Navygolf13

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I like where this is going!!

mraturbo

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Nicely said.

Driver Techniques and Car Control are everything.

Yet you still have to have a nice platform to start with or totally strip down light weight car on slicks that is slammed on the ground helps! LOL

M

TiPIACE

pics taken before the Brabus engine mods and steeringwheel were done by our dealer Sharp performance

and for insurance and resale purposes, the plastic engine cover wasnt fitted - the cashed up used car buyers over here in this part of the market dont tend to like it when you engine mod a USD $260K car

lol nah no dealership mra, just the old man's private collection

DISCO_MONKEY

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I am subscribed to this thread. I am rarely on this site since I am mostly on G35Driver.com but this is getting VERY interesting. I am going to head down to whichever track you guys choose just to witness this event in person.

I am particularly interested because I plan on taking my G35C to VRT for the JWT TT setup once I track my car 3 times.

Bullitproof

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To be honest, i would like to see a build sheet also. I was thinking of all parts you would need to make the z competitive. it just doesnt seem to me that 20,000 would be enough. i mean jwt tt plus labor is at least 8500. thats without exhaust, guages, tuning, etc. if you can do it for under 20 grand, good for you guys. but for the normal working class guy(or girl) that isn't sponsored and has to pay labor, i think 30 grand would be more realistic.

MoodDude

I bet you could take Michael Schumaker and put him in a Honda Civic and he would beat the pants off of a normal driver in a Ferrari 430 (of coarse on a road coarse).
I actually watched the Ferrari 430 challange and the Honda Civic challange this past weekend in Montreal. Only about 3 out 30 Ferrari 430 drivers knew how to drive, where as almost all the Civic guys look like they knew how to drive a road coarse. I bet the first place Civic could have come in at least 3 or 4 in that 430 challange!!! Almost 90% of the 430's had some sort of damage or DNF before the end of the race. I would say that only about 50% of the Civics had damage.
Oh, and as a side note - all of the Mazda Challange drivers Suck! They had almost 2/3 of the cars crash before the end of the race, and they only got about 5 real laps in without a full coarse yellow flag in a one hour race!

WA2GOOD

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Yes you are Chris, Looking forward to tracking your car with you, and then building your car for you to track again.

Kevd007

Cmon guys keep the information coming. I really am excited about this scenario. Let us know what the end result is and show vids and pics. I am really interesting in knowing what entails the VRT setup. I wish I lived in Cali, would be easier to try to set somethin up.

TK2005

Damn you guys overpay for cars out there. The SL55 is near $120K new and used can be obtained for much less. Happy motoring. Let me know if you are in need of such vehicles with US specs. I can get them to you.

Eagle1

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I think they have a little tax "nick" over there called the V.A.T. (Actually it is a "Goods and Sales Tax" but it is modeled after the V.A.T., and there is also a luxury car tax) I do not know the actual rate these days, but I think it was huge, up to 75% of the price of the car over a certain base amount. So, when you consider the importer is making a few grand, it is the government that is raking in the big bucks down there.

nareg

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man 360 modena's are not hard to beat. i ran one from a 70mph roll on the highway to 150mph and he pulled 3 cars on me. my friend in his silver Z took off his exhaust after the cats completely and owned the modena. They arent that hard to beat. if it was an F430 which is an 11.7 1/4 time, that would be a different story but stick with beating the 360 before u start trying to kill other ferraris.

nareg

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oh and by the way my car is stock just to let u know

Eagle1

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The set up of a VRT car is a LOT more than just a bolt on turbo kit. That is not to say that the JWT TT is not awesome, because it really is. But that just puts the power to the wheels. After that, what makes the car fast is a fully balanced handling package, and driver skills.

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that will allow a car to go faster than a great driver. And getting out to a race driver school will teach you more, and be the best car "mod" you will ever invest in, both for performance and for safety. And the best news is that it is a mod you never sell at a discount and you take it with you into every car you ever drive!

Handling is getting the power down to the road and the car turning and responding, braking and accelerating. To be fast on the track you have to be fast in the turns.

As for handling, get this....VRT is going to be coming out with a "menu" of performance suspension and handling modifications that you can do to your Z or G, sometime later this fall it will be ready. In discrete, planned and affordable steps, without undoing or redoing things already done before, you can incrementally take your car from street, to track killer, and different levels in between. They will lay it all out for you, and you can buy the parts from them (some of them VRT proprietary and some by a wide array of other suppliers), or of course somewhere else if you want to, and you can put them on the car. The menu will depend on what you intend to do with your car, and whether you are NA or FI, etc.

TiPIACE

the only problem will be the steering wheel on the wrong side

but yeah unfortunately our g'ment slaps on a 55% luxury tax on imports, all designed to protect our local manufacturers. The final kick in the guts -even the Holden Monaro (your Pontiac GTO) is cheaper to buy in the US than here where its built

the Z is an AUD 65-80K car depending on spec

mistaboosta

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i had beaten a F430 in a 60-160 mph roll. My only mods were dual 3 inch full exhaust and APS TT set to 14 psi

TK2005

You've been driving with the steering wheel on the wrong side all this time. Isn't it about time to get a proper car down there for your driving enjoyment. RHD is just plain silly. Only post office vehicles are RHD here and we know postal workers are crazy. Well, if you ever need something really hard to find, let me know.

Kevd007

Is that possible? To get to 160mph on a stock 350Z? I know I havent. Just responding to Nareg's claim.

mraturbo

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If you flash the ECU you can go faster than that. Just takes a long-time...

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Navygolf13

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He said APS TT. The other guy was stock who went to 150. Up a couple of posts.

mistaboosta

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i only had Unichip that came along with the APS TT and i've seen 160+ (well maybe 165 ) a few times but didn't go on as the car was no more feeling safe on the road. Never experienced speed limiter in my car that's weird.