[Z06] Went Canyon Carving...
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Went Canyon Carving...
I've had my car for 3 weeks almost and up until tonight, I didn't have a chance to take it through the canyons.
I went through 3 sets of canyons over here and it felt really nice. I learned a few things about the car and I wish my fat-*** friend hadn't made every freaking excuse to go with me so I could have learned the car better.
One thing I noticed, but I don't know if it was due to the fact that I had an extra 300Lbs in the passenger seat was that ever little bump in the road caused my front spoiler to scrape the ground. I may have to go again, 300Lbs lighter to find out if I need stiffer shocks. I also ended up having my front wheels push and my back wheels were coming loose in some tight hair-pins. A little scary. I'll definitely need to get some good tires.
My brakes were fantastic. A huge upgrade over the stock Trans Am brakes, and a slight upgrade over the brakes on my 300zx (they're not all stock). No body roll at all. It was amazing. The car just handled every turn great.
I can't wait to hit up Willow Springs.
One of the guys from my club posted the route we went: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,0.308647&z=12
Pretty amazing when you look at it like that.
I went through 3 sets of canyons over here and it felt really nice. I learned a few things about the car and I wish my fat-*** friend hadn't made every freaking excuse to go with me so I could have learned the car better.
One thing I noticed, but I don't know if it was due to the fact that I had an extra 300Lbs in the passenger seat was that ever little bump in the road caused my front spoiler to scrape the ground. I may have to go again, 300Lbs lighter to find out if I need stiffer shocks. I also ended up having my front wheels push and my back wheels were coming loose in some tight hair-pins. A little scary. I'll definitely need to get some good tires.
My brakes were fantastic. A huge upgrade over the stock Trans Am brakes, and a slight upgrade over the brakes on my 300zx (they're not all stock). No body roll at all. It was amazing. The car just handled every turn great.
I can't wait to hit up Willow Springs.
One of the guys from my club posted the route we went: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,0.308647&z=12
Pretty amazing when you look at it like that.
Last edited by SCM_Crash; Aug 1, 2009 at 06:40 AM.
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Le Mans Master
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Yeah. This really was a great route. Scary parts were going down hill through the corners... I'm not a big fan of that just yet! LOL But going upwards through the canyon, I was handing the pavement it's ***! 
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Le Mans Master
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Yeah... You're right... I need to practice a bit. I'm going to be out at Willow Springs practicing a bit. I'm sure the front isn't going to push as much with my 300Lbs friend not riding shotgun. I think that was really scaring me the most going down hill.
