A night at the dragstrip
11-16-2002, 09:24 AM
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A night at the dragstrip
If you've been sitting around thinking, I need to smell burning rubber while hearing deafening sounds, get yourself to your local dragstrip.
BigBadBuford (Black Track) invited fellow Z owners to join him at the Cecil County (MD) Dragway last night, and at least three others were there, including myself and (I think I have this right): machiazzz (Brickyard Enthusiast) and FBlade1 (CS Performance). Everyone except me ran (I'm still in the break-in period), all acquitting themselves admirably, mostly in the mid 14s.
The fellow Z owners were all nice guys. We traded Z info and stories, admired one another's cars, and generally had a good time.
I took some pictures. This is FBlade1.
BigBadBuford (Black Track) invited fellow Z owners to join him at the Cecil County (MD) Dragway last night, and at least three others were there, including myself and (I think I have this right): machiazzz (Brickyard Enthusiast) and FBlade1 (CS Performance). Everyone except me ran (I'm still in the break-in period), all acquitting themselves admirably, mostly in the mid 14s.
The fellow Z owners were all nice guys. We traded Z info and stories, admired one another's cars, and generally had a good time.
I took some pictures. This is FBlade1.
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11-16-2002, 09:43 AM
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Originally posted by commasense
Just in case you were wondering, here's me in my car (not at the track).
Just in case you were wondering, here's me in my car (not at the track).
Thanks.
11-16-2002, 12:14 PM
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Ask the guys for their times
Ares,
Sorry, I didn't make notes of the times. I didn't see all the runs (each of the Z guys ran two or three times), and not being one of the runners, I didn't have the motivation to remember the details.
I'm sure the guys will post their times.
Sorry, I didn't make notes of the times. I didn't see all the runs (each of the Z guys ran two or three times), and not being one of the runners, I didn't have the motivation to remember the details.
I'm sure the guys will post their times.
11-16-2002, 01:07 PM
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It was nice meeting some fellow Z owners at the track last night. Cecil was supposed to be really good, but I was getting terrible traction. I was disappointed with my ETs, although I was happy with the trap speed. The best I ran was a 14.4@100 with a 2.48 60'. I had TERRIBLE wheel hop on that run. It was an hour and a half wait between runs so I think the tires were getting too cold which didnt help me out. If I can get the 60' times down to the 2.0 range, 13.7's or 13.8's shouldnt be a problem. This was my first time launching my Z and I have to say it didn't hook nearly as well as I thought it would. Before I got the Z I used to race a '95 240SX with no limited slip and worse tires and I could pull a 2.2 60', but that took a decent amount of practice and this is the first time I ran this year.
I don't feel too bad losing to my brother, his car dynoed at 597 hp/568 tq at the flywheel and ran an 11.95@114 last night. I have a '72 Skylark 455 too which should run low 12's, and that makes a lot better drag car than the Z. After doing both an auto-x and a drag race in the Z, I can say the Z definitely feels more at home at the auto-X.
I don't feel too bad losing to my brother, his car dynoed at 597 hp/568 tq at the flywheel and ran an 11.95@114 last night. I have a '72 Skylark 455 too which should run low 12's, and that makes a lot better drag car than the Z. After doing both an auto-x and a drag race in the Z, I can say the Z definitely feels more at home at the auto-X.
11-16-2002, 03:13 PM
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Those are some great pics commasense! Thanks for snapping them! I will agree that hitting a good reaction time and placing a good 60' time is difficult to do. Fri night wasen't my best or worse time as of yet. The best time was a 14.55 I placed about a month ago. O well keep trying right!? Keep in touch and thanks to BigBadBuford for getting us together. I know some great roads around Baltimore so some weekend well have to get together for a drive. Take care.
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