Finally got some times

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » September 24th, 2005, 1:01 pm

I hit a 14.5@97 at Racecity last night with the ZE and a 50 shot, not bad considering the altitude. I was one of the fastest imports there were onyl 3 more that were faster 300zxtt, turbo celica all trac, and a turbo integra. It was really cold out so nobody was hooking up, and I had massive wheel hop. I finally got my launches down to a 2.27 60 ft and I ran out of nitrous against a stage 2 SRT-4 who was running 14.8's. He got a 14.9 and I got a 15.1 that race I was kinda pissed.

It's definitely not easy to launch an mx-3 with any power behind it. I had to launch conservatively to avoid hopping, and then when it hooked up at around 3.5k then I could go WOT, but I had to watch the RPM's closely because I don't have the cutout switches for the nitrous and if I over rev and hit fuel cut bye bye ZE.

On the 1-2 shift I had to let off the gas while shifting otherwise it would spin into the redline and I would sit there backing off and hitting it while it just spun and spun.

2-3 I was power shifting, and same with 3-4 and right at the traps I was usually at redline in 4th.

I absolutely schooled a turbo miata, and a first gen 626 turbo boosting 15 lbs! Muhahaha

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 24th, 2005, 3:13 pm

what altitude r u at? ur time and speed are good but for what u have done to ur engine i would have expected better.

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » September 25th, 2005, 2:13 pm

3736 is Calgary elevation I have heard race city is about ~3600. Calculators show about a .6 - .7 ET difference at sea level. It seems most guys with a little shot on a ZE can hit the 13's so that should be about right. Keep in mind tho I ran out of juice right when I figured out how to launch it. I finally got a 2.27 60 footer and I felt there was still room for improvement. I plan to go out again if the weather permits this season. I will up the jet to a 75 maybe even a 100.

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 25th, 2005, 2:31 pm

well then ur times are real good! good job and be very very careful with that nitrous especially the dry shots uppin the jets could easily blow ur engine to peices. if u plan on runnin alot of nitrous u should switch to wet(if u have the dry shot)

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » September 25th, 2005, 11:49 pm

I'm running 1 secondary injector in the intake just in front of the dry jet. I tapped into the Zex box so it is triggered at the same time the nitrous solenoid fires. The test run I made I was hitting a 12:1 AFR in second gear I may add another injector if I decide to go 100 shot.

V8KOMX3 · Post by **V8KOMX3** » September 27th, 2005, 6:46 pm

celica all trac those are kinda rare that's cool I am at 5200 elev. and I hope to be in that with my kl but we shall see. I run a 16.9 at the track right now with my k8 so I think I can do it