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Z eliminator · 05-07-2010, 11:18 PM

The Z goes up in smoke tonight!!!!!
The weather here was terrible it rained all day .
There was a 2 hour window at the track and i desided to go for it.
They tried to dry out the track and they let us race on it.
It was 42 degree's and the wind was againts you at least 25 miles an hour into the nose of the car.
There was only 7 cars there and one of then was a white GTR.
My dream come true. to finally line up with a GTR and see how fast they are.
This is my first time at a big name track and its the first time racing at night.
Everything went wrong. Too much gas in the car.2/3 of a trank
My ecu would not let me heat up the tire's. it kept stalling out the engine.
The best i could do was floor it out of water box and spin then close to the start line.
The weather conditions got worse every run as there was no prep on the track at all.
My first pass was an earth shattering 16.613 @98.11 with a 2.6 60 ft time. I did the 1/8 in 11.38. It spun the tires through 1st, 2nd and half way through third. I hit the rev limiter at 8100 in 1st and 2nd. It also fish taled on me at the gear changes. ( not a good feeling) There was no traction any where on the track.
I thanked God that i survied that run with me and the car in one piece.
I foolishly decided that i should make another run, ( the storm was coming and the wind got worse.
I took the tire down to 20 psig had my best run of the night, 13.099 @ 110.02 with a 2.121 go ft time. it did the 1/8th in 8.502 @ 87.16.
I can not belive how the 305 35 18 drag radials just spun in 1st gear. I tried every thing for rolloing the car at 750 rpm and them feathering it but my times got worse and worse,
And now for the main event The 370 vs the GTR. we got into the staging lanes and they shut down the track as it was too dangerous to race because the rain had started to sprinkle down. his best pass was a 12.3. he never showed me the time slip but i do not think that he went that fast. The car would not hook and i learned a good lesson tonight that a non preped track in 42 degree outside air temp is a bad thing to race on.
I feel bad as i have let the 370z guys down tonight. I could not imangne have a GTM Sc on the car tonight as im sure i would have hit the side retaining walls with the loss of traction. The only good thing about tonight is that the motor sounded wicked in side the car the intake temp's were 46 degress acording to the cobb.

Im so disappionted at my times.
But warmer weather is coming and i will try again. It was not the night to drag race, i learned the hard way. For all you guys racing in cold conditions be carefull as its not worth it for you could lose control of your car and have a bad acciddent. I had one scarey moment when it spun the tire's at 8000 rpm in 2nd gear, and it spun when i shiffed into 3rd. i will never race in these conditions again.
Z Eliminator

05-07-2010, 11:18 PM	#24 (permalink)
Z eliminator A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 1,659 Drives: 370 Z 7AT Sports Rep Power: 19	The Z goes up in smoke tonight!!!!! The weather here was terrible it rained all day . There was a 2 hour window at the track and i desided to go for it. They tried to dry out the track and they let us race on it. It was 42 degree's and the wind was againts you at least 25 miles an hour into the nose of the car. There was only 7 cars there and one of then was a white GTR. My dream come true. to finally line up with a GTR and see how fast they are. This is my first time at a big name track and its the first time racing at night. Everything went wrong. Too much gas in the car.2/3 of a trank My ecu would not let me heat up the tire's. it kept stalling out the engine. The best i could do was floor it out of water box and spin then close to the start line. The weather conditions got worse every run as there was no prep on the track at all. My first pass was an earth shattering 16.613 @98.11 with a 2.6 60 ft time. I did the 1/8 in 11.38. It spun the tires through 1st, 2nd and half way through third. I hit the rev limiter at 8100 in 1st and 2nd. It also fish taled on me at the gear changes. ( not a good feeling) There was no traction any where on the track. I thanked God that i survied that run with me and the car in one piece. I foolishly decided that i should make another run, ( the storm was coming and the wind got worse. I took the tire down to 20 psig had my best run of the night, 13.099 @ 110.02 with a 2.121 go ft time. it did the 1/8th in 8.502 @ 87.16. I can not belive how the 305 35 18 drag radials just spun in 1st gear. I tried every thing for rolloing the car at 750 rpm and them feathering it but my times got worse and worse, And now for the main event The 370 vs the GTR. we got into the staging lanes and they shut down the track as it was too dangerous to race because the rain had started to sprinkle down. his best pass was a 12.3. he never showed me the time slip but i do not think that he went that fast. The car would not hook and i learned a good lesson tonight that a non preped track in 42 degree outside air temp is a bad thing to race on. I feel bad as i have let the 370z guys down tonight. I could not imangne have a GTM Sc on the car tonight as im sure i would have hit the side retaining walls with the loss of traction. The only good thing about tonight is that the motor sounded wicked in side the car the intake temp's were 46 degress acording to the cobb. Im so disappionted at my times. But warmer weather is coming and i will try again. It was not the night to drag race, i learned the hard way. For all you guys racing in cold conditions be carefull as its not worth it for you could lose control of your car and have a bad acciddent. I had one scarey moment when it spun the tire's at 8000 rpm in 2nd gear, and it spun when i shiffed into 3rd. i will never race in these conditions again. Z Eliminator __________________ 12.343 @114.14 . 4.5 stroker motor is now being built. Dec 1 2015. Last edited by Z eliminator; 05-07-2010 at 11:27 PM.