Topic: The Flyn\'Hawaiins & 2 White Guys Need Some Advice
Another newbie Lemons team hoping to come to Buttonwillow in December. We're 4 guys that don't have a clue about turning right. All of us race circle track now (ministocks) and are looking for something new to do. We've been reading about Lemons racing for awhile now and it has finally sucked us in. We're building a 260 Datsun Z. Seems like the Z cars don't do well at Lemons but we got the car for $300 and it's in good shape so we are going to work with it. I am hoping that some of you on here have raced a Z car and can give us some advice on a few questions I have:
1. Rear end: locked or open?
2. Front camber: how much?
3. Front brakes: are the stock rotors & calipers ok and if so what brake pads are recommended?
4. Does anyone know of a 15" wheel that will fit the Z car that we might find at a junkyard? I have tried to find the turbo wheel but no luck.
As for the Z car's theme; the rear of the roof had to be raised 5" to get the roll bar high enough to clear our tall driver's big head and once we put the roof back on we had a 5" gap at the rear roof line so we decided to cut that area out and make it look like a truck. Well, it ended up looking more like a golf cart. Presto: 260 E-Z-Gone golf cart. Looking for bags & clubs now! Thanks for any advice anyone can give us.
We really are looking forward to doing this. It looks like a lot of fun. Hope our team is accepted. If so, we'll see you in December.
Thanks again,
RodS