Drag Racing Results - took my z28 to the track

After having my car for a year I decided to take it to the local 1/8 mile track. It is an 2002 z28 full weight except jack and spare tire. It has longtubes ory magnaflow catback and an slp lid. It has the stock stall and 2.73 gears and I was on a set of 245/50/16 nitto 555r's. My first pass was a 8.73 at 83.64 with a little wheelspin and a 2.10 60ft. I let the car cool off for about 30 minutes and went an 8.69 at 84.25 with a 2.06 60ft and dead hooked. Later on I tried launching off idle and went an 8.75 at 83.95 and an 8.71 at 84.12. I wasn't impressed with it but also wasn't dissapointed lol. Now to do plugs, new air filter and fuel filter and hope for 8.50's at 85

Sounds about right. Make sure you do the free mods, especially the FRA mod. It works and doesn't cost you a thing.

If your budget allows, get some 3.73s and a good tune.

Exactly what I ran when I went. What was the da when you ran?

around 1500 ft. I went back the next week and went an 8.73 at 84 spinning and an 8.77 at 84 spinning and an 8.77 at 83 dead hooking rolling into the throttle a little. On this week

My car with stock stall/273 with Lid/Full exhaust/Free Mods with stock tune went a best of an 8.38@86.51mph Know its time to add my Yank SS4000 and 373 gears and get a tune and DR's.

My car with stock stall/273 with Lid/Full exhaust/Free Mods with stock tune went a best of an 8.38@86.51mph Know its time to add my Yank SS4000 and 373 gears and get a tune and DR's.

do you have the fra and front swaybar removed. I am thinking about doing those 2 mods and hoping for some improvement. I think my car should be in the 8.40 range

I pulled the swaybar and ran the car last night. My first pass was an 8.69, I didn't see the mph because the timeslip printer was screwed up. After that a car oiled down the track and closed it for about 45 minutes. I get in the staging lanes and line up against about a 70 nova drag car and loose by about 3 lengths and neither of us got timeslips and the board said no time. I let the car sit for a few minutes and see that the timing board is working so I run again. This time it was against a 55 chevy 2dr with big street tires stuck out the fenders, as we pull into the waterbox he is revving the crap out of it to the point I can barely hear my car. After we stage and leave I never saw his car. lol It made me feel good about my slow street car. I pull to the return road and they still hadn't fixed the timeslip printer and the timeshack was vacant so I went home.

if you havent done the FRA, then DO IT!!! cut out the base of airbox with a cutoff wheel, and cut the plastic shroud below it all the way across the top of the radiator with some tin snips or the cutoff wheel

I pulled the air filter and all of the lower airbox has been cut out so I believe it has had the fra mod done

Get a 3400-4000 converter. You will be shocked at the difference.

Get a 3400-4000 converter. You will be shocked at the difference.

thats the plan for the winter, I am hoping with a 3600 stall it will run high 7's

With a converter you shouldn't have a problem getting into the 7s at all! 3600-3800 should get the job done with ease!

Yes I have the FRA and front sway bar removed.

Yes I have the FRA and front sway bar removed.

any idea on what your raceweight is. My car weighs 3580 with me in it. I weigh 180 and the only weight reduction is the swaybar and no spare tire or jack.

any idea on what your raceweight is. My car weighs 3580 with me in it. I weigh 180 and the only weight reduction is the swaybar and no spare tire or jack.

I now it weighted 3620 with me in with a 1/2tank of gas. Since then I did theses. LT's/ORY/AC delete/fog lights/air pump/hoses delete, What ever all this adds up to..

I went to the track again and it was around 2000 da so the runs were nothing special at all. The car ran 8.80's at 83 for the most of the night. The best pass was an 8.78 at 83.5. They were having a king of the street race for $100 and it was free to enter so I entered. I ended up lining up against the fastest car is the class that ran 6.90's at 100 or so first round and lost. I went my slowest pass ever in that race with a 9.08 at 82 and a 2.3 60ft because i did a horrible burnout. I am the 2nd camaro in the video. Feel free to laugh lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-rmjQIV0mY

Don't feel bad. Keep making passes. Thats the only way your going to get faster!

And throw a converter in that thing already :)

Don't feel bad. Keep making passes. Thats the only way your going to get faster!

And throw a converter in that thing already :)

I am planning on buying a converter in about 2 weeks. With a 3600 stall I am hoping to go 8.0's or so

Yep sounds about right. Do your boltons ss3600 stall and 3.73.

Yep sounds about right. Do your boltons ss3600 stall and 3.73.

its already got a decent about of boltons, headers, ory, slp lid and fra

didn't change nothing but decided to head to the track. When I got there I didn't expect anything special. My first pass I spun and when I got my timeslip I was suprised, 8.71 at 84.7 mph. After that I went 8.73 8.74 and some high 8.70's low 8.80's. When the track was about to close the car was already warm but i decided to go again. I went 8.69 at 84, I decided to hotlap and went an 8.65 at 84 and was happy. I wanted to try again but it was 1am and they were shutting down. Idk why but it seems like my car likes having heat in it. My worst runs were with 1 hour cooldown and my best were off the street and hotlapping it

I went again and got a new personal best et and mph I ran 2 nearly identical pb's 2.06 60ft 8.62 at 85. after that it started to rain. if I can get an 8.59 with the stock stall I will be happy.

awesome your getting there. I will be running mine again nov,2-3-4 with the SS4000/tune/DR. If I get my 373s in by then I will be happy if not I will have 273s.

thanks, I figure your car should go in the high 7's pretty easily with the stall. I have a new 3600 stall waiting to be installed this winter and am planning on getting a set of 3.73's with a good tune since my car has an unknown tune on it right now. I am hoping it will run 7.80's or so. After that I may have a cam installed but I am not sure. When I bought the car my goal was a high 7 second street car and I think the converter and gears will meet the goal by everything I have saw