Did a quickie tune up on the 03 today and decided to take if for a run- felt MUCH better after cleaning the plugs and a few other minor things, so after a few blasts around town I hit PCH going south and ran it through the gears at WOT a few times.
About the time I see my exit for the u-turn, I spotted an all blacked out G35- black wheels, tinted windows, not even the G35 emblems. As I rolled passed I spyed an intercooler under the bumper. About that time, I see the G35 pulling away from traffic to catch up :-D
As he pulls along side I sudden hear a turbo spooling up, but I was ready- dropped it into 2nd and we were off. I pulled a solid car length on him, but then my progress slowed greatly, almost stopped. We ran through almost the top half of 4th, I had about 2 cars, maybe a little more on him, but not much. We played a few more times fun a roll, then POP.. but more on that later.
We caught the next light and talked mods- he was running a twin-turbo setup on a built motor, putting 400 to the wheels but the kit wasn't tuned yet. We ran at the next light; he showed noticible turbo lag and put a sold 2+ cars on him but that's right where he stayed until 4th when i was able to start pulling a little bit again, but not much. We did a few more roll races; the results were the same; I'd pull away for the first 1 or 2 seconds then he'd spool up and all but stop my pull for a bit, then I'd start pulling away again slowly in 4th.
Given the G35 weighs mid 34xx pounds and his overall performance, I'd say 400 rwhp was a little on the low side. The driver was very cool- that'll be a wicked car when he gets it tuned and ups the boost a little :beer:
About that POP: about half way through one of our runs around high 3rd gear, I hear a PPPSSSSsssss and the windshield is covered in sweat sticky spray- the IC blew :cuss: Performance went down noticably after that, I figure the coolent spraying on the belt didn't help. Was running water/redline mix with a little coolent. Decided to top it off with pure coolent after todays run :fm: A pic right after I got home from the G35 run in:
About the time I see my exit for the u-turn, I spotted an all blacked out G35- black wheels, tinted windows, not even the G35 emblems. As I rolled passed I spyed an intercooler under the bumper. About that time, I see the G35 pulling away from traffic to catch up :-D
As he pulls along side I sudden hear a turbo spooling up, but I was ready- dropped it into 2nd and we were off. I pulled a solid car length on him, but then my progress slowed greatly, almost stopped. We ran through almost the top half of 4th, I had about 2 cars, maybe a little more on him, but not much. We played a few more times fun a roll, then POP.. but more on that later.
We caught the next light and talked mods- he was running a twin-turbo setup on a built motor, putting 400 to the wheels but the kit wasn't tuned yet. We ran at the next light; he showed noticible turbo lag and put a sold 2+ cars on him but that's right where he stayed until 4th when i was able to start pulling a little bit again, but not much. We did a few more roll races; the results were the same; I'd pull away for the first 1 or 2 seconds then he'd spool up and all but stop my pull for a bit, then I'd start pulling away again slowly in 4th.
Given the G35 weighs mid 34xx pounds and his overall performance, I'd say 400 rwhp was a little on the low side. The driver was very cool- that'll be a wicked car when he gets it tuned and ups the boost a little :beer:
About that POP: about half way through one of our runs around high 3rd gear, I hear a PPPSSSSsssss and the windshield is covered in sweat sticky spray- the IC blew :cuss: Performance went down noticably after that, I figure the coolent spraying on the belt didn't help. Was running water/redline mix with a little coolent. Decided to top it off with pure coolent after todays run :fm: A pic right after I got home from the G35 run in:
lookin for 500+ to the tires...
