RebekahsZ Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Time to pack a few extra undies and head out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 (edited) I published my race results and videos in the Gen3 sub forum of the V8 forum with a bunch of photos from the race. Car improved my class record from 167 to 174 due to the airdam and headlight covers and an unknown amount of help from a tail wind. I know that I put the car in a neglected class and that anybody who really wanted to work at it a little could go faster. But for the moment a hybridz with a totally stock LS2 engine is the ECTA C/GMS class record holder, destroying the previous record by 13mph. My goal for next year is to go the same speed with my hands lightly on the wheel with relaxed hands instead of being white-knuckled and scared to death. That's gonna take some suspension setup revisions. If i can get the car to go straighter, i will have to consider whether i want to try to take this car faster, or to build a real race car dedicated to straight line racing. Next stop is ZCON Memphis, Jily 15-18, to participate in all 3 driving events and the show. Edited June 28, 2015 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) Go to 5:30 and watch thru 6:40. Here's a video from ZCON 2015. We got a wave-by prior to passing. I don't remember passing the camera car at this point on the track. 1 tuff z may have been driving my car in this video. Unfortunately we had a TC rod failure the following day and had to sit out the drag racing (actually I got some seat time in socorob's car and a little drag racing in my truck-couldn't stay away). Edited July 21, 2015 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Just gave chassis man the warning order: full cage, chute and containment seat in Nov. Edited July 23, 2015 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) My favorite pic EVER! Edited August 9, 2015 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Keith, is that me riding bioch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 I believe it is! But I wouldn't call you that, rather, you were instructing. The frames that followed were of one of my spins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Finally have a driveway for the Z Palace. I won't be getting lifts until the sprinklers and yard are done and the house is painted, and everybody paid off. Hoping to get the Z moved into the Palace once I get the front end put back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 More pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Merrill Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Cars looking great man! You record and salt flat runs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) World of Speed got cancelled due to poor salt condition. I've been shut out 2 years in a row due to salt/weather. I'm gonna limit myself to ECTA standing mile because of a more reliable surface. Hoping to make a 200mph run within 5 years. This year is suspension, next year is cage and chassis safety mods, year after that is forged iron block motor, year after that is a snail. I figure it will take doubling the hp to get 26mph faster. Burton Brown is working on a gas modified sport S30 (might be an S130) that is sure to de-throne me in the gas class. Edited September 14, 2015 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 This month's Hot Rod magazine has an article on ECTA and the Top Speed Challenge in May this past spring. They featured several cars including DIYTuning's 240sx. I let the photographer, Larry Chen, drive my car (which set 3 class records BTW), but it wasn't enough to get featured in the article. Maybe we can get some Z-love in the years ahead. A 200mph pass sure wouldn't hurt! Larry did get my car into the on-line version of the magazine back in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtrackstar Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Nice build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock Car Mafia Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Can you post a link to the online article of your car? I've looked but can't seem to find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 I will try over the weekend. It wasn't an article on my car. It was an article on the event. It merely had a pic of my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socorob Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 At 170mph, was everything shaking, or was it relatively smooth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock Car Mafia Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 It is still always sweet to see your car make it in a good photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Smooth at 170, but it was a little darty. You can see the little corrections I was having to make in order to stay in the middle of the course. There's a crack right diwn the middle of the lane. Trying to stay off that crack and out of the cones was my concern. If the cones were ON the crack it would be better. But because of the crack, the course was about half as wide as it could have been. I never knew whether to try to straddle the crack or drive down one side of it (which put you right on the cones). I guess I just need more passes to get comfy at those speeds. 174 is a HELL of a lot faster than 148. 174 is even a lot faster than 165. I can't imagine these guys going 200mph in the 1/8-mile. Those guys are gods. The guys on this site that poo-pooh straight line racing really piss me off-it's a lot harder than it looks. I have been procrastinating a lot since ZCON but the plan is to reduce scrub radius by setting the camber close to zero, then adding as much caster as I can. New tie rod ends and double the spring rate to try to limit suspension movement. The car was pretty straight under power, but the timing section was actually a lot narrower than the course from the 1/2-mile to the 1-mile, IIRC. Then hit the brakes and the car really wandered bad. Those are the big steering corrections you see at the end of the run. Prior to braking it was all fingertip corrections. You guys thinking about joining me at the ECTA? That would be great! Edited November 6, 2015 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Her's the pic I screen shot-ed from Hotrod.com after the May 2015 ECTA event. I added the new airman for the June meet. I only went 167 at the May meet. Edited November 6, 2015 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 Here are some other pics Larry Chen shot but didn't make the website. He emailed them to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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