Guest norm[T12SDSUD] Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Heck of a good night at the 1/8 mile track last night! I had my best ever 60 ft launch of 1.81 with my $50 195/60 14" street tires! I've done a 1.71 60 ft. with slicks before,but to get that low with lowly street tires was sweet. My best run of the night was an 8.33 @ 84.7 mph, which also happened to be my best run ever on street tires. There were about 30 street cars there last night and the only one there faster than my Z was a supercharged 2001 Trans Am that was turning 7.89 @ 93 MPH. Gotta love them old inline 6's! Later,norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Norm that is strong man. I don't get those times out of my ZX with drag TA's. I run 1.89's. My pal ran an 8.42 with his 240, but he had side drafts. I bet some people were kind of freaking out when you first got up there and ran weren't they. Haha, I like it when that happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest norm[T12SDSUD] Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Hey Lockjaw, your buddy has a good running Z . That is the fastest time I have heard of in a street legal triple weber equipped Z. What is his setup and was he running drag radials when he got the 8.42? Later,norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo2001 Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 that's just sick Norm I'll be doing some good if I can cut some 2.0sec 60 ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 He was running webers (they used to be mine, so I set them up jetting wise) with 33 mm chokes, a MSA 6 into 1 header, flat top 2.8 bottom end with a heavily milled P79, a .490 lift 290 advertised duration crower cam, HKS flywheel, 4.08 gears, Standard ZX trans, and some of those Mikey Thompson treaded tires that get sticky if you heat them up. He also had a 3 inch exhaust with a Blomaster muffler. He had a 240 and it was just a regular car, no lightening or anything like that. It was brutally stout above 3500 rpms too. He could turn it to 8k and it did not sound like it was even wound out that tight. Then he took the 3 two's off so he could get a guy to put a fogger nozzle in each intake runner, and it was a short lived engine after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Hey Yo, like his sig says, you gotta drive it like you stole it. I do that in the ZX, but I am scared to in the 260 still. Maybe next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Norm were they Super GT's? what kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest norm[T12SDSUD] Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Hey Eddy, they were just el chepo Dayton 195/60 14 HR's. Later,norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Baldwin Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Norm, as usual, you ROCK! Can't wait to see what you do in the 1/4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zfan Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Norm, That is awsome I can't break 2.0's with street tires. TOO MUCH wheel spin. What tire pressure are you running? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Oh great, Norm. Now you are going to have every Z owner thinking they can cut 1.80s with their "El Cheapo" tires Folks, Norm has more time slips than some of you have $$$ in the bank. On a serious note, thats awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 What did you soak 'em in prior to heading to the track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest norm[T12SDSUD] Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 No I didn't do anything special at all to them. I ran 26 psi in the passenger tire and 24 psi in the drivers side tire. I did a good burnout and two short dryhops and then launched around 3800 rpm and didn't floor it until a half second or so later. Track conditions were good or I would have never been able to pull it off. Later,norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Well whatever you did, you were doin' it. I noticed last time I was at the track that they were at least putting down some VHT, which is nice, although it smells alot like some of that pimp oil stuff to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Incredible! What kind of rear camber do you run? Any idea what it is during launch/squat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest norm[T12SDSUD] Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Hey Pete that is one of the issues I need to address as my shocks are worn out and wear out the inside edge of the tire twice as fast as the outer edge.Its very easy to see my tires cambered in with the car sirring still. I imagine on launch it is way cambered in! I have the tires turned inside out after about 60 % wear so that I can get full use of the tire. I feel like if I had 0 camber I could get even better 60 ft. times. Later,norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest norm[T12SDSUD] Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Also keep in mind that I DO NOT have an LSD rear end so that makes the 1.81 60 ft. even more surprising. Later,norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 I have never had one, so I don't know what I am missing I guess. Usually I get both tires to spin though, although one usually spins further than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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