Ok, Thursday is Irwindale day again....

2 weeks ago we had 12! Z's show up, that was impressive, let's have a repeat performance!

 

Ill be there in my stillen g35. Last time I went there was a turbonetics single 350z, hks s/c 350 z, mrtomcats aps tt z and my stillen. That a good FI turnout. I hope to see as many this time!

 

What did you run in the Stillen and do you remember what the others ran?

Good luck to you guys on Thursday....

 

they are all around between 8.4 and 9 something....mostly because they are running on street tires
I still rule as being the only one hitting 7's

 

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I ran an 8.2 and a 8.3 and one slow 8.6. I will have videos this time. I will post them if the other cars or ok with it. aps ran 7.7. most of the other cars ran slower they had street tires and they were sometimes as slow as 10 secs. the turbonectecs single ran an 8.5 spinning them. not bad.

 

8.2 is nice, thats a 12 sec 1/4...

 

he's run 12.9's in fontana which is about 4400 feet (including air density calculations)

here's a run his car and mine....both our best runs (he red lighted....btw )

http://home.comcast.net/~toptoneone/...s_APS_TT_Z.wmv

 

When I ran the 12.9 I was stage 2. I have a stage 3 pulley on it right know so I hope a little better. I notice the top speed is stronger so i hope a 12.7.

 

What would mrtomcats 7.7 turn into in the 1/4? 11.5?

 

For comparison I ran a 7.7 1/8 and went 11.9 @ 114-116mph but I know his car is more powerful hes faster by 2mph or so at the 1/8, which means with his top end 11.5-11.7 @ 118-120mph.

Nice times for a Stillen Stage II...

 

I am sooo pissed off!

I couldn't run. When I got there I changed my first tire then onto the next and I could not remove two lug nuts...they got loose but would not unthread.
I had to get yet another Stud replaced about a week ago and I think they were in a hurry to get the wheel back on and used a power wrench and forced them on which f'd up the threads.
Anyway, if I would have forced them off I wouldn't have gotten my wheel back on so I called it a day and watched Caucasiancoupe run.
It was 110 degrees out there, no one made any decent runs, yuck.

I'm done with the weld wheels I'm getting Centerlines with some regular lug nuts not that shank crap.
I asked the tech guys if that is ok to do (running slicks on none mag nut wheels) and they said yes as long as the hex part of the lug nut covers it's diameter in length on the stud.

I also need to learn on how to change my own wheel studs

 

Shank lugs do suck, in the future Ill look into custom wheels as well...

 

I just want to see my vids... man spun the track with my TN Z its been fun been the past 3 weeks to the track. Last nite i didnt get any good runs and then when caucasian and i ran towards the end i almost put the shifter from 3rd to 2nd slamed on my brakes as i was about to real him in. Btw i need to get some monster slicks like Mrtomcat. Its been fun im avging 84 to 85 mph at that track in the 8th with street tires

 

I'm selling mine, if you want them le me know

 

Ill buy the tires.... not sure if i want the rim problem you have

 

I also finaly got harassed for a helmet last nite too what times do i need a helmet with?

 

I have good videos but like mrtomcat posted its nothing impressive. It was HOT . My best time yesterday was a 8.5. I would check my tire pressure and after my run i would check it again and the tire pressure was 3 plus lbs higher. Thought that was interesting. So finding the right tire pressure for the day was a challenge. my best 60 ft was 1.9. i will also need to get a tire rim setup like you guys. probably would get more consistant 60 ft than with the drag radials on my stock rims. Plus save 30 lbs

 

anything under 9 secs i think? Mrtomcat do you know?

 

Yah gotta get rid of my HEAVY!!! rims

 

ran 3 weeks under the 9s and now just get harassed for a helmet