haha, I did leave the car pretty high up considering how low I could've gone :) I have speedbumps ok? hehe.

Speaking of which, could we get a uniform read on Mike's, Travis' and RCZ's height? This would no doubt help confirm the fact that RCZ's is higher than Travis' and Mike's.

Very odd indeed. Don't think I will be able to take a look on my car today, but I would think there would have to be some sort of mark on the top of the control arm or top of the wheel well.

SSR Type F wheels showed up today and they sure are good looking. Again, these will be my backups in case the 18" Forgestars get delayed anymore since I have a race on August 1st & 2nd. If the Forgestars arrive in time I will run those and sell these as new.

http://www.doubledownmotorsports.com/ssrtypef370z.jpg

^^ Are you going to slap on some rubbers (not that kind of rubber...haha..:roflpuke2:) and give us a photo shoot??

Not unless I have to. I would have to sell them as a used set then and probably lose money on them. Hoping my 18" Forgestars arrive on schedule so I can have a brand new set of SSR Type Fs in stock ready to ship! :D

Besides, we already know what they look like on a 370Z...

http://www.sunlineracingusa.com/imag...ineZ34_650.jpg

^^ I hear ya.

But anyway, aren't those 19s in that pic?

Not sure, but probably.

I thought i read the SLR car was on 19X10.5 +22 all around.

Thats the rear fitment, there is no way that would fit up front too with the stock fenders.

I'm serious, i swear i thought i read that, and that they said they had to use some serious camber to tuck those wheels in.

If thats true, I want to know what front camber kits Japan has that we dont! :D

i'm trying to find the info, because i know i read it here on this forum. now i'm curious but i'm like 95% sure

OK, well i was half right. It is 19x10.5 all around but not +22 all around. It's +22 Front and +15 Rear...

here is a link i found... TAS 2009: Sunline Racing SLR Sport Aero Kit Debut | 370zblog.com

I call mis-information or mis-print.

SSR recommended 9.5+22 front and 10.5+15 rear which is the same offsets listed above. Plus a 255 tire on a 10.5 rim would look WAY more stretched than in those photos.

I wouldn't put it past misprint, which is why i only claimed that i thought i read they were those sizes. :D

I thought it was odd though that they left the staggered for a non-staggered setup

New set of Nitto NT05 tires showed up today! 275/35/18 front 285/35/18 rear. We'll see how the less staggered setup does August 1st & 2nd. We'll also find out if running a wider and stickier tire up front will uncover any more weaknesses with the car. Hopefully not, fingers crossed. My biggest concern to be quite honest is the SPC Camber arms either hitting the top of the wheel wells and/or not holding the alignment settings under hard load.

Mike, you should be able to check the wheel well for impact marks when you swap tires before this event, correct? Keep us posted!

Oh yeah, I will probably check for it even sooner than that.

Hey Mike! so do you think maybe I can drive it??? ;)

Sure :D

Of course you would let me....wouldn't ya???

I would.

Just ordered an Unorthodox Racing stock diameter crank pulley! According to them, this will shed 7 lbs. of rotating mass off of the front of the car resulting in quicker revs, better throttle response, and more freed up horsepower. They are also claiming gains of 10-14 horsepower, but I am assuming that is at the crank, not at the wheels. We'll find out soon enough!

http://store.doubledownmotorsports.c...4cb58bf6bc.jpg

PM me for pricing and availability!

10-14 hp from a stock diameter pulley??? :roflpuke2:
Even at the crank I'd be surprised if it made that much. I dyno'd the Stillen UD pulley at +5whp on a DynoJet. But like you said, we'll find out soon enough.

Yeah not too confident in their numbers either, but we'll see. I would expect gains to be in line with the Stillen pulley.

Except the Stillen one semtex dyno'd was underdriven, the unorthodox one isn't. Should be even less.

Not necessarily. It will depend on the weight of the Stillen vs. the weight of the Unorthodox.

But doesn't pulley diameter come into play as well? Smaller diameter = less power diverted to the auxiliary systems, right? I think that's what wstar is getting at.

Yeah it does also have effect but if its also heavier than the UR one then it will be a wash. Even if they weigh the same, I would guess that it will make 1whp difference max, or less. You will gain more from less weight than less parasitic drag. Like I said, we'll see once I put the UR pulley on my car. I personally prefer to use a stock diameter pulley to maintain factory accessory outputs from the alternator, power steering, etc.

Stillen quotes the stock pulley at 4.72 lbs. My bathroom scale, while not very accurate or repeatable unfortunately, agrees that my stock pulley is somewhere in the vicinty of 4.5-5-ish lbs. So there's no way it's shaving off 7lbs :)

It will be interesting to get the Unorthodox one weighed though so we can compare. Stillen's showing 1.32 lbs for their standard-sized one and 0.99 lbs for their underdriven model, but I don't know if anyone's tried to accurately verify those numbers.

Well then that makes me further doubt their hp claims lol. Their weight calculations were on a G37, but I am assuming that they would be the same pulley as the 370Z.

Actually I just remembered that I have a more accurate small scale in the kitchen that I use for cooking ingredients. My stock pulley came out to 4.75 lbs there, with an accuracy of roughly +/- 0.05, so pretty much right in line with Stillen's reported number for it.

For cooking ingredients huhm..;)

LOL. :rofl2:

Lmao

A little OT, but I finished my pit bike side project today. :) Took my old BMX bike from my youth and powdercoated it to match the car so now I have something for my fat *** to ride around the pits at the races instead of walking lol...

http://www.doubledownmotorsports.com/pitbike1.jpg

http://www.doubledownmotorsports.com/pitbike2.jpg

hahah NICE!

I didn't say what I was cooking with those ingredients now did I? :)

who weighs cooking ingredients??

ohhhh, THOSE cooking ingredients :roflpuke2: