Grimnebulin

Here's the latest track days info thanks to an_orange_s2k on the Bay Forums - thanks!

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=652951

Please let me know of any missing events and I will try to update the schedule below.

THUNDERHILL Raceway

September

1. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
2. Mark Baldridge
3. Lotus Club
4. Diablo Region PCA
5. GGR Porsche Club
6. GGR Porsche Club
7. Pacific Track Time
8. Thunderhill Lapping Days
9. Francis Macatangay M/C
10. Zoom Zoom M/C
11. Track Masters
12. Northern California Karters
13. Keigwins At The Track
14. Keigwins At The Track
15. Keigwins At The Track
16. James Guthrie M/C
17. James Guthrie M/C
18. Hooked On Driving
19. Hooked On Driving / Thunder Drift
20. River City BMW M/C / Thunder Drift
21. Pacific Track Time
22. Virtuoso
23. Virtuoso
24. Track Classic
25. Northern California Racing Club
26. Green Flag Racing
27. PENDING
28. Checkered Flag Racing
29. Trackside Services M/C
30. TBC

October

1. Mike Guasch
2. Track Masters
3. NASA
4. NASA
5. Pacific Track Time
6. Knee Riders
7. Zoom Zoom M/C
8. Yamaha
9. Hooked On Driving
10. Keigwins At The Track / Thunder Drift
11. Keigwins At The Track / Thunder Drift
12. STAR Motorcycle School
13. STAR Motorcycle School
14. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
15. Your Private Track Days
16. TEAM
17. Shelby Club
18. Shelby Club
19. Pacific Track Time
20. MLR
21. MLR
22. Open Test Day
23. SCCA
24. SCCA
25. SCCA
26. Checkered Flag Racing
27. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
28. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
29. TBC / Skid Pad-Driving Dynamics
30. Hooked On Corvettes
31. CSRG Vintage

November

1. CSRG Vintage
2. Pacific Track Time
3. Thunderhill Lapping Days
4. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
5. The Volvo Club
6. Northern California Racing Club
7. Northern California Karters / Thunder Drift
8. Keigwins At The Track / Thunder Drift
9. Keigwins At The Track
10. PENDING
11. PENDING
12. PENIDNG
13. T.E.A.M.
14. Hooked On Driving
15. Thunder Drift-Full Track Event!!
16. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
17. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
18. Dodge SRT
19. Dodge SRT
20. Open Test Lemons
21. Lemons Event
22. Lemons Event
23. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
24. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
25. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
26. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
27. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE
28. Zoom Zoom M/C
29. Zoom Zoom M/C
30. AVAILABLE-CALL NOW TO BOOK THIS DATE

freescopesdad

No one but me going to Thunderhill next Friday?

AyJay

I will be on vacation outside California.

And even if I wasn't i'm still waiting on replacement rotors. I ordered from a rockauto.com and they sent me an inferior set. I had to send them back today.

Grimnebulin

I can't make it.

AyJay

I got the correct set of rear rotors and went to put them on yesterday.

To my surprise, I have very little pad left at all! One of the pads was even worn completely to the backing! Those were brand new pads!

I knew going in that Hawk HPS pads weren't the best choice for the track but I didn't expect them to be THAT bad. By the middle to the end of the day I had progressively worse fade and trashed rear rotors.

Needless to say I won't be buying Hawk HPS any longer.

SOHCmyDOHC

ferodo ftw

AyJay

I've heard good things about the Ferodo DS3000 but those are straight up track pads - not to be driven on the street.

The Ferodo DS2500 doesn't appear to be much different than the Hawk pads I had.

It appears that I'm gonna have to switch out pads for track duty. Many of the pads that seem to work well for my car on the track don't translate well to the street.

SOHCmyDOHC

A lot of the S guys (bay folks) run the DS2500. Ask tekstar since he was looking into these. Then again your Z is a little heavier so the 3000's might be a better deal.

AyJay

Yea ... its close to apples and oranges to compare the braking needs of our diff cars.

As you stated, pads will be faster to fade on my car than on yours do to the weight. Also, our setups are probably a lil different as nissan made the rear brake pads on non-brembo versions of the Z fairly small.

I could actually live with a little bit of fade ... but this wearing thru the entire pade and destroying the rotor business is unacceptable and will make track days prohibitively expensive at this point.

I have some leads on a few sets of pads that will actually stand up to some track duty and are good on the street. Other Z owners have had some success with Endless S sport, Project Mu B-force, and Porterfield R4.

CASTRO

I vouch for porterfield! I've used them on the Camry for tracks and worked great. Crazy brake dust like never before though