From what I've checked, this car is supposed to top out at 117 in fourth. Which means that if you had to shift into fifth before finishing the quarter @ 103mph, that means that either you shifted really early, or the overall diameter is a lot smaller...or maybe just not fully inflated? If you had more of a diameter on the wheels you would save yourself a gear shift and gain a tenth or 2....

 

I'm pretty sure that 117 number is for the automatic.

--Steve

 

Slicks, what do you expect

 

na...cuz 117 in fourth...about 145 in fifth and then 155 limited in 6th...that makes sense...the overall diameter of the slicks is much smaller.

 

stock diameter I doubt you will get more that 105 out of 4th gear.

I go to the drag strip a good bit and even with my smaller dia. D/R at the end of the 1/4 it's right there at redline.

I'm with zimbo, probably for an auto.

 

117 is max speed in fourth...unless this website is completely wrong. http://www.supercarx.com/articles/sp...tions/350z.htm

6 different ratios = 6 speed

 

105 is the max. If you don't believe it go try and see if you can get 117 without bypassing the rev limiter.

 

105 is way too slow for 4th gear, it's closer to 115

I can get mine past 180kmh easy in fourth, wich is around 111-112 mph

stock wheels 6mt

 

I ran 111.5mph in the quarter with my G35tt staying in 4th gear, but it was getting close to the rev limiter.

 

he essentially changed his final drive gear with the smaller tires... he would have had to shift into 5th to get much above 100MPH i would emagine...

 

Thats what I was trying to say...and what I was implying is that with wheels and tires that are more close to stock diameter, he would be able to run even faster, because he would have less gear shifts during the run...just a thought...

 

yeah people over looked what I said on the first page...

but his car would have been slower by .5 to .75 seconds with stock diamater tires is my guess... putting on smaller tires and wheels like that is like taking off 500lbs of weight of the car...

 

Ok maybe I don't get what you are talking about but I've been over 140mph on the highway and in 4th gear with my AT. ALso when I did my last dyno I stayed in 4th gear and I just happened to look and saw 151 mph. Are you guys talking about something else?

 

AT is different... if you were to put the final drive gear out of a 6MT in there your 4th gear will only go up to 120ish... i forget what it is exactly...

 

max speed per gear(everything stock on 6MT):

38.9
63.5
90.8
116.1
147.1
185.6

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on bigger slicks i would have ran the same...

with bigger slicks and up above 3000ft sea level i have ran 13.52 @ 101

with the bigger slicks that i ran the 13.52 on i might have been able to run alittle faster. The correction factor for the track i ran that at is at BARE MINIMUM .4 tenths and goes anywhere from .4 tenth's to .8 tenths' depending no the heat and humidity

The smaller ones DID change my gearing of course... But i also had to shift again which if any of you have tried to power shift to 5th it's a really pain and slow shift.

With the 24.5" slicks i might have been able to hit a 12.9... Me and all my friends think that car could possibly hit a 12.8. We are giong back in September or October but i don't know if i'll still have the same mods or not...
If i go and have the same mods i'll run the 24.5" slicks

 

it would be interesting to see ... let us know when you do it...

 

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I'm no expert when it comes to getting good traction but since i can't be driving to work and all on slicks would it be a good idea to just put on some really wide wheels like 10.5 's ?