Now my Z feels slow!!

I want a Z · 11-10-2010, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

drove my mom's 2011 shelby gt500 yesterday for about an hour and the z feels like a versa. maybe i should go borrow someones 4banger so i can make my car feel fast again.

It's only about a 1/2 sec faster from 0-60, can you really feel that difference on the street?

I think with some of these cars the sensation of speed is different, the Z is so low to the ground and handles so well that sometimes you don't realize how fast you are going.

ImportConvert · 11-10-2010, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by I want a Z

It's only about a 1/2 sec faster from 0-60, can you really feel that difference on the street?

I think with some of these cars the sensation of speed is different, the Z is so low to the ground and handles so well that sometimes you don't realize how fast you are going.

THe 5-60 is what is usually experienced the most, considering most people are not pro-drivers and don't do tire and clutch-smoking launches nearly as often as they pull away hard from a light/slow roll/non-revved up launch.

The Z takes nearly 6 seconds to do 5-60 (5.8), while the GT500 takes 4.5. It is a very considerable difference.

Endgame · 11-10-2010, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by I want a Z

It's only about a 1/2 sec faster from 0-60, can you really feel that difference on the street?

I think with some of these cars the sensation of speed is different, the Z is so low to the ground and handles so well that sometimes you don't realize how fast you are going.

I agree with this statement 100%. The Z does not feel fast, but it is fast. Just on the way into the office this morning I was doing 60 and stepped on the gas just a bit. I could feel the car pull a little, but was very surprised when I looked at the spedo and saw I was now doing 85 (and that was only at 5500 RPM); I had to back off quickly as it was too fast for that stretch of road.

Even in 1st gear when it feels like you are not going fast, I find I am typically moving much quicker than I thought.

PapoZalsa · 11-10-2010, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sonic370

go drive a nissan rouge and then drive your z you'll feel better....................

Better than that...a Cube.

And please quit the bitching... for those that want to go faster, just go buy a another car then!

There will be another car faster than the one you have, always!

Jeffblue · 11-10-2010, 09:20 AM

turn a corner and you'll feel like you're going fast.

Mt Tam I am · 11-10-2010, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Nitex

So i drove my friends 400/400 Audi S4 TT, and now my car just feels like a slug. My brothers 700/700 S4 will be done within the month. If i drive that all cars will feel slow.. Damn i need to FI or buy a faster car

This post underscores the point, "spend more, get more ". Our 370's can be the exception to the rule, but not in this case.

USMCASA · 11-10-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by I want a Z

It's only about a 1/2 sec faster from 0-60, can you really feel that difference on the street?

I think with some of these cars the sensation of speed is different, the Z is so low to the ground and handles so well that sometimes you don't realize how fast you are going.

the pull on her car is incredible. it literally made my car feel horribly slow and i am very depressed driving it now. fortunately there aren't that many of the shelby's on the road to embarass Z's

m4a1mustang · 11-10-2010, 11:06 AM

Get an SRT-4. Fastest car in the world!!!

m4a1mustang · 11-10-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by USMCASA

the pull on her car is incredible. it literally made my car feel horribly slow and i am very depressed driving it now. fortunately there aren't that many of the shelby's on the road to embarass Z's

Haha, one day no one from my Z crew showed up to our Saturday meet, so I decided to go to a Ford dealer and drive a 5.0 with the track package and 3.55 gear.

Look what happened?

shadoquad · 11-10-2010, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Endgame

I agree with this statement 100%. The Z does not feel fast, but it is fast. Just on the way into the office this morning I was doing 60 and stepped on the gas just a bit. I could feel the car pull a little, but was very surprised when I looked at the spedo and saw I was now doing 85 (and that was only at 5500 RPM); I had to back off quickly as it was too fast for that stretch of road.

Even in 1st gear when it feels like you are not going fast, I find I am typically moving much quicker than I thought.

The Z has low torque for its hp. You don't really feel it pull. On my first Z test drive, I floored it, looked down, "holy crap I'm doing 85".

You have to pay attn to the speedo in this car. It is deceptively fast. Very easy to trick the butt dyno.

The Mazdaspeed3, on the other hand, actually has more torque than the Z. It's not quite as fast, but you feel a tug in your lumbar region with every shift.

370zsport09 · 11-10-2010, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Get an SRT-4. Fastest car in the world!!!

LMAO ..... maybe, plausible??? if the engine was put in a different car :P SRT-4

Then again.........NOPE :P

Model 0-60 1/25

2003 Dodge SRT-4 5.6 14.1
2004 Dodge SRT-4 5.3 13.9

m4a1mustang · 11-10-2010, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by 370zsport09

LMAO ..... maybe, plausible??? if the engine was put in a different car :P SRT-4 Body isn't the best quality .....

Back in the day when the SRT-4 was "the" sport compact, I used to call them the "fastest car in the world" because of how the owner's behaved. You'd go to their forums and see some kid in a stock SRT-4 saying he beat new 911 Turbo that was running more boost.

That and they insisted they were SRT-4s, not Neons.

m4a1mustang · 11-10-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

The Z has low torque for its hp. You don't really feel it pull. On my first Z test drive, I floored it, looked down, "holy crap I'm doing 85".

You have to pay attn to the speedo in this car. It is deceptively fast. Very easy to trick the butt dyno.

The Mazdaspeed3, on the other hand, actually has more torque than the Z. It's not quite as fast, but you feel a tug in your lumbar region with every shift.

This is true. The Z doesn't make much power at all below 4,000 RPM but from 4,000 to redline it's got nice power and the delivery is very linear, so you don't really feel the "thrust" that you would with a car that's got more torque.

370zsport09 · 11-10-2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Back in the day when the SRT-4 was "the" sport compact, I used to call them the "fastest car in the world" because of how the owner's behaved. You'd go to their forums and see some kid in a stock SRT-4 saying he beat new 911 Turbo that was running more boost.

That and they insisted they were SRT-4s, not Neons.

I liked the SRT-4's back in the day but the whole NEON body concept freakin

Jeffblue · 11-10-2010, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

This is true. The Z doesn't make much power at all below 4,000 RPM but from 4,000 to redline it's got nice power and the delivery is very linear, so you don't really feel the "thrust" that you would with a car that's got more torque.

in some ways i like that. i think the fact that its pretty tame (some might say weak or boring) below 4000 is what allows it to be a very easy casual driving car, but when you want it to move, the power is there, its just up high. When people say the car is slow, i feel like they are referring to the low end, because all i know is that when i'm above 4k at WOT, this thing hauls ***, and i don't think its slow.

That being said, i wouldn't mind if there was some more pull at 2500-4000

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