I have a problem. I can't keep my right foot off the gas pedal. Everytime I have a streach of open road in front of me with no other traffic I find myself going thru the gears, shifting at 6000 rpms. I am addicted to this. Someday, I will probably get a ticket. I don't care. I'm a torqueaolic, addicted to the pull of the engine and the sound...oh the sweet sound of my engine at wot. I fear the only cure for my malady is to take my car to the track where I can indulge myself to my hearts delight.

I have a feeling I'm not the only one here who suffers from this disease.

 

yep

 

Yup i've been living with it for years....
The thing is, you'll never get over it.....but it is managable.......

 

It's ok my friend, take one drive and come back in a week...

 

Its a TERRIBLE affliction....makes you waste gas...take the long way going places....that stupid grin on your fazze ....why it was just this past Sunday, I was driving through a parking lot when a new Z owner(similarly afflicted) RAN across the parking lot(almost got himself hit by 2 cars) to flag me down...JUST to tell me he just got a "Z".....even though he almost got killed, when he got to my car...he still had that stupid lil' grin on his : fazze...He was OBVIOUSLY afflicted...

 

If you are a torqueoholic then you need to stay in the lower RPMS

 

RickDogg....I just cant quit...I was bad before the ST...but now....its just rediculous!!

 

I'm with you. Sadly my commute to and from work is in rush hour traffic. Please, feel my pain.

 

I think you like HP > TQ if you rev that high...
I agree with rick lol...

 

<--- Guilty

 

Wanna make that sound sweeter? Get the NISMO exhaust

 

Torque is directly proportional to RPMs. But you would know that already. Am I missing out on a possibly sarcastic remark by you?

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have ur fun, but get a radar.Thank god you don't own a viper, 60% of the owners dont make it home according the the sales women u talked to at dodge. lol

 

torque on the z maxes out way before 6k.

 

I use to own this:



Thank God it was only a weekend toy and not my daily driver. 375 hp in a 2600 lb car makes it a torqueaholic's dream.

 

Suhweet man!

 

The Z produces max torque at around 4800 rpms. According to Nissan, if you want max hp, shift at 6000, but if you want max torque, shift at 4800.

I set my shift indicator to 4800. It blinks red at around 4300 and goes solid red at 4800. So, if I'm accelerating hard, I just watch for the light and shift... works like a charm!

 

I have a similar problem, I work literally 1.5 miles away from my apartment, and it usually takes me about 10 minutes to get home. I've been coping with it for a while now, its to a point where I don't even realize it.

 

Hoover, Alabama has rush hour traffic?

 

I do. But "torqueaholic" sounded better than "horsepoweraholic".