Track Picture of the week competition Mar 12 -Mar 19

jstecher · #1 03-12-2006, 05:57 AM

The competition is open for picture of the week for March 12th to March 19th. Congrats to Stack for the beautiful pic of the Z's ripping around VIR.

UltimateTSI · #2 03-13-2006, 11:49 AM

here's a pic of the car I was driving from the Honda-Cup website.

350ZNV · #3 03-13-2006, 05:14 PM

Redline Track Events Time Attack @ Cal Speedway

Photo by KIWI

Stack · #4 03-14-2006, 08:19 AM

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Redline Track Events Time Attack @ Cal Speedway

Photo by KIWI

Nice pic! Gettin it kinda loose there aren't we?!

350ZNV · #5 03-14-2006, 12:07 PM

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Nice pic! Gettin it kinda loose there aren't we?!

Haha thanks. That picture sums up my entire weekend at that Time Attack. That was my car's maiden voyage on the track since all of the modifications and I quickly realized one thing...My rear springs are WAY too stiff lol. They are 10k springs now and I am going to change them to 7k.

Stack · #6 03-14-2006, 12:32 PM

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They are 10k springs now and I am going to change them to 7k.

Holy concrete sled batman!

10k lb springs??!? Is that really what people are putting on the 350z ? I know you got lots a power in that thing, but unless you're planning on scorching places like Daytona or Taladega with 20+ degree banking all day long... there's no WAY you could ever need that much spring (IMHO of course)... you might as well have angle irons for struts dude - please explain

350ZNV · #7 03-14-2006, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Stack

Holy concrete sled batman!

10k lb springs??!? Is that really what people are putting on the 350z ? I know you got lots a power in that thing, but unless you're planning on scorching places like Daytona or Taladega with 20+ degree banking all day long... there's no WAY you could ever need that much spring (IMHO of course)... you might as well have angle irons for struts dude - please explain

I bought the coilovers used and aparently the seller didn't know what he was talking about. It feels like a drift setup. Its increasingly worse since most of the weight that I took out of the car was in the rear.

Stack · #8 03-14-2006, 01:51 PM

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I bought the coilovers used and aparently the seller didn't know what he was talking about. It feels like a drift setup. Its increasingly worse since most of the weight that I took out of the car was in the rear.

ok... that makes a little more sense

I was hoping someone didn't recommend those rates.

Before you go having some 7000lb springs made, please ask around some of the proffesional racers on My350z.com ... I can't imagine they are running anything anywhere close to those kinds of numbers (I have been known to be wrong though lol). The highest I ever heard anyone mention for road racing spring applications, for ANY car was in the 1000-1200 lb range... most though are in the 500-700lb range.

Suspension is very weird... most of it is counterintuitive

350ZNV · #9 03-14-2006, 03:52 PM

I have seen two different ways of measuring spring rates. One being the 10k, 12k way and the other being the actual weight like you have listed. I am not quite sure what the K means, but I am pretty sure that 10k=1,000 lbs. 12k=1200 lbs, etc. So if I refrase that, I am going to switch to 700 lb springs.

. JIC lists their options in the 10k/12k format, though I can't imagine that they are actually 10,000 lb and 12,000 lb springs.

jstecher · #10 03-14-2006, 10:03 PM

I honestly dont think that it is even possible to get 12,000lb/in springs. That is some major MAJOR stiffness! I really think that it would be almost hard welded at that weight.

1200lbs is pretty nuts if you ask me. I know the 355 challenge cars run 2000lb springs for the fronts and 700lbs in the rear and those cars are just ROCK ROCK solid.

I love the pics however.