Anthony Mantovani

I went to Atco today (4/25) and ran an unbelievable time with my Z. Say what you want I personally don't care, Its on video and someone took pic's of the timeslip. I was shocked to read the slip myself. I don't have a scanner so I will write what the slip says and hopefully NY 350z will post it for me for all you haters. Btw I was up against a procharged Z in this race and was even until approx the 990 mark where he past me and pulled ahead. He ran a 13.1 @ 110mph. I should mention that I have stock 17's, i ran them with 27psi, the spare was in with all the mats, I had a 1/4 tank of gas. The only mod I have is that i put a used CAI I bought from my friend in yesterday, other than that my car is totally stock. I dumped the clutch at around 2k, and powershifted at 6200 rpm's. I only got two runs on the day, my first was a 13.66 @ 103.12 and the second was... Are you ready here goes; my slip reads as follows:

R/T .421
60' 2.075
330 5.791
1/8 8.803
mph 80.62
990 11.322
1/4 13.584
MPH 103.14

JonsilvZ

Damn nice! I was there too and got 2 runs. My best was a 13.9 w 2.0 60ft Bone stock

Alberto

iTrader: (14)

Awesome time! Although its not STOCK as you stated, but very impressive. You must shift very fast, I would have thought a Z needed at a solid 1.9 60ft to pull a time like that. Congrats....

j's350z

Congrats on your time. It was great seeing everyone again. I was shooting for my 13.2 but my clutch is shot, best of the day was a 13.47....
See ya around,
Jason
MRC Motorsports

Anthony Mantovani

Thanks guys, I know its not totally stock but from what I've read and heard, a CAI doesn't do much, if anything at all for this car, except make it sound better. There were people there with many mods still running 14s. I honestly believe the time came from doing a good burnout before staging and powershifting, not the CAI. I wounder what it could do if I had a good set of tires and launched at a higher rpm, also taking out the extra weight from the trunk. Hope to get back at the track soon...it was fun, jus wish there weren't so many delays.

j's350z

U definitaley have a fast car, Some are just quicker out of the box than others. You also know how to drive. I probably could be a hair faster to if I powershift but I still use the clutch. Just trying to save the trans a little more. Do you hear any grinding at all when you shify or is it too loud to hear???
Jason

Alberto

iTrader: (14)

When most people say power-shift including myself I dont think of a clutchless gear shift. Its shifting without letting off the gas. Thats what I think he was doing....diff areas diff terms

dnguyent

iTrader: (5)

I didn't know that. So do you end up bouncing off the rev limiter a couple times during the clutch engagement and release?

Anthony Mantovani

When i say power-shifting i mean not letting my foot off the gas and shift using the clutch. If you do it fast enough, you won't bounce it off the rev limiter. I shift at the first line on the tach after the 6k mark. I think thats around 6200. I wanted to experiment and try to bring it up a little more but two runs wasn't enough. On the 13.5 run i brought it up more before shifting from 3rd to 4th, and still didn't hit the rev limiter. As for hearing grinding sounds, I did not hear anything. This tranny seems to be shifting smooth. Lets hope it stays like that.

Alberto

iTrader: (14)

LOL, if you suck what you described would be your result. Its best that you only do this if you can shift really fast, even then it sometimes doesnt do much. I can shift faster just slamin the gear and worrying about my clutch leg than I can if I just did a lift throttle shift. If you do it right it sounds nice going down the track especially if you have a loud exhaust. I "powershift" with decent results...some call the this technique speed shifting.

PoWeRtRiP

so your r/t was a .421?? or do you mean a .921 if it was a .421 youd throw a red light since you left before the light (happens at .500) not to mention a 2.075 = a 8.8 1/8 and a 13.58 doesnt really add up too well. youd need a 1.9xn to get those numbers at least. and you claim to do this on street tires? i need to see this vid or slip to believe this.

Anthony Mantovani

Don't you jus love the one's who think they know everything. Yes it was a .421, and I didn't red light... at least your right that 2.075 + 8.8 does not = 13.58, it equals 10.875. Glad to see you passed middle school math. And yes this was on my stock 17s that have been abused with many powerslides, donuts and burnouts adding up to almost 16K miles. Hey Math genius you want to tell me by those figures what percentage of the tread wear I have left on my tires? My guess is 65%. Whats yours? Don't hate me cuz I run quicker times in my *stock* Z (w/ the exception of the CAI of course) than you do in your *Modded* Z. If you really don't believe this can be done just line up with me, and well see who ***** the bed.

j's350z

now now children, play nice... If anyone should be at a disbelief it is me, who was there to witness it and who only did a tenth or so better with about 40 more hp. My excuse is clutch but that is besides the point. Also on time trials, the light doesn't mean anything... It is set at 0.

JonsilvZ

Hey Anthony want to run? I live in Nassau and lets see if you could pull that off on the street. I will be your witness if you beat me by a car or more to 100

Anthony Mantovani

Definately!! I love challenges, You wanna put some money on it? Otherwise for fun is okay too. We'll do it when this weather clears. I'll have lemuiex come too, he's a member on this forum. There's a good place by me if you don't mind traveling to suffolk. I can't wait my adrenelines pumping just thinkin about it.

JonsilvZ

Im off work this week so anyday. Looks nice the next couple of days. We will do it for fun.

Anthony Mantovani

Alright I have work everyday and I coach so I'm usually home after 7. PM me your cell and well meet up when it gets nice. Maybe we'll go to captree sunday morning. There's always a good turn out there. Well do it early and than go.

JonsilvZ

Captree is by Tobay Beach? Cops galore at Jones Beach

Anthony Mantovani

Captree is all the way east on ocean pkwy. Tobay is sort of in the middle of ocean pkwy. When ever we race over there we usually do a run around to make sure no ones hidden out. It should be okay if we go early (8-830). The cops usually come out as people start leavin captree between 10 an 11. If its nice Sat. during the day we'll do it than.