G35 tries grip…

My homies Jonny, George, and I planned to do a TOD trip. We were supposed to go a few years back but I couldn’t make it.  So this spring we planned early. I had already taken the bike and M3 so I wanted to give the G35 a try. But it had lost drive a month before the trip.

After pulling the trans I noticed the splines on my output shaft looked damaged. Then I saw the splines on the disk we gone.  How this happened I was unsure.

Then I noticed the pilot bearing. It looks like I damaged it installing the transmission during the last clutch job which lead to the disk being damaged.

I ordered an ACT disk and a new OEM pilot bearing. Got everything installed and drove the car for the week before the trip.

George and Jonny drove down in G’s new Miata and spent the night. The next day we drove to Greensboro and met up with Dru, my homie from college.

After 5 Hours we made it to Fontana village. There were some great cars at the resort.

We unpacked and hit the Dragon for our first laps.

Unfortunately we didn’t get any footage of the driving which was amazing. The G35 blew a pressure switch on the high pressure ps line so we piled in Dru’s Subaru to go get the part. His axle was sounding like it was going to break with all the excessive weight so G and Jonny waited at the Kill Boy lodge till we got back.

We were able to get the part in and fixed in time for some night runs… which we have no footage of.

The next day we had a surprisingly good meal and hit the mountain for day 2.

On our way out my PS went out yet again. The top of the new pressure switch I bought from Autozone had blown out.  Luckily I had kept the old switch which just had a torn o-ring. So I pulled the o-ring off new switch and put it on the old switch and reinstalled it. Bought fluid from the gas station and all was well.

From there we cruised to Asheville and got some succulent Chinese food. Dru and I parted ways with Jonny and G as they made their way back North.

One of my favorite trips ever. The G35 really surprised me. It had no trouble keeping up with anyone in our group and just about abutting else on the mountain.