Melissa

well got 2000 miles on the new z and went to a meet at mir (buds creek maryland)

everyone was having trouble hooking up but it got better as the day went on.....

so many people we only got to run 3 times....

my first run i spun all the way through 3rd gear and pulled a 14.6 @ 98

second run i pulled a 2.1 60 foot and got a 14.1 @ 98

third run i spun through 1st and part of second and pulled a 2.04 60 foot and got a 13.87 @ 98

no mods ecept the top half of a nismo intake with a crushed nismo filter and stock potenzas on it.....(rest of the intake was a casualty in the wreck of the last z)

would have liked to get in a couple more runs...think i probobly got into the 13.7's

too many people to get any more runs in

my only concern was i never got mor than a 98mph trap speed...and i see alot of posts with the same times with trap speeds between 101 and 103 mph.... my 60foots arent that much slower than the average ive been seeing...i was at 2.1 and the average has been between 1.9 and 2.1 that ive seen posted....

am i loosing 5mph with that 10th im off with my 60 foot?

350Zrunnin12s

iTrader: (9)

on like car and driver, road and track etc. What time did they get with the 350z and at what mph?

Melissa

ih shoot i dont know...never read the magizines!

lol

Jetpilot718

I find the magazines to be putting down pretty strange numbers overall. They can best be used as a guide, to give an idea of what a particular car could run (for better or for worse).

Dissolved

Awesome times Melissa!
6spd I'm assuming. What did you launch at? Did you do a quick burnout on the tires first?

Melissa

I DIDNT HEAT THE TIRES UP ON THE FIRST RUN AND I LAUNCHED AROUND 2400 RPM.....I WAS IN THIRD GEAR BEFORE I EVEN GOT OFF THE CONCRETE PAD......LOL....ONCE I BROKE LOOSE I JUST STAYED IN IT TO SEE HOW FAR I COULD REALLY SPIN EM....!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL
THE SECOND PAS I ACTUALLY HOOKED PRETTY GOOD AND I DID HEAT THE TIRES UP....I ALSO SLIPPED THE CLUTCH COMING OUT OF THE HOLE TO TRY AND KEEP FROM BREAKING LOOSE AGAIN.....

THE THIRD RUN I GOT A LITTLE EXCITED CAUSE THE ANOUNCER STARTED TALKING ABOUT MY CAR AND HOW I WAS GETTING FASTER ALL DAY WHILE I WAS STAGING AND I KINDA HEATED THE TIRES FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS!....THEN WHEN I LAUNCHED I GOT NERVOUS AND DUMPED THE CLUTCH AROUND 2600.....SPUN UNTIL PART WAY THROUGH SECOND AND THEN HOOKED

OVER ALL IM HAPPY WITH MY RUNS ...I THINK I COULD HAVE PULLED A 13.7 IF I WOULD HAVE HAD A COUPLE MORE PASSES.....

MY TRAP SPEED SEEMS A LITTLE LOW TO ME THOUGH

HPEFULLY ILL HAVE THE NISMO CLUTCH ,FLYWHEEL ,PRESSURE PLATE,HEADERS AND EXHAUST THAT I ORDERED ALREADY ON BY NEXT TIME....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

trackstar

I read the subject and I thought you meant a REAL track....one with turns.

Melissa

i was talking about a real track...tracks with turns are for people that cant make their cars go fast in a straight line so they throw turns in it to slow the competition down and level things out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

im kidding i road race too....havent with a z yet ...i used to take my old s2000 to suummit point raceway in wv though

maybe the z will make it out there this year.....alot further of a drive from where i live now though

Dissolved

if you dont mind me asking, how old are you melissa? early 20s?

Melissa

try early 30's

im 32 why?

zxsaint

Nice times for stock!! You can launch this car. The trap speeds could be low due to elevation or temperature. 100-101 is common for a stock Z.

Any mods planned? I'd love to see how you'd do with another 30hp and some better tires.

Melissa

ive got the nismo clutch pressureplate and flywheel sitting here at the house now....ordered udp set even though the top 2 dont do anything i want a matching set....also ordered xerd headers and getting ready to order the lsd unique plastic plenum and larger throttle body......also getting teady to order the nismo exhaust...and when ever the evo 3.9 to 1 rear dif comes in ill be ordering it....wheels and tises ....well i want the professors but at 440 a wheel i might do the nismos and sell these factory 5 spoke chrome 18s ive got.....

as far as elivation....i believe mir is almost right at sea leval so im not sure what the trap speed is....

Melissa

ill probobly leave my intake the way it is with the nism top tube and change my crushed nism filter to an apexi filter....i seem to have more power with the niso intake set up like a pop charger

robcassell

what about....if you launch with the VCS on...and take it off as you go through first gear....that might help yes?

Melissa

that would take a little to much hand movement and possibly no hands on the wheel for a split second......

i used 29 lbs of air pressure...oll probobly drop it to 22

trackstar

I'm sure that will end up as someone's sig quote...

Melissa

LOL....YEA I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT BEFORE I TYPED IT