I love how straight the car goes even after the burnout.
Did you guys do any suspension work?

 

Kind of a haul for you, but these guys are...
http://www.znationals.com/

 

For suspension we have the Nismo shock and spring kit, Nismo sway bars, Stillen rear camber and toe adjusters. We also have level 5 axles and the Nismo L.S.D. For tire we were running M/T ET street 26x10.5x15, but we just got some 27x10.5x15 ET streets.Thanks Eric

 

great man, yeah i just had to cut the adapter plate in half to clear the starter and the CPS, then had to take the top pointed section off the tranny to clear the coolant lines, then had to turn the bolts parallel to the tranny and shave the inside of the tranny to clear the bolts holding on the adapter plate...


you know, the usual stuff


but driveshaft will be done tomorrow and should be driving by tuesday...

 

Very nice times. I like how you tell all. No hiding secret parts. Keep it up.

 

Thanks for all the comliments from everyone. Audible Mayhem, i forgot, we also had to cut the top of the tranny to get it to clear the coolant lines. Thanks Eric

 

this needs to be stickied

 

That's fast as hell. Congrats.

Not to rain on your parade, but you're not going to see a .8+ second drop in sea level air. Turbo cars aren't remotely as affected by altitude as a naturally aspirated car. Turbo cars develop their own atmosphere and the turbo can compesate for the reduced 02 content by cramming more air due to less dense air. Turbo cars are much the reason why German prefer turbo cars at higher altitude. You might see a .3 second and 3mph gain on a sea level track, but you're not going to see a .8-1.0 second and 7-8mph gain like a NA car would. It's just not possible unless you add more power to your car.

 

Dave B, I agree with you. Back when this thread was started I had not had an opportunity to talk in depth with many FI owners that had run at different altitudes. It seems that most (FI)guys are losing about 3 to 4 tenths running in colorado vs sea level just as you stated. We are in the process of adding a direct port nitrous set-up in our Z and are going to try to dial the car in for consitent 10.0 @135 mph. Thanks for the compliment, Jason

 

i would aim for 9.999 at 135!!! good luck...

 

I'm glad you understood that I wasn't trying to talk bad about your car. I just didn't want you to be shocked when you got the slips at a lower elevation track.

Assuming you're going to use the nitrous has a launch improving device and let the turbos take control on the far end, I think you will definitely see lower tens. Nitrous adds so much torque that you're going to really drop your 330' times and should be hitting mid to upper 1.4 60 foots. Hopefully you're slicks can handle it. 26" slicks?

 

Audible, thanks again. Can't wait for you to run your Z with the auto installed you won't be able to stop smiling. Be sure to let us know how it goes. Good luck with the set-up and have fun. Jason

 

Dave B, we are going to run a 27x10.5x15 et street.