Gosh I love AWD

I met up with some of the crew at AF (redneck 383, fatninja, and others). We actually stayed quite late (I'll let them post the specifics of the meet, and chie in afterwards). Anyways, I decided to finally see what it's like to launch my little EVO. I revved that sucker up to a little over 4000 rpms (Probably about 4300 rpms), and let out the clutch. I almost hit my head against the headrest, cause the car shot forward like a projectile. If I had to guess that was atleast a 2.0 sec. 60' or below. SICK!!!!!! Of course I smelled clutch immediately afterwards, but the rewards are knowing that you have the holeshot in a race. I can't wait to race a RWD car w/o slicks at Speedway :) Maybe Fatninja will race me there. Better yet a vid to boot as well. :iceslolan

Shit you're already home?


Me and (big) Dave flew home down the 210/605 freeways 85-90mph all the way.

Made it back in 35 minutes. :iceslolan


I had fun, I know the Z guys liked meeting up with some people other than Z owners. It gets boring talking about the same cars over and over again.

We'll have to plan out another meet, that was too fun. Although we didn't do anything but look and point at each others cars. It was fun none-the-less.

I think the highlight of the evening was talking to the Sheriff deputies who came to In-n-Out for grub. Everybody got nervous at first then we got to talking to them and they were asking lots of questions about the cars. Cool guys, We all had a good laugh when the younger deputy mashed out in his Crown Vic down the street. :lol:

I was so there i made it back in my room by 1:38 so what ever time I left that includes looking for parking in my hood and 1 min turbo countdown he he....

I was so there i made it back in my room by 1:38 so what ever time I left that includes looking for parking in my hood and 1 min turbo countdown he he....



1 minute turbo countdown? pff My shit was off before I stopped infront of my house. Halfway down the street... It's all about that stealthy approach to your house to not wake anybody up. :p

Your buddy, Redneck383, saw me launch my car. I swear that sucker gripped. I wanted to see if he noticed, but I dunno his name on this board.

Dave? In the Silver 280zx?... Doh, I wish I was able to see you launch. I was too busy jockeying my Z out of the parking space. That 'tard in the Taurus pulled in behind me as I was trying to back out. I was like "wtf?" and had to work extra hard just to get out.

Stupid no power steering. :mad:

Yeah, it was Dave in the 280 that saw me. The guy in the M3 was still in the lot (Fatninja was lost btw, I saw him driving in circles on the street).

I met up with some of the crew at AF (redneck 383, fatninja, and others). We actually stayed quite late (I'll let them post the specifics of the meet, and chie in afterwards). Anyways, I decided to finally see what it's like to launch my little EVO. I revved that sucker up to a little over 4000 rpms (Probably about 4300 rpms), and let out the clutch. I almost hit my head against the headrest, cause the car shot forward like a projectile. If I had to guess that was atleast a 2.0 sec. 60' or below. SICK!!!!!! Of course I smelled clutch immediately afterwards, but the rewards are knowing that you have the holeshot in a race. I can't wait to race a RWD car w/o slicks at Speedway :) Maybe Fatninja will race me there. Better yet a vid to boot as well. :iceslolan


LOL nice. But that's nothing, ur car has way more potential. Im pretty sure u can get a 1.8 60'. My car stock i was at the drag i pulled a 1.925 60'. Hell i bet u can pull a 1.7' 60 if u really tired.

your deff hitting way lower 60' times, my best so far is a 2.1 on street tires your deff down near 1.8 or lower i would say

I think the highlight of the evening was talking to the Sheriff deputies who came to In-n-Out for grub. Everybody got nervous at first then we got to talking to them and they were asking lots of questions about the cars. Cool guys, We all had a good laugh when the younger deputy mashed out in his Crown Vic down the street. :lol:

maybe that sheriff is the one who goes around this forum and looks around for meetings like these ones..and he saw you guys planning your meet-a-long at in-n-out :eek: and you said it yourself they were asking ALOT of questions about your cars..hmm..

but hey! by the way you guys are describing your trip it sounds alot of fun :iceslolan and yes AWD own3dz J00!!!!

what time did u guys get there? it sounds kick ass! :evillol:

maybe that sheriff is the one who goes around this forum and looks around for meetings like these ones..and he saw you guys planning your meet-a-long at in-n-out :eek: and you said it yourself they were asking ALOT of questions about your cars..hmm..

but hey! by the way you guys are describing your trip it sounds alot of fun :iceslolan and yes AWD own3dz J00!!!!

what time did u guys get there? it sounds kick ass! :evillol:



Nah, I doubt he was that type of cop. Him and his partner showed up to In-n-Out for grub. And I was standing taking pictures and he asked me what we were doing. I told him just takin some pictures of our cars. I told him we're a 'car club' from AF. He was cool. He drove a SS Camaro and we were talking about racing on the track (of course).

The meet started at 10pm. I didn't get there till like 11pm due to some friends and traffic delaying me. But it was all good. We all pulled out at like 2am.

stupid autozone...and their undercharging alternators!

I wanted to go but couldnt with a low charge on my car. Problem fixed let me know next time y'all go and i'll be there! :icon16:

yea i dont like goin to autozone, everytime i go there i usually 10 min for someone to ring me up...

Yeah, it was Dave in the 280 that saw me. The guy in the M3 was still in the lot (Fatninja was lost btw, I saw him driving in circles on the street).


Damn, you launched the car hard when it was all COLD???



hahahha.. And I definitely was sorta lost. Those damn roads in Pasadena were freaking tricky as hell!!!!!!! I was finally going the right way the last time you saw me though, LS1....



btw, your hid's look great!


and red, your car definitely sounds cool. I cant wait to hear her with the air horns.




next time, lets go to somewhere that we can go driving around some.

Yeah Pasadena is the land of one way streets. It's really easy to get lost there. I wanna go to the track. BTW my car wasn't all that cold.

4/18 hosting a meet in Santa Monica if you guys are down...
http://300zxclub.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30455

Tj, We've gotta be a member of the site to see that link... Tell us what's goin down.

nice... watch out the AWD launch is addictive.. the best feeling is a good clean launch at about 4500 rpm with no clutch smell... though i wouldnt worry too much about it... thats what warranties are for right?

4300rpm launch is weak for a EVO. thats what my friend takes off at for slow cars. for fast cars like the STi or me. he launches at 5.5K i know its hard to bear, but if you can do it right, you will beary smell clutch and the take off is crazy. he can do that even in 20 degree weather and not spin his tires. install a steal braided clutch line, it will help you with the clutch feedback point. this way you can launch consistainly. if the launch is done correctly, you will immediately hit 40mph and will have to shift as soon as your car grips. then 60 comes by in a blink. that should be a sub 5 second 0-60. practice. you'll see what i mean, esp since its alot warmer where your at. it was freaking 30 degrees last night!! with the windchill of 10!!! stupid nyc.

I thought I said over 4300 rpms. Oh well, it was revving extremely high, and I dropped it (Feathered it too much, cause I could smell clutch big time).

Man.. and I worry about the clutch when launching my car.....





I'm pussy.



hahaha

i never drove an awd car but herd its the shit so i cant wait till i do