As a former owner and builder of a built TT'd 350z w/ 550+rwhp... Then owning a 02 X50 996tt w/ every bolt on possible and 100 tune and now I have a 2006 Z06 W/ headers and 100 tune this is the breakdown.

I must say that the best acceleration is from the Porsche

The best stable handling from the Z06

Most comfort Z06

All out top speed Z06

Chick factor all of them

Most fun......... 350 Z

 

Why does everyone say its impossible to beat an expensive car, with a cheap one and some mods. There's a program in the UK called topgear, where they took an old banged up Jaguar and shot it out with **** loads of giggle gas, and put it againt a few "elite" sports cars, and the jag pissed all over them. So it can be done. After all, is that the whole idea of a race car? To take a stock car and trick it out to the extreme (obviously not quite that simple, but you get the idea). Of course, a car that you buy from the factory that was designed to produce 400 hp and that costs 130,000 is going to perform better than a Z, but it is all subject to change and modification, right?

 

i want to go where the streets have no name.

 

I was always wondering Bono would want to go there.

Respect
JET

 

This is the specs for the new Porsche TT, I hope the GTR have most of this spec's... until then the 350Z TT will do the work

http://www.porsche.com/all/masterwerk/usa.aspx')

 

ask and you shall receive. Bono visited ethiopia for a cause. He was amazed that although these groups of people had nothing (no houses, no automobiles, no streets), they were still filled with hope and strength. It is the exact opposite of us where we have everything, but still have crime, depression, and so on...

 

I'm sure your cars perform well on the track but...

The video on your site only proves you pass these cars in an open track event. A real world apples to apples comparison would be to RACE your cars at NASA event or something similair with cars of the same class and drivers of the same skill. Better yet if you want to make these claims then the best thing to do is use a well defined testing methodolgy. Take 996TT and new Z06, run a SERIES of tests on the same day with the same driver. Take as many variables out of the equation as possible then make your claims.

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This debate about my car has 400whp thus I will own a 996tt is ridiculous. Manufacturers spend millions of dollars to get the right combination of performance, ride quality, longevity and emissions. Again, not an easy thing to do.

The most common arguement I hear is ... "that guy (996tt) spent 120k+ on his car and we spent half of that!" Well sure that is true but 3 or 4 years down the line you decide to sell your car what happens then? You LOSE ALL of the money you put into your while the OTHER just upgrades to the new TT model with a minimal loss.

WE, the aftermarket FI cars, throw out OEM ride quality, longevity (warranty), emissions and in some instances, safety, to get PEFORMANCE. And that's okay! Don't get caught up this silly arguement, enjoy your ride. Just because the OTHER guys are car snobs doesn't mean we need to be too.

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JDX911

 

i slightly agree with you, but that can also be debatable. In a few years, that $120,000 car won't be worth $120,000 or $100,000. It'll probably be worth half that

 

High end exotics tend to lose less then typical cars. For example, an '03 996TT with 20k miles trades in at about 82k and retails for 94k You may even get better trade in value if you buy a new a in stock new Porsche of more value.

Check NADA price guides on the exotics and you will notice 15% or less depreciation the first year. Some these cars can actually go up in price the first year if the demand is high enough.

 

This is very interesting...

Traction Control

How many times have you...
Tried to pull out of a junction but excessive wheelspin has slowed you down?
Gently accelerated on a slippery surface, without knowing if the car will suddenly skid?
Tried to overtake a slower car without knowing how hard you can safely accelerate?
Worried about anybody else driving your high powered car?

...The answer is to fit Racelogic Traction Control
Universally recognised as the best after market system available, not only dramatically reducing the chances of an accident, but also positively enhancing acceleration. This is why companies like Aston Martin and Lotus Cars choose to fit the system, as unlike other systems, it always improves the performance of the vehicle. The car becomes more fun to drive than before, giving the driver new levels of confidence in pushing the car to its limits without ever over stepping the mark.

Driving with Traction Control
Once you have driven a powerful car with Racelogic Traction Control, you will never want to be without it. We are so sure that we offer a 30 day money back guarantee if you don't agree. Acceleration out of junctions becomes rapid and repeatable, just bury the throttle and the system does the rest, constantly adjusting the power of the engine every thousandth of a second, searching for maximum grip. In a rear wheel drive car you can use full throttle around a corner with full confidence that the rear end isn't going to suddenly break away. In a front wheel drive vehicle push-on understeer is cured, with the system setting the correct level of power to finely balance the vehicle.

In wet and slippery conditions the system really becomes fun, stamp on the gas and watch other cars disappear behind you as the car accelerates as fast as the grip allows without skidding all over the road. Acceleration away from traffic lights is so much quicker than cars without the system, that you'll leave behind scores of drivers with faster cars.


Anyone have this or know someone with this system installed??:

 

ummm, ya, i never claimed to outperform the porsche in any other avenue...on the street, i pulled several cars, in a straight line..the z is no slouch on handling...
a few months ago, i raced a decked out z06 on a road course, he currently holds one of the best times at the track- a very experienced racer..

he passed me on a turn, and then i stuck with him the entire time, he had much more street worthy tires, but my power advantage caught him every little chance i had

i think i would hold up pretty well with a 500hp porsche on several different types of driving varieties...and if i was even a better driver, my car would be capable of hanging with some of the best (IMHO)

 

I have one of the 'few' 350z fitted with the RaceLogic.

It doesn't solve all your traction problems by any stretch, but it sure helps.

I have a taller rear in my car... I put the 3.3x because the 3.5x was too short once I gained all this power.

If/when I blow up my tranny, I'm going to search the world for a gear box that is a better fit for my 'new' power band.

Riding around in my friends C5 Z06 is just a thrill, and I love the car, however I love my TT Z too, and if I could fix the 'gear ratio' problems it would be sweet. Unfortuantly, to put a gear box with similar ratios to the Z06 in our car, we would have to drive at totaly differnt gears RPMs because the Z06 has so much low end trq.

He constantly puts around town @ like 1500 RPM. Anything below 2k, and I feel like a dog, put a differnt gear box in, and we'll have to cruse at 2.5k.

I don't know the tranny tech etc behind the numbers, but I'll have to agree with Sharif. When a car, and all its components are matched to a particular HP number, it works a lot 'smoother' then doing a mass engine upgrade.

(But my car still has more HP then my friends stock z06... Boy does that bug him... He just bought headers, I'm going WI, and a new exahust system.)

 

There is no doubt that 350z is a great platform to build on. Just take a look at the JGTC series in Japan. Z's perform extremely well.

I am striving for the ultimate street sleeper myself so I know what a properly built and tuned 350z is capable of.