Friend of mine has a MazdaSpeed3...
 

And he's talking about us heading to the local dragstrip come spring...

Myself, I've never been on a drag strip. He has from what I know, and has high performance cars for a while, last car was the last year Firebird.

But, assuming we're equal on the track...which would win in a 1/4 mile? I imagine the 370z would "spank" the MS3 with both in stock form (considering that mine is a 7AT, and his is a manual, which would give a bit more advantage), however, mine has G3 intakes, and will likely have a Fast Intentions full exhaust by the time we get around to hitting a track. His MS3, is currently stock...and AFAIK, I don't think he's planning on doing anything to it...

I did tell him that he might have a chance with a rolling start due to his turbo...was I way off? I honestly didn't know...

Anyhow...just curious.

$20 on the Z

Id be more worried to run him from a roll than a dig ...either way Z>MS3

Well, stock he is running 263HP at the flywheel (cannot find torque), so the Z has 69HP and unknown torque above it. Unless he screw the launch and a shift he will not win, you could probably run him in D mode and still be fine.

Doesn't that thing run just shy of a 14 second 1/4? You should murder him.

This thread sound familiar to one I read in another forum about the Mazda3s trying to run a Z. :argue:

14.1 to be exact (per a few magazines)

pssssht

$50 on the Z

I will bring my friend's civic si, I would put money on the Si over the MS3.

I figure unless I do something stupid, I should win in a 1/4 (lack of experience says I will do something stupid and lose though)

A rolling start might be another matter though.

I know with mods, I've got a much clearer advantage...I just hope I wasn't blowing smoke up the guy's rear about rolling start and him having a chance. ;)

I bet the Z finished somewhere along the lines of 7 mph faster in the 1/4 than the mazdaspeed, so I would guess even at a roll you have nothing to be concerned about.

I don't think you would "spank" him. I'm not even sure that the 370 would pull off a win for sure against a MS3. They're fast cars. The intakes and exhaust will help you but there's more you can do to ensure your victory. The biggest thing is actually get to a track and practice some.

Man this sure sounds familar, didnt we do this thread about a month ago with the Z and MS3?

I'll take that bet.

He may jump you pretty good just being familiar with the track, how the tree works and etc. However, with almost a full second faster car, I would find it hard to believe that if you can drive pretty well, you will have any issues. Especially since you're driving an auto versus his stick, where he is forced to be the better driver.