1/4 mile Bradenton FL

PSCANLON99

Being that the clutch kinda overheated to start we stopped pre-run burnouts and launched the car at relatively low RPM's (1,800-2,000 maybe) and lowered the rear tire pressure to around 30 psi.

I am assuming by the decent numbers we had through 60' yet slow trap speed and ET that without any wheel spin off the launch we are losing tenths of a second and speed around the 1/8 mile mark and continuing down the track. I noticed that our low end numbers compared to the others on this site; if not better, yet we are still running high 13's and just eclipsing the 100mph mark through the trap.

Long story short, (too late!) do we need to "pop" the clutch at the tree, maybe sacrificing some of the 60' times to gain better speed through the 1/8th for a better 1/4 time and speed? Thanks, any input would be helpful and truth be told, I have no idea what RPM's I was shifting at, I just listened to the car and shifted when it felt right. This was my 1st run in my buddy's Z and had only driven the car for about 30 minutes prior to getting to the track. I have had experience in running the early 90's 5.0 and 6 speed LT-1 Z-28's and Formula Firebirds. Recently I leased a G-35 auto, but the 6 speed 370 is a straight up beast! Hats off to Nissan for hitting this one out of the park...my Acura CL-S 6 speed feels like a Buick after driving the 370

MightyBobo

Wait...you're burning out stock street tires?

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PSCANLON99

Yep, in retrospect it was kind of naive of us to do taking into consideration the results. Luckily we figured out lowering the tire pressure would give us the grip we were looking for.
As I stated in a previous post I had some experience in running bigger V-8's back in the days of my youth and I now realize I can't drive a 2009 370Z the same way I did my early 90's 5.0 or LT-1 Z-28's.