Finally got my DV cam, took some pic of my time slip I ran at the track awhile back. I like carry the slip every where so sorry about the crease. I have a Touring, got some Nitto 555 on 17" wheel weight reduce like seat, spare tire and 100 octane gas. Best time all day was 13.88. Happy but not. Wish I did better but maybe future mod will help out. So here a few angle of the slip.

 

this one is with the Nissan Emblem

 

almost the same as the 1st a little closer

 

Shity reaction time but the tire and gas made up the bad driving. More pratice! LOL

 

u can hit mid 13s if u can improve ur reaction time.
no doubt

 

Reaction time has NOTHING to do with E.T. So explain to me how he will hit mid 13's with a perfect light. Now if he cuts a better 60' then maybe he can hit mid 13's. I don't care if he sits at the light for 5 seconds it won't effect his E.T.

 

Yeah some guy at the track was telling me the same thing. He said that reaction time really don't improve the e.t that much it the 60ft that count. I try lower my PSI some more but it didn't help. Maybe next time I should heat up the tires some more that might help out. And improve my reaction time. I planning to get intake,exhaust. Maybe I'll run better.

 

Ding Ding Ding.

Reaction time has nothing to do with the ET.

However, the 60 ft time does. The 2.4 sec 60 ft is pretty crappy, so you should be hitting mid 13s with a better 60 ft time.

Good 1/4 ET, nonetheless, and great trapspeed.

Also, which track was this?

 

Nice Times

 

sorri i was referring to the stoopid 60ft ..not reaction time
my bad..lol
2.4 is not great..but if u can get around a 2.1 u can prolly dip into the mids

 

not "not that much..."not at all. ET doesnt start until an R/T is established, then and only then does the clock start...and a 2.0** is something you guys can for sure pull off ...i know if i am in a heavier FWD,one wheel drive, auto, then you can. i now change my stance and say the first 2.0 60 will bring home a 13.6*** for the Z maybe even .5

 

Did you still roast them to a 2.4, or did the sudden jolt just scare you. I know that happened to me the first time I dumped my Mustang at 5 grand with slicks. Oh well I got worse times with slicks anyway.

 

did you guys notice that he trapped almost 103mph....that's a pretty impressive trap. And 82mph in the 1/8 is probably the best I've seen out of a Z yet. Although I don't know if the 100 octane gas helped any.

Higher octane isn't always better. The higher the octane the slower and more controlled the burn in the cylinder is. Our ECU is tuned for 91-93 octane...not 100. High octane is for cars that are prone to detonation due to high boost or very high compression....

 

Hey thanks guy for all your info but how do I improve my 60ft time? If reaction time is not a factor what can I do to improve my 1/4 and trap speec? So many diffrent advice, I'm not sure which one to listen too. If there is any pro racer out there who can give me some lesson I would be greatful. I'm just getting into drag racing and really don't understand alot about it. I thought I did pretty bad! Thank for all the support. O yeah thank BriGuyMax for that info about the gas. I didn't know that!

 

Yeah BriGuyMax is right about the fuel, it could even cost you HP since the computer might actually retard the timing while using higher octane fuel. Another thing since it is a slower burning fuel it is dumping a lot more raw fuel into the exhaust system and that isn't the best thing for the cats since they will run even hotter burning all that extra fuel. The only way to really improve trap speed is more HP. Now for the 60' foot time just practice your launch and or get some drag radials and your 60' foot time will come down.

P.S. what is a DV cam??? Just curious I don't now anything about the 350Z aftermarket.

 

DV cam - digital video camera. I think he means he is finally able to take pictures of his timeslip

 

Oh okay I thought it was some kind of mod

 

you're gonna trap higher with a bad 60 well with wheel spin not if you just didnt floor it...im guessing he was spinning them a bit...dont sell short the 100 octane yet ...what is the compression of the Z?

 

I think compression is in the 10s, 100 octane probably isnt a good idea. The best way to improve your 60' is better traction. With the DRs you should be able to wake it up good. What rpm are you stalling to, even with DRs if you just rev to 5 grand and dump the clutch your going to lite'em up. Seems most guys here like to stall to 2800 to 3000 and feather the clutch, you should be able to be more aggressive in the launch, maybe just slipping it out quicker at a slightly higher rpm. But you dont want to dead hook, your motor might not have the grunt to not bog, I know when I put 10.5" slicks on my stang the 60' suffered because the car dead hooked and bogged and didnt have the power to handle the traction.