MY01 S2K vs 350Z
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Was driving through Boca last night and ran into a Silver 350Z - I was turning left and he flew by me while his light was green. When I saw him U-TURN ahead of me to turn right and meet me on the street I was turning to - I knew it was on.. Not sure what model 350Z it was, but it was stick and had HID's 
.. Really nice, raced one before but the driver must have been a joke because I skunked him pretty bad - This time around, the story was different.
Sitting at 6k RPM in 2nd gear (Was going to slow down a bit and downshift to 1st, but didn't want to look like an ass if he had no plans of racing) we went - I gotta say I love the way 350z's sound WOT - Still unsure of whether or not he'd race (most 350z's I run into don't seem to like to run) I was soon greeted by the grumble of his exhaust and his immediate jump on me (WTB torque) - I was at his quarter panel through 2nd until I climbed up the RPM's and we shifted into 3rd (his car chirped nasty, heh) midway through 3rd gear I fight my way to his door we throw 4th and I'm @ his fender and gaining... we shut down... I lose, he gives me the thumps up and takes the next turn.. meanwhile I'm craving a re-match - I think the race would have been different if I manged to drop it in 1st, even if I had to shift instantly I feel it would have minimized his initial jump on me due to torque~!
Oh well, was fun nontheless, been wanting to race a capable driver in that car for awhile..
My car is stock w/ the exception of an 03 ECU and I have a decent size exhaust leak I need to correct soon!
350Z
.. Really nice, raced one before but the driver must have been a joke because I skunked him pretty bad - This time around, the story was different.Sitting at 6k RPM in 2nd gear (Was going to slow down a bit and downshift to 1st, but didn't want to look like an ass if he had no plans of racing
) we went - I gotta say I love the way 350z's sound WOT - Still unsure of whether or not he'd race (most 350z's I run into don't seem to like to run) I was soon greeted by the grumble of his exhaust and his immediate jump on me (WTB torque) - I was at his quarter panel through 2nd until I climbed up the RPM's and we shifted into 3rd (his car chirped nasty, heh) midway through 3rd gear I fight my way to his door we throw 4th and I'm @ his fender and gaining... we shut down... I lose, he gives me the thumps up and takes the next turn.. meanwhile I'm craving a re-match - I think the race would have been different if I manged to drop it in 1st, even if I had to shift instantly I feel it would have minimized his initial jump on me due to torque~!Oh well, was fun nontheless, been wanting to race a capable driver in that car for awhile..
My car is stock w/ the exception of an 03 ECU and I have a decent size exhaust leak I need to correct soon!
350Z
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I guess it's optimal but that is where our powerband begins and I know he was well into his... racing from roll's with low end torquey cars can be a problem in the S2 - but it was a fun race nontheless
