I find that most Z convertible owners aren't the kind of street racers like their coupe counterparts.

Still, good race though had you guys ran a bit further and with a better driver, the Z would have surprised you.

I found an awesome video of a bolt-on Z, I've never seen an S go this fast :

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?f...3B-C479013F3CCA

And an even faster Z with minor bolt-ons and Hoosiers :

http://www.suternet.net/uploader/upl...20timeslip.jpg

Those Zs are fast

 

zulu.

just because you haven't seen an S2000 run better than 14 doesn't mean it's a 14 second car. there are probably 40,000 S2k's in the US and i'm willing to bet you have seen less than 15 of them run. that leaves 39,985 people who can possibly drive better than the drivers you have seen run. In fact, I myself had a 13.7 stock. The record for a stock S2000 is 13.6's.

a 350Z and an S2000 are a driver's race. a convertible 350Z and S2000 are not. ever seen what it's like when you add 200+ pounds to 2 evenly matched cars? a stock S2000 can put probably 2-3 cars on a 350Z convertible to 100, drivers equal.

as for the personal attacks that everyone keeps throwing around, leave that crap for another forum. respect each other. debate about a topic is fine, but name calling doesn't prove or help anything.

 

MrGTR when you say bolt-ons did that include an ECU? I know the ECU on the Z's are quite restrictive to allowing any bolt on power. Just wondering what mods it had.

 

I believe that Z did have ECU (most of the bolt-ons except for headers and cams).

BTW, 2-3 car length is a bit of a stretch. There has been some videos of Zs with passengers racing with Ses with no passengers and they were close.

I'd say that both convertibles would make a very close race, pity that most Z convertibles are auto and with fairly non competitive drivers.

 

I'm a little curious as to how Z convertibles do against Z coupes. According to a few posts in this thread, it would seem that they're neck to neck. That doesn't sound right given the weight difference, but I own neither so I haven't a clue.

 

FINALLY. Someone with a decent sense of reality chimes in!

Thank you, MrGT-R.

 

[QUOTE=MrGTR,Jun 25 2005, 03:04 PM] I believe that Z did have ECU (most of the bolt-ons except for headers and cams).

BTW, 2-3 car length is a bit of a stretch.

 

Hehe, look at some of his older posts, see how good his sence of reality is. Not trying to personally attack you MrGTR, but I've been left with the worst impression of you. I can see you're trying to change your ways.

 

actually.... this was disputed over on the 350z site about the s2k that ran a 13.6 stock. it was found out on our site, cant find the thread, but that S2k was not infact stock. Internals.... bolt ons... and anyhting else yes its stock, YET it was completely stripped at the interiors. so if you think a competely stripped S is stock then I guess it was but sorry lightening the car is not considered stock 2 me.

 

The Z coupe had a 250 pound passenger.

Nearly every published road test puts the coupe and convertible equal. 0-60 times for the track coupe is 5.4-5.8 seconds, 0-60 times for the touring roadster is 5.5-5.7 seconds.

WHile the roadster is slightly heavier than the coupe (180lbs actually), the gearing is slightly lower and the 180lbs is rear biased, thus helping traction at launch.

In the 1/4 mile, the convertible loses out by 0.1-0.2 seconds.

Seriously, the Z convertible is no racer and I've never heard of one that's been involved in street stories like their coupe counterparts. Probably the best thing about them is that they too can get the same performance upgrades and Twin Turbo kits. Then it gets kind of expensive (there is one guy with a Stillen SC stage 2 Z convertible).

YellowS2kpower, even though you're on my ignore list, I can still see what you've wrote (when I replied to this thread) and I have changed nothing. Just stating the usual facts because it is what it is. However, lately it seems as though its you that has changed your ways