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
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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. |
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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.
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This thread sound familiar to one I read in another forum about the Mazda3s trying to run a Z.
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I will bring my friend's civic si, I would put money on the Si over the MS3.
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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. |
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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.
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