Not gonna take your 370Z?

You must have missed my post. Went to pick it up. It was clean, that's when I saw all the dings. Great price but just to many dings for a black car.

The old car still gets compliments. Sounds good, feels good, looks good. Tomorrow I'll find out if it still runs good.

Yeah I missed that. Sucks man. I once went to NY to look at a black car and before I went the dealership assured me it was in great condition. When I got there it actually had graffiti keyed on it and they wouldn't even lower the price!

I no longer have the osiris tune & my nissan muffler looks like from a different year or something:) Car feels ok but doesn't rev as high. Only the track can tell me if I should spend $$$ & make it fast again.

Hope I see some ZZZ's tomorrow. If I blow the doors off a moded Z, I'll invest in a tune:)

Still got my drag tires & "the fire in my belly" or something like that:)

I've been wanting to go out again now that I finally have summer tires on my car. I feel like I can get into the 12's again now, just need to wait for a day with some decent temps.

Just got back from the track
 

OK, first run I heat up the tires, leave the line a bit above idle. Little spin & spun after shifting second. Results, 2.079 60' & 13.505 @103.70 mph. Not bad considering. Second run I wanted to shift & leave the line at higher RPM. Heavy spinning at start. After shifting into second I had to immediatly shift into third. because I completely spun the tires & RPM went up breaking up the engine & never mind..... No time slip was given to us.
Third and last run, even after much heating them. still heavy spinning start & again spinning second produced a 2.254 60' & a 13.732@102.88 mph.

So???? My drag tires + Osiris tune, maybe a muffler & racing at Raceway park & or Atco should get me into the high 12's. Will I be able to do mid twelves again?????

If you are on street tires spinning them to warm them from what I have seen and heard actually is conter productive. It will actually make them slipperier then if they are normally warm. Might be why your spinning/traction issue seemed to get progressivly worse through the runs. I would spin them a little on the first run but as long as there isnt a super long lull between the next runs I personally wouldnt spin to warm or go through the water box. Street tires get really greasy when they get really hot on the surface.

Slicks on the other hand MUST be really hot to get them to hook. Hit the water box, smoke the piss out of them, then prep for the tree.

Yeah I was on street tires I didnt heat them at all and didnt have too much tire spin. Street tires are made to have traction at low temperatures unlike slicks.

I've never done well traction wise at Lebanone. Come to think of it, I've never used street tires at the track. In the past I've had slave cylinder & second gear transmition problems. Not anymore & the new trans is just perfect. Sept 23, I believe Atco has a Nissan drag racing day. I think I'll tune it & take a trip to Atco:) Anybody coming????

Was commenting on Andre's post.

As much as I like my 08 350z, I post here & would love to be part of the 370z drag enthusiast team. For anyone that has owned an HR 350 knows that its not so easy to let go.
Believe me, I know how owesome Jason's 12.2 1/4 mile time is, but I would love trying for it.........

Ok I have finally gotten around to finding my slips so here is my best time which was incidentally my first time. 13.696 @ 101.96 60' 2.188 I have Nitto Invos on the back and thats it.

I'll try going to Atco Sun. Aug. 26th
 

I couldn't measure my car last week. No traction at the start & car spinning tires to rev limiter after shifting into second does not tell me if the car is track worthy & to get a tune(uprev).
I'll try to go to Atco on Sun. with my drag tires. If after having my car 6 feet under water & a complete rewiring I can turn low 13's than I'll go for the tune & see if I can get back to having fun at the drags

Anyone for some test & tune at Atco on Sunday????

I'm finally going to be at the drag strip again tomorrow night! Temps will probably be in the high 70's range. I did a 13.0 in the spring with my all season tires so I'm hoping to get into the 12's again with my summer tires.

With an automatic & the new tires, I think you'll be in the twelves again. Night air is always helpfull.

AS far as my car, I have no idea what H.P. or timming or tune I have:)

In early Sept. I may go to a shop that does uprev tunes

Good luck tomorrow....

Well the tires I bought were used, but still should be enough to get me into 12's. Only thing that might hurt me is the temps. Thanks!

I'm probably gonna get my car Uprev tuned in the fall. Should give me an even better time before the tracks close around November.

Blah got called into work so no drag strip tonight :(

change of plans
 

Not going to the track till car is checked out & tuned.

Damn
 

My name & drag times is being brought up on the 350z.com drag section (12s finally) & I can't respond DAMN :)
What the hell is a "unicorn run"????

Can someone tell them to look at pages 130 & 131 of top 25 times for their answers. Done with STOCK intake & muffler.....

Thanks, damn bannnnn

A unicorn run as far as I understand it is a fanciful, mythical 1/4 mile time that doesn't actually exist


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When it gets a little colder out im going to take the new Z down the strip once or twice :driving:

Thanks, that's what I thought. I don't actually expect someone to post for me:) Just frustrated cause I can't respond/defend myself. Otherwise I wouldn't care at all.......

I want a ride!

You know it brother!

Meh... ****'em. Let their cars do the talking, and if not then who cares what they say? Peepz iz alwayz gon talk da shizzy.


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this is the last weekend for the drag strip by me i like to go to and i cant go :shakes head:

but the other drag strip in the other direction is good through november :)

I wanted to go this week but the temp is supposed to be like 80. I guess I'll try again next week.

oh you ghey. i almost matched your time in 92 degree heat 90% humidity at a bad track lol and that was at 10PM :tiphat: :driving:

You weren't that close. :stirthepot:

I have enough tire tread left for maybe like 1 day at the drag strip, so I have to choose wisely.

im off by 4/10s of a second lol not bad for the major difference in temps and tracks :stirthepot:

Your summer times were in line with my summer times and even I couldn't beat my own time :icon17:

thats because of the driver not the tires haha :bowrofl: :stirthepot:

What I suck as a driver because I couldn't beat the time set by myself? :icon17:

You can't talk sh1t till you post the time slip showing that you beat my time......and put your car back to stock before doing it :stirthepot:

Haha all I got is my exhaust done and on a hot humid run I hit 13.39 @ 105.* also at a old rough track lol

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And for the record that was a 2011 SS camaro I beat in the left lane. I was on the right obviously the winner lol

EDIT: found the track elevation - Track Elev. 1210 ft.

Exhaust = not stock :p

Haha oh whatever blades

I guess my 13.32 with heavy wheels and full heavy CF body was pretty darn good lol

I'm planning to go to Island Dragway in NJ this friday eve (10/05) with my tuner (Mike Botti who is bringing his GTR). I'm told you can run laps.

My goal: sub 11.5's consistently. We're making the power now.

Join us?

Coop

Went to San Antonio Raceway wednesday night for the first time in the Z (actually the first time in over 20 years!)... Best time: 13.67 @ 102.32. My Z is a 2012 S/T Auto -completely stock.

TIME SLIP
http://imageshack.us/a/img22/6555/20121004002225.jpg


Track Info @ approx time of time slip:
Track Elevation: 553 feet above sea level
Air Temperature: 72.3 degrees F
Barometric Pressure: 29.95 inches Hg
Relative Humidty: 71%
Density Altitude: 1757 feet
Relative Density: 94.96 %

My DA Adjustments:
Stock and Mildly Modified Naturally Aspirated Engines
13.407 @ 104.438 MPH

Deja Vu all over again...
Long day into the night. My trip was neither disappointing nor exemplary.

First pass: 11.72 @ 121. Exactly what I've done (within three hundredths) each first pass I've been to the track in the past year.

Then it was a LONNNNNNNG delay as it was crowded, and I only got two more passes. I made a change to the boost controller and it revved and ran right into my 'fuel cut' at the top of first both times.

That slowed it down to 12.2. Drive home....

Anyway it wouldn't be called a DRAG strip if it was so much fun. LOL!

Coop