What is your drag wheel set up?

Originally Posted by V8Killer

Some views but no replies. I know some of you guys take your car out to the drag strip. I am wanting to know your setup.

Originally Posted by andre12031948

You're going to wait a long time

I've been drag racing for over 3 years in the very populated N. east. Not often, perhaps 6/7 times a year.

At the 2 top racetracks around here, Atco & Raceway park, I saw very few Z's at the drag strip. That's over 3 years of drag racing. With a some exceptions, almost all of them couldn't even break 14 seconds.

Of course those people stopped going back to the track & they end up posting that drag racing is stupid & they are not into it

Those people are the FIRST to check the H.P , 60' times & 1/4 mile times of Z's & other cars published in the auto magazines

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)?

If it's pretty much a stock car, I would just get Nitto or M/T drag radials, something like 275/17" tire size.

Originally Posted by V8Killer

At the moment I have F.I. LTH and CBE, stillen g3, jwt clutch and flywheel, nst pulley on the way, zex kit upgrading to 150 shot. I have 18inch rims with drag radials which I think if I get a smaller size that might help my traction. I got the whiteline diff bushings. I'm thinking of getting a rear sway bar undecided on that as well as on the 3.9 gears with quaife diff.

That's terrible on the 14 sec times but it takes practice for guys to get it right.

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.

Originally Posted by V8Killer

At the moment I have F.I. LTH and CBE, stillen g3, jwt clutch and flywheel, nst pulley on the way, zex kit upgrading to 150 shot. I have 18inch rims with drag radials which I think if I get a smaller size that might help my traction. I got the whiteline diff bushings. I'm thinking of getting a rear sway bar undecided on that as well as on the 3.9 gears with quaife diff.

That's terrible on the 14 sec times but it takes practice for guys to get it right.

Originally Posted by Alstann

Just wanted to point out from a practical standpoint, wider tires aren't always beneficial, especially on a drag strip. Assuming the strip is prepped and cleaned properly, you can reduce the width of the tire if you have enough traction to clock better ET's.

Think of a wider tire having more of a "chance" for each millimeter strip of rubber having traction, at the expense of ultimate grip per millimeter of tire.

Originally Posted by andre12031948

I'm sorry but I don't get it.

Originally Posted by theDreamer

Wider tire does not equal better times or traction always in drag racing.
You must find a balance with the car, power, and track to achieve your fastest time. It is one reason you see guys with bone stock mustangs throw on only DR and not slicks because slicks are worthless until you get into a higher power range for them.