Z06 Hillclimb Video, Pagoda 2012

**yeahloh95** · 06-26-2012, 07:41 PM

looks like fun and thats a great hill

**Viper_ed** · 06-26-2012, 07:51 PM

So does one use "Competitive Driving Mode" for something like that.

**Mark Aubele** · 06-26-2012, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by Viper_ed

So does one use "Competitive Driving Mode" for something like that.

Hell no, all that is disabled. Pulling the ABS fuse killed the Traction Control function as well, had to pull it because of a mysterious brake lockup issue that went away once I killed the ABS. I would run with it all off anyway.

**mineralrob** · 06-26-2012, 09:22 PM

mark is this out near reading pa?

**Mark Aubele** · 06-26-2012, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by mineralrob

mark is this out near reading pa?

Yes, it is actually held in the city park.

**Mark Aubele** · 07-16-2012, 10:33 PM

Video from Giants over the weekend, in damp conditions went 46.8, ran 46.7 3rd run on Saturday. For reference, before the road was repaved my blown '90 Notch ran 45.5 under perfect conditions, this weekend was anything but. With better air I think it would've dipped into the 45s. Wasn't even getting up to 100 through the finish (22% grade). Radar gun said 102 in turn 1, speedo was around 110.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zCGBkLCE4w"]Giants Despair '12 Mark Aubele '01 Z06 - YouTube[/ame]

**stevec5ws6** · 07-18-2012, 09:29 PM

That's awesome I want to play!

**gmkillr** · 07-19-2012, 07:19 AM

Now that looks like alot of fun!

What H-C-I do you plan on going with?

**stevec5ws6** · 07-19-2012, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by Mark Aubele

Hell no, all that is disabled. Pulling the ABS fuse killed the Traction Control function as well, had to pull it because of a mysterious brake lockup issue that went away once I killed the ABS. I would run with it all off anyway.

I have a mysterious brake lock up issue from time to time also.

**Mark Aubele** · 07-19-2012, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by gmkillr

Now that looks like alot of fun!

What H-C-I do you plan on going with?

Not really sure, actually thinking about forced induction at this point for next year. Car needs way more power.

**John4cam** · 07-19-2012, 06:13 PM

Mark, how competitive are you in this stuff? I know you've been doing it for a while now. Looks like it could be addictive.

**Mark Aubele** · 07-19-2012, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by John4cam

Mark, how competitive are you in this stuff? I know you've been doing it for a while now. Looks like it could be addictive.

I was pretty competitive at it from the first event I ran. It has gotten crazy in recent years, everyone is getting really fast. It is incredibly addictive. My problem now is that I did so well in my old blown Notch, that nothing else I have had since had compared. Just don't have the cash yet to be as competitive (overall) as I would like to be, so I have just gone for class records. Hopefully next year I will have some sort of forced induction so I can be competing for overall wins rather than class records. As you could imagine power is incredibly important. At this recent event there was a full on Indy car (overall win), tube frame aero cars that are powered by multiple snowmobile engines, GT1 cars, etc. I think 2 of us drove our cars there (me and a blown Cobalt).

**John4cam** · 07-19-2012, 07:14 PM

What was all done to the notch you raced? Must have been pretty stout. Although the fox platform can be made to run with anything I guess...

**yeahloh95** · 07-19-2012, 07:22 PM

notches rule thats why

**Mark Aubele** · 07-19-2012, 07:23 PM

T-trim on a stock longblock (I had a H/C/I stock short in it but exploded it before the first real event) at ~12psi, coilovers, three-link, panhard bar. Pretty standard build. This car will definitely be much faster with similar power (hopefully will have much more) admittedly. It also didn't hurt that I didn't give a shit if I stuffed it (which I eventually did), and I sort of have to leave a bit on the table with the Z06, since it is the only car I have. At Giants I got a 45.5 out of the Mustang (hero run, ice cold literally pushing it to the line in the morning, remember it being cool outside too) my first time there when noone else was anywhere near that in street cars (so it probably had more but had no reason to get it), now that a few are I got a 46.7 out of the Corvette, but the GPS had me going 12 mph faster through the finish in the Mustang compared to the Z06. Car seems slower than others I have driven, or it could just be the 113K miles.

**John4cam** · 07-19-2012, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Mark Aubele

T-trim on a stock longblock (I had a H/C/I stock short in it but exploded it before the first real event) at ~12psi, coilovers, three-link, panhard bar. Pretty standard build. This car will definitely be much faster with similar power (hopefully will have much more) admittedly. It also didn't hurt that I didn't give a shit if I stuffed it (which I eventually did), and I sort of have to leave a bit on the table with the Z06, since it is the only car I have. At Giants I got a 45.5 out of the Mustang (hero run, ice cold literally pushing it to the line in the morning, remember it being cool outside too) my first time there when noone else was anywhere near that in street cars (so it probably had more but had no reason to get it), now that a few are I got a 46.7 out of the Corvette, but the GPS had me going 12 mph faster through the finish in the Mustang compared to the Z06. Car seems slower than others I have driven, or it could just be the 113K miles.

I'm thinking a turbo car would be too unpredictable in the twisties thats why people prefer a SC?

**stevec5ws6** · 07-19-2012, 07:56 PM

Learn to drive the turbo car, they aren't unpredictable.

**Mark Aubele** · 07-19-2012, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by John4cam

I'm thinking a turbo car would be too unpredictable in the twisties thats why people prefer a SC?

There are a few different turbo cars that show up, one is a fast turbo Miata, another guy has a Factory Five Cobra replica with a 2.3 Turbo. Most guys (the three of us who had or had blown Mustangs) went with the blower mostly because of heat and complexity issues we have seen with tracked aftermarket turbo cars. These cars get really hot, and the blowers just seem easier to deal with, and when I did my car it just seemed easier to deal with overall. I do plan on building a turbo car in the future though. When I speak of heat I am talking of underhood temps.

**Mark Aubele** · 08-06-2012, 07:33 PM

I am sure FX-Man won't mind me linking to this. Video coming out of T3 at the Polish Mountain Hillclimb over the weekend. No in-car, forgot the damn camera.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfc5ZIj-rlU&feature=player_embedded"]Mark - YouTube[/ame]