I live about 20 minutes away from Zmax in Concord NC.
i have been there before but first time at a tnt. VERY nice track.
realized they were having a tnt tonight. got there and there were hardly any cars so i figured it would be an awsome time to run.

best reaction was .094 :cool:

best 60 foot was 2.340
best run was a 14.183 @ 102.26
ehh, i did ok. im not the best at launching.

no love for my personal best 1/4 run? lol

I'm sending my love to your personal best 1/4 mile run. :D

Good time man. How was the track prep? Got a lot of spin off the line?

it was alrigt. im not the best at launching, so all the other runs i spun too much.
i need to work on that. lol, thanks.

Since it was a TNT, try focusing more on your launches and watching the tachometer than catching the tree well. You're R/T won't affect your E/T, so try focusing on your launch, even if you leave the gate 4 or 5 seconds after the light goes green.

Since it was a TNT, try focusing more on your launches and watching the tachometer than catching the tree well. You're R/T won't affect your E/T, so try focusing on your launch, even if you leave the gate 4 or 5 seconds after the light goes green.

yea i know your time starts when YOU leave. not when its green. that one was just for fun, with the launch control haha.
but yea i need to practice on my launches. any tips?
i hold it about 2000 2500 and then pretty much dump the clutch and kinda feather the gas if it starts to spin...

nice. any mods to the car?

nice. any mods to the car?

K&N drop in and a 3inch catback with just a magnaflow race muffler :guns:
:lol:

sweet, i can't wait to run my car on the track now that it is boost'd

sweet, i can't wait to run my car on the track now that it is boost'd

sweet. what are you expecting? the 2.2s are pretty fast.

sweet. what are you expecting? the 2.2s are pretty fast.

i was expecting to hit a 14 flat. But i downloaded this quart mile calculator program. I filled in my cars weight and the WHP i dyno'd at (258.94 and the RPM it hit that at, the time came out at 13.75, and then i realised i entered in the WHP and it wanted Flywheel horse power, so i had to re enter that field in and re calculate it. the cars weight, and left the RPM the same 6323, and enter in 323.68 (323.68 - 20% = 258.94whp) and the 1/4 time calculated out to a 12.78.

So now im just hoping to hit somewhere in the mid 13's to high 13's

'05 if you get a decent launch i'ld say a 13.8-13.9 maybe. you gotta remember those calculators are based soley on numbers. not wind resistance, tire spin, acceleration, etc

i was expecting to hit a 14 flat. But i downloaded this quart mile calculator program. I filled in my cars weight and the WHP i dyno'd at (258.94 and the RPM it hit that at, the time came out at 13.75, and then i realised i entered in the WHP and it wanted Flywheel horse power, so i had to re enter that field in and re calculate it. the cars weight, and left the RPM the same 6323, and enter in 323.68 (323.68 - 20% = 258.94whp) and the 1/4 time calculated out to a 12.78.

So now im just hoping to hit somewhere in the mid 13's to high 13's

cool cool. idk how reliable those things are. i was wanting to get a 14.00 flat or even a 13.9
but i just couldnt launch right...

Do NOT dump the clutch on street tires unless you want to break something and or get a horrible 60 foot. Feather the clutch and gas so it accelerates hard but doesn't spin the tires. It takes practice to find that sweet spot.

Do NOT dump the clutch on street tires unless you want to break something and or get a horrible 60 foot. Feather the clutch and gas so it accelerates hard but doesn't spin the tires. It takes practice to find that sweet spot.

kinda slip the clutch from 2000 so it doesnt spin?

i was expecting to hit a 14 flat. But i downloaded this quart mile calculator program. I filled in my cars weight and the WHP i dyno'd at (258.94 and the RPM it hit that at, the time came out at 13.75, and then i realised i entered in the WHP and it wanted Flywheel horse power, so i had to re enter that field in and re calculate it. the cars weight, and left the RPM the same 6323, and enter in 323.68 (323.68 - 20% = 258.94whp) and the 1/4 time calculated out to a 12.78.

So now im just hoping to hit somewhere in the mid 13's to high 13's

you'll be in the same spot i am.. probably mid 13;s we both have pretty much the same power and similar delivery

kinda slip the clutch from 2000 so it doesnt spin?

Yeah, well thats the sweet spot on the SC cars. Not sure about the TC. Just go out and practice and you'll get better.

Yeah, well thats the sweet spot on the SC cars. Not sure about the TC. Just go out and practice and you'll get better.

thats what i hear all the other TC guys doin. i just need practice, as this IS my first stick shift car and i havent have the car a yeat yet lol

except i dont have any wheel spin when i launch, lol. i dont hit boost until im already 60ft down the track (elec remember, im an automatic)

cool cool. idk how reliable those things are. i was wanting to get a 14.00 flat or even a 13.9
but i just couldnt launch right...

yeah, thats why i added a full second to its lowest estimated. mid to high 13's should be about right, but i dont know.... i'll be slapping in some rear spring blockers so the car wont squat when i take off, and the fact that im automatic makes a little bit of a difference. I have yet to ever spin my tires on a launch of any kind at all (and yes, even from a street light w/ my turbo i have yet to spin tires. Even while holding the brake in and pushing the R's to 2,000. still never spun my tires)

except i dont have any wheel spin when i launch, lol. i dont hit boost until im already 60ft down the track (elec remember, im an automatic)



yeah, thats why i added a full second to its lowest estimated. mid to high 13's should be about right, but i dont know.... i'll be slapping in some rear spring blockers so the car wont squat when i take off, and the fact that im automatic makes a little bit of a difference. I have yet to ever spin my tires on a launch of any kind at all (and yes, even from a street light w/ my turbo i have yet to spin tires. Even while holding the brake in and pushing the R's to 2,000. still never spun my tires)

oh i know your auto will help you out .. lol i'm just saying if i could get a good launchn i'd be a mid 13s car.. however.. i couldn't get any good launches lol :lol:

thats kinda good though, so you know its all tracktion lol. i wanna know your times when ever you go. theres not to many automatic turbo balts are there? lol

I'll get ya in the low 13s! :D

I'll get ya in the low 13s! :D

haha how so i wonder
will it really get me that low?

one car I tuned is running 13.1's... others are 13.3-13.2's

:D Believe me another 70-80 whp and 100 ft/lbs yeah it makes a difference

one car I tuned is running 13.1's... others are 13.3-13.2's

:D Believe me another 70-80 whp and 100 ft/lbs yeah it makes a difference

oh i would believe it ;) what would be runnin at my wheels?

Iunno with your mods... 320ish whp and 350+wt

damn that is a bad ass tune! i was thinking MAYBE 300 lmfao was i wrong.
maybe i will buy that extra ECU

Dude I made 307 when I was bone stock tune only!

i mean all i have is a 3inch catback and a K&N drop in...

wow, that awesome that it only takes you guys very little to get down that low. sweet deal.

yea thats if i can launch it :lol:

You're in the ballpark. My first pass ever in my 08 was a lousy 14.8 at 100mph. The more I ran the car the better I got. Like what was already said...slip the clutch from 2000-2500rpm and ease into the throttle. If the trap prep isn't there you really can't do much besides spin with any launch.

Don't count out the launch control either. It's not the best method of launching but if you release the clutch slow it works. On a night with no track prep I was getting low 2.2 60fts without LC...I used LC and got the same 2.2 60ft time.

yea it seems like the LC is set way too high.
maybe like 2500 would be good. i wonder if you can change that if you get tuned...?
and yea i would like to be in the high 13s before i get tuned, just i know i can handle the car lol

yea it seems like the LC is set way too high.
maybe like 2500 would be good. i wonder if you can change that if you get tuned...?
and yea i would like to be in the high 13s before i get tuned, just i know i can handle the car lol

The ss/tc is a high 13 second car. More practice and more experience will net that 13 second pass. I fear that your local track doesn't have the prep for your car to hit the 13???

The ss/tc is a high 13 second car. More practice and more experience will net that 13 second pass. I fear that your local track doesn't have the prep for your car to hit the 13???

yea i know it is, now if i can get it there. lol.
and its Zmax. state of the art. i would expect it to be awsome.
but idk the exact deffinition of really good track prep