nissan 350z ?
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WhiteDevil
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WhiteDevil
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All that would happen is that he would run out of gear. So freakin what? His car is faster nuff said. Who races much past a quarter mile anyway.grrrrrrr said:
TheDamned
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I disagree whitedevil, a z's strengths aren't contained in a quarter mile race. All he said was he raced one from a 30mph roll, he never said where he shut it down at. I'm guessing around 80ish... If he got the jump on the z and was a little bit ahead I could easily see a 1 car lead, but I'd bet money that z was catching up. I will refuse to believe his car with his listed mods is making 287fwhp. Possiblly the z driver sucked, but it's still an unrealistic situation and bogus information. Who races much beyond a quarter mile? I'd lay money down that most races go much further than a quarter mile. SCCA for one, and some dealerships I hear are giving away liscenses with their cars... How well do you think that stang will hold against the z he raced if they came outa a hairpin onto the straightaway and both cars were clipping 30? If you think the stangs going to hold a 1 car lead I got a bridge I'll sell you for a rockbottom price. All I wanted to point out was you have to look at the context of what the author was asking. Can most stangs hold off a z in a stop light race, yah, sure. What about quarter mile, probably... much more than that, no, not without a decent list of mods. He said he ran from 30, I asked how long did he run, if they only ran to 60 or 80, then getting the jump on a car can account for that is therefore unrealist... I wasn't looking for a flame, but the author asked an honest question, and a 30 mph roll with a mostly stock stang doesn't hold much water unless a lot of goofy variables were involved.
WhiteDevil
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What does this have to do with racing, im not talking about taking both cars into a heated neck and neck road race. Im talking about a freakin drag race. The only thing that would happen is on the freeway the GT will run out of gear before the 350Z if that makes the Z faster then i guess thats your interpretation. I could throw some 3.27s in my GT and go race some high speed **** but i just dont see the point. Gearing is one thing and how fast a car is another, you can let your Car and Driver top speed numbers get you all confused about what car is faster.
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grrrrrrr said:
We went up to 100, and honestly, he wasn't gaining any ground at all.
Edit: 3 honk race, and we took off almost exactly at the same time. If anyone had the jump, it would have been him, he went on the 3rd honk, I went a little bit after.
ok i found out they are suposed to have 285 or so hp and do 0-60 in 5.5 (i.e motortrend crappoa) i got to ride in it today and we did a short little race to about 60 or so against our other buddys 95 gt from a dead stop. pretty much dead even all the way up. seemed to me like a mid 14 secound car.
fastest zs with best drivers run mid 13s stock at 102 mph
and then there are tons of poeple in the 14s
just like with 99+ GTs its all about the driver, elevation and traction.
Driver being equal, a 350z should edge out a stock 99+ gt by a little.
they put 240+ to the wheels stock, have great gearing and can do 1.9s on stock tires in the 60"
and then there are tons of poeple in the 14s
just like with 99+ GTs its all about the driver, elevation and traction.
Driver being equal, a 350z should edge out a stock 99+ gt by a little.
they put 240+ to the wheels stock, have great gearing and can do 1.9s on stock tires in the 60"
slo65
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well i'll add something since i raced one a while back, only mods since the race are headers/electric fan, we went from a 2nd gear roll (he was a really good driver, not that it matters much from a roll) but we were dead even in 2nd, through third he probaly pulled a car, and into 4th another car, probaly would of been closer from a stop, also i have a little track experiance so i'm sure i would of gotten him from a stop
