very origonal name. but hey, Im not a Z ****, I own one, its a great car(surely you can admit that)

and so is the S2000, I also bet the S2000 can rock in the twisties. but there is one place where the Z rules, I can take a turn up a hill in 4th gear, with revs at 1200RPMs. AND ACCELERATE OUT OF IT. the torque is incredable and for daily driving I wouldnt trade it for the world.

 

For any of those cars, it would be a driver's race. With equal drivers, I would say the M3 and MRoadster and the Camaro would win, and the S2000 would be close. Also, don't underestimate the F-bods in the twisties, my brother and I went to an Auto-X today, and in his '02 Trans Am he was able to pull lap times within .4 seconds of me, and we were running just as fast as the Boxster S's and 911s. Even the Porsche guys were impressed with how well the Trans Am did in the turns.

 

Give the Z some time its brand new.

1. M3 - Z should lose (new M3 is a monster)
2. M roadster basically same engine as above so same result
3. S2000 isn't the S2000 modely only 240 close to 50 bhp less then a stock Z? I would think this could generate a better start for the Z

4. Z28 those are impressive drag cars even if they look like ***.

 

I raced a camaro z28 and blew him away. I didn't even seem like we were racing. We started at 65 and bye the time I shifted to fourth gear he was at least 50 yards back.

 

A) he probably didn't bother downshifting from 6th.
B) he wasn't racing
I can't wait, some guy in Fargo just got a 350Z, I want to set up a race with him, and get it on camera.

 

My brother has an '02 Trans Am WS6 and I have already raced him. We are pretty much equal drivers, and from a 30 roll up to 90 we were pretty much even, and then he pulled away from me. If you got the jump on one off the line you would have a chance if you didn't race too long because the F-bodies have a really tall first gear. If you aren't pushing the Z to the limit you won't stand a chance. For some reason they seem to get a reputation for being 14 second cars, but they are more like 13.0-13.5 second cars out of the box.

 

MY 94 (LT1) went 13.9X @ 99 mph BONE STOCK. I have added some mods since then. LS1's are far more advanced, and have REALLY good top end.

 

Some of you shouldn't rely too much on what you read in Road and Driver Trend.

Any schmoe off the street should be able to beat the posted times in magazines. That's because the mags don't test the cars with the intent of trying to squeeze every last 10th of a second out of it. They launch soft, don't powershift, use timing equipment instead of a real drag strip, etc... That's one reason we make fun of guys who quote magazine times.

If you want to find out what you car runs, take it to the drag strip. The times you see in the mags don't mean squat. If you want to find out if it'll beat some other car, then go and race one.

 

13.8 at 1/4 mile eh?
how many magz have u read that got that number? umm... ?
i have read many magz in my past year and i have seen many s2000 1/4 results, and many of them were in the mid 14s.

 

I know ls1s can kill the z easily...
but a lt1 stock for stock? ive seen s2000s take out some modded lt1s
im not scared

 

94 TA GT I am sure he told all his friends both A and B. I have to agree though he probably didn't downshift far enough. At 65 he should have been able to bark the tires when he downshifted. I heard him downshift but he probably didn't hit the right gear.

 

All I know is that Z28 is not a ***** car. If you were leaving the guy behind 50 yrd he wasn't racing.

 

Huh? I never said all the magazines got 13.8sec for the S2000.

Some got 14.2 sec, 14.4 sec or worse.

Same with the Z 14.3 sec to 13.9 sec. (I haven't seen the Z get 13.8 yet ).

Are you saying that the S2000 hasn't been tested at 13.8 sec or that the Z has been tested faster? I have given my source where's yours?

I mean a lot of people had said flat out the Z beats the S2000. I am saying they are dead even or at least too close to call (driver dependent not car dependent)

 

i know the s2000s can hit a 13.8 wid a good driver....but the s2k have been out longer..i remember the first time it came out. most of the mags got in the 14s.
im sure some mags can get the Z lower then a 13.9
BTW do u have any pix of ur s2k..itz a bad *** car!

 

I am not saying the Z is slower than the S2000 at all. I am predicting that we will see a 5.0 sec time out of the Z. I'd bet the S2000 has been tested over 50 times by major magazines but the Z has been tested less than 10 times.

I have to get my dig camera working. I just got a hard top and it looks so much nicer than the rag top.

The hard top is so key for me.


for anyone else out there is there a pic with the silverstone Z and the silverstone S2000 together? Is the color exactly the same??

 

Giving you the benefit of a doubt, I will ask you what year of Z28 and GT mustangs were you racing?

Second, there is no "automatic" 01 M3. SMG IIRC was released in 02. Unless he was convertible, you would have lost badly if you truly did race him. SMG Vs 6spd in the 1/4 is about .1 or .2 of a sec difference, favoring the 6spd.