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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 08:08 AM
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Yeah Brandon I'm down.. It would have to be the 29. That's my next weekend off. Go ahead and make plans for this ..lol. Had to go to dmv anyways to get my vet tags and new license cause my current one had a big crack.
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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 08:21 AM
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Damn. If you're in greenville sc then jacksonville nc is 5 hours away for you.... Its about 2 1/2 hours for me.
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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 08:26 AM
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yeah I was just about to look that up to make sure it wasn't over 2 hours away..***
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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 05:55 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4KB...ature=youtu.be
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Old Aug 14, 2014 | 05:02 PM
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Well I'm at the drag strip. Blew my y pipe apart twice. My 3rd run is as follows
2.0 60ft
5.4 330ft
8.0@91

I'm creeping off the line, barely into 2nd. This on 285 falken street tires
Also running my traction control map on my haltech which pulls a lot of timing in 1st and 2nd.
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 05:16 AM
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My 4th and final run I hit a 2.1 60ft 8.0@95. Will post up a vid after work.
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 06:11 AM
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that 60 is terrible! There is so much left in that car
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 07:59 AM
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Yeah I have to roll off the line as if I'm leaving a stop sign. Then even after that, I'm not full throttle till about the end of second.
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 08:03 AM
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That's a normal 60' for a novice on street tires. That car is fast. I ran a 12.5 on my Vortech with a 8.2 sec 1/8 mile. And that was with a slightly faster 60' (1.99) and top of the line street tires. I don't know much about 1/4 mile. But a low 12 sec pass on street tires is faster than most. I'm sure his car could get low 12s easy.

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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 08:39 AM
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With tires you'll be in 11s easily.
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With regular street Tires (not super sticky) it's hard to do much better that a 1.90

Get some good ET Streets or ET Drags, not Radials.

You better run 11's, as you have a Stock Motor Vortech out in front of you.

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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 11:06 AM
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It's on Thurs. Hope we have all 3 Zs coming out...
Wings, beers and drag strip
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Classy, How come I don't see your Awesome Time posted up on the Drag List?

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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 11:19 AM
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Hope you guys will be running Slicks and a 1/4 mile.

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Originally Posted by OldManZ350
Classy, How come I don't see your Awesome Time posted up on the Drag List?
I cut 1.7-1.8 on street tires... in 2011... Sorry I don't have any slips from 2011 (I no longer own a 350Z)
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Classy
I cut 1.7-1.8 on street tires... in 2011... Sorry I don't have any slips from 2011 (I no longer own a 350Z)
That is faster than every car on street tires in the top 25 Drag section. So I can say with confidence. No you didn't. Prove me wrong.
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And what was your 1/4 mile ET?

Low Powered 14.00 second Cars on street tires are Extremely Easy to drive out of the Hole vs a High Performance 11.00-12.00 second car on street tires.


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I cut 1.7-1.8 on street tires... in 2011... Sorry I don't have any slips from 2011 (I no longer own a 350Z)
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by OldManZ350
With regular street Tires (not super sticky) it's hard to do much better that a 1.90

Get some good ET Streets or ET Drags, not Radials.

You better run 11's, as you have a Stock Motor Vortech out in front of you.
The closest 1/4 track is maybe 2 hours away. I might hit it up when I have a weekend off. Only have 1 weekend a month off.. I know 11s will be no problem, I just need to get a tire out back first. I know with one more run that a high 1.9 60ft would of been recorded but 1 side of track got closed and that ended my night.
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 02:45 PM
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Here a vid of my best pass. Don't mind the redlight at the tree, lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yCV...ature=youtu.be

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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by OldManZ350
And what was your 1/4 mile ET?

Low Powered 14.00 second Cars on street tires are Extremely Easy to drive out of the Hole vs a High Performance 11.00-12.00 second car on street tires.
That's a good point too. But the fastest 60' in the entire top 25 drag section is 1.91 on street tires. It's still total BS.

Back to your car Meanz. Thing is a monster.

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