What is your drag wheel set up?

V8Killer · 08-30-2013, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by andre12031948

You claim to have a very heavily modified car, yet you don't understand the simple basics.???
I don't claim anything, in your previous post you replied with "To be fair, it's not easy to answer your post without knowing what gears/mods/H.P. you're working with & how far you want to take this (slicks)?" I simply replied to what modifications I have or will be having here pretty soon.

"smaller size tires" help my traction??? Same as narrower tires help traction. As you reduce the amount of rubber on the ground, you reduce the traction. Doesn't matter how you reduce it. Obviously what I said was misunderstood, I want to go with a smaller RIM size which is what I was shooting for. I am unsure if 17"s will clear my sport brake calipers although I have seen some one on the forum run 17's all around. I feel running on a smaller rim will help with the sidewall distortion which I want to be stiffer as I am experiencing wheel hop due to tire wrap. As I have said I opted for the upgrade diff bushings to help absorb the shock. Or maybe I am just taking too much air out of the tires who knows? I mean it's not like I have butt loads of torque pushing my Z.

ALL heavily modified cars like yours use stock gears. I won't tell you why because you SHOULD know that! Have you read on the forum most n/a guys with similar mods are running 4.08 gears? Going from 3:70 to 3:90 gears just doesn't make much sense anyway. "High h.p. cars can only run the 1/4 with slicks." I think it depends on what you classify as a high h.p. car. I don't see the GTR coming with slicks off the Nissan lot. ALL slicks & most if not all drag radials are between 15" & some to 17". Most slick cars run 15"-16" wheels as long as they clear the breaks & of course the tires most likely be smaller in circumference than stock. That would bring your "ratio" to around 3:90 anyway. I'm sure you don't understand that either .

I DON'T tell you this as a put down, I tell you this because I find it hard to believe your posts & I'm not going to continue with them.
Although you say you don't tell me this to put me down does not negate the fact that you clearly are going in that direction. Yes I don't know everything there is to know about cars or drag racing. Hence I am on a forum to do research and get answers to my questions. I actually got excited that you responded to my thread and asked about my modifications but then this reply is what I got which I find condescending even though that's not what you were trying to do.

I was and still am looking for help in this area.
Oh, don't all Z's come with sway bars? Now I'm not sure about the rear? Anyway sway bars help when cornering not drag racing.

Most drag set ups will not need a rear sway bar but I quote from a member who commented on one of my posts " However, street cars without a cage can and will benefit from sway bars. My buddy put a rather large rear sway bar on his 10 second camaro street car and it had a positive affect on launching a car. But, that car also makes 500 wheel torque and twists the whole chassis off the line. Our cars will probably not net the same results. " I was just looking for anything that could help with my launching.

In the end I was just looking for some help/advice and experience in this area, so if you don't want to help or as you say "I find it hard to believe your posts & I'm not going to continue with them." then that is fine as well I would rather have that then the reply you just posted about everything I SHOULD KNOW or DON'T UNDERSTAND and no explanation. This forum is about getting help from people who share the same interest i.e. the 370z in every aspect whether it be body kits or sound systems. It's okay to be wrong but to be judged for not having the information or being poorly informed is just down right ugly of you.

I also apologize to the Moderators if I have violated any rules with my reply as I know posting is a privilege not a right.

andre12031948 · 08-30-2013, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by V8Killer

Most drag set ups will not need a rear sway bar but I quote from a member who commented on one of my posts " However, street cars without a cage can and will benefit from sway bars. My buddy put a rather large rear sway bar on his 10 second camaro street car and it had a positive affect on launching a car. But, that car also makes 500 wheel torque and twists the whole chassis off the line. Our cars will probably not net the same results. " I was just looking for anything that could help with my launching.

In the end I was just looking for some help/advice and experience in this area, so if you don't want to help or as you say "I find it hard to believe your posts & I'm not going to continue with them." then that is fine as well I would rather have that then the reply you just posted about everything I SHOULD KNOW or DON'T UNDERSTAND and no explanation. This forum is about getting help from people who share the same interest i.e. the 370z in every aspect whether it be body kits or sound systems. It's okay to be wrong but to be judged for not having the information or being poorly informed is just down right ugly of you.

I also apologize to the Moderators if I have violated any rules with my reply as I know posting is a privilege not a right.

There are so many posts about modding cars yet as you can see no one responds to posts on actually using those mods for what they were intended for.
Once I saw an import car with it's hood open exposing/showing a ton of pipes/modifications/turbo. I was impressed so I walked over to the owner and asked how quick his car was? He looked down at me & said "I don't race it". Soon it started to rain, yet the hood stayed open for a long time. I scratched my head and realized that some people spend many thousands building cars just to open the hood

You're one of the few into drag racing. That's refreshing & I'm just not used to it. I'll just say two things then stop my past type of talking. GT-r's are all wheel drive automatics

Yes N/A cars NEED 4:08 gears, but your car is/will be far from N/A. Now I'm done

Not to waist your high H.P car you have to use slicks & drag racing wheels. I believe mine are on 15" wheels. Anyway wheels come & should be 15" or 16" to match slicks that are produced. Reason for that is that slicks have thin side walls and much rubber, as apposed to being thin. That's because the more rubber = more rubber taking the brunt of the take off, as apposed to spinning the tires or putting that pressure on the chassis.

To do that you can't use bigger, heavier, after market brake discs & calipers. First the wheels have to fit, second heavy after market discs are build for road racing or of course for showing to friends

but heavier/bigger discs, just like heavy wheels rob car's H.P.
Good luck with your venture.

V8Killer · 08-30-2013, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by andre12031948

There are so many posts about modding cars yet as you can see no one responds to posts on actually using those mods for what they were intended for.
Once I saw an import car with it's hood open exposing/showing a ton of pipes/modifications/turbo. I was impressed so I walked over to the owner and asked how quick his car was? He looked down at me & said "I don't race it". Soon it started to rain, yet the hood stayed open for a long time. I scratched my head and realized that some people spend many thousands building cars just to open the hood

You're one of the few into drag racing. That's refreshing & I'm just not used to it. I'll just say two things then stop my past type of talking. GT-r's are all wheel drive automatics

Yes N/A cars NEED 4:08 gears, but your car is/will be far from N/A. Now I'm done

Not to waist your high H.P car you have to use slicks & drag racing wheels. I believe mine are on 15" wheels. Anyway wheels come & should be 15" or 16" to match slicks that are produced. Reason for that is that slicks have thin side walls and much rubber, as apposed to being thin. That's because the more rubber = more rubber taking the brunt of the take off, as apposed to spinning the tires or putting that pressure on the chassis.

To do that you can't use bigger, heavier, after market brake discs & calipers. First the wheels have to fit, second heavy after market discs are build for road racing or of course for showing to friends

but heavier/bigger discs, just like heavy wheels rob car's H.P.
Good luck with your venture.

The guy you walked over and asked about his car was it at the track or a car show? I'm all about some bling if it serves a purpose for the most part yes maybe my billet aluminum battery brace with a z emblem on it is overkill but it does have a purpose lol. I guess it's all in how you justify it. I was looking into just upgrading the pads and getting some better rotors. Are you running skinny's? Drag racing for this car is def. an up hill battle and not many people have experience in it with this particular car. I hear what your saying there are so many factors I have to look at and honestly it sucks. The Driveshaft Shop | NISSAN 2009- 370Z / G37 1200HP Pro-Level Axles - 370Z / G37 - Nissan - Import Axles
This is what I am currently looking into but this is overkill. I am waiting on my sisters bf to tell me if the rim itself is bent as there was some wobble when I had the car up on jacks letting it spin freely. Thank you for the reply

andre12031948 · 08-30-2013, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by V8Killer

The guy you walked over and asked about his car was it at the track or a car show? I'm all about some bling if it serves a purpose for the most part yes maybe my billet aluminum battery brace with a z emblem on it is overkill but it does have a purpose lol. I guess it's all in how you justify it. I was looking into just upgrading the pads and getting some better rotors. Are you running skinny's? Drag racing for this car is def. an up hill battle and not many people have experience in it with this particular car. I hear what your saying there are so many factors I have to look at and honestly it sucks. The Driveshaft Shop | NISSAN 2009- 370Z / G37 1200HP Pro-Level Axles - 370Z / G37 - Nissan - Import Axles
This is what I am currently looking into but this is overkill. I am waiting on my sisters bf to tell me if the rim itself is bent as there was some wobble when I had the car up on jacks letting it spin freely. Thank you for the reply

For 3 years I raced with completely stock rear with 3:90 gears. The last 2 years of that was with Hoosier slicks & skinnies in the front but the car was N/A & mostly stock. It took me many months to learn how to use/take advantage of the slicks. Considering that I used stock intakes & even the muffler/exhaust, I did extremely good times.
A few months ago I bought from this site a whole STOCK 4:08 set up. It was available close to my house, good price & my rpm at the finish line showed me that I needed them. The result was that my 1/4 mile times gained a tenth & quicker 60' times. Out of the last apx. 15 run(3 times at track) apx. 12 were in the 12.4's with 12.419 best. All those 12.4's were with 1.6 60' times. That was with ALL factory stock rear parts & O breakage, nothing. However I had to use the water & brake lock to spin/heat up the tires. My thoughts are, why change things if everything works fine. Also modding may never end, so I started racing/getting experience & having fun before I did all the mods(which were a few

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So you can add everything then race, or race after doing some mods & see the results & have fun & get experience. Make sense?

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