Looking for advice
02-13-2011, 07:39 PM
#1
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Looking for advice
2011 will be my first year with NASA and I am wanting to get into PTA so here is my question. What needs to be done to a stock 2004 Z06 to make it ready fro PTA class. I know first item is a lot of seat time but I want to have the car as close to race ready as possible so that I learn with the car in final race prep. Hoping to do the Mid-Ohio 3 day school to help with shorting the learning curve.
02-13-2011, 07:44 PM
#2
Race Director
a cage and safety gear is all that's required, but shocks/tires/clutch/bushings are the bulk of mods that you can do. ST2 is more open if you want a more "racey" car, but PTA is fairly stock.
02-14-2011, 10:15 AM
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If PTA is your goal then it may not be a bad idea to take a look at a C5 T1 car. You would have to do some work to the car to de-mod/re-mod it for PTA, but the parts you take off could help pay for the stuff you have to change.
Besides the cage, kill switch and fire system all of your saftey equipment has to be up-to-date. Which means belts have to be less than 2 years old, race seat, window and right side net less than 5 years old. You'll also have to purchase all of your personal saftey gear, suit, gloves, socks, shoes, HANS and helmet. (Starting in Jan 2012 you need to have a SA2005 or newer helmet) If you are going to do W2W a 2-way radio system is a good idea too.
There is a pretty good cost differance between TT and W2W, TT uses the same rules as HPDE, but W2W you need to have all of that safety equipment and it has to be up to date.
One other thing is that you can't run coolant in your cooling system, just water and water wetter.
Besides the cage, kill switch and fire system all of your saftey equipment has to be up-to-date. Which means belts have to be less than 2 years old, race seat, window and right side net less than 5 years old. You'll also have to purchase all of your personal saftey gear, suit, gloves, socks, shoes, HANS and helmet. (Starting in Jan 2012 you need to have a SA2005 or newer helmet) If you are going to do W2W a 2-way radio system is a good idea too.
There is a pretty good cost differance between TT and W2W, TT uses the same rules as HPDE, but W2W you need to have all of that safety equipment and it has to be up to date.
One other thing is that you can't run coolant in your cooling system, just water and water wetter.
Last edited by 96CollectorSport; 02-14-2011 at 11:23 AM.
02-15-2011, 11:36 AM
#5
Racer
we dodged a few bullets running TTA for 2 years with no cage, but I'd recommend lots of safety stuff even for TTA. A C5Z will get to kill you speeds pretty quick, laps times are ~ with what a T1 car will do. 155 mph peak speeds at the fastest tracks.