Car: 2003 Base Black 350Z.....stock (other than the front sway bar. Stock rims, with 400 treadwear all-season tires.)

R/T: .012
60': 2.200
330: 5.954
1/8: 9.012
MPH: 80.87
1000: 11.639
1/4: 13.838
MPH: 104.21


How is this for a stock Z, first ever time drag racing? Where can I improve?
Thanks!

 

Did you jump the gun with that reaction time? I'm probably wrong, but i thought a perfect reaction time was .500?? Or maybe that's just something stupid they do at the track up here in Minot North Dakota. The only track near me is a 1/8, and with a 9.01, that's pretty damn good.

 

perfect rt is.000. Those are decent times man

 

Again, like the post above yours, i thought a perfect time was .500? So anything less than that, would be jumping the gun and give you a red light. Found this during a google search: I guess we're both right??

"Example: A reaction time of .543 means the vehicle left the line exactly .043 seconds after the green came on (.500 after the last amber plus .043 = .543). And a reaction time of .410 means the vehicle left .080 seconds before the green bulb lit which activated the red light instead…a foul start. A perfect reaction time is .500 seconds. A reaction time over .6 seconds is considered marginal and over .7 is slow. Also on the newer LED style bulbs a .000 is perfect."

Found at this web site: http://www.mustangforums.com/m_674969/tm.htm

 

Congratulations.

The car is running strong: you are picking up 24 mph in the second 660 feet. Your problem is typical of new racers: 60 foot time. 2.0 seconds is possible with street tires and practice. With practice you can run better than 13.63 seconds.

 

Thats a damn good time! And like David said, you could run 13.6 if you get the 60' down.

 

i have never heard of a bone stock Z trapping 104, thats really good for bone stock. hmm.. and you have a full system in there. do you have your time slip?

david, your slacking on asking him for pics of his time slips!!


back in the day reaction time used to be based on a .500 tree, recently they changed it to a .000 tree, either way it has NOTHING to do with your quarter mile time unless you are bracket racing...

 

I didn't have the full system in. The Zenclosure that holds both the sub and the amp was taken out. Yes, I have the timeslip, I will take a picture of it and post it.

I'm unsure if I could get a better 60' because I was either spinning tires and wheel hopping, or bogging.... keep in mind that the tires are 400 treadwear all-seasons.....worse than stock. (for drag.)

I'm going to take a picture of my slip and put it on photobucket and post it now.

Oh, and a perfect R/T at Rockingham is .000

 

There's a pic of my car with the 016 number and the timeslip and my keyboard

 

Nice work. Now go give that thing a bath!

 

I work at a gravel truck depot. I wash the car, and before lunch it's covered in gravel dust.
But yeah, it's filthy. lol

 

dont you just hate sb!

 

SB?

 

Thank you, I was pleased.

 

Thanks! I'm not sure if I'll be going back anytime soon as autox is my bag, but I figure I might in the colder months for S&G's

 

superblack lol.. i hate black it always gets dirty fast

 

wow man congrats!! your car is really fast, that took me a few boltons to get to that trap speed and took even longer to pick up 24 in the last 1/8th mile.


good job!!

 

Again 104.2 mph is impressive. I have to run about 13.4 seconds to get to 104 mph.

 

Well, I'm quite happy with my time then! I've been autocrossing for about 4 years, never once tried drag racing, but I was talked into it. You know what will really eat you up? I trapped 104mph on a 14.0 run as well
I also had two 13.9 runs with a 103 trap.... the difference to me was first gear..... the run I went 13.8 with 104 hooked up the best, bogged the least, and didn't spin at all.

What difference does an LSD make for drag?

 

I just noticed....whoever you were racing in that time slip had one hell of a good R/T!!