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Offline TRBN

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2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« on: July 01, 2012, 08:34:20 PM »
Ran my '08 C14 at Midnight Madness at Gateway Motorsports Park

Helmet view of C14 Drag Race!

Best Time Run:  10.845sec@124.21mph
Best Speed Run:  10.867sec@126.93mph

So much fun!

BTW, the black C14 I was racing just could not keep up with my Silver C14!!  :)  Silver is the fastest!

More vids will be uploaded to my YouTube Channel of the night.  Keep watching for them!

Aaron
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Offline The Pope

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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 03:45:46 AM »
Sweet!  ;D
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2012, 04:15:52 AM »
nice run and nice looking start (from a non drag guy  ;) ) would have thought you would blow the rear tire up in smoke from those rpm's . any tips??  :D
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2012, 04:39:28 AM »
Nice!
Way to represent! 8)
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 10:56:57 AM »
Nice, Is she stock? I'm curious what a stock C14 would do in the real world on the strip, not in a magazine. Mine is bone stock. First Gear seems to give up around 8K RPM, 2nd and 3rd gear's are the sweet gears for running.
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Offline Jeremy Mitchell

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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 11:18:36 AM »
What were your 60' ft times?  I am surprised you got out of the hole so fast when you launched at 6-7000 rpm, I figured wheel spin would have been a problem at that high of an rpm.  Good run either way.  I would also like to know what you have done performance wise.
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 03:38:07 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy Mitchell on July 03, 2012, 11:18:36 AM
What were your 60' ft times?  I am surprised you got out of the hole so fast when you launched at 6-7000 rpm, I figured wheel spin would have been a problem at that high of an rpm.  Good run either way.  I would also like to know what you have done performance wise.

My 60' times were 1.76sec to 1.80sec.  Didn't have any problems with the wheel breaking loose, but the front wheel did want to come up...

My '08 C14 performance mods are few...
Vance&Hines CSOne slip on exhaust
Throttle Position Sensor tweaks to fix a lean surge condition I was getting. (Dealer did this at Kawasaki Tech suggestion)
K&N Free Flow Air Filter

But I did have my baby dyno'ed not to long ago which showed 150HP:

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=8978.0

Aaron

PS.  A few more vids up:  http://www.youtube.com/user/TerrorDBN/
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2012, 04:26:06 PM »
That's probably the first time ever, anyone has drag raced sporting a Zumo 500 GPS... nice job!  :D
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Offline TRBN

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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2012, 04:39:57 PM »
Quote from: Breaker19 on July 03, 2012, 04:26:06 PM
That's probably the first time ever, anyone has drag raced sporting a Zumo 500 GPS... nice job!  :D

Watch the speed climb in the lower left of the GPS display.  Its makes some large jumps!

:)

Aaron
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2012, 07:13:33 PM »
Quote from: Breaker19 on July 03, 2012, 04:26:06 PM
That's probably the first time ever, anyone has drag raced sporting a Zumo 500 GPS... nice job!  :D

Yeah I was hoping he wasn't using it for directions going down the track.
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2012, 08:06:04 PM »
You sure got passed by a lot of guys at the end of the run  :o
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2012, 08:23:26 PM »
Quote from: jjsC6 on July 03, 2012, 08:06:04 PM
You sure got passed by a lot of guys at the end of the run  :o
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2012, 04:31:54 PM »
Well that's it folks it has been proven!

SILVERDAMMIT IS FASTER
« Last Edit: July 04, 2012, 08:14:30 PM by Cuda »
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Offline Jeremy Mitchell

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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2012, 09:36:20 PM »
It was great to meet you guys today, I look forward to that ride down around Bixby. 
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2012, 12:25:31 PM »
Great run...you look very good at this!

Interesting to see the pavement oil stains at the end of the track turnout.  :'(
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2012, 12:39:55 AM »
Quote from: TRBN on July 03, 2012, 03:38:07 PM
My 60' times were 1.76sec to 1.80sec.  Didn't have any problems with the wheel breaking loose, but the front wheel did want to come up...

My '08 C14 performance mods are few...
Vance&Hines CSOne slip on exhaust
Throttle Position Sensor tweaks to fix a lean surge condition I was getting. (Dealer did this at Kawasaki Tech suggestion)
K&N Free Flow Air Filter

But I did have my baby dyno'ed not to long ago which showed 150HP:

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=8978.0

Aaron

PS.  A few more vids up:  http://www.youtube.com/user/TerrorDBN/

Very nice.. I guess I will continue to practice my launch as this was my first time ever drag racing and my 60ft times were 1.90...  Defenitly room for improvement :)
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Re: 2008 C14 drag race helmet cam
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2012, 04:40:16 AM »
Quote from: Cuda on July 04, 2012, 04:31:54 PM
Well that's it folks it has been proven!

SILVERDAMMIT IS FASTER

There you go!



Nice run!

Thanks for sharing the vids.
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