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Old 10-07-2004, 09:15 PM
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Just Sean and me and then all of a sudden the F/I guys show up in force. It was a lot of fun watching them run.

The Zgarage guys
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Fasssst Z with with a hole in the front.
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Time to go!!!!
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Z vs STI
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Fast G and Z getting ready to smoke some tires.
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Walt breaking out......again.
There is actually another car in this race, but he is somewhere behind me. I could have coasted and won, but damn it was feeling soooo good!! I thought I had my 13
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Dang, fun times! Lou texted me to come out but I was in Cloverdale visiting my parents. Next time
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Dang, fun times! Lou texted me to come out but I was in Cloverdale visiting my parents. Next time
Infineon shuts down in mid Nov, so we will try to oraganize another Z night. The people who go enjoy it and also end up with a different take on drag racing. It is not as easy as they thought.
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Originally posted by fowlman01
Infineon shuts down in mid Nov, so we will try to oraganize another Z night. The people who go enjoy it and also end up with a different take on drag racing. It is not as easy as they thought.
That would be great. I need to get my car out there at least once this year.. just to see how bad I suck!
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That would be great. I need to get my car out there at least once this year.. just to see how bad I suck!
Yes, that would be fun. btw: I was all over that time slip chick for you.
I had her red, then purple, she was speechless. I guess she is not used to people responding to her weird comments.

She was speechless, but only for a moment. I did my "Walt the barbarian" pickup technique on her and it blew her away. You should have seen the look on her face. She couldn't even talk right.
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So how did the FI Z's do?
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Originally posted by fowlman01
Yes, that would be fun. btw: I was all over that time slip chick for you.
I had her red, then purple, she was speechless. I guess she is not used to people responding to her weird comments.

She was speechless, but only for a moment. I did my "Walt the barbarian" pickup technique on her and it blew her away. You should have seen the look on her face. She couldn't even talk right.
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Awww.. I would have loved to have seen that Way to represent, Walt
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Originally posted by arvin
So how did the FI Z's do?
I was in the same class as them so I didn't see all of it. The Z with the intake in the hood did a 13.1 I think. They all had severe traction problems so the other ones I saw were anywhere from 14.5 to high 13's. I think they all hit at least one 13. I was amazed how short the gearing is when you have that much power. They sounded like a bike going down there in terms how often they had to shift.

They need longer gears, so I may be trading pumpkins with one of them. I think the MT gearing in my auto will make it a very quick 1/4 mile car. The AT gearing will give them some longer legs.
Rob is checking it out for me.

F/I Z's sound awesome. This is the first time I have heard one.
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Do you know if they were still running that Vortech setup in the Z, or if they got the APS TT kit yet? I saw it when I was down at the shop a couple weeks ago, sans bumper (guess they were cutting the hole in it.

Rob said they were prepping it for the Nevada race, through the desert. Gonna try and join the 200MPH+ club!
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Originally posted by neur0sis
Do you know if they were still running that Vortech setup in the Z, or if they got the APS TT kit yet? I saw it when I was down at the shop a couple weeks ago, sans bumper (guess they were cutting the hole in it.

Rob said they were prepping it for the Nevada race, through the desert. Gonna try and join the 200MPH+ club!
I think the two Z's that ran had vortechs and so did the G35.
Yes he was talking about a TT to be installed. It should get up to 200 with the right gearing. As you noticed the car is gutted, so it has a lot less wieght than a stock Z .

You should drag your azz out there sometime.
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Yeah it was a blast. Glad the guys at ZCarGarage made it out. I got some new tires put on the Z today so I'll have to see how I do next Wednesday.
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OMG I CANT BELIEVE I MISSED IT!!! i go almost every wednesday and the one time i dont go! hahaha thats too funny. Do those guys post on here we should setup a date where veryone can go.

p.s. Thanks for the call sean i have been crazy busy with midterms thats why i didnt go that wednesday! If i would of known FI Zs would of been there i would of said &^#&@ school! hahahahah
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