Originally Posted by RCZ I completely agree, this isnt a drag car. I wish people here were this enthusiastic about amateur road course events. Not knocking it, different strokes for
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Drag racing is cheaper to do, less maintenance, and less risk crashing your car. The bonus is that you get to learn how to extract every last ounce of (straight line) speed out of your car. I would hate to have a full bolt on Z and lose to a stock Z because of driver issues.
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Drag racing is cheap (until you break something).
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I definitely had a lot more fun driving around some twisty roads than I did at the drag strip. It is fun to hit triple digit speeds legally and worry free, it is a lot more exciting (to me at least) to do some spirited driving on some twisty roads.
I definitely want to do some driving on an actual road course, but my car won't be track ready for a while. |
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And didn't require an oil cooler. Also, for me at least, they are a lot further away. There are 2 road courses in my region, Summit Point Raceway which is a 3 hr drive and VIR which is a 6 hr drive. The dragstrip is only 15 mins away.
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I would go to track days but i do not know how to drive on a race track.
Its not i me as i never drive fast except on the drag strip. The Z admits not to being able to drive his 370 into corners and pass guys / Its just not me. I bought my car because i like it and it looks good and drives great.
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went 12.92@108.97 with 1.97 60 in a HORRENDOUS day for 1/4 mile track..
will post slip tomorrow.. 2650 DA 94 degrees and 41 percent humidity... went with a handful of Zs others didn't go faster than 13.8@102 and yea some were the almighty Auto transmission form of the 370z.. so I did well with what I was dealt especially with the garbage 60 foot I got, lol
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Was that on drag radials or street tires?
I will update the thread later tonight.
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Had amazing day at the drag strip, since it was Canucks vs Boston hockey night there were virtually no cars, so did total of 17 Runs Here is the best one:
Year:2009 Model:370z Base+Sport Factory Options: Sport Transmission: 6Spd Manual Tires: Hankook V12 285s Bolt ons:None (stock car) Track Name:Mission Raceway (Sea level) Track Temparature: 18C* 1/4 Mile time: 13.581 1/8 Mile time: 8.870 MPH: 105.07 R/T: 0.762 60': 2.216 330: 5.885 |
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Great runs!
Post a slip, then I can add you to the rankings. http://www.the370z.com/track-autocro...ack-times.html Quote:
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