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[Black Boss]

Have you installed any paint protection? If not how's the paint finish holding up?


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No. Thought about it, but concluded that I'll get a paint job if needed. It's likely the stripes would not survive clear bra removal, and then there's always the likelyhood of damage to non-protected areas. Got a minor chip on the hood on the street and the facia has some fine stone marks from the track. Windshield cracked on day 5 at the track and I'll be replacing in a week.....

 

[8250RPM]

No. Thought about it, but concluded that I'll get a paint job if needed. It's likely the stripes would not survive clear bra removal, and then there's always the likelyhood of damaged to non-protected areas. Got a minor chip on the hood on the street and the facia has some fine stone marks. Windshield cracked on day 5 at the track and I'll be replacing in a week.....

I envy you. Your out racing your car and enjoying it to its full potential and I'm to OCD to even track it yet! Once I hit the 1000 mile mark I'll hit the tracks but because of my business and my work load I just hit 218 miles.
Scott.


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[smbstyle]

Much more humid and hotter today. Got some coaching and improved a couple of lines, but shift points were later so power was obviously down. Got within 2/10's of yesterday's time. This car is amazing, the more I drive it the more I realize what a great job the dampers are doing. Hoosier's were good for 20 cycles (about 9.5 hours) and then corded, grip was still great. GLOC pads are still good after 4 full track days, but will likely need changing.

Will measure pads & Rotors and post details, later this week.

Hey Nick, finally signed up! Wish we had better conditions compared to the weekend, you had a low :05' or a high :04 on Monday.

 

[Black Boss]

Hey Nick, finally signed up! Wish we had better conditions compared to the weekend, you had a low :05' or a high :04 on Monday.

Hi Scott,
Thanks for the coaching and a great track day. Welcome to TMO!

 

[smbstyle]

A few shots that Stahlschmidt took and shared with us...

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

WOW.

 

[steveespo]

Drew
That car is so bad ass. I think the '15 'R' was a special build that is super fast. Nick is also a pretty remarkable driver.
Steve

 

[302 Hi Pro]

Shame the second Pic was removed.

This!

I even had to save a copy of this pic!

Great pic of the best looking GT350 R on the planet, IMO.

Best of luck with your 2016 race season,

Dave
302 Hi Pro

 

[VoodooBoss]

@Black Boss how are your front rotors holding up? I'm alway concerned about drilled rotors cracking prematurely but I'm hoping these wear out before cracking. Also how many days are you getting out of your G-Loc pads?

 

[Black Boss]

@VoodooBOSS I've only done a quick check at the track on the pads and rotors, and will be pulling the wheels next week for a thorough inspection/ bleed / pad change before heading off to Watkins Glen. 8)

Preliminary observations: GLOC pads had great initial bite and good feel. Fronts are nearly done, but lasted 4 long Track days -- 9 hours at VIR and Gingerman, both tough on brakes. Rotors have some micro cracks and are grooved. That said, I saw similar micro cracks on my Girodisc slotted rotors on the Boss with the same Brake compound and those rotors typically needed replacing for cracks (a little) prior to getting to minimum thickness.

I will measure pad/rotor thickness and do a more thorough inspection, including inside rotor surface next week and post results.

 

[Black Boss]

I've concluded there's no easy or readily available solution for a front tow hook for the GT350, so here's next week's upgrade:

 

[Black Boss]

@Black Boss how are your front rotors holding up? I'm alway concerned about drilled rotors cracking prematurely but I'm hoping these wear out before cracking. Also how many days are you getting out of your G-Loc pads?

Measured everything today. Front pads are 2.0 (R) -2.5 (L) mm at thinest point, Rears are both 3.0mm at thinnest section, so time to change both Front & Rear pads after 4 long track days (9+ hours) on tough braking tracks. Rear rotors show minimum wear (26.05mm) and no cracking or grooving, fronts are close to nominal thickness (at 36.02mm) with a fair number of micro cracks from the cross drilling locations and grooving of just over 0.5mm. Very pleased with GLOC pad longevity and feel and the rotors are cheap, plus the front rotors are easy to change.

Another learning from the last track session, you only need to hold down the TCS button for 5-10 secs to totally disable the nannies in Track mode -- no need for simultaneous brake application (as required in the Boss).

 

[Black Boss]

Switched out the cracked windshield yesterday and applied another FORD PERFORMANCE windshield banner today. Also installed both drivers and pasengers side Ford Performance oil catch cans,

 

[kona302]

Any tricks to installing the catch cans Nick or is it pretty straight forward. Still have to install mine.

Thanks
Tal

 

[VoodooBoss]

Try reversing the hose on the passenger side. Several of us found the hose to fit better that way.

 

[Black Boss]

Any tricks to installing the catch cans Nick or is it pretty straight forward. Still have to install mine.

Thanks
Tal

Very straightforward -- took about 10 mins each side. Tubes need a little bit of juggling to make the second connection as they're solid.....

 

[Black Boss]

Awesome day at Watkins Glen today, with Steve and BOTH 21 cars:



Ran a 2:07.x in the 350 -- almost 10 seconds faster than my Best time in the Boss, although I've only run 4 days at this track before.......

Will post video etc after tomorrow's session.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Looking good guys, have fun!

 

[ls110]

Awesome day at Watkins Glen today, with Steve and BOTH 21 cars:

Ran a 2:07.x in the 350 -- almost 10 seconds faster than my Best time in the Boss, although I've only run 4 days at this track before.......

That is inspiring to shave 10 seconds!! Nice driving and great looking line up of cars.

 

[tuckersmg]

10 seconds is a lot of time. Nice work!
How is the new pavement?