12.4 in a 5AT 350Z (SHAME TO ALL YOU 6mt)
Originally Posted by ZU L8R
104 doesn't sound right @ all. I trapped that with the 3.33 pulley, no tuning, -10 timing, and a loose belt. What's your 60ft time?
Originally Posted by zachcrosen
No, I have not tried that. I really can't do that at this time either because I have sold both my lower and upper plenums since I bought this one. Also, my car has always been really slow for what I had done to it. When I was N/A, I had headers, test pipes, Injen exhaust, popcharger and the upper plenum and was still ONLY running 14.1@98. I know a guy here in Bham who is running 13.6 N/A with a 5AT and less mods than I had when I was N/A. Go figure.
Originally Posted by VeeTec
If you are talking about DayBluZ, he has now run a 13.39 best, with Kinetix Plenum, HF cats, and JWT pop charger.
Originally Posted by ZU L8R
same here, who tuned your car?
Originally Posted by zachcrosen
Yep. I'm talking about Larry. I forgot that he ran a 13.39! I remember hearing about that. I don't understand how 2 motors are this much different.
Yep. He was at the last meet we had and ran a 13.4 that day. We even ran heads up, and I got lucky with a good launch and holeshot.

I was very surprised how well his car runs with just 3 mods!
Thanks for representing the the 5AT guys. they have just made the vortech CARB legal here in CA, so I'm probably going to go that route. I won the Z Car Garage bracket racing series here at Infineon this last season, but I want to go faster..
hey matt and tom, i am going to come hang out the day you do some tuning if that is cool, i love learning more and more about these things....
give me a call matt when you go up there. 407 509 3513.... later
give me a call matt when you go up there. 407 509 3513.... later
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Originally Posted by audiblemayhem
i wonder if that kinetix manifold is really hurting the cars it is on?? you should be running a lot faster than that, i have a cold air, test pipes and a plenum spacer and i am running 13.6 at 102.x and some change, i am guessing that the kinetix manifold might be causing the cars that it is on to run bad, have you switched back to the stock one to try it?? i am curious, the manifold looks great but i wonder about the performance...
Matt, have you tried to put your stock plenum back on to try it and see if your car felt stronger??
Matt, have you tried to put your stock plenum back on to try it and see if your car felt stronger??
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Originally Posted by baby_ruiner
congrats but see you around some turns dude 

Originally Posted by zachcrosen
Ralph from CP Racing. BTW, don't think I'm really complaining about my car because I am not. I am just curious (still) as to why I am running such low times compared to others with similar setups. I wonder if the conditins in my area are what is causing me to run such different times than others.
Originally Posted by cj350
well guys as i said I am still learning to drive my S.C. 5AT 350Z....but today I ran a 12.4(on street tires LOL) so i guess I am close to almost learning it....also once again thanks to TOM at NLP for guiding me and also tuning and instaklling my SC VORTECH....Now I must say that the 5AT is definetly faster than the 6MT believe it or not ....If you have doubts I will race you to prove myself....LOL........and if I loose, I will give TOM PORTER TO race you coz he is profesional......
Yeah, I guess all those automotive professionals and writers throughout the world who always get faster times in manuals without exception are just proven wrong now by your fast run. Give me a break......if your car was manual you would have been even faster......this is not something that is even up for debate.
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Originally Posted by Low J.
Yeah, I guess all those automotive professionals and writers throughout the world who always get faster times in manuals without exception are just proven wrong now by your fast run. Give me a break......if your car was manual you would have been even faster......this is not something that is even up for debate.
By the looks of what other 5at's are running,they seem to pull pretty good ET's.So I think the 5at is a good match for the 1/4 with FI,the trap speed just seems to suffer a little.Still amazed at how quick your charged 5at is CJ.
Eric
P.S. I don't think he has pulled the best out of it yet.Maybe I'll let him run on my drag radials next time.
Eric
P.S. I don't think he has pulled the best out of it yet.Maybe I'll let him run on my drag radials next time.
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Originally Posted by beddow
By the looks of what other 5at's are running,they seem to pull pretty good ET's.So I think the 5at is a good match for the 1/4 with FI,the trap speed just seems to suffer a little.Still amazed at how quick your charged 5at is CJ.
Eric
P.S. I don't think he has pulled the best out of it yet.Maybe I'll let him run on my drag radials next time.
Eric
P.S. I don't think he has pulled the best out of it yet.Maybe I'll let him run on my drag radials next time.
I would love to run with you radials......Are you coming out to the G35 eet in waterford on the 6th??? Let me know....



