Took another 350z out

[hellrot Ofl]

I was on the interstate cruising and I saw a red 350z with a black body kit. I was hoping he was driving to go get it painted. I rolled the window down so he could see me and grinned at him. He smiled and we took off from 60mph. By 110 he was about 4cl back. I wanted to beat him by more but I guess he had some work done to it. When I slowed down back to him he had this stupid looking stare at me like "WTF just happened". I smiled again and he gave me one of those confused waves as he exited the interstate. So I cranked my Disturbed music and cruised to Chiptole.:buttrock

[Analog]

350z's are very very over-rated. I've seen one of those super-charged buicks take one out.

[hellrot Ofl]

haha that would be fun to see. The owners are a-holes too around here IMO

[BMW525i]

if i could only do that

[Analog]

Actually, 350z's can be mean if you pour money into them. They seem to run off teh $$$

[hellrot Ofl]

haha yeah. my turbo kit probably cost the equivalent of two of his car payments

[Analog]

You know, 350zs never seem to win.

[eternalx88]

You know, 350zs never seem to win.

they are everywhere

[Analog]

Maybe people just don't post losing to a 350z.

[gti1689]

Maybe people just don't post losing to a 350z.
this is bimmerfourms. 350's will NEVER win.

nice race!

[Analog]

I almost forgot where I was at. This place has a cult. Reminds me of hondatech.....

[Sniz]

350z's are very very over-rated. I've seen one of those super-charged buicks take one out.


A Buick GN is nothing to sneeze at...they will take just about all BMW's on this board w/ very mild tuning.

So to say it beat a 350z sounds like a statement John Madden would make.....obvious

Of course I could be wrong....since the GN's are turboed. Are you mistaken or am I?

[Boosted2003]

A Buick GN is nothing to sneeze at...they will take just about all BMW's on this board w/ very mild tuning.

So to say it beat a 350z sounds like a statement John Madden would make.....obvious

Of course I could be wrong....since the GN's are turboed. Are you mistaken or am I?

Who knows? Even if hes talking about hte SC 3.8l GTP's and such can make some big power with little money.

[EuroCar]

So to say it beat a 350z sounds like a statement John Madden would make.....obvious


Now the referee, if he if he throws a flag, that right there, thats gunna thats gunna thats gunna thats gunna be a penalty.

[ontheroadagain]

I don't think a car that runs high 13s stock for that kind of money is overrated :/

[Sniz]

Now the referee, if he if he throws a flag, that right there, thats gunna thats gunna thats gunna thats gunna be a penalty.

:lol exactly

Captain obvious.

[DU09]

Now the referee, if he if he throws a flag, that right there, thats gunna thats gunna thats gunna thats gunna be a penalty.

HAHAhaha

ahhh madden....

So since theirs dirt on his jersey theres less dirt on the field?

frank caliendo ftw

[Walked U]

A Buick GN is nothing to sneeze at...they will take just about all BMW's on this board w/ very mild tuning.

So to say it beat a 350z sounds like a statement John Madden would make.....obvious

Of course I could be wrong....since the GN's are turboed. Are you mistaken or am I?


The GXN are turbo charged. Ya they are nothing to sneeze about. But I wouldnt say they would take about all the bmw's on this board...

[Sniz]

The GXN are turbo charged. Ya they are nothing to sneeze about. But I wouldnt say they would take about all the bmw's on this board...


in a drag i would.....I didnt say all, but a majority. And I did say lightly modded, which would be easy low 12's.

[Walked U]

Whats light tunning to you? Because I have a friend with one and with a good launch and street tires he ran 14.1 at 99 mph, stock.

[shifty711]

God, 350z's are such over rated pieces of shit.
They lose to every car.
Cant believe it.
Dont believe the 350z hype kids.

###Dont smoke the crack fanboys###

[SurfdogCP]

:lol exactly

Captain obvious.

I heard him say once, "Now, what both of each of these coaches really want, is to win this game. But only one can."

[hellrot Ofl]

usually in football, the team with the most points at the end of the game is probably going to win. or the person who stomps the most 350z's in a week wins. whos down? haha jk

[savage217]

What you running for hp with that turbo on your 325i?

[hellrot Ofl]

god only knows. i want to dyno but every time i turn around im putting it on ramps to do more stuff.

[Bobby Newport]

So to say it beat a 350z sounds like a statement John Madden would make.....obvious

:rofl i HATE john madden. ea shouldnt have gave him the deal

[hellrot Ofl]

haha he should have stopped after the raiders were done with him

[ttype86]

The GXN are turbo charged. I think you mean a GNX. All the Later (86 & 87) Grand Nationals and T-Types were Intercooled & turbocharged, and capable of running 13's bone stock on the puny P215-65-15's Goodyear Eagles. The GNX was the Grand National to end all Grand Nationals, and included an upgraded intercooler, ceramic impeller exhaust wheel on the turbo, a panhard rearend setup, fender vents and flairs, 16" rims and a full gauge package amoungst other things and was capable of running low 13's bone stock, which by todays standards may not seem that fast but back in 1987 it was faster than any other production car in the US, it even beat a twin turbo Callaway Vette 3 straight times in a Motor Trend heads up race. It was a very limited production vehicle with only 547 being built. With low mileage examples now commanding upwords of $100,000 I doubt if you will see too many on the road.


I've seen one of those super-charged buicks take one out.I believe he was refering to the front wheel drive 3800V6 Regal GS's which were supercharged and could dip into the low 13's high 12's with a pulley change and light mods and some traction.

Here is a front wheel drive Regal.
http://johnt.fusionorange.com/Eric_videos/MOV00002.MPG

[Sniz]

Whats light tunning to you? Because I have a friend with one and with a good launch and street tires he ran 14.1 at 99 mph, stock.

Pulley, exhaust.

Upping the boost and allowing more to flow out of the engine.

[ding]

I think you mean a GNX. All the Later (86 & 87) Grand Nationals and T-Types were Intercooled & turbocharged, and capable of running 13's bone stock on the puny P215-65-15's Goodyear Eagles. The GNX was the Grand National to end all Grand Nationals, and included an upgraded intercooler, ceramic impeller exhaust wheel on the turbo, a panhard rearend setup, fender vents and flairs, 16" rims and a full gauge package amoungst other things and was capable of running low 13's bone stock, which by todays standards may not seem that fast but back in 1987 it was faster than any other production car in the US, it even beat a twin turbo Callaway Vette 3 straight times in a Motor Trend heads up race. It was a very limited production vehicle with only 547 being built. With low mileage examples now commanding upwords of $100,000 I doubt if you will see too many on the road.

I believe he was refering to the front wheel drive 3800V6 Regal GS's which were supercharged and could dip into the low 13's high 12's with a pulley change and light mods and some traction.

Here is a front wheel drive Regal.
http://johnt.fusionorange.com/Eric_videos/MOV00002.MPG

damnit you beat me to this, I was just about to say that

[dominicanodcora]

god only knows. i want to dyno but every time i turn around im putting it on ramps to do more stuff.

how much u payed for ur turbo kit??

[silver g]

Your car sounds mean. Nice kill.

[hellrot Ofl]

how much u payed for ur turbo kit??

all in all, probebly around 3 or so. i got robbed on the piping which was 1000. they charged me that to mount the IC, run the downpipe and IC piping, mount my BOV, and mount my wideband. bastards....

[Eric BMW]

Hellrot, what did you use for tuning? 38# seems a bit large for a 57 trim without any internal work

[gromitz]

350z's are very very over-rated. I've seen one of those super-charged buicks take one out.

350z's are not overrated. They're just out-dated. They were "competitive" in their time (circa 2002-2003), stocks starting out with a "whopping" 287 hp, but nowadays in the horsepower-arms-race era, Camrys have 268 hp and Altimas with 270 hp. Even the 2007 Z's 306 hp numbers are piddly compared to the upcoming offerings from Pontiac and Chevrolet.

[VivaM3]

Whats light tunning to you?
the same as it is to me...exhaust and a boost controller (Basic Performance Upgrades) took me from 320hp to 400hp on "low" boost. for the Grand National, BPU mods are the same - exhaust and a BC. like Sniz said, BPU for a supercharged car is exhaust and a pulley, since the pulley is effectively a boost controller. either way, these modifications are relatively inexpensive on American and Japanese cars. BPU cost me $1500, but it can be done for $1000...to me that's light tuning.




usually in football, the team with the most points at the end of the game is probably going to win. or the person who stomps the most 350z's in a week wins. whos down? haha jk
there's always a chance you'll run into a 350Z who is as modded as yourself. i remember one night i left the drag strip along with some other people who were headed south on I-75 like me. we stopped at a gas station first, where i talked to the owner of a 350Z w/ a crazy body kit and loud as hell exhaust. of course he tells me the only thing done to it performance-wise is the exhaust :rolleyes . at the time my Supra was stock, but i was still thinking "hmm...350Z with exhaust only. this should be easy, especially on the highway." this guy ended up pulling me a good 3 cars from 60-120mph. :shifty turns out he was spraying, but how big a shot he was running i have no idea. his buddy informed me about it shortly after the race. "just exhaust..." fukin liar hahaha :stickoutt

[MotorWerkz]

Good job on killing Z.

[Sniz]

My buddy has a Z w/ over 400whp w a vortech sc and other mods. Its an auto but it still rips. With that said, a stock one is a pig. I ran one on the highway from 70+. I ran away really hard in my Volvo R........it was almost funny how far back he was. Actually it was the fastest I've ever traveled in a car.......over 155mph and still climbing steady. Scared myself.

[ttype86]

over 155mph and still climbing steady. Speedo at that mph is off a little bit, top speed on the R models is electronically limited to 155mph. Those are pretty impressive performing cars for a 5 cylinder.

[MagnumX]

if i could only do that

+1 nice kill though

[540iboy]

you beat a 350z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??? wow you must be really cool, can i see some pics of this monster??!!

[MotorWerkz]

you beat a 350z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??? wow you must be really cool, can i see some pics of this monster??!!
of course he's cool, 350z is a fast car, and it'll be the fastest car in the world when powered by ///Arrogance

[Sniz]

Speedo at that mph is off a little bit, top speed on the R models is electronically limited to 155mph. Those are pretty impressive performing cars for a 5 cylinder.


My car doesnt look stock to you does it??

Custom ECU tuning included a limiter removal. I also had my Nav runing so that tracked my MPH.....it was accurate. :buttrock

[ttype86]

My car doesnt look stock to you does it??

Easy there big guy, it wasn't a dig at your car, look at it again I actually paid your car a compliment. Having owned 3 Volvos in the past, one being a turbo model, I am a big fan of volvo's. How many other people would even know about the electronic limit if they weren't familiar with the car. :lol

[hellrot Ofl]

Hellrot, what did you use for tuning? 38# seems a bit large for a 57 trim without any internal work

my injectors actually work pretty well with the size and the setup. not really much problems except for blow by, but that doesnt concern the fuel. as for tuning, i had a guy do it for me instead of going to a company and pay an arm and a leg for it. it works well so im not complaining.

[hellrot Ofl]

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/555232360KwTmRy

pics of it. you can scroll thru. i dont have the bottlecaps anymore though. the style 44s are on now.

[Geno325is]

http://thumb7.webshots.net/t/16/17/9/12/51/2922912510095460747HgkySy_th.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2922912510095460747HgkySy)

James, paint those wheels black, ya know you wanna....

PS. Nice kill

[mrvortex]

My friend beat a 350z with his honda accord V-6 with only minor bolt-on mods

[Bsaint]

My car doesnt look stock to you does it??

Custom ECU tuning included a limiter removal. I also had my Nav runing so that tracked my MPH.....it was accurate. :buttrock

I thought you crashed it...? maybe I'm thinking of someone else...

[hellrot Ofl]

http://thumb7.webshots.net/t/16/17/9/12/51/2922912510095460747HgkySy_th.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2922912510095460747HgkySy)

James, paint those wheels black, ya know you wanna....

PS. Nice kill

yeah thats the weekend project coming up. ill rattle can them bad boys

[LAKESHOW423]

yeah thats the weekend project coming up. ill rattle can them bad boys

Nice kill bro! Who much HP you got (estimated), I know you havent dyno'ed it, but I was wondering...rough figure! Thanks!

[hellrot Ofl]

Nice kill bro! Who much HP you got (estimated), I know you havent dyno'ed it, but I was wondering...rough figure! Thanks!

hmmm. uhhhhh. feels like a million. thats all i got haha

[4drvte]

HA
i love it
people drag racing a road race car. awesome!

anywho
why do you think the 350 is over rated?
they were not ment to be an be all end all car. the z was never ment to be this.

ah well have fun

[Eric BMW]

my injectors actually work pretty well with the size and the setup. not really much problems except for blow by, but that doesnt concern the fuel. as for tuning, i had a guy do it for me instead of going to a company and pay an arm and a leg for it. it works well so im not complaining.

What did he use for tuning? Stock DME? Standalone? Piggyback? I'm kind of curious. Whats his name and wheres he located? Whats your favorite color M&M?

[Das Auto]

350z's are very very over-rated. I've seen one of those super-charged buicks take one out.

Yeah, terribly overrated, 280 rwhp with exhaust, intake, and tune. High 13's at 102 stock. Soooo slow.

[hellrot Ofl]

What did he use for tuning? Stock DME? Standalone? Piggyback? I'm kind of curious. Whats his name and wheres he located? Whats your favorite color M&M?

its just a chip. i like the red M&Ms. you?

[Sniz]

I thought you crashed it...? maybe I'm thinking of someone else...


no your correct......still refer to it as my car though :rolleyes . Its a goner.

[Sniz]

Easy there big guy, it wasn't a dig at your car, look at it again I actually paid your car a compliment. Having owned 3 Volvos in the past, one being a turbo model, I am a big fan of volvo's. How many other people would even know about the electronic limit if they weren't familiar with the car. :lol

sorry wasnt trying to be an ass. That R was my 3rd Volvo in 3 years. Still miss it.

[mig328]

GOod story, made me hunngry w the chipotle.

[hellrot Ofl]

yeah i got a big burrito for free. one of my boys works there haha