350z vs WRX in the 1/4

 

Do you have your time slip? Would love to see it.

 

Man that guy in the WRX was sleeping...seemed like a full second went by before he left...someone whould remind him that green means go

 

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....threadid=25739

I'll have to look at the time slip to see what the WRX ran -- if I remember correctly, I think he ran a 14.8. Remember, this is Colorado elevation we're talking about here.

 

Is that an STI or just trying to look like one? I would hope they would be a lot faster. It's got the right wheels, spoiler and hood scoop, but it does have fog lights. Anyone know?

 

It wasn't an STI -- just a WRX trying to look like an STI.

 

looks like, he was sleeping at the wheel at first, then he starts to gain on you a bit (which I didn't like seeing) then I was happy to see you pulling away a bit again at the end (which I expected).

well done

 

I think the reason why he looked like he was sleeping at the light was that he was concentrating so hard on trying to get his launch JUST right. Although people say that you just rev up a WRX and sump the cluch, this is not actually true. You rev up to 5K, and then slip out the clutch, while feathering the throttle. Too much slip, and you roast your cluch, too little slip, and you bog.....

Launching these cars is not as easy as it looks...Requires lots of practice and concentration to find the sweet spot...

 

the guy in the WRX had a really late start man!!

 

uh -- that's all part of racing....

 

Last night at the track 2 Wrx's were running 14.5-14.9@93-95Mph...

 

hm... must have been stock WRXs i guess...

 

Ok, a win is a win, but from the looks of it if it had been an equal launch he would have beat you. Maybe he was just being cocky and gave you a headstart, looked like he was pulling fast!

But still a good kill

 

That guy was running slower than me all day. He was running high 14s.

 

In that case, great job!! They are quick cars with little work, UGLY as hell, but quick. I know videos can be deceiving, you def had a good launch

 

From what my friends told me (that were in the stands), he pulled hard in the beginning and even in the mids, but he ran out of steam on the high end.

However, my friend that went with me has a WRX with Exhaust and Intake. He blew the doors off me. His best run of the day was 13.88 which is freakin' awesome at 4900 feet elevation.

 

WRX must have more than exhaust and intake to run 13.88. He must have some sort of boost controller.

 

...yes! and a boost controller!