I'm no mechanic, but how about if you lose about 1000 lb (remove everything but the bare essentials like engine) and add about 100hp? No?

 

ok good...I was worried.

 

To drop 1000 lbs from the Z and have it be able to run down the 1/4 mile would take a lot of custom dry carbon body panels and lexan. Then take out the entire interior and put a 90 lb Japanese woman in the driver's seat. Then maybe you would have dropped 1000 lbs. For now, I think Rickdogg is closest at around 2800 lbs without driver.

 

In two weeks I will brake the beast in as soon as I can get 1000 miles Im going to tune for 6xx whp on 100 octane as for my z its just a weekend car. for all you single turbo guys I will try my best to set a new standard. my old setup was like day and my new will be like night. I love the 350z and I know stock it would not even stand a chance however I wont let you guys down. Before I race the car it will be set up on the track. Reliability mods have not been overlooked.

 

Goodluck.

 

I love bench racing threads!!!! Example: What would I have to do to my____________(insert you car here) to beat my friends_________________(his car and mods or horsepower here). These threads will be here as long as the internet, cars and forums are around. You could always just say it directly, "I want to tell you guys what I want to do to my car and how cool my friends(and their cars) are.

 

That's what I figured. So far what? Pop charger and NISMO shift ****? A 100 percent wannabie racer. Bye bye.

 

Thanks boss.

 

Hey if you cant beat him from the hole for whatever reason tell him to take it on a roll so you can whop him. Good luck on the 1/4 mile hope you win that one so people's jaws can drop and know that a skyline is beatable.

 

 

Right On Dude !


I do like bench racing, used to do it with Military Aircraft in the 60's. M2F2 lifting bodies from Northrop, to Spin Test of F-111 at Edwards. XP-1127 Harriers were a gas. The best of our aircraft were F-4G and Thud's (F-105's)

In long range stratigic bombing, Hanoi was hit by daily pounding by B-52's (1952 model's) Out of Thailand - over northern VN, down to the Phillipines and back to Thailand. In 1968 after the Tet offensive our ground radar was operating giving ground support from the MeCong delta to a province Dat Lak.

We didn't have WartHog's - they were 1976 aircraft. The name of the game was a "Forward Controller" who called in strike area's with pre-determined grid numbers. What we tried to do was to have Aircraft in the air, before the call.

I'm at the Combat control center in Bein Hoa, a long way from the fighting.

My call sign is America... But get a call - AMY - AMY Stat big fight in Sector 6 Grid 14 - Help being over run by NVA Regular's - LAy Down on these co-ordinates or we are over-run !! - Controller keeps repeating as he is not recieving.

Eight F-4's were coming back near empty from the north - but had plenty of armament left, we tell them the location and hand them over to the forward controller.. The man on the ground guides them to rip the area.
Only 2 F-4 crews needed a pick up from the highland's the other 6 crews arrived home on a wing and a prayer. Way low on fuel. All acounted for.

Never saw the fight, it was just from what we heard. We had to imagine the
hell that the ground troops were under. I met that Forward Controller and we went to town and got ****ed up on the best Brandy we could afford.

That is best bench racing of my life..

Cheers Amy -

 

^^^ Ok what just went on there?



A random mid-post flashback Amy??

 

Sounds like fun. My father was a Huey Gunship pilot stationed around the Humain(sp) Forest in Vietnam and my uncle was a F4 pilot. My father also spent some time in the MeCong Delta when he was transitioning to the AH1-Cobra. It was high tech back then. I am actually going into Army flight school shortly(a little over a month). Sounds like interesting times for you.

 

Holy randomness

 

Welp...my uncle's village was blown to ashes while the neighborhood kids were introduced to Agent Orange...

I also lost an older brother because of that war... and I'd never thought it would have anything to do with a 545whp R34 GTR.

 

umm sweet

 

theking:

Congratulations on your acceptance to Army Flight School. That is quite an achievement. Today the pilot has a lot more access to technical information of the platform he fly's than in our era. And you will have superior communication capabilities.

Your Dad and Uncle's experience's can relate a wealth of knowlege.

It's been 39 years, and I remember some of those day's better than last week.

I will return to Vietnam as a tourist next year. I'll be going with my friend Hung Nguyen, a Ranger trained Paratrooper who was able to escape a "Re-Education Camp" in the late 70's. We have quite an itinery planed out, but really flexable. The only period that's required is his brother's wedding in Ho Chi Minh city, District two on a certain date. After that we can tour until the money run's out. I'm looking forward to see Huy and Hanoi. I have VTV4 Viet TV with transponder 92, and what a change the country is going through.

One thing I regret from that period was I didn't take the time to learn the language better. I recommend if you go to a new area, use the Army's language resources to become able to communicate to the local dialects.

Best of luck.

Cheers Amy -

 

It's been 39 years, and I remember some of those day's better than last week

Actually, we used to leak project information to the "Other Side" on a schedule. When we "leaked" F-111 information to the local USSR undercover people, we hoped the document's were complete and accurate to the letter.

One issue on deep inteligence people is they have a signature. They try so hard to localise. They are a walking bust.

We knew most of them, and left them very detailed "Build plans" They would use small German Film camera's to copy. The U.S. had spent way too much on the project. And when they tried to duplicate the F-111 - It cost them millions more.

We sort of believed, the TFX project Duplication bankruped the USSR. Drawing an end to the "Cold War". Yes a narrow view.

Cheers Amy -

 

umm a 550whp R34 should be running high 10s or mid 10s

 

Slicks down the 1/4 and 545 hp in the Z will do it, oh, and a great driver