· Chris Hammond
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Drove the 280Z today

Discover my adventure testing the Z's brakes and transmission in a brief spin around a school parking lot. Exciting moment with a security truck surprise!

Discover my adventure testing the Z's brakes and transmission in a brief spin around a school parking lot. Exciting moment with a security truck surprise!

Well, after yesterdays post of getting the Z fired up I couldn't help myself but to take the car out for a spin.

I hooked up the e-brake again, figuring if I couldn't get the other brakes to work that would at least let me slow down if necessary!

Once I had the e-brake hooked up I took the block out from the back wheel and started the car up. I rolled down the driveway, and to my suprise, both the e-brake and brake pedal worked! I didn't drive far, about 1/4 mile down the street to a small school parking lot. I just wanted to test out the transmission so I figured the school was the perfect place to head to.

I made it exactly once around the parking lot and a security truck showed up, good timing, so, home I went. The car drove fine, doesn't seem to want to get above 3k rpms, but the shifting seemed to be solid, which is really all I wanted to confirm.

 

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