roneski

Car and driver had them at 14.5 sec @ 100 mph. To me it sounds like they got a bad launch with a trap speed that high. They could be faster.

That or their low end torque sucks.

Yogi

front drive cars can have good traps with slower times. They can't launch quite the same as a rwd car.

vegas_speedster

I'll probably show to eat anyway.

rob209

Mike - are you going with your track tires to drag?

SinCity350Z

Yes, I think I will try that tomorrow night.

SinCity350Z

I will either be a little late, or I will be running on my 19" wheels. I planned on prepping my 350Z for tonight and the weekend last night, but due to that b-day party that I didn't know about until yesterday morning, I didn't get a chance to. Hopefully I can get away from the office early enough to get it all done and be at Poppas at 6:00pm. So basically what I am saying is, if I am not at Poppas at 6:00 then don't send a search party. I will at the very least, meet you at the track.

SinCity350Z

Ok now it looks like I can be out of the office by 1:00!!! That means I will be there at 6:00pm. And if I am not, send a search party. See you there!

rob209

I'll be there around 7ish...

scoobybri

Will any of you guys still be there if I get there after 10PM? Can I even get in after 10PM? When do they close the gate for racers?

vegas_speedster

I'm not going to make it. I'm going to meet some else and she is allot better looking than you hard-legs

roneski

They close the gates at 11:30p usually.

I may be a little late myself, I got off of work late, I still need to swap tires and take a shower.

SinCity350Z

I am having serious problems, so I may not be able to race. I will still show up though.

rob209

good time - i ran a 13.5 at 106 - still having trouble getting traction but i think my new quaife differential (and maybe some drag radials) should help a lot. i was all juiced up and had trouble getting to sleep afterwards.

vegas_speedster

^ I'll bet

SinCity350Z

Thank you Rob for letting me take your monster down the track a couple times. My best was a 14.453 at 99.99mph. That pissed me off since my goal was to break the 100mph mark. Anyways, cars seemed to be running slower than usual. The temp on the track was 100-105 and off the track was 95. I had fun still though. Took out a Mustang Mach one and some SRT-4s. Ty won the $40 for the reaction time challenge with a .121 or something like that. I was close with a .131. So I missed my goal by .01 seconds and $40 by .01 seconds. F**k that. I did have a lot of fun though. I got 19 runs in 1.5 hours.

roneski

Lol, that was the highlight of my night I guess. I ran like crap. 14.86 was the best I ended up with. Maybe it was the temperature, I wonder how tough it is to do a compression check on a VQ.

Anyways, gonna be working on my brakes tonight so if anyone is bored...

scoobybri

The track was too hot. The best I could muster out of the Miata was 16.07. Adjusted for temp, barometer, altitude, and humidity, that's a 15.53 at sea level. Car and Driver rated it at 15.2. The turbo is pretty much non existant after 85-90F because of the teeny IC. I'm gonna take it out in the late fall when we've got temps in the 60s and see what she'll do.