mrg1981

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Personal best on my first and only run since completing the build. This was low boost, so expect me to move up very soon!

1. 2006 Touring Roadster
2. 5 Speed Auto
3. Drag Radials @ 15psi
4. Greddy TT
5. N/A
6. Built

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alof08DOBmE




By null, shot with HP oj6300

3hree5ive0ero

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Correct me if I'm wrong, mrg1981, but didn't somebody else drive your car down the 1320'?

scotts300

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I believe you are correct!

str8dum1

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fixed-- do records count if you have someone else drive your car?

mrg1981

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I really don't see how that even matters. I spent the $70,000 on the car, not Tyler. He works for Intense, so he was driving it to see what needs to be tweaked. If you look at the current list, if it is by driver, then it doesn't make sense. If Sound Performance, IP, Intense, MRC, etc "drove" the car for the record times, then I'd love to know how they fit their entire company into the driver's seat!

I will drive the car down the track soon and will be shooting for a much higher placement in this list, so it doesn't really matter. There is no verification of who the driver is on lots of these cars and I can tell you for sure that the owner of some of the top cars in this list are not the drivers that ran them.

Anyway, whatever is decided is fine by me. This would only be a temporary placement until I get back to the track anyway.

3hree5ive0ero

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^^ I read that you were going back out there when the track officials are a bit more lenient so you can get more than 1 run in. I'm curious to see how you'll do with the TC issue resolved.

As for the shop cars, didn't Chris drive for SP, Hal for IP, Julian for MRC, etc drive? I don't think the drivers change for those shop cars. The rest of the Z/Gs are privately owned and the owner of the car was the driver.

I don't mind putting you on the list, just trying to be fair for the others that are already on the list.

Also, yours is an auto, correct? I'm sure driving down the 1320' isn't as hard as it is with the 6MT. That is, more people will produce similar times than outliers so technically changing drivers probably won't give you an edge anyway.

mrg1981

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Yeah, it's not problem. Yes it is an auto. A different driver won't make much difference. The main reasons for a different driver were to see what needs to be tweaked on the car in just 1 run. I don't have the mechanical nor tuning expertise to do that. Also, the track is more lenient with people that frequent the track and they aren't likely to do more than say "you're done today." With a newbie they may decide to make more of an issue with a run 2 seconds below the allowed time.

I actually know that several of the shops have someone else drive for them. The point though, is that Julian does not own his car, Chris does not own his car, etc. The company owns them and the company doesn't drive the car, the members of the LLC drive the car. I had just never seen any discussion or question about who drove the car before. I volunteered the information, because I don't care. Just leave it off for now. I'll go back soon. The tuner just told me last night that we could add a lot more timing for my low boost tune and run again with the alignment fixed and run a much better time without worrying about the TC yet.

3hree5ive0ero

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Honestly, I'm just looking for an excuse not to update. It's a pain having to reorganize multiple lists.

mrg1981

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LOL. It's no problem. I just dropped the car back at Intense for alignment, and added timing. It should be ready for me to take again this weekend, but I'm waiting on the track event info, as we are looking for a time we can run it multiple times.

davidv

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Do not like the idea.

For example davidv could be in the Top-25 with 3 cars that he does not own. And how does this reflect your skills? This would bump 3 worthwhile and hard working racers out.

Then we have multiple entries for the same Z - different drivers. Defeats the purpose of camaraderie and individual progression.

One Z. One owner. You drive.

davidv

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Shop cars may have one or two drivers. Its a exception to one car - one owner - one driver.

tylerxfire

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hellz yeah!!!

NightShade

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Guess its about time I put this up.

1. Base 2008
2. 6spd
3. Street tires
4. n/a
5. n/a
6. n/a

I'm stock but have non-stock tires.

mrg1981

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You are kind of arguing both sides in your post. You are NOT wanting to count Davidv's records in cars that he does not own. So you are arguing that the driver is not who should get the record. As mentioned before, the shop cars are not driven by the shop owner 100% of the time, yet the record goes to the shop (owner of the vehicle, not driver), which agrees with what you stated. You are saying that if the shop owner does not driver the car, then nobody gets a record. That doesn't seem right. We have to list and verify the specs of the car, and to me, the car is what should count. How many race teams put all of the shareholders in the driver's seat...0. There needs to be some way to work with the exceptions.

Notice that the exceptions are in the top couple of cars. Not just anybody can safely hop in a car and run 9 or 10 second runs when the car is first built. Sure, I drive my car down the track, but when I turn up the boost, I will have someone else drive it first. I don't want to be the one in the driver's seat if something goes wrong, because I don't have the experience to deal with that as well as someone else at this point.

I don't think I'm any different than a shop owner in that respect, Discount Payment Services, LLC owns the vehicle and cannot possibly drive the car. The managing member of the LLC is my family trust. The trust cannot drive the car either. The trustees are me, my wife, and our children. I do not believe it would be wise for the five of us to drive it together. I'm just showing the error in saying that the "owner of the vehicle" must be the driver and vice versa to get a record. After as much as I have spent on my car and all the blood, sweat, and tears into it, it doesn't make sense to disqualify my records simply because there is no way for the "owner of the vehicle" to drive it. This is why the shop cars are not investigated to uncover who the record should go to. The shop that owns the car gets the record, so technically, if you want to give credit to my company for the record, I'm cool with that.

I'm not really arguing to change your mind, but just to maybe help us come to some policy for this thread. Not that it is really "official," but it is the most comprehensive list of its kind for our cars, and therefore is viewed as official to most people. Official rules that are consistent would be advisable.

I ran 11.61 @ 115 the other day, but I'm going to post when I run with high boost in a few weeks.

ashtrojan2008

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no traction
1) 2006 350z touring
2)6 speed
3)Dry Rotted et streets (255/?/16 borrowed, too short, had to shift to 5th right before line)
4)Greddy TT td05-18g 14psi
5) NO N2O
6)Built bottom end

11.864 @ 122.34 , 1.868 60ft
I was running almost the same time on stock size streets, with a better 60ft.
Video of this run, and better runs with good tires soon.

3hree5ive0ero

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Added:
20. NightShade ---------------------08 Base 6spd 13.722@102.78mph 2.021 60ft Verifeid Street
Bumped:
25. Faithmassive------------------- 07 Base 6spd 13.979@102.66mph 2.321 60ft Verified Street


Added:
19. ashtrojan2008----06 6spd Tour --------- Built Greddy TT 11.864@122.34mph 1.868 60ft ET Streets
Bumped:
25. TTRANK ----------04 6spd G35S-----------Built Greddy TT 12.368@126.57mph 2.283 60ft Street

NightShade

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I'm happy, hit my goal for a stock car. Well, aside from the tires...

03threefiftyz

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You seem to be getting quicker every time you go out.......picking up 23+mph in the second 1/8 is stellar. Looks like you have found some horsepower since your last series of runs......haven't you typically been in the 102-103 range?

GeauxLadyZ

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Any you fellas know about how accurate an AWD Mustang dyno 1/4 run is?

Never dragged my Z, but i have an 05' Touring AUTO with MD 5/16 IT, JWT PC, Injen SES catback, and a reflash tune, as far as performance mods go.

On the Mustang dyno, i did a 1/4@13.8@98mph in full AUTO mode, not Trip, street tires.

Wondering how accurate this may be. Plan to go to strip soon, but curious on this. Tia.

ajcool2

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Sounds close. I guess we'll see how close once you go to the track. Also what did you dyno with that setup?