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2theextreme 03-19-2010 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Red370 (Post 454044)

:icon18: Lee Hotti FTW! Years later and he's still showing up in threads. Awesome!

Red370 03-19-2010 09:22 AM

No one, and I repeat, No one, can top the awesomeness going on here..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9xsnZ-wNWq...e_hotti_07.jpg

ZKindaGuy 03-19-2010 10:10 AM

Try it and lets us know if you start to see transmission parts or carbon-fiber drive-shaft splinters trail behind the car in your rear view mirror....

BlackCherryZ 03-19-2010 10:20 AM

good feedback *^^* thanks for the estimated chart.....

thank God i did not down-shift to 2nd gear the other day when i was going 60+.......

i just passed 1200 miles, so i would like to see what the car is capable of........

with my s2k, going to 2nd gear was no problem....... but Z is a different beast.....

RCZ 03-19-2010 10:46 AM

I see your Douchebags and I raise you some ICY HOT STUNTAZ

http://justkramer.files.wordpress.co...8833-800wi.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red370 (Post 454339)
No one, and I repeat, No one, can top the awesomeness going on here..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9xsnZ-wNWq...e_hotti_07.jpg


Zsteve 03-19-2010 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by RCZ (Post 454455)
I see your Douchebags and I raise you some ICY HOT STUNTAZ

http://justkramer.files.wordpress.co...8833-800wi.jpg

All I can say is :facepalm:

Embarrassing. I think those stuntaz are really c untas s.

2theextreme 03-19-2010 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RCZ (Post 454455)
I see your Douchebags and I raise you some ICY HOT STUNTAZ

http://justkramer.files.wordpress.co...8833-800wi.jpg

:bowrofl:

kannibul 03-19-2010 11:09 AM

There's more pics of those icyhot gheys...lol Pointing at their rims, and posing...lulz.

kannibul 03-19-2010 11:15 AM

Speaking of rims...

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...bul/hood-1.jpg

BlackCherryZ 03-19-2010 11:17 AM

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

hi-jacked?

well, kinda VERY ANNOYING but i got my question answered......

didymus 03-19-2010 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Zsteve (Post 454472)
All I can say is :facepalm:

Embarrassing. I think those stuntaz are really c untas s.

I love the photoshop bling. :icon18:

RCZ 03-19-2010 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackCherryZ (Post 454526)
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

hi-jacked?

well, kinda VERY ANNOYING but i got my question answered......

lol sorry

This happens when the questions aren't taken seriously.

You ask if its ok to shift into second at 60+. Or in other words, would you start a 60-roll in second or third for a race?

The answer is don't do that. The reason is that you will have to shift into third immediately. You will waste time shifting where you could have been accelerating and that will cost you more speed than what you gained by starting the race in second. 3rd gear at 60+ puts you somewhere in the 4500RPM i think and that should be OK as far as the power band, however I think you're better off asking for a 40-roll and starting in second.

I think the reason why your thread was derailed is because we don't like street racing around here and there is hardly any other application to your question.

mick 03-19-2010 03:07 PM

i am pretty sure an AT 370z would accelerate much faster than a manual 370z at 60 mph stuck in 2nd gear :)

LaSeeno 03-19-2010 03:25 PM

3rd is the lowest I ever drop too and I do it often. I wouldn't drop to 2nd unless I was < 30mph.

LaSeeno 03-19-2010 03:28 PM

At least the Icy Hot StuntaZ we're doing it as a joke. Lee Hotti is for real.


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