I loved my Is300. I has a 2001. I loved the car. It wasnt very fast but all i had was headers,emanage exhaust and ypipe. I was gonna keep it and throw a srt turbo on it but the Z caught my attention and I had to trade. If I had to start over I would have kept the IS300. Its luxury and speed all in one.

 

i love my z and i obbviously like it better than the is cuz i have a z. but i am gonna throw this out there newayz, is300 is sexy

 

Not for everyone, I mod my Z to make it look and sound different, if I pick up a few HP along the way then thats a bonus

I really don't Street Race and I only hit the track maybe once or twice a year with some friends... So to me its more about the fun of modding the actual car then the "My car is faster then yours"

 

I looked at the IS very hard when I was shopping around. I really like both cars. I'm pleased with my Z but, when I see an IS driving around I can't help to think, what if? As others have said the IS's interior knocks the socks of our Z's.

 

I would have gotten an Audi if the interior was a big concern.

 

My buddy has a nice turbo'd is300. Here is the video I shot of his car last year.

http://sio.midco.net/matrix311/is300.wmv

It blows my Z away, notta chance from the line or a roll. His car is a sleeper and honestly the only thing that really could touch him on the streets that we ran into were bikes, thats about it. It pulls really hard.

 

boooooooo!!!

 

that vid was lame I can do that 10x better in my Z. Get some track runs or street races.

 

I am not into mods, so I can't really answer but can comment since I have a 01 IS300 and an 05 Z roadster. Hard to compare the 2 since its a 4 door sedan vs 2 door sports car (GT). I have a K&N system and HKS exhaust on the IS and the Z is stock. The Z is much more fun to drive but the IS is of course more comfortable.

 

well coming from a boosted is300 I can tell you that there is an enormous amount of 600 -1000hp is300's over at my.is ..... when it comes to boosting cars the IS300 > then the Z and that is a fact. I am in the process of boosting my Z as we speak but i can tell you the is300 will boost much better then the 350Z.

 

His car is fast, thats all I know. I will try to get some more video at Firebird Raceway or somewhere showing it's speed sometime instead of cookies in a parking lot.

 

this is turning into another ghey "our car can beat this, but not this" kinda thread. IMO this thread is pointless

 

Would you want to compare Z with a jet engine or a rocket motor and a IS 300 with a turbo. I can only guess which is faster.

How is Z heavy, prove it. I have heard this too many times, show me a equivalent car with much much lighter weight.

 

wow man. what kinda z are you driving!!!? Did you put a lift on your car and cut your strut bars in half???

 

When I was shopping for a car the two cars in debate were an IS300 and a Z, I bought the Z, Im pretty sure I made the right decision.

It was a hell of a debate both cars have their pros and cons, but performance wise stock vs stock the Z is champion! 300hp vs 215hp, 2 seater vs 4 doors, one is a sports car the other is a sports/luxury sedan. The overall quality of the IS is better but it just cannot match the performance of the Z. My second car (in January) will be either a IS300 or WRX!

Z= winner in my book

 

You can't deny Toyota's inline 6, that is one hell of a engine. I would love to see a Skyline motor converted onto the 350Z block. Now that would make a more sense when comparing these cars.

Basically to scale a IS300 you have to mod it with a Supra bottom end. So basically it's a Supra engine. So for the 350Z to be in the same ballpark it would need a Skyline inline 6.

 

From my experience going to Cali Speedway... Only the old guys with their ZO6's , muscle cars, and a bike or two are the ones breaking 11's. I still to this day have not seen a IS300 modded break mid 14's, and Civics are just plain garbage. Z all the way.

One "old" guy had a civic with a 351 cleveland in it. He got 11.3

 

Not according to some fan boy car salesman I shall not name here.




(SergEK)

 

This is the amount of times Ive been to cali speedway and seen the same result every time