Always wanted to go fast
 

I've always been a car guy but only had trucks. Finally I took the plunge and got a Z. 2011 Touring AT. I am really impressed with the AT, it barkes 3rd occasionally. I don't plan on dragging it or modding much. But the day I got home I ordered Gemini CBE. And a couple weeks ago took it to the track. Here's the results.

370zvsCamaroSS - YouTube
370zvs5ohMustang 1 - YouTube
Josh19kvs370z - YouTube


I was very impressed with how fast it ran. Traction wasn't much of an issue.

12.86 with a CBE, nice! You should post that vid and time up in the official 1/4 thread.

Enjoy the car. :tup:

Hi

Welcome!

HMMMMM... me thinks he got bit by a bug.

i know, I want wheels now

Welcome to the forums! Cool video, the Gemini CBE always sounds great.

You should match up the Gemini CBE with a BERK HFC or Testpipe for even better results:

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-Frank

Nice runs!

If you pull the brake light fuse, you can do a brake-stand launch to get off the line quicker.

With a tune, you can speed up the shifts.

Thanks for sharing the vids :tup:

Welcome! Btw, what was the tuning on that truck? The acceleration seems impressive in the first two or three gears.

It has full exhaust, intake and UpRev, its a beast.

Heyas!

Welcome!

By the way... WHAT THE HELL?!?!?! Were the Camaro and Mustang running on 4 cylinders that you won? LOL

Lol. The Mustang was quicker/faster than him but his RT was slower. So if it was a heads up race, yeah, the Mustang lost with the faster time. But I can't remember ever racing anyone at a test and tune.

Either way, the Mustang should have WALKED the 370. Shouldn't have been even marginally close... I still think they were running on 6 cylinders, LOL!

Btw... Lighting up your street tires is a waste of time... It doesn't do a DAMN thing

I don't agree. Mustang ran a 12.6 which is fairly typical for a stock/close to stock 5.0. That's not going to "walk" a 12.8. The 7AT is quick, especially with bolt ons, and as shown in the video in a heads up race all it takes is the Mustang sleeping at the lights for the Z to make it to the finish line first.

You could tell though that the Z was getting eaten up on the top end.

You're right about lighting the tires up though. A quick spin is all you need to clean off debris on street tires.

LOL
I thought a 5.0 would be faster
And OP doesn't have an LSD or meaty tires but the added weight of touring and only and exhaust

Either way, the OP's got a great time! :tup:

Oh, it IS faster! Is just that the 7AT is really quick! If both drivers had the same reaction time we probably wouldn't be talking about this. The Mustang would have won pulling away.

When I had mine I had to warn some of the other guys about the 7at and how quick it is off the line. Basically, if you're stock, you're not going to win a 1/4 race against a 7at if you don't at least match the other driver's reaction time. As shown in this video the cars can be close enough time wise such that there is not enough time to make up the distance. Yeah you'll reel them in but you may not pass them.

In my experience, the 5.0 does definitely walk, but from a dig it can be closer than most expect in a 1/4 race. There is NOT that much difference between a mid 12 second car and a high 12/low13 second car. Remember, we are talking tenths of a second over a measly 1/4 mile. That's not a lot of time or distance!

The big difference comes when we move away from street tires.

The 5.0 was comming around me pretty good at the line. He Couldn't launch it, it had narrow street tires. The power of the Mustang is impressive too bad everyone and their mother drives one.

I never smoked the tires, I drove around the water and gave them a quick spin.

It was catching up at the end

(And I wasn't making the tire smoke comment at you, lol, you didn't do it while Mr. 5.0 was showing off ;-) lol)

Again, GREAT drag race, I didn't think the 370 would win, but it shows the ability of a good driver, the 370Z and probably most important of all, the 7AT!