13.23 @ 107 best pass of the night Temp was around 85 to 87 degrees. It was very humid. The 13.23 was the best pass, would have been better but the car lost tracksion at the 1/8 and 1100 ft distances on the track. The 2nd to 3rd shift was a heart stopper as when shifted gears it spun and wiggled the back of the car. It did the same thing on the 3rd to 4th gear change. (the track lost grip and a few people oiled the track down)
I can tell you what kills the 370 z Its the oil temp. 212 to 240 tonight, My car runs the best at 165 to 175.
The burn outs got better and the best one was in the MM mode shiftng manually. The ecu stll tried to cut the rpm. The car needs line lock.
Any ways I want to thank Sibze for coming out and helping me tonight.
The 550 mustang ran 12.0 so i do feel that the 370 Z held its own tonght out there.
On one pass i forgot to turn the AC off (cool runnings).
I also got beat my a cobalt. I had him and with 200 ft to go he blew by me

Z

Nice try Z elim, moar power plz, loosing to cobalt's is embarrassing hah. Temp must really mess with our cars as there is some pretty good inconsistency even with the auto.. And our fastest N/A guy running half a second off his pace :mad: why didnt i buy a turbo car again?

I think that he sprayed the last 200 ft. Like he blew by me like i was standing still and My trap was 107 mph.
I also raced a guy with an older V8 camaro , he had slcks, skinneys on the front and did a wicked burn out, His car was nasty loud. we both ran the same tmes but i beat him by .235 at the finish line. I drove around him at 3/4 track and he could not catch me, it was a close race. It was my first win of the night. Nobodys car was fast that nght.

I have that one in pictures not in a vid though!

and yes the Chev's were NOT stock. I went and looked at one that had the engine open, very shiny

hah good stuff, i was need my morning coffee when i wrote that first reply.. Glad to hear you got a win over the moded V8! If you guys have any vids please do link them.

I have vids from my last time out, with some good runs.. but there is a car in the video that runs 7.4 and makes my car look like a JOKE!!! lol

Ill try to edit them and post me against a rouche that was a good race, came out good on camera too. I went 13.4 he went 13.6. that was on the 105 degree wednesday two weeks ago..

Z we should just wait for the fall, summer months will leave us disapointed...

Atleast you were able to do some what of a burnout.. makes out cars look manlier heading up to the line.. i hate the drive around water, little chirp to the line method , ha.


I am going to get an oil cooler asap... just dropped too much on rubber but in a week or two , my oil was up around 260 the last day I went to the track, and hit 270 on the way home even while driving 80 and under with just a little beating of the car. My buddies evo never got higher than 180 if my celcius calculations were right. Thats a big difference and thats on a car with a turbo making 350 whp 350 tq... My car was a pig that day, i hated it. I wonder what a 25 row would even do in those conditions..

rcz what tires are you going to run at the track ?


ill mail you my slicks if you cover shipping to and from , lol... i cant imagine trying to get traction on stock-type rubber with 450+ whp in this car!

Ya give me until Sunday. I work on Saturday so I will TRY to get it done before than but if not Sunday it is!

Ok so here are some Vids!!! And before you say it... I am sorry, I was using my iPhone and you cannot see the times... You can see however who won via whomever gets the bright light lol


Steve's 370z:







The 2011 Mustang:






Some other cool car lol:

Nice vids!

Drag racing is for the short attention spanned...

I really hope thats a joke because if its not I would rather you keep your comments to yourself and not attack everyone in here:ugh2:

what was the mustangs best pass ?

I think it was a 12.0

Z

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silly 350Z owner! ;)

You're my inspiration and are truly helping me decide where to go with my 370z haha! On a side note, what did the Cobalt run?

Thanks for the Video's, but do me/us a favor......... Zoom in down the track as they do there runs please. Don't know the track but do they show you times? Glad to see there are people here that love the 1/4................ even if we have a short attention span! :stirthepot:

One more thing........... what backspacing on your wheel are you guys using when you run your DR's? I have some from my 06 G35 I hope to still use. Thanks for the info.

Damn!! good runnin guys, yea the heat sucks but when fall gets here woohoo! I planned to be back at the track next week since i have my headers and exhaust now. But i have some O2 sensor drama, and the car runs like dogshit .hopefully it will be covered under warranty(cross my fingers)! i am towing it there tomorrow. If not then i guess ill be buying 1200$ worth of O2 sensors, what a waist of $$. Nissan ****** me by cross threading them when the car was assembled!!

The back rims are 18 x 10.5 + 15
Volk T -37

Z

UPDATE::: just found a set of used oxygen sensors in miami, off a g37 (exact same part number) for 200$ woohoo!!

Don't know if you read my post or not.... I was taking those vids on my iPhone... I think we are lucky with what we got

Must have missed that...... Sorry! :tiphat:

Ya I wish I could have but I don't think the iPhone will zoom!

So Z Eliminator, when are we going again? Lol

the car is fixd...woohoo!!

:woot:

ok, went back to the track last night. your time is still safe zeliminator.I am on you!! HAHAHA. i could only muster another 12.9. had a good showing of other fellow z owners, about 6 350/370 s. track was not prep very well, but oh well going back in 3 weeks. I think we should make a little area for fastest 1/4 z's will it be bolt-ons or all stock mt/autos.

12.9?? @ ????
Its a long way from 12.8009 @ 110.3

Im just waiting for a nice cool summer wednesday evening.
How hot was it that night.
It incredadble how high the oil temps rise on a pass when its over 85 outside temp and the car losses rwhp 311 sae to 297 when i had it dynoed 2 weeks ago it was 93.4 outside air temp with a humidex of 104 degreees.


Z

Jnuat. Post ur slip or list it. I'm curious to see your 1/8 and 60 as well as all thr mph's.

Did you beat my 12.94? Gears and lth should put me in z's 12.8 territory but I think I gave up wit na mods for this season . I'm going back in a few weeks myselfwhen it's under 85 because Like z said our cars , even with one pass, get way too hot when it's 85+ degrees .

Also jnaut post ur slip on dragtimes...

The first pass will be the quickist. Unless you let the car cool for 2 hours or more.
It went 12.8. 12.95 12.98. 13.02 and then all 13.20's for the rest of the day.
Will have the GTM oil and tranney cooler on soon.
It looks like i will not have my GTM SC for at least another 6 week's or longer.

Boooo haha

Where did that estimate come from ???????????

I thought you were supposed to have it like 2 months ago and now another month and a half?

My SC goes on next Week!

chuck, i did not beat ur time. i just squeaked into the 12's this time. 12.995 @ 106.4 mph. the da that night was @ 1800, still way to humid. i just put on my headers/exhaust but increased no mph, hummm going to get osirus next week. then hit the track again. The one time i had a chance of going 12.8 i missed 4th gear( rookie), i had cut 1.9005 60ft that pass but choked...ohhhwell !!

Mr. flappy paddle, i am not a long ways away! little more seat time and its game over. also not true , ur first pass is not ur quickest. as the night progresses on the temps drop as well does the engine temps, unless your hot laping, which i dont do. I would rather sit out a round. i usually sit out a round also when i first get to the track also. my time progressively gets quicker into the night.

Just bring it. The problem is that as the oil gets hotter the car slows down,
Your going to have to run in the 12.7999 to get past me. The night are getting cooler up here, So are the morning's.
I just love a little friendly competion.
" MR Flappy Paddle " The fastist 1/4 mile N/A 370Z is in Canada and its going to get faster.
Z ELIMINATOR

Yes it is getting cooler up there, but when your under a mile of snow i can race all year long....;) also for the oil temps at the track i have a fan on my oil cooler.

lol... 12.800000001 should do it.

Who's oil cooler did you use ? I"ve thought about a fan behind it as well. It must be a tight fit. Can you post any pictures of it. We are trying to wire the 370z cooling fans on a toggle switch so that they can be turned on manually. ( both fans )

Z