Ok this should settle alot of debates. I was coming back from a friend's house that is about 40 miles of highway from my house. It was about 3 AM and very few cars on the 4 lane highway. I was fighting off falling asleep while on cruise control at 75. I see in my rear view in the distance a car gaining on me pretty good and once it got closer he pulled up next to me, it was a Yellow Evo with what sounds to be an exhaust on it. I release the cruise control and now I shift to 3rd at about 70.. He would not roll down the window but I was ready to go when he was. He gassed it before I did and his rear bumper was at my side view mirror before we evened off and I proceeded to walk him up 135 or so before I shut it down. I gained a total of what looked to be 1.5-2 car lenghts. He of course kept on going and flew by me after I shut it down Never seen him again.

Needless to say I was wide awake after that and I was thrilled at the result. I knew the Z would have quite a bit more on the top end so I wasn't really surprised.

 

were you on 93 or 95 or 495? i'm sure it was one of those. there are some good stretches where you can get some good speed going! where did this all happen...just so i know where to look for z's...haha. i've spotted a few in my area that i didn't see a few months ago.

 

RT. 95 South maybe 3-4 miles after the Salsbury bridge.

 

good kill.

 

Don't Evo's run LOW 13's stock?
I'd imagine it having quite a bit of top end with a turbo.

 

More like mid to high 13's at best... And I raced one at the track with intake/exhaust and he only got me by 1 car lenght, and the AWD advantage is gone from a roll. The only evo i seen hit low 13's at the track had full exhaust, intake, and a boost controller with more boost, he was running 13.2@102

0-100:
350z 25.6 seconds
Evo 29.8 seconds

And you can bet if it was a 10-100 Mph the evo would probably be closer to 35 seconds

 

No surprise here. These 4-cyl rally cars aren't much of a challenge from a roll. The AWD launch is the secret to their impressive times.

 

I think you meant 0-135

 

actually evo's ARE low 13 second cars.. at best...not high.... mids..at worst. but 4wd is been known to die out on higway. its a rally bred car.

 

At first I didn't like the styling of the new Z, but it grows on me more and more now. By the way, good race. Evo8 and Sti are serious 4 cylinders cars and put up a good competition to most cars out there on the road.

Black94VR4

 

Actually I meant 0-130

 

with minor mods...
exhaust, leaning air/fuel, and keeping boost at 19 psi it easily gains 50hp+. Some guys are putting around 300awhp... just needs to have the right tuning, since these these cars run so rich up top!

Even just a tuning on the air/fuel, will get rid of the power drop up top on the EVOs.

 

Well,..the High speed is what helped ALOT!!!!!
2 of my Friends have EVO's(with me thinkin of gettin one as well)

<------BIG LANCER fan since EVO V

and i was in 2nd @ about 45-50mph(not sure but 2nd gear reguardless) and my friend was in 2nd as well in the EVO,...well 1, 2 and then 3 honk's we we're off,.... and he was pretty much gone---about a half a car from his rear bumper to my front just like that,.and still pullin'--then I noticed i started reeling him in a bit but had to shut down @ about 103 or so--not sure how we would have ended but EVO's,WRX,.STi;'s etc will run out of power in the top end Range no doubt--need different final drives to help that out---but either way!VERY FAST from Stand Stil---2nd gear in the EVO IS THE BEST **** EVER!!!!(should have remembered that when we raced)l

Driving one they feel insane!!!!---both of my friends @ this point have full HKS exhaust;s and Test pipes,.etc one of my friend's ran a 13.1 in his Stock

Good Kill though---not doubting you 1 bit!
The Z is by far the "pimp panty dropper",...but EVO is Legend of JDM super cars---might end up w/ a White EVO in a few mths,.but still not 100%?? So don't bust on me yet!

by the way,..if you've seen Jackie Chan's 'WHO AM I"--you'll never be the same w/ Lancers--great Lancer scene in that movie but too bad most is very well fake!

Cheers guys/gals

 

na, that title belongs to the SKYLINE, NO CONTEST!!

 

Glad you cleared that up. When I first saw your post I was thinking, Damn my old 85 Mustang GT would have walked both of these cars with it's 0-100 of 18.8 sec.

 

I believe 0-100 for the 350z is rated at 13.8-14.0.

 

notice--->"cars"--->(s) being this is not the only one! Skyline is the daddy,.....but look how many EVO's there has been--8 and all we're of the same quality---Skylines went from 280Z lookin slightly fast to faster as the models got higher--then R32 R33 R34 came and no doubt own as The best JDM Supercar around! but even a skyline can be beaten by a Starlet

Still not sure If I'll get one but its a big maybe!!???

 

THE japanese supercar is a Tommy Kaira ZZII. But then again, it does use the BNR34GTR motor/drivetrain reconfigured to a mid engine awd setup, so i guess thats saying a LOT for the skyline.

 

Hello all,
I am new to your board but was informed of this site through a friend who owns a 350Z. I do not own one but hope that I can contribute anything I do know whenever I can...especially since we all seem to enjoy the same hobby.

On the note regarding the EVO versus the Z race. May I add that the gearbox for the Lancer is primarily designed for acceleration, therefore with only 5 speeds most EVOs will top off at 137-145 mph in 5th. I can comment on this because I own a '97 eclipse GSX that has had an EVO3 tranny and ring gear to improve the 0-120 mph sprints one would encounter on the streets :-). The EVO's gear ratios have pretty much stayed consistent throughout its "evolution" up until this year where I believe a 6spd version is now available in Japan.

If you need specific gear ratios and final drives I can provide them if anybody is interested.