Street racing is not condoned here, the Z was not made for straight line speed period, to force it to do so is a bit nonsensical. It takes ZERO skill to do a roll race lol, what is the point? the Z is not good at it and is needs boost to compete with pickups. My DD GTI can most likely beat a Z from a roll because of the turbo, and if it can't, a simple OTS tune puts it at 280/350+ at the wheels. No HR is reaching 350tq without boost.

 

Op seems like a young balla on a budget....

 

Looks like OP learned his lesson.

 

i was right.... young. didnt know gutting a hatch was a mod

 

Straight line racing is not what the Z is about.

Brother runs a '10 Evo R, I've a chunky '08 AT GT.
40K well maintained miles (+ -) on either.
Other than wheels/tires, both are 100% stock.
On a "spirited" back road run they are near equivalents.
(Qualifier: I'm a much better driver than he)

OP should've bought a Hellcat.

Peace,

 

stock gutted hatch.....

 

2010 Evo R?? You mean an Evo X im guessing u unless their was an R model im not too familiar. But those Evo X’s are slow unless tuned on E.

^ Heres a vid of me gapping an Evo X 🤷🏽‍♂️

 

Your Gti is getting gapped by an Hr unless you go Stage 2 tuned….. but i do agree once those Gti’s turn up the boost its hard to keep up in a little NA V6 haha

 

i dont call weight reduction a Mod tbh. I just simply call it that “Weight Reduction” lol its not considered a Bolt-on because your not bolting anything up im legit taking stuff out 💀😂

 

Yes im stock with a Gutted Hatch haha but also as of now no Passenger seat, windshield Washer reservoir deleted, Rear wiper motor deleted, in the process of cutting out the Speaker box behind the seats (weighs like 50 pounds) and removing all the sound deadining. Basically from behind the seats is gonna be all stripped/Gutted but entire cabin area will stay Oem.

 

You know there's a better way of getting faster, that doesn't make the car look or sound like trash, nor devalues it too much.......BOOST.

 

i just dont get it... if you want a faster car, get a different platform

 

You know, a year or two ago I would have said you wrong, but I actually agree now. Problem with my case is the faster cars I like are a little more than I'd like to spend for a car, albeit in the end the total cost of my Z will match those cars. It's just done over a decade+
it's a journey I decided to take, but would not do it again.
Having the GTI changed my perspective on the Z, it's a fun car but the GTI is so much easier to make power with.

 

after my first corvette, then the ats-v, and current vette... it would be hard for me to go back to imports.

 

** other than porsche

 

Arod:
You're correct. He uses EvoR in his email address, wonder why he hasn't answered my emails? (J.K.)

He drove his spouse in it to look at a new Miata for her, she was annoyed because the sales personnel initially showed more interest in the Evo than in her---

That video: looks more like blocked than gaped. But unlike some people, I don't know everything.

Peace

 

Funny enough the 3 cars I'm interested in are the Evora GT, Cayman GT4 and TTRS. All well into $100k new with options.
I understand Vettes are cool but it's 60s tech, pushrod V8s are dinos to me, functional but no tech, no innovation. I like refinement, and not into straight line speed or V8s for that matter, I like 4 cyl, 6 cyl, 10 cyl, 12 cyl, and a few unicorns in between but V8s are obsolete in my mind with the current tech available.

 

I get it....at same time tried true cheap power that anyone with basic skills can work on

Not to mention, parts easily available

 

100% we built V8s in school with minimal knowledge and they ran and made decent power with nitrous and held up.
Only American cars I like are the Vettes (mostly old ones) and the GT500, but they are cars I would like to have in stock form for shows/leisure drives.
For a toy I want modern tech.

 

Real racersturn left and right, let me know when you grow up, put big boy pants on and hit the track. Most get their feelings hurt when they learn how back they suck at driving and how crappy their selection of mods actually is.


my car has all that, all airbags removed, sound deadening material and excess wires etc etc removed. Prepping a winning time attack car is a lot of work.