He beat me by at least one car length in 1/4 mile race. Granted that I'm not really that great of a diver yet, especially since I'm kind of new at driving a stick, but I thought I did decent for my first race. Are both cars stock for stock pretty much the same in terms of overall speed and performance? I can only assume that I lost the race because of my driving skills rather than the specs of the Z.

 

bro i walk srt4's by 3 cars after 60mph and im all stock (performance wise)

 

must of been your skills, or he had lots of mods....they can be made fast cheaply...or you just suck at life



sorry if i came off angry....my phone learned how to swim today so i feel crappy

 

Yeah, I probably lost because of my driving skills. I think his car was turbocharged with at least 300+ hp.

 

How the heck are you supposed to find a girlfriend? Girls only wants boyfriends with SKILLS!

 

Stock SRT-4 vs a stock 350z is a drivers race from a dig. From a roll, they have a small advantage. It is very cheap to make them go high 12's.

-Mark

 

ditto

 

My buddy Marcos has a shopping cart that can beat an SRT-4.
https://my350z.com/forum/other-vehicles/216423-srt-4-vs-shopping-kart.html

 

if u dont out launch a front wheel drive car (srt 4) that is stock. lemme know and ill give you some lessons on how to launch a z.

i beat a modded srt 4 that had a lot of bolt ons when i was stock and i won by about 3 cars

 

+1 on that cause i beat them all the time

 

Dont feel bad bro...there are literally dozens of regular ole cars, trucks and SUVs out there these days with 0-60 times in the sub 6 seconds to 60 time frame. You can easily get beaten byt a LOT of cars as many more are drivers races than you believe. The 350Z is a beaut. A drag car it is not.

 

Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun, MD 09/25/04

Good try. You can never tell when you might come up against a 12.84 second Neon such as the one above.

 

Bah, I cut 1.6 60's at the track, what do YOU cut.. At the track, stock SRT-4's run about the same as stock 350z's. They usually 60 a little higher, but close the gap with a slightly higher trap speed.

On any given day, you can beat anyone - that doesn't prove what model is generally faster than the other. The vehicles are so close that it IS a drivers race.

-Mark

 

Everyone runs faster at Cecil. I think that track is 1250' long..

 

but belive me, ugly as they are, they are monsters.

 

I watched a bunch of SRT's run some very serious times at the last NOPI event. They were trapping 118+ all day, and they had Mopar stage 3 or 4! Thats not that much money spent really!

 

HAHHA

Bad driver...

 

Hell there are even 4 door cars by Pontiac and Chrysler that run with the Z LOL

 

Stock for stock it's a close race. It can go either way depending on driver.

 

I don't think I'd call them "monsters".


Get a some good rubber, some nitrous, and learn how to drive and you'll be in 12's easy with a Z.

Get a simple bolt on turbo kit, some good rubber, and you'll be in 11's.

The only reason why Z's don't get as much respect at the track is because 95% of Z owners can't drive worth squat.


I read threads like this and it makes me want to slap some Z owners. Seriously, learn to drive and then start blaming it on your car.