Me (camera car), modded 05 stang, APS TT 350z

http://homepage.mac.com/bvogelsinger/

That was the night my clutch gave out, the day before I was supposed to go to the track. You can hear it slipping in every gear. Have the tranny pulled and my input shaft bearing and seal were so bad my clutch housing was completely caked in gear oil. All over my clutch, PP, and flywheel.

Of course the Z pulled me pretty good, he is putting down 440whp. I took the stang by 2-3 cars. Stang has intake, X-pipe, chip, and cat back.

 

Nice run!! Man I need to start making vids.

I saw this on My350z.com, and was like man that 350z is fast, but you held your ground pretty good with a slipping clutch. Keep up the good work, you're making all us Infiniti guys so happy.

 

Very nice vid, your car is moving..

 

Awesome

How much boost were you running, is it 10 or 12 psi?

 

Cool vid. That's not BriGuyMax is it?

 

^^ Yea it is BriGuyMax, Fast a** 350z

 

Nice run Mike, yeah you can defintely tell ur clutch wasn't all there. That Z is freaking quick, what psi was he running? 1/4?

 

11.9 @ 119 mph I believe on 9psi

 

That's right. And yeah it's BriGuyMax, old maxima guy. Mustang is Max2000jp from this board. I was the camera man.

Mike saw up to 10.5psi that night if I recall, but we don't know when in the night it was. We did alot of racing that night, and that's just what his peak boost on his boost gauge said when we got back to his place.

 

i love when mustangs get beat!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Was Mike running the JWT ecu or stock?

 

Stock ecu.

 

That must be the JWT ECU he was running. Stock ECU he should have pulled away very easily from that mustang unless he was modded.


Thats a nice Video!!!! Mad props to you folks nice clean Vid!!!

 

I thought he had trouble with detenation/timing with the stock ecu over 9 psi around thetime he dynoed. Was it cooler that night so he was able to run with no problems?

 

The stang was modded and mike's clutch was slipping pretty bad but I think he still pulled like 2-3 cars on the stang.

 

He's never said anything about anything like that to me. Otherwise I'm sure he wouldn't be running around boosting on the stock ECU everyday.

 

Thanks for the props on the vid. I HATE watching crappy, jiggly, unfocused, racing videos so when I am videotaping I pay attention to NOTHING other than wedging my elbows against my body to keep the camera steady, keeping the cars in question in the frame, keeping the zoom appropriate, and keeping the wind noise down (I hate wind noise in racing videos too).

People will ask me what happened in a race that I just videotaped and I usually don't know because I wasn't concentrating on what was actually occuring in the race, but rather on making the video as high quality as I can.

 

turbo lag sucks. imean the stang jumped out like crazy for a split second. the power of the z is crazy. so is driving like that in traffic! how fast were you going? i feel bad for the bug on mikes windshield.

 

We were probably slowed down to 90mph within 2 seconds after the video ended, we didn't continue through the traffic. Probably got up to 130 or maybe 140 in the race.

 

That was my 05 GT in the video. Mike pulled me about 2-3 cars from the top of 2nd well into 4th gear in my car(60-130). His car is a true sleeper. I want a rematch next spring when Mike fixes his clutch/transmission issues and gets some brakes I will have a little more power next time to make it more interesting.

 

That sucks i cant see the vid

 

This was with my stock ECU....but with 100 octane gas. That is why detonation was not an issue. It was also in the 50's that night.

As for why I did not pull the stang harder? The mustang is no slouch, probably close to 300whp. And for those who watched the video, turn the sound up. You can hear my clutch slip and my motor rev in each gear.

I know the "clutch slip" can be a ricer excuse, so here are some pics to give you guys an idea of what was trying to holdmy power that night. I pulled the tranny a few days after this race.

My input shaft bearing and seal went bad, very bad. This is the inside of my clutch housing...which is supposed to be dry for those who don't know that. Yes, that is gear oil puddled up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/118_1848.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/118_1845.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/118_1844.jpg


This is my fidanza flywheel burt to ****. It was worn down to some of the bolts and there is a nice deep grove around the outside of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/118_1846.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/118_1847.jpg


Here is the flywheel side of the clutch. All glazed over and some chunks missing. Oil soaked as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/118_1849.jpg

This is the pressure plate side of the clutch disk. The material is in good shape, just oil soaked

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/118_1850.jpg



And yes, Neal did a nice job with the video.

 

What clutch/flywheel combo is next?

 

Mike? are you keeping your fidanza flywheel? I've talk to fidanza before when I changed out my clutch and theres a aluminum insert(where the screws are) that you can buy from them for like $90 and basically replace the current insert you have, making it a brand new flywheel essentially. I've tried to get the flywheel resurfaced and many tranny shops won't do it because of the srews. I was able to fine a machine shop to do mine for like $50. Next time I'll replace that insert.

 

I have replaced the friction disk before and I plan to do it this time as well. They actually sent me two friction disks last time I bought a replacement. Don't know if it was a mistake on their part or if they always send two. I just had to order the hardware from them for this replacement.

I am going with the ClutchNet 6 puck E-Z lock sprung hub, the one that most guys on here use. Tranny should be back in by then end of October.

 

dag, i cant see the video but it sounds like you held it down with a slipping clutch.

 

You guys need to download divx player from www.divx.com to see the vids. After you download that you should be able to watch it in either windows media player or the divx player.

 

man that poor mustang had a quick 60' lol, but that about it. your boys 350 is moving hard though and yours didnt do too bad either with the bad clutch.and those mustangs arent exactly slow neither.

 

nice vid!

 

Thanks Kirk, don't be such a stranger to this forum!

 

Mike's I30 weighs less and makes 40-60 whp than I do, what do you expect? His car is simply faster!

 

well at least your honest, most men will just look for an excuse for losing instead of just admitting he's faster.

 

From a stop, I don't think he would catch me down the 1/4 though. Though he would be realing me in pretty hard at the end. My car brakes better than his though

 

Get your car to the track fool. I might be coming out there this weekend to hit byron on sunday if the weather works out.

 

Now Neal you need to get your car together so you could put BriGuyMax 350z in place. Now that would be a great race.

 

My car is together and running. Knock on wood that it stays that way for a while

 

So does that mean another vid of you racing BriGuyMax?

 

Sunday works for me......I need to borrow a helmet from Greg though. Planning on heading to the track early???

 

Brian has been talking smack lately in regards to Neal's car. He stated that his car would beat Neals unless he was spraying.

 

I love love to see a race between Neal and BriGuyMax. That would really be a good one.