I agree with some of your post but not all.
A TT 370z is not undriveable at all. Any amount of power the stock engine can handle is perfectly containable in terms of laying it to the pavement without a drag slick. Like I keep saying, its the same as any other car... you require a proper tire and alignment setup, but 550rwhp is just not an ungodly amount of power, its pretty low in the grand scheme of things and good tires and setup will easily hold it down.
The problem is the owners/drivers of Zs... not the car.
My 370z isnt even setup yet, it just isnt setup retarded either. The traction was good enough this year to hang with or beat any other car in the same power range, especially once rolling... because most other cars with this type of power arent setup any better.
Builds like bullets car will never see the drag strip, because it doesnt make sense. Cars like that are money pits with far too much invested to risk taking to the drag strip. If GTM or anybody else wants to prove how quick they can move a 370z down the drag strip they will put a built engine in an otherwise plain 370z that is completely replaceable if it ends up in the wall. Its just not worth taking a 100 grand 370z down the 1/4 when someone can make the same power with a $15 (20-25 retail i suppose) grand build and run it in a plain car with slicks or DRs and probably get better times.
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Originally Posted by Jeffblue
whether or not the Z is a drag car is irrelevant. High HP claims should always be backed up by 1/4 mile times. The road course is NOT the place to be showing off tons of horsepower, and thats where you can actually get away with having a less powerful car. For example, Mike (the powdercoated) runs around much more powerful, more expensive cars with his FBO 370z with a real road course setup.... and guess what i bet he'd lap any TT 370z with their street setups. 310whp and weight reduction with a proper track setup is better around a road course than 600whp on street tires and 20 wheels with stretched tires.... but thats besides the point... the overall impression i get from tt370z owners are that they are basically undriveable when you put your foot down... wheres the fun in that?
I could care less about how much hp you have if you can't put it down and you'd lose to a FWD turbo CRX with slicks on the front... because thats where the TT 370z's still are. honestly with how much the TT 370z's actually cost to build... whats set of axles cost on the scheme of things? if your car has 600whp, it should be running a good time and no one wants to hear that you are too scare to break it. If you are going to run around like your car is hot **** then prove it. no one cares how much horsepower you have to spin your tires.
I know GTM put a lot of R&D into bullits car... but with all the money that was spent on that car... why not actually spend some driving it and proving what it can do. i think a lot more people would be impressed by your car running a 9 or 10 1/4 mile than if you had 1500 hp. i doubt a set of axles or whatever could concievably break if you through some slicks on and tried to run a good time would even cost much in comparison to what the overall build cost.
it'd be cool to see some TT 370z's that weren't just dyno queens. that being said i wouldn't want to be the one who had to put my car on the line  |