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Today's best time slip. Modifications = HFCs and exhaust. Weather was 80 degrees:
Compare this with a time slip back in January 2008. Bone stock. Weather was 45 degrees:
Just an FYI, I am still on factory Potenza tires which have 23,000 miles on them. So they are pretty worn out! Just as I suspected, my modifications did absolutely nothing for me.
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07 Magnetic Black Enthusiast 6-Speed | 20% Tint | Berk Test Pipes | AAM Competition Y-Pipe | Nismo Exhaust | Bridgestone RE-01R
It sucks there were like no other Z's running yesterday. I was literally like the only import car racing. There were a bunch of corvettes and mustangs for some reason, and the rest were these stupid race cars and rednecks racing there 16 second silverado's.
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07 Magnetic Black Enthusiast 6-Speed | 20% Tint | Berk Test Pipes | AAM Competition Y-Pipe | Nismo Exhaust | Bridgestone RE-01R
It sucks there were like no other Z's running yesterday. I was literally like the only import car racing. There were a bunch of corvettes and mustangs for some reason, and the rest were these stupid race cars and rednecks racing there 16 second silverado's.
Shift sooner at like 6700 to 6900 with the mods you have.. shifting close to red line you are in the down slope of your power curve. Lost of power causing that .3 or .4 slower time...
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08 Base 282rwhp on PRS mustang dyno, Injen, Greddy,Berk, Uprev. OZOC CSC Fixed by Zspeedperformance.com
Work on your launch and 60' get it down to 2.0 and there is about 3 to 4/10's knocked off your ET right there. Don't worry about your mph to much, that's pretty weather dependent. Most days I go to the track I trap 102 to 103. I've only had 105mph traps one time so far but Florida weather blows, the DA is almost always 1500+ft when the track is only 160ft above sea level... I've set my shift light to 7300RPM and shift when it starts flashing it seems to be the sweet spot for me. The most important thing though is practice. Lots and lots of practice.
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07 350Z - Staying stock for a while. 13.476 @ 103.87
Post 1, as much as you like to comment on other people's skills/driving, you yourself could use some work. I'm gonna guess and say you went to Houston Raceway Park, which is supposed to be the least crappiest track in TX. BTW, it looks like your trap sightly increased in a warmer weather. Although we don't have other time slips to verify, we can assume that your car has gained a bit more horsepower from your mods. Plus no car loses horsepower from getting rid of their catalytic converter(s).
Post 6, octane doesn't matter. Running your N/A car with VP 109 octane does nothing to help at all. In order to get more performance out of your car by using higher octane gas, your car needs to be tuned for that particular octane rating.
Post 11, have you put your HR on the dyno and used the graph to calculate exactly how much power you're putting down at each RPM in each gear? I'm gonna guess no. From what I recall, the fastest HR guys shift at the redline. Your suggestion makes no sense and you don't even have evidence.
Post 13, what does reaction time have anything to do with test and tune runs? I don't think you know how drag racing works. This isn't the same as street racing.
Just keep practicing man. That's the only way drag racing gets easier. For my '04, I thought about picking up a set of 03-04 base wheels, and throwing some DR's on. It just didn't make sense, because of the minimal gains to be had at my power level. If you track it alot, though, maybe some stickies would be worth it.
I'm sure on a nice, cool night, you'll yield some better results as well. Depending on how cold the track is, your ET might suffer, but your MPH should be closer to the norm.
I took my 07 to the track. Lousy times!
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