Subject	I've never had to much fun spinning a bearing. (Dial beware)
Posted by	John(Houston) on September 15, 2003 at 10:11 AM
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Message	A local drifting group had their second practice session here and I decided to come play a bit and see what the Z could do. There was a big turnout with a bunch of 240SX's running various configurations, a few Corolla GTS's, a 350Z, few American muscle but I was the only Z32 in attendance. I had a couple of dead Kumho's mounted to a pair of my race wheels to tear up so I wouldnt have to mess up my nice new(er) ES100s. I had a blast at the event, despite my troubles at the end. I was getting pretty good at it when what I suspect happened was that during the drifts the lateral g's were sloshing the oil to the side of the pan and the oil pickup ran dry. I was running high rpm and so that probably killed it. Likely I'll just drop the subframe and replace the bearings from underneath so not too bad there. Anyway, no vids but I did manage to find some sequence shots from people who took pics. Another one of my better drifts... And here's an 'oops'... John Yim (Houston) 91 ZTT Stage...stages are confusing. Just read the mods. :) SM2, Houston Region SCCA "...Just as they're about to catch me... Twin... Turbos... Kick... In..."
Follow Ups	I've never had to much fun spinning a bearing. (Dial beware) - John(Houston) 10:11:26 09/15/03 Bummer. (n/m) - Dallas DamonZ 10:37:23 09/15/03 Oh well, live and learn. - John(Houston) 11:02:58 09/15/03 Mental note: Cross learning to drift in Z off to do list... - KaZ (VaBch) 10:45:12 09/15/03 just like everything, you need to setup your car - nixit 11:12:36 09/15/03 Do you then drain it back out? Or leave it in?? - KaZ (VaBch) 12:42:46 09/15/03 I just leave it in... - nixit 13:18:53 09/15/03 I run a VERY large oil cooler and plenty of oil... - BooZTT (Hawaii) 02:20:06 09/16/03 sorry to hear that, glad u had fun though! (n/m) - Wagz 10:48:10 09/15/03 sucks about the bearing, but that looks like fun. (n/m) - Zeus 10:50:01 09/15/03 Too bad. - Zluster(Ass in 1st gear) 11:05:09 09/15/03 Sucks, but glad you had fun. (n/m) - Milo (San Antonio, TX.) 11:07:07 09/15/03 FWIW: Yea, actually, I noticed the same... - nixit 11:11:01 09/15/03 Nope, it's knocking away. (n/m) - John(Houston) 11:15:48 09/15/03 you crazy guy, should have used the AE87 (n/m) - Halo Z 11:19:15 09/15/03 86 but that thing has no power. (ie: no fun) :) (n/m) - John(Houston) 11:26:45 09/15/03 Actually Hachi's are very fun..and challenging... - BooZTT (Hawaii) 15:17:42 09/15/03 That sucks !! is this really what happened? (n/m) - PLEAZURE in CA (SD) 11:48:26 09/15/03 That's my guess anyway. (n/m) - John(Houston) 12:14:25 09/15/03 Sweet! How fast were you hitting that turn? :) (n/m) - Spongerider :) 12:05:53 09/15/03 Not sure but it was pretty slow. - John(Houston) 12:16:44 09/15/03 Your form looks pretty good from the PIcs. Next time you - Spongerider :) 12:57:20 09/15/03 haha, you're going to get him killed! ;) (n/m) - BooZTT (Hawaii) 02:16:04 09/16/03 Sorry I missed you at D-1 I totally forgot to hook up with. - Spongerider :) 11:06:41 09/16/03 sounds good to me! Not sure when though... - BooZTT (Hawaii) 13:32:46 09/16/03 Sounds good! :) (n/m) - Spongerider :) 13:49:03 09/16/03 That was your mistake right there... - BooZTT (Hawaii) 02:15:24 09/16/03 Sorry to hear John....at least you had some fun till the end (n/m) - 2 Zweet 12:10:12 09/15/03 Blast... thats crap dude. oh well i knew you would have fun (n/m) - Adam(houston) 12:55:21 09/15/03 Looks like fun! Hope the crank isn't damaged.. If it is, - AshsZ of Z1Motorsports.com 14:03:55 09/15/03 SWEET!! Is it me or Z's looks more beautiful than any other - TheTwinZ (Peru) 14:46:15 09/15/03 Damn John.. Sorry to hear that.. - X-STAT1C (Houston) 00:12:50 09/16/03
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