Street Racing & Kill Stories - GTA vs 350z

I was headed to school today as usual, headed over a decent sized bridge, I merged in to the main traffic, and saw a blue 350z in the other lane. It was a guy, looked to be about 40ish, didnt look over at me or anthing, so i figured he thought I wasnt worth his time, or he just didnt want to race. We get to the bottom of the bridge and both end up at a stop light side-by-side. I look over....still nothing

so I pull out in first, dont hear him get on it, shift into second, and he nails it......so I had to play some catch up, he had about 2 cars on me when i hit it, I short shifted into 3rd (5800) and still passed him, 3rd gear I took to 6200 and just left him, Id say around 5 cars.

I slowed down, continued my journey to school, he followed me? Im guessing he is a student to, or a teacher? lol either way, Had fun, I had never run a 350z before, cant say I was real impressed, but its better than alot of the junk out there.

I wish I had video, but its to hard to video tape and drive. Im going to look around school and see if I cant find him and ask him if he has anything done to his car.

Sorry if its not the most exciting race, they just dont happen very often around here.

short story:
350z didnt look like he wanted any
ended up getting stopped at a light together
he gunned it when i was in second
played catch up and took him by about 5 cars
turned out to be going the same place I was.

My car is an 88 GTA with an ls1, t56, full bolt ons (ls6 Intke, headers, !cats!, UD pulley, ported tb, loudmouth, K&N) Ford 9" with 4.11's.

Good kill man. And I hear ya on the not much action. I got the same problem where I'm at. Seemed like before I had a car there were hot rods and ricers everywhere, now that I've got a car, they've all disappeared. I tried my best to get one of those new 370z's to play the other day but the guy didn't want none.

at least you have actually seen a 370z, I get excited when I see a mid 90's mustang gt, there just isnt anyone around :(.
I think ive only raced 5 or 6 cars with my current car.

Infinity g35
TT 300zx
90's BMW
745I BMW
1990 5.8 Mustang GT lost :(
350z

Good kill man. And I hear ya on the not much action. I got the same problem where I'm at. Seemed like before I had a car there were hot rods and ricers everywhere, now that I've got a car, they've all disappeared. I tried my best to get one of those new 370z's to play the other day but the guy didn't want none.

Yeah I bet you're goin through withdrawals lol.

where are you at in washington?

Good kill! The 350Z's aren't bad, but they don't have anything for a bolt-on LS1, especially in a lighter 3rd gen. Looks like you have a nice car, man! I've always loved the GTA's and hope to restore one at some point in the future.

good stuff!!!!

and i love that car!
reminds me of my teenage years.......and you threw an ls1 in there
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

ya i love 3rd gens. i want the lsx swap into my 85 z in the future

how odd it that i want to find and paint a Hardtop GTA nissan 350z blue
with black center wheels and 4th gen ws6 ram air hood.
op good kill.
im not surprised that nt alot of cars will run along side of your car.
ive owned a stalled ls swap 3rd gen. so i know the feeling of a ls in a 3rd gen :burn:

where are you at in washington?

I live about 40 min west of olympia.

Yea, if you love the look of the third gens, lsx swap is the only way to go.

I live about 40 min west of olympia.

Yea, if you love the look of the third gens, lsx swap is the only way to go.

I'm down for some runs man. I am in Spanaway. We can meet somewhere, hopefully somewhere without cops. I want to see how that third gen of yours runs. Friendly runs for no money. Your call. Mine is a fourth gen with a LS6 swap, its a vert so its pretty damn heavy. Sounds like fun to me.

well im the lonely washington guy of the post with an LT1 :lol: yay for me? ha

I'm down for some runs man. I am in Spanaway. We can meet somewhere, hopefully somewhere without cops. I want to see how that third gen of yours runs. Friendly runs for no money. Your call. Mine is a fourth gen with a LS6 swap, its a vert so its pretty damn heavy. Sounds like fun to me.

that sounds good to me, have you ran at the track before? I went a couple times this summer.

Im just getting ready to throw a cam in also. Ive been putting it off until I got my ls7 clutch in, which I got in a week ago.

that sounds good to me, have you ran at the track before? I went a couple times this summer.

Im just getting ready to throw a cam in also. Ive been putting it off until I got my ls7 clutch in, which I got in a week ago.

I've spent a lot of time at the track but not in this car. Its a vert so they require me to have a cage at 13.49, the car is faster than that. They won't let me run it to its potential because when they raise the hood they see headers so now its modded. If it ran 11's stock they would let me run it but since its modded they want me to follow the rules and have a cage. Stupid but thats how it is. The LS7 clutch is a nice piece, I have one as well. You'll like it. Let me know when you want to run and we'll meet up. Daytime is best for me. We'll figure that out.

makes me wish my GTA was together again..on my 2nd resto..this time its a big motor/caged..lol..

I've spent a lot of time at the track but not in this car. Its a vert so they require me to have a cage at 13.49, the car is faster than that. They won't let me run it to its potential because when they raise the hood they see headers so now its modded. If it ran 11's stock they would let me run it but since its modded they want me to follow the rules and have a cage. Stupid but thats how it is. The LS7 clutch is a nice piece, I have one as well. You'll like it. Let me know when you want to run and we'll meet up. Daytime is best for me. We'll figure that out.

Looks like your past oly, we could meet there sometime, I think its about 30 miles west for you, and about 50 east for me.

Looks like your past oly, we could meet there sometime, I think its about 30 miles west for you, and about 50 east for me.

Let me know man. You bring the camera or do I? We have to get a vid or these assclowns will bitch. LOL! If you get the cam done you should get me, other than that I think it will be a good run. Your lighter but have less power mine is a pig but I have the HP advantage. Can't wait to see how it goes. You on street tires or DR's? I'm a street tires. It doesn't matter except to tell me how careful I have to be on the launch.

makes me wish my GTA was together again..on my 2nd resto..this time its a big motor/caged..lol..

I will get my third gen there someday. Hopefully I just found a good big block to go into it. Waiting on a response. I'm excited but we'll see how it turns out.

Let me know man. You bring the camera or do I? We have to get a vid or these assclowns will bitch. LOL! If you get the cam done you should get me, other than that I think it will be a good run. Your lighter but have less power mine is a pig but I have the HP advantage. Can't wait to see how it goes. You on street tires or DR's? I'm a street tires. It doesn't matter except to tell me how careful I have to be on the launch.

I could bring DR's my street tires are only toyo proxy 4's 16/245's. and I have a camera I could bring. My car weighs about 3200, so its light-ish, are you just a bolt on ls6?

I could bring DR's my street tires are only toyo proxy 4's 16/245's. and I have a camera I could bring. My car weighs about 3200, so its light-ish, are you just a bolt on car?

I'm on Proxy's as well. Mine is a bolt on car but its a LS6 crate engine instead of the LS1. It probably weighs close to 4000 lbs. If you want to run a DR thats cool. Its just for fun anyway. If I lose I lose.

I'm on Proxy's as well. Mine is a bolt on car but its a LS6 crate engine instead of the LS1. It probably weighs close to 4000 lbs. If you want to run a DR thats cool. Its just for fun anyway. If I lose I lose.

I think a roll would be a good idea, like 40? we can try different things, if your on proxys then I should just run them too. are you auto or 6spd?

well im the lonely washington guy of the post with an LT1 :lol: yay for me? ha

where are you located?

I think a roll would be a good idea, like 40? we can try different things, if your on proxys then I should just run them too. are you auto or 6spd?

I row my own. I don't care what we run. Roll or dig I'm down. I like digs better but I am not going to turn down a run because its from a roll. You choose the race man or we can do both.

where are you located?

im down in vancouver would be nice to meet up with a couple people get some friends who actually enjoy cars

Nice kill on the 350Z, OP. I think a GTA with an LS1 swap is a very cool car, especially with a 6-speed and 9-inch. :D What tires are you running, though? With a 111 trap speed, you should be hitting mid 12s, maybe high 12s if you're still having some traction issues.

Nice kill on the 350Z, OP. I think a GTA with an LS1 swap is a very cool car, especially with a 6-speed and 9-inch. :D What tires are you running, though? With a 111 trap speed, you should be hitting mid 12s, maybe high 12s if you're still having some traction issues.


thanks :)
I had some bald stree tires that run, i went and bought some bf goodrich DR's
15/60/275, after that

PM sent to Firechicken before I read the post to find out where you live. I'm in city of Snohomish (just east of Everett). My brother lives nearby and has a '87 IROC SLP Firehawk clone. When it hooks, he runs 12.8 at 105? with a 1.8 60'. Got a spot nearby where we can dig race on a nice wide newly paved road with near zero traffic if you're interested.

FYI: you dont have to put a LS1 into a third gen to get power! SLP T ram like my brothers 87 has or a Holley Stealth Ram like his 90 vert has work just fine.. along with Trick Flow, AFR, or a slew of other heads available... My bro is getting ready to put his AFR 205's on soon to replace his old Trick Flow Twisted Wedge heads which should put him solidly in the low 12's; mid to high 11's if he gets a bigger cam than his GM Hot Cam he is currently running. Here's his car doing burnouts when he was trying to kill his tires so he could justify getting new ones to go on his ZR1 17" rims:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tCnxP_bzQY

PM me if any of you are interested. I'll run my GTO if you want, or film from my ZX-14 while following you. Gotta love HD camcorders!

PM sent to Firechicken before I read the post to find out where you live. I'm in city of Snohomish (just east of Everett). My brother lives nearby and has a '87 IROC SLP Firehawk clone. When it hooks, he runs 12.8 at 105? with a 1.8 60'. Got a spot nearby where we can dig race on a nice wide newly paved road with near zero traffic if you're interested.

FYI: you dont have to put a LS1 into a third gen to get power! SLP T ram like my brothers 87 has or a Holley Stealth Ram like his 90 vert has work just fine.. along with Trick Flow, AFR, or a slew of other heads available... My bro is getting ready to put his AFR 205's on soon to replace his old Trick Flow Twisted Wedge heads which should put him solidly in the low 12's; mid to high 11's if he gets a bigger cam than his GM Hot Cam he is currently running. Here's his car doing burnouts when he was trying to kill his tires so he could justify getting new ones to go on his ZR1 17" rims:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tCnxP_bzQY

PM me if any of you are interested. I'll run my GTO if you want, or film from my ZX-14 while following you. Gotta love HD camcorders!

'87 IROC SLP Firehawk clone? so is it a camaro or firebird?

and you dont need to have an ls1 to go fast, but you have to do alot to the tpi 350 to get it to move. just swapping an ls1 to a third gen can get you into the mid to high 12's.

I cant keep up with you right now, not until I get my heads and cam installed. then ill run ya :D

PM sent to Firechicken before I read the post to find out where you live. I'm in city of Snohomish (just east of Everett). My brother lives nearby and has a '87 IROC SLP Firehawk clone. When it hooks, he runs 12.8 at 105? with a 1.8 60'. Got a spot nearby where we can dig race on a nice wide newly paved road with near zero traffic if you're interested.

FYI: you dont have to put a LS1 into a third gen to get power! SLP T ram like my brothers 87 has or a Holley Stealth Ram like his 90 vert has work just fine.. along with Trick Flow, AFR, or a slew of other heads available... My bro is getting ready to put his AFR 205's on soon to replace his old Trick Flow Twisted Wedge heads which should put him solidly in the low 12's; mid to high 11's if he gets a bigger cam than his GM Hot Cam he is currently running. Here's his car doing burnouts when he was trying to kill his tires so he could justify getting new ones to go on his ZR1 17" rims:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tCnxP_bzQY

PM me if any of you are interested. I'll run my GTO if you want, or film from my ZX-14 while following you. Gotta love HD camcorders!

hey Manalishi, bought a new car part today :D :D

hey Manalishi, bought a new car part today :D :D

That doesn't sound good for me. LOL! What did you get?

That doesn't sound good for me. LOL! What did you get?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/firechicken/DSCI1034.jpg

a complete Radix magnacharger kit :guns:
found a Killer deal on it, couldnt pass it up!

its meant for a 4.8, 5.3, or 6.0. but since the 5.7 is pretty much the same AND third gens dont have their motors halfway under the windshield it will work....

and speartech did a 91 z28 w/ an ls1 and a radix so i know it will work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/firechicken/DSCI1034.jpg

a complete Radix magnacharger kit :guns:
found a Killer deal on it, couldnt pass it up!

its meant for a 4.8, 5.3, or 6.0. but since the 5.7 is pretty much the same AND third gens dont have their motors halfway under the windshield it will work....

and speartech did a 91 z28 w/ an ls1 and a radix so i know it will work.

Damn dude I will be sucking after that. O-well. It will still be fun.

Damn dude I will be sucking after that. O-well. It will still be fun.

ill try to meet up with you before I do the work. Have you ever worked on anything like this? I mean are you very mechanically inclined? Im getting all the details from speartech about what I need to do to get this thing operational. I need truck accessories, different fuel injectors that will work on an ls1, and a few odds and ends.

Im considering putting those heads I have on there, along with an ls6 camshaft. h/c/FI :cool: I really want to make 500+ RWHP, I was only planning on 410ish with just the heads and cam.

ill try to meet up with you before I do the work. Have you ever worked on anything like this? I mean are you very mechanically inclined? Im getting all the details from speartech about what I need to do to get this thing operational. I need truck accessories, different fuel injectors that will work on an ls1, and a few odds and ends.

Im considering putting those heads I have on there, along with an ls6 camshaft. h/c/FI :cool: I really want to make 500+ RWHP, I was only planning on 410ish with just the heads and cam.

I've been a diesel mechanic my whole life. I can lend a hand.

I've been a diesel mechanic my whole life. I can lend a hand.

that would be great, Ive got a shop, with a pit, cherry picker, tools etc.

I just need to get every nut and bolt in order before Im ready. and I have to decide for sure if im going to do H/c and the maggie, or just the maggie. so ill call up the company that makes these and find out about how much power I should be making and what pulley to use, im thinking 2.9 or 3.0 pulley. 6-8 psi. I plan on having it dyno tuned also.

an advantage to selling my heads and cam I have would be more money, for accessories, smaller pulley, gauges, hood etc. and I think with those extras installed i would need a better clutch than my ls7.

that would be great, Ive got a shop, with a pit, cherry picker, tools etc.

I just need to get every nut and bolt in order before Im ready. and I have to decide for sure if im going to do H/c and the maggie, or just the maggie. so ill call up the company that makes these and find out about how much power I should be making and what pulley to use, im thinking 2.9 or 3.0 pulley. 6-8 psi. I plan on having it dyno tuned also.

an advantage to selling my heads and cam I have would be more money, for accessories, smaller pulley, gauges, hood etc. and I think with those extras installed i would need a better clutch than my ls7.

The LS7 clutch isn't going to be very happy at 500HP and repeated launches. Normal driving and the occasional spirited drive I think it would be OK. I'd get a twin disk if it were me. Just for the peace of mind. Once you get it all figured out let me know and I'll be glad to turn some wrenches.

The LS7 clutch isn't going to be very happy at 500HP and repeated launches. Normal driving and the occasional spirited drive I think it would be OK. I'd get a twin disk if it were me. Just for the peace of mind. Once you get it all figured out let me know and I'll be glad to turn some wrenches.

sweet, thanks! I think it will be more of the second one, im to far from a drag strip to go all the time, and ill probably be fighting traction. But Ya, it will probably be a couple months, Ive got to have a long conversation with speartech about what they did to their car. But ill shoot you a pm when im ready :D

sweet, thanks! I think it will be more of the second one, im to far from a drag strip to go all the time, and ill probably be fighting traction. But Ya, it will probably be a couple months, Ive got to have a long conversation with speartech about what they did to their car. But ill shoot you a pm when im ready :D

Sounds good man. Let me now and I'll lend a hand.