Well, considering his first trap speed of the day was 107mph with a 14.4, does that mean he magically gained horsepower for his final run? No, of course not.

Physics is much more complex than you make it out to be. If he's not accelerating due to poor traction, then his final velocity is going to be lower than it could be if he had excellent traction. A 2.3 60 ft time is abysmal and clearly a traction/launch issue...certainly not a horsepower issue. Just remember that those 1/4 mile calculators you find on the internet are way oversimplified and don't account for all the little details like gear ratios in each gear, shape of the torque band (remember torque accelerates a car: not horsepower), coefficient of drag, cross sectional area, air viscosity, shift times, number of shifts that must occur, etc.

It would be nice if @1slow370 would put up his time slips so we can see all the metrics. That will give us a better idea of when he finally gets enough traction to actually put the power down.

Also, I have zero investment in this project, other than seeing what this motor is capable of...it never ceases to amaze me. I wish my car had VVEL. lol

No that's not true a 480 hp CBA (2009-2011) GT-R will trap 120 mph.
The DBA (2012-2014) 545 hp GT-R will trap 125.

And those cars come in at 3800 pounds.

its much easier to compare trap speeds in cars that are stock and setup appropriately as far as gearing, drivetrain, and suspension to use their power. Or even cars that have had several trips to the drag strip and had their setup refined. I wouldnt think too deeply about timeslip details for a car that has only seen the track once.

My best trap was 114.7

would have loved to see this stroked out :) crazy nice build btw

Final gear affects trap speed too -- taller tire profile alone can make a difference above and beyond power.

STD does tend to be overly generous relative to SAE, but I'm sure its still in the upper 350's at the worst. I'd like to see SAE numbers too just to compare and contrast.

A gtr is over 4k with driver and 1/4 tank. Traps are very dependant on the traction z eliminators times prove this, he has higher traps than several fi cars that have +100hp on him.

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this is pretty cool... do you mind sharing how much you're into it so far?

Impressive indeed! I prefer NA over FI...But if Nissan were to build it like that stock, the 370 would be a $50K car to say the least. That's like Porsche's formula for engineering a reliable 12-sec car without V8 or turbo...Must've cost you a pretty penny.

Considering his one off parts, I would say at lease 12-15 thousand. Put it this way if he went F.I. he would have a 700 horsepower Z (E-85 tune) of course. Kuddos to 1slow370 for sticking with NA.

^^^ The biggest expense had to be the dry sump. That's at least 5K in the box...

Yes you right. Damn near price of a stillen supercharger kit lol.

Ok so I made a feeler for sale thread probably won't sell it but If someone is serious enough I may consider it, there are a couple of other projects I might like to take up.

Crazy...

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Dang more threads to read. Nice NA build