I dont think lsd, will help you times. actually its more rotating mass in the driveline.

yeah, at stock power levels, all it does is slow you down.

So I may go to the track Thursday...but just on street tires. I'll save the radials for next time.

GO BIG OR GO HOME :driving:

Ryan, if you race your Z on street tires you're just setting yourself up for disappointment.

meh, getting a good idea of trap speed is pretty helpful

Exactly...I want to go and do a trial run before I go all out.

Yeah, and it helps save your diff and trans when you are learning how the car behaves.

you're such a party pooper

Weak.....

Might as well go for the street tire FI record of 11.7!

You got to go all out.
when get my GTM stage 2. the first pass will be 8100 rpm every shift with the drag radials at 15 lbs air preasure.
If the engine blows up then we just save our money for the 4.5L GTM stroker.
Im hoping for 11.4's or better so than i can be quicker than my good friend J naut.

Z

:icon17:

Well, I'm not going to the track....not until I get my tune figured out. Whenever I shift at WOT, the ecu dumps a bunch of fuel (9.0 is as low as the AFR gauge reads) and it literally takes a second until the car will get back to WOT. There's no point in me going and getting frustrated running a 12.5.

I hope you make me eat my words, but I say there's no way you are running 11.4

That sucks man. Hope everything gets fixed soon :tup:

bro, seriously get over here and have jack tune ur car... ill go with you and we will figure it all out..

I don't doubt Jack's tuning ability, but I trust John's tune from Z1. I don't think my issue is due to a tuning problem...I think it's due to the way the MAFs are set up. I'm going to talk to Stillen tomorrow about using their manifold with both throttle bodies on the passenger side. It seems like this could be the ideal setup for me.

On the 25th of June i going to St thomas drag way . The Ontario Z club is haveing its first of 2 drag days their.
Its a faster track than the one that i ran ther 12.42's on.
the target is 12.37's.
Now for the bad news ,they may only running the 1/8 mile.
" when GTM gets my SC shipped, ) we will wee how fast it goes.
Its going to be a while till this happens. Im now getting the return fuel system for the car.

Z

Z Elem, your car is/is going to be even more of a beast.

So do most people on this board run on DR's? I was thinking of getting a base run on my stockers with my G3's but then getting more into it after. I would just like to hit a 13.4 then get some full exhaust and DR's and hit the 12's.

BTW mine is an 09 Base 6spd.

Most racers here on the forum seem to run street tires. Ryan's car is an exception since he has a turbo, it needs all the traction it can get.

<----- runs street tires and has the fastest time to boot :)

That's only because I haven't taken mine to the track yet :stirthepot: I'm glad we have a friendly competition going on here...always makes things more interesting.

I wanna play, someone buy me a gtm sc kit please.

ryan you cant even beat rayray hahaha

i wont buy it but i can assist you in having it installed hahaha :driving:

Yeah, that's because of...uh...:wtf2:

I need to figure how to launch. Launching at 2500 I'm getting lots of wheel spin. Granted it's my first time on a track the best I could muster is a 9.1 in the 1/8 whereas my buddy with the same mods on his Nismo is 8.9 that same night and his record 8.6.

In my defense I'm running stock tires, I don't heat them up, and according to my friends running that night, the track wasn't prepped well and I wouldn't know any better since it was my first time at a track.

.....but I'm still shitty at launching. I guess I'm afraid to break something on my DD lol.

Not a 370Z, but....
 

....it's relevant.


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Went to Island Dragway in NJ for their Friday eve street cars only shootout. Good stuff, I literally made eight passes within three hours! Perfect conditions.

I ran a slew of low 12 second passes, but nailed ONE 11.98 @ 120. I got it on vid.



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I've barely seen any Infiniti's in the elevens, and probably none with an auto, but that's irrelevant. This is what I managed.

Props to Jimmy and his guys at TheShopCT.com for the setup and advice, and of course to the hard working parts and service from GTM.

More trans work is forthcoming.

Thanks for viewing.

Coop

Loving it...

nice times

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Sweet!!! Contgrats!!

So I realized shifting normally at WOT, rather thand shifting hard, does not cause my car to go rich and fall on its face. I think I may go to the track Thursday :)

i hope so as that automatice infiniti is faster than your car.:tup:

:stirthepot: :icon17:

Don't have the slip as it was a while ago but I thought I would contribute as not many nismos are posted. Stock, 35psi in the tires, Guam so it's 9 billion degrees, 91 octane and it ran a 13.46. I don't drag it much since there not made for it, supercharging in near future with autocross in mind not drag. Wanna drag, get an old v8, cheaper to make more power. I could get an old 401 amc engine and dump 6 grand into it and it would be a low 10 second engine, 6 grand gets a 370z a sc or TT and u get a low 12 high 11 if ur lucky w/o destroying it with NOS. Totally not a financially feasible drag car. Besides it's more fun passing all the porche turbo s's on the track with a lightly moded Z as u happily think about how much less your z costs lol.

I completely agree, this isnt a drag car. I wish people here were this enthusiastic about amateur road course events. Not knocking it, different strokes for different folks. Plus, the fact that you can compete with people on the other side of the country is pretty cool too.

I'd love to road race my car...but that's another expense I can't afford. So I stick to my $20 drag nights every once in awhile. I did a small 1.2mile road course in my old G35...best time I've had behind the wheel.

I am going in july with performance motorsports to the pokonos? i believe... for HPDE ... I am a little nervous about damage but they have a trailor IF needed... and the first time out I wont be pushing it all that hard...

Gary and i believe andrew are certified instructors and I can not wait for them to teach me... its gonna be an awesome weekend...

As for the drag strip I am going tonight but its like 95 degrees and humid... My expectations are low.. I almost dont want to use my MT radials because I feel like I am just gonna waste them lol.

Its my bday gift to myself , lol