They have been used before but are only around 20%-25% worn so thought make the most of them and save some money. I also bought a caliper tool to wind the pistons back as I thought my usual technique of shoving a hammer in and using the disc as leverage will come back to bite me at some point. So onto the left front, like I sad, discs have seen better days. Removed the caliper and gave it as good a clean as i could in the time i had without going too crazy. I should have taken a before pic as they were caked inside with brake dust after nearly 2 years of driving and race events. New discs on, new pads in, every bolt and thread copper greased up, I don't wether you should copper grease some threads or wether its the right thing to use, but it does mean everything comes off nice and easy when you want it too, I didn't have any problems what-so-ever this time because i copper greased everything last time! Front pads were not down to the backing plates like i thought but only had around 4mm left so were definately getting low. I always assume the insides that you can't realy see will be worse (because as some of you might know) the brembos seem to wear the inner pads quicker than the outers, there may be some logic to it, the inner pistons are closer to the flexis/hard lines so get force? who knows but because I inspect the pads every year when the season finishes I had swapped them around last time which meant that over the 2 years ish the wear was more or less uniform. Onto the front right, dust shield looking very corroded but still attached, again cleaned up caliper best i could. And new product behind the wheel: Onto the rears, didn't take any pics really as its more or less same as the front, the rear discs are a little tricky to get off as anyone who has changed their 350z brakes will know, they tend to catch on the internal handbrake shoes but a little patience and wiggling and a mallet and they come off. The rear discs and pads were certainly overdue for changing. Disc below with a noticeable lip, probably worn more than recomended, so much so the grooves had started wearing out so were not grooving any more. And Similar story with the pads, only around 2mm left on them. pic below next to the yellowstuff, I was suprised that the yellowstuff pads had a significantly smaller pad face area but as its the rears should be fine. Rear Discs and pads all complete. Looking forward to feeling the difference in this setup. Will bed them in tomorrow as i'm ready for bed after doing this.

Blyton in 4 weeks, bit of a wait now.

Harewood Hillclimb - Sunday 13th April 4th in Class

Part 2 Sunday

Back to Anglesey for a fantastic weekend Part 1 of 2

Its been a long 5 months for the Zed parked up in the garage but yesterday she got to stretch her legs again on track and get my heart rate up. First event of the season at Cadwell Park. Enjoy!

Thanks Fella, I guess i am a fairly quick/talented driver but so are a lot of other people in motorsport. I have definately improved massively from when i first bought the Zed, i remember my first couple of events being all over the place and on the grass more than tarmac, it's a whole new ballgame trying to find the limit of a car (and your ability) than regular road driving but the 350 comunicates so well as an old school rwd car, especially with all the mods I have done over the years. Not sure which bushes I have changed, I know I have done most of them front and rear (to polybush) as i have changed parts over the years. Best pressures I found for the AD09 tyres were around 30 front, 26 rear (cold pressure) going up a couple of psi over the runs. a fair bit lower than other tyres I have had which are normally 33F/30R but my setup will be different from most other Zeds as its been tweeked to exactly how I want the car to handle over the years with camber/toe/reide height etc.