Another update for those following:
Sat 18th Jan 2014 was a practice day at Mallala motorsport park, and the 300ZX got's it's first track outing. I think the first thing that became obvious was that no matter how many horses you have, it ain't worth nothing if you can't stop or turn
The engine pulled hard, and the car sat perfectly on the track. But the undersized tires made cornering fun but slow and the sub-crap standard brake pads made stopping something best done sooner than later. The tires are 185's and came with the rims which were off a datto 1600. Considering the stock tire size are 205 it wasn't surprising the car wanted no part of sticking to the track. I ebay'd some 225's in Nov which were lost in transit (thank you e-go couriers) so I run with what I had. Similar with the brake pads, they were cheap stockies which came with the car when I bought it. So there were no surprises that either of those two areas let me down, but I wasn't going to let another track day pass by without me!
Best recorded lap time was 1:36.7. Im sure I did better on a session where the GPS refused to track any satalites, but that doesn't count so no more will be said on that matter!
Anyway, it was an awesome day and tonnes of fun. It was so rewarding to get the zed to the track after almost three years of work. Many thanks to Antus who was also there running his SR20DET Gemini (otherwise known as that crazy yellow gemi). And L20A for providing pit crew for Ant and I for the day, because his delco 240Z is so close, but not quite ready
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Ugly but fast enuf!

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Boys toys.

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Next target is the Adelaide Motorsport festival in April. Since forever I have wanted to drive the F1 circuit. All I need is a dyno day to hone the tune, some track capable brake pads, and some 225 track tires to make it a worthwhile experience...
Better get some budget approval from head office. Any ideas on how to justiify that one?