Are AUTO Z's considered "Fast"?
Originally Posted by DomZ
I was talking drag - hence the "making passes", "launches", and "shift points" in my previous post. I don't care about road racing so for my intents and purposes (daily driver in rush hour traffic + drag racing) it works fine.
Last edited by RBlover69; Jan 7, 2008 at 05:19 AM.
Originally Posted by DomZ
With some practice and experimenting with launches and shift points a 5AT is definitely fast.
Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
i didn't know 14 second passes were considered fast.
Originally Posted by RBlover69
but see your saying exactly why a auto is more deficient in areas in road racing, your brakes wouldnt be fading that much if you had a MT. The argument was which was faster, clearly in a sports car on a road race cours you are alot more in control of your cars behavior and entry exits with a 6MT. To me its a matter of actually driving the car and making it perform what you expect it to know and knwing your car verses , the enormous dependancy on brakes and lack of rpm control in a auto. Hey the auto in the Zs are great for street driving but in a road course.....ill pass.
Hey when do you run and with what racing body?, i have been dying to get with some Zs and run on sebring you have to send me some info man PM if ya have to.
Hey when do you run and with what racing body?, i have been dying to get with some Zs and run on sebring you have to send me some info man PM if ya have to.
all over the eastern seaboard, there is a $50 membership fee per yr and it is
about $275-300 for a track day plus $75 instructor fee(required for
first 4 events at each different venue you attend until you get solo
qualified) it is a great club- I have been a meber almost 2yrs and went
as a guest for a couple of years before that.
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Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
i didn't know 14 second passes were considered fast.
Why do I see DomZ's name posted in the drag forum for fastest times with an auto, and your name, with your obviously superior transmission, is no where to be found?
Originally Posted by DomZ
I think you're mistaken. Did you mean to quote me?
Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
I'm well aware of what you ran in your auto z. fact is, most auto zs will be in the 14's. You even running at a 13.6 is still slow. Even though my quarter time with bolts on is still not faster than your time stock (13.89x), it's no where considered fast. For a person who go to the drags, i thought you would of known that.
Maybe i'm just sensitive with the word "fast". I rather a person who runs in the 13's using the word "quick" or something. My friends would laugh at me if i told them that my car is fast. When they are consistently doing 10 second passes.
Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
Maybe i'm just sensitive with the word "fast". I rather a person who runs in the 13's using the word "quick" or something. My friends would laugh at me if i told them that my car is fast. When they are consistently doing 10 second passes.
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Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
Maybe i'm just sensitive with the word "fast". I rather a person who runs in the 13's using the word "quick" or something. My friends would laugh at me if i told them that my car is fast. When they are consistently doing 10 second passes.
I hang out with a lot of friends who have much much faster cars than me but for what my car is it is decently fast and even they'd agree. I'm not trying to say we're amazing with our bolt-on Z's but we're not exactly Accords either. Fast is a relative term and you miss the fact that we were discussing auto vs. manual Z's - not other cars.
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RB understands where I'm coming from. I would get assraped on a road course against a car with equal mods but on the drag strip is where I would have a chance to at least keep up with my 6MT counterpart.
Who gives a **** anymore
, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.
Who gives a **** anymore
, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.
Originally Posted by kobalt
Nissan put a 3.3 fd in the slushbox and the mt6 got a 3.5 to equal things out a bit, so gear rowers would not get spanked all the time 
ADDENDUM:
"unless driven perfectly"
ADDENDUM:
"unless driven perfectly"
Originally Posted by DomZ
RB understands where I'm coming from. I would get assraped on a road course against a car with equal mods but on the drag strip is where I would have a chance to at least keep up with my 6MT counterpart.
Who gives a **** anymore, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.
Who gives a **** anymore
, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.
Originally Posted by DomZ
RB understands where I'm coming from. I would get assraped on a road course against a car with equal mods but on the drag strip is where I would have a chance to at least keep up with my 6MT counterpart.
Who gives a **** anymore, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.
Who gives a **** anymore
, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.Road racing is a different animal thus the advatanges and disadvantages become alot more evident. Even things such as tires gearing are evident even aero components. Its just a more variable driven beast. Transmissions are really evident on the courses.
But yea i agreee with dom aswell.
Originally Posted by DomZ
RB understands where I'm coming from. I would get assraped on a road course against a car with equal mods but on the drag strip is where I would have a chance to at least keep up with my 6MT counterpart.
Who gives a **** anymore, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.
Who gives a **** anymore
, I can almost taste my 08 6MT its so close.these are one of those arguments that can go as long as people can talk lol. Or moreso type.
Originally Posted by SuperBlack350z
wait, so did you choose your auto right now? Why not go with an 08 5at?
maybey he wants to hate first gear in traffic like the rest of us cool manual owners lmao.