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Old 09-17-2014, 07:48 PM
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Going to the track this weekend. This will be the little girl's 17th and 18th day on the track.

2014 Z51 7spd mag ride. I'm confident she will do just fine has she has the other 16 days on the track. Sebring, Road Atlanta, and Barber Motorsports.

She is filled with 15w-50 and rotor rings installed. Just turned 19,000 trouble free miles.

I'm on my 3rd set of GM rotors and my 4th set off Cobalt pads.

Life is good.


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Old 09-17-2014, 07:58 PM
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stock OEM tires?

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Old 09-17-2014, 08:06 PM
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what do those rotors go for new? i have 2000 street miles on mine and ill be putting the Racing Brake rotors on soon
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stock OEM tires?

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Rob, tires are stock. I'm on my 2nd set on the front and the rears are original. Hard to believe the rears have 19,000 miles and probably 1/2 tread left.
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what do those rotors go for new? i have 2000 street miles on mine and ill be putting the Racing Brake rotors on soon
I get them, front or rear for $110 ea. That is a little under list.
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super nice picture, how fast do you get on the back straight at sebring?
Old 09-18-2014, 03:05 AM
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Have fun :-)
Old 09-18-2014, 04:25 AM
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Looks great.
Enjoy and good luck.
Old 09-18-2014, 06:54 AM
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Good luck, stay safe!
Old 09-18-2014, 08:00 AM
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Holy cow! That is good advertising for the boys at GM. Maybe it help to quell some of the death toll threads that have been going on for the last few months. Having a car do what they said it would do is good karma, and nice of you to note that you prepped it per factory specs. Have fun and do well.
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Good for you man. Go out there and have fun. Finally some one having fun doing what his car was made to do... by factory specs.. Be Safe..
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Nice to see someone using the car. Do you just leave the 15w50 in during "track season"? I run 10w40 amsoil in my C5Z race car year round. I figure if I get a C7 I was just going to do the same, but wouldn't want to give GM any wiggle room on a warranty claim on track. Don't care to do oil changes after every weekend. I change the oil in the race car after every 2 or 3 weekends at the track.
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Totally awesome. Nice to see it used for its intended purpose.
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Originally Posted by sexmobile
super nice picture, how fast do you get on the back straight at sebring?
I always short shift it at 6,000 RPMs. This puts it right at 138-140
Old 09-18-2014, 11:39 AM
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Just curious, what pressures are you running in your tires?
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Last time someone wished me luck, I ended up on crutches for 6 weeks.

So I'll wish you safe journey!!!

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PSI in tires? Also how has your temps been??? I know that a few have had trouble with overheating. ..?
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Originally Posted by Magister Ludi
Just curious, what pressures are you running in your tires?
I start them out 26lbs. cold and never look back....
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Very interesting post. Quite a tribute to the durability of your car and yes, it’s nice to read something other than whining about some fault perceived or otherwise. Don


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