From reading a few of the threads around i've gained the impression that drag racing is high on the agenda for a lot of people in the states and south of the border. Is this an unrealistic assumption, i mean aside from the occasional red light fight, are people that into driving in a straight line? Seems strange to me, i understand that the Z aint exactly built for drifting but please don't tell me use guys shy away from corners, it'd be interesting to here from people about how they enjoy their Z experience the most, to each their own so if your a dedicated drag nut, explain the reason for it, but if your like me and love the corners again let me know.

Cheers, Adam :aus:

From reading a few of the threads around i've gained the impression that drag racing is high on the agenda for a lot of people in the states and south of the border. Is this an unrealistic assumption, i mean aside from the occasional red light fight, are people that into driving in a straight line? Seems strange to me, i understand that the Z aint exactly built for drifting but please don't tell me use guys shy away from corners, it'd be interesting to here from people about how they enjoy their Z experience the most, to each their own so if your a dedicated drag nut, explain the reason for it, but if your like me and love the corners again let me know.

Cheers, Adam :aus:

actually most of us are into the corners...i know that i am building my Z32 to be a force whether its the drag strip, auto-X, stop-light racing, or just highspeed cruising on the highway. so basically im building an all around "performance" car...

i actually like a race with turns more than an oval track or straight line. i think thats how most of us are...i plan to take some professional lessons this summer and hopefully become a very good auto-x racer with the Z32...

Good answer K3. Myself I use drag racing to pay for my habit of driving fast on the road. My greatest joy comes from smoking down the hwy. at eye watering speeds. I have but 1 maybe 2 more goals left till I retire.
The first is to hit the Salt and the 2nd maybe is to try the Silver State Challange.
I'd love to head down your way Adam and take a stab at trying to miss the kangaroo's and birds.

How much do you get winning drags al? Theres a circle track near me, but driving in a oval doesnt appeal to me. I would love to race circuit tracks around the world like germany, japan, italy, just to name a few. Since I dont have a z i dont have any to use. if i start saving now i should get my unique Z32.. I feel left out......:(

my z doesn't go fast enough to do any sort of racing.. lol

lol thats funny as hell delerious

as for me im kinda like k3 wanting an all around performer

and to answer the question, what is your z used for?:

mine makes one hell of a dust collector...its been sitting in the same spot for about 5 months. its so dirty...i kinda feel sorry for it. :D

i use my Z mainly for auto-x. i drive around friday and saturday nights (especially now that it is getting warmer) and every once in a while, there will be another car that wants to race, so i race him. but i my Z is mainly for auto-x. i love corners.

-Jared

i wanna build mine eventually fro driving taht actually takes skill corners auto-x whatever and tah occasion smoke a dumb civic with its loud ass exhaust and his g/f in tha seat next to him if i feel like wasting gas not saying that hapened to me 2day or nething lol

well for power its gotta be straight line all corners a drifting smoke show and on the highway all out speed so i guess im with you all on the all around performer and i only race straights due to i havent seen anyone around my area as cra-z- as me and for me to take a corner cookin i gotta know every pothole puddle patcha gravel you name it on that road but if anybody is ion the area and wants to line themn up on a noce winedy one or for a drag launch ill be glad to

me my Z at the moment is purely transport, getting me from my house to university and then back 3 days a week, the other four days im either cleaning it, lookin for ways to improve it, or talkin about it... but im actually in the process of getting my CAMS liscence which entitles me to participate in track days and competitions like Targa Tasmania for example (probably never heard of it) Don't know if i'd be game enough to run my stock Z on the track though... she's too pretty, im currently looking at my options for the future, A lotus Elise or Exige would be brilliant, unfortunatley i don't have the requisite 100 grand to get one. Actually im thinking of buying a well used 911 (a 70's model) with a mate and earn my racing stripes with that. Good to hear use arnt that focused on draging because it's just pretty dull compared to the white knuckle twisty stuff... carry on then
Cheers, oh yeah Albert you'll love Australia but hit kangaroo buck and they'll mess you up good and proper, they weigh like 150kg+

I know what you mean Adam...We have goats down here and drunk Mexicans. There too tall to go under the car, and too short to go over it. They just mess up the front of your car like the little birds.

my z doesn't go fast enough to do any sort of racing.. lol

i'm not kidding man, i lost to an integra tonight... bad...

Mine is a daily driver. But I live in an area with lots of curves so my commute is fun! Unless of course, the traffic is backed up due to too many older people driving their oversized SUV's. Occasionally I do a little "straight line" when I race. But the "curves" are why I bought a Z in the first place.

The only time I raced on a curvy road was with a Pontiac Grand Am. And it didn't take very long to leave him WAY behind! No competition at all!

Well I would like to try and get back into racing..... worked on a amature drag team for a while in school, with a bunch of friends. We had 2 cars a 78 Mustang that ran low 13s, and a FC RX7 that ran mid 12s. They were trailer queens, both had been built to drag. But they were a great learning experiance. I personally perfer high speed courses, like Leguna Seca, Nurberg Ring, and Watkins Glen. I also love Ralling. My next major project will be to build a decent rally car out of a old Ford Escort RS. I doubt I will drive it, I perfer to turn the wrenches. I love being the man who gave the man what he needed to win. I dont like all the spot light fame and such.

But my Z is used mainly for daily driving. But I am working on a securing a second chassis to make into a course car, this will most likely be the Super Zs chassis....... not sure what it might be yet a 240Z all the way to a Z32 who knows.... whatever I stumble across thats in decent shape that can be saved and made pretty again.

im not exactly sayin anyone is talkin smack about dragracing though but some ppl have said and do say that it takes no skill, but id love to see 90% of thoseguys actully try to get their promod, or superstocker license, i know that racing streetlight to streetlight in a stock Z and a pretty prelude doesnt take much skill, especially w/o the tree and beeds, but u gatta give real drag racing some credit, next time a 7.3 sec c4 vette leaves the line with u literaly 2 feet away youll know what i mean

drags are a pretty good show of raw power and skill no matter what they say otherwise it has to be an auto and hell who cant wait for a green light then push the pedal on the right lol (not knockin auto i just prefer stick unless its a small block chevy which on the sbc note thats what made me like cars in the first place

now im not saying that drag racing doesn't take skill, i know it takes skill, but racing around a track takes more skill. and also, whats that fun of going straight and then stopping, it is a lot funner going around corners.

-Jared

Without starting a flame war, both racing takes skill.... Really niether takes more skill than another. It just takes a different kind of skill. Thats like saying NASCAR drivers have less skill than F1 drivers (I am a HUGE F1 Fan and could careless about NASCAR), but its not true. you have to figure in that NASCAR drivers are going around 180-200MPH in a 3000lb car with 43 other drivers on the track thats barely 2 miles long on average. F1 drivers drive about the same distance as a NASCAR driver but they do it in a car that weighs almost a third as much but with more power and more down force. Both take a GREAT deal of skill but both are completely different skills. NHRA vs Lamans, once again T- Totaly different skills different cars, different worlds. Dont try and compare the to or even argue which is better, its all a matter of what skills you have and what you are best suited for. See myself I am built like a NASCAR driver, short overwieght and happy most of the time. But I love the turns, so I stick to GT style circuits and turning wrenches. After all thats what I am best suited for and where MY skills lie. Sometimes I wish I was born in a racing family in Europe so I could take a shot at the WRC or the F1 but it didnt happen that way, instead I was born into a military family that didnt have alot so I had to make do with dreaming big and then making them come true on my own. One day I MAY be in the WRC, or F1 but not as a driver probly as a team mechanic or even a team boss, but thats a big dream and its a LONG LONG way away.

So nomatter what your dreams are, MAKE them happen, if this means building a sick looking Z then do it, if this means being the fastest Z in the world (Like Albert is shooting for) then DO IT.

"Dont dream it, Be it." - Dr. Frankenfurter, Rocky Horror Picture Show.

well put hodo