Fun at Import Face Off Ohio 2009
After an unsuccessful trip to last year’s Import Face Off in Columbus, OH with our drag car (canceled due to rain), Hal decided to take his freshly tuned 350Z up for the race. Having only changed wheels and added race gas, Hal unloaded his daily driver 350Z for a beautiful day of racing, watching, and having fun. Despite bringing the motor home and stacker trailer, Hal maintained a low-key effort, focusing on enjoying the races with friends. This was his first full event for testing the car on the drag strip, so there was much to be learned in testing the car.
The first pass resulted in a respectable 10.8 at 145 mph quarter mile. After qualifying for first in his current class of about 30 competitors, Hal bumped up to the Forced Induction Pro class, where he would eventually also qualify first. His second pass overall showed a noticeable improvement at 10.1 with a similar trap speed. In between passes, the guys had a chance to get up on top of the motor home for a few pictures of the turnout on a cool and comfortable afternoon.
On just the third pass, showing how experience behind the wheel of a relatively new setup can drastically help, Hal fired off a 9.891 at just about 149 mph. This is almost exactly one second off the time from our own drag car at the same event last year. Needless to say, Hal is extremely happy with the results of his Injected Performance Stage 1+ short block and mildly modified head. The properly sized single turbo and piping setup makes for an amazing powerband that can still put the power down through the stock six-speed. As mentioned before, we like pushing the limits on our cars so that your builds don’t have to!
Sadly, in Hal’s first competition run, he got a bit “drift-happy” and let out after nearly reaching a 45 degree angle with his car at two separate points down the track. It wasn’t until the slowest qualifier, his competition for the first round, passed him until he remembered he was in an elimination round. We can forgive him though; I think we’d all be a little overwhelmed if we just found out our daily driver was capable of running 9 second times! Despite losing in the first round of the competition itself, it was a fun day for Injected Performance, and Hal joined the ranks of the fastest 350Z’s in the country. Although he has no plans to convert his car into a full drag build, we are still proud for him and his new best time.
Import Face Off in Columbus Full of Rain
The Injected Performance 350Z and 4G63-powered Conquest of Bill Walls made the trek up north to Columbus, OH for the Import Face Off at National Trial Raceway. We showed up bright and early Sunday morning and proceeded to wait in line to get into the event. Once we arrived at tech inspections, we waited in line, and then waited in line some more in grid. Due to the rules of the event, we were limited to running in the Outlaw class with cars half of our weight. However, Hal managed a very respectable 8.89 @ 160mph on his first pass. That time held up as the quickest qualifying time for the event. Unfortunately, the event was cut short due to heavy rain, but we still had a pretty good time. The delay gave us a chance to sample some of the finest crock pot BBQ sandwiches in all of Ohio while we waited for the storm to pass. Here are some pictures from the event that we were able to snap off before the rain sent us home early.
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