There Goes 2021

 Well... I guess I was worse at writing on this blog as I was on my personal blog. So let's see what did we miss since Feb 2021. 

Autocross - The Z did nearly a monthly autocross this year! Well I think I only actually got to 4 or 5 events but I felt like I was regular out there with the car! I started the year on my stock suspension and crappy tired but ended up upgrading to my Falken Azenis and dropped in a used set of Tokicos/KYB suspension. 

Track Days - we did three! I feel good abut that, I did two last year and this year more. So she is getting her workouts. We chewed up the Azenis pretty good, and luckily no major issues this year on track. I did have one big spin out in the middle of the track and luckily everyone dodged my car and we stayed safe. If you want to get out on track... following the SCCA Track Night in America program, great price and great way to get safely on track. 

Wrenching - well we were less than productive in the wrenching department this year. Installing my rear bumper the fuel tank neck got drilled into... nearly sidelined me from an event. Luckily the part was $65, unluckily it took way more labor than I care to admit dropping the tank, putting it back in, dropping it again (long story) and re-installing again. Whew. Also, the used set of shocks/struts I put in... one strut straight up blew out at my track day, and one was leaking pretty badly so I bit the bullet and bought all new (more on that later). 

Scarwars - I wrote a blog (One More Scar) about my new scars... new knee surgery, eye lid surgery, and a big scar to the Z. When I took my Z up to Ivy Tech (I am working on my auto tech degree) I was quickly backing out to pull into another lift and BANG CRUNNNNNCHHHHHH.... I hit my passenger side fender into a big commercial truck. Luckily no damage to the truck, luckily I have a spare fender already, but unluckily really no time/money to do body work on her right now so it will have to wait. 

So what is next? Well this 6 month recap will hopefully not be the last post for 2021. The Z is on a lift now and I am working on putting in new Eibach progressive rate springs and new adjustable Koni Yellow struts. This upgrade is considered way easier than the challenging coilover install on these... but man this "easier" job is proving very challenging. Wish me luck... and if you follow this and I haven't posted about the suspension being done... HMU. I need to update the page more.